In this second episode of Criminal Minds we open where we left off. Protagonist Jason Gideon is being held at gun point by a stuttering killer he has been seeking, yet came about through, in his words, "dumb luck".
As it is a flashback, the team are challenged to discover the reasoning as to why people stutter, as Gideon says his knowledge of this allowed him to get free. The answer to this IS revealed at the end, despite what the previous reviewer would strangely have you believe.
The episode continues meanwhile, with the team tracking down an arsonist in a college. It becomes clear that they must think outside the box in order to figure out the case, as the killer does not follow the precedent profile of an arsonist.
The idea of thinking outside the box is a key theme of the entire series, and it is made sure that viewers are aware of this with frequent referrals to it in this episode, (including Dr Reid attempting to defeat Gideon at a game of chess.) As we know from ccthemovieman-1's review, religion plays a part in this episode. However i'm sure not everyone is as inanely incompetent as he/she, as to think that every plot where religion is seen as a cause of crime is "prejudice" against religion.
Thankfully the team in Criminal Minds aren't so disillusioned with society, and acknowledge, after the clues present themselves, that religion could be pivotal in cracking the case.
You will surely be gripped to Criminal Minds after watching this second instalment, and will hopefully be very interested in learning more about the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) themselves.
