The team is off to New York to find a vigilante killer who seems to be killing random victims, but their connection soon becomes clear. The team misses at least one obvious clue (and I can't believe they didn't have information on the murder weapon before the fourth victim!) early on - but I suppose solving the case in half an hour wouldn't make much of a show, now would it?
There is some really nice 'personal' stuff between the group especially when they go to a Chinese restaurant for dinner. There is talk of a previous case Gideon and Hotchner worked on that turned out badly and it gives an indication of how they deal with the legal system when it lets them down. This is echoed in the conclusion to this case, which confused me a little - what were the writers trying to imply? It isn't clear even with the last words from the newscast. And it isn't clear whether Gideon is upset or not with the outcome. May be the writers are being vague on purpose, but sometimes it just comes out as sloppy.
Elle's attitude to the job is beginning to grate. She points out over dinner that they only ever talk about cases even when having a nice dinner in New York, and last episode she asked Hotchner if it was strange that they were all available at short notice on a Saturday night to hunt a killer. No-one else does. Hasn't she been told this is a 24/7 job?
Still, an entertaining episode.
There is some really nice 'personal' stuff between the group especially when they go to a Chinese restaurant for dinner. There is talk of a previous case Gideon and Hotchner worked on that turned out badly and it gives an indication of how they deal with the legal system when it lets them down. This is echoed in the conclusion to this case, which confused me a little - what were the writers trying to imply? It isn't clear even with the last words from the newscast. And it isn't clear whether Gideon is upset or not with the outcome. May be the writers are being vague on purpose, but sometimes it just comes out as sloppy.
Elle's attitude to the job is beginning to grate. She points out over dinner that they only ever talk about cases even when having a nice dinner in New York, and last episode she asked Hotchner if it was strange that they were all available at short notice on a Saturday night to hunt a killer. No-one else does. Hasn't she been told this is a 24/7 job?
Still, an entertaining episode.