Morgan's Reaction To Reid Revealing He's Never Been To New York Is So Funny To Me. Maybe It's That He

morgan's reaction to reid revealing he's never been to new york is so funny to me. maybe it's that he says his first line:

jj speaks:

(two sidenotes: one: jj is very cute here. two: why is she sitting like that)

and then morgan keeps going:

i think it would be less funny to me if there wasn't a beat between his two lines because it gives the impression that he's just Stuck on this train of thought. if hotch hadn't stopped their silliness to remind them that they're in a crime show would he have kept going. "it's four hours in your gay little car! it's a 24 hour 34 minute bike ride! it's a 112 hour walk! what is wrong with you!"

is this the first mention of hotch's past as a lawyer? i think it is.

okay. i love this scene. BUT. headcanon. this is not going to be angsty by the way. it's going to sound like it's going to be angsty at first but it's not i promise.

reid is a very insecure person, especially in the early seasons, and, given his past, has a tendency to take even very lighthearted teasing quite personally. so i have a headcanon that he went home genuinely embarrassed that he didn't know how to use chopsticks and resolved to learn. i could go either way on if it's out of "spite" (not nearly so strong, but i cant think of a better word) or self-consciousness.

anyway, sometime later, on a particularly bad case, they find themselves in a restaurant with chopsticks as the default utensil, and everyone starts (affectionately) ribbing reid before anyone's even started eating. at first, he defaults to offense/hurt/embarrassment, then puts two and two together. it's a really bad case. everyone is on edge...and they've chosen this restaurant specifically because reid not knowing how to use chopsticks provides levity they desperately need. if reid knows how to use chopsticks at this point? well. they don't need to know that. if he hasn't figured it out yet, he stops trying to.

(i have another, sillier version of this headcanon where morgan walks in on reid eating doritos with chopsticks so he doesn't get the flavouring on his fingers and gets through several minutes of affectionate bullying before going Hey. Wait a Fucking Minute.)

ANYWAY. this is longer than i wanted it to be and it might be better in my head but bottomline. idk. reid does sleight of hand im sure he could figure out chopsticks. but i think he knows the team needs some easy comic relief sometime. do you get me. do you see the vision.

I forgot this exchange happened in this episode. For some reason I thought it was a little later? It's a good exchange though, gives a good glimpse into some of Hotch's motivations.

is this the first mention of hotch's past as a lawyer? i think it is.

hey @sootliker remember when i made you try on my glasses and your vision improved. haha.

Glasses people love to make you try their glasses on to see how fucked up their eyes are. It's a sign of respect in their culture.

max ryan annoys the fuck out of me. i dont know if thats a controversial opinion but man. i get the vibe that his character functions at least partially of a parody of the "retired detective who returns to solve That One Case" character because he feels like such an exaggeration of it. every sentence out of his mouth feels like he's thinking of the best and most dramatic quote to use in a book. just incredibly insincere.

(not a critique of the writing. i think this is how i'm supposed to feel. maybe.)