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I Do Not Like The Ending Of A Real Rain Im Sorry This May Be Controversial.

i do Not like the ending of a real rain im sorry this may be controversial.

i get what they're going for with hotch shooting the unsub. i get the foreshadowing of the past case where hotch talked a man down who was then acquitted and went on to kill again. i get the parallel of the unsub killing people who he feels were unfairly acquitted and then hotch killing him out of implied fear that he'll be acquitted by a sympathetic jury. but if you're going to attempt a parallel like that and have a character make a choice like that you need to commit to it i think? there's not even a conversation about it. i dont think it's ever brought up again, hotch doesn't even say anything.

one scene on the jet, if it was well-written enough, could make me accept the ending even if i dont like it, but no. the episode ends with hotch shooting a man who is surrendering and everyone is apparently fine with it?

(i'd like to note that this is a criticism of the writing, not hotch. i think this is an out-of-character choice without justification beyond "one time i talked a guy down and he got acquitted so this time ill shoot the guy as he surrenders. and then keep my job somehow". it just feels lazy and weird.)

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foyet is very different i will admit ive not actually seen that ep but i dont think i need to have watched it to say “beating a man to death after he kills your wife is different from whatever this is” negative i guess idk what to tag i do like this episode i just dont like this ending it doesnt sit right with me and again without further justification it feels very out of character like okay yeah one time hotch didnt shoot a guy and he got acquitted and went on to kill again but a LOT of the unsubs on the show have some reason behind what they do that could get them found ncr or i guess “insane” in the states should they just be shooting all those people? again i get there is the added layer here of hotch enacting a flavour of vigilante justice on the vigilante but again. for that parallel to work you need to commit to it you cant just go “okay episode is over now lol.” there are the ending news clips but those dont add anything new to me im sorry im rambling i just dont like this ending disclaimer that i am canadian and we dont even have life w/o parole much less the death penalty so that is affecting my viewpoint probably criminal minds rewatch criminal minds s01e17 a real rain not tagging the gen criminal minds tag or the hotch tag because. i dont know. this is a little more negative than my usual ramblings criminal minds 1x17
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frankiebirds
10 months ago

okay look. normally i read hotch as straight. loves his team of lgbts dearly, but very straight.

but:

In a dark hallway, a man in a green shirt addresses a man in a white shirt (although it looks blue in the lighting). The subtitle at the bottom of the image reads: "There are many paths to the same place."
Subtitle: "Trust me."
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and:

The man in the white shirt aims a gun offscreen, standing in front of a metal shelf, a dark hallway to his left. His sleeves are rolled down. The subtitle at the bottom of the image reads: "You okay?"
The man in the green shirt is on the floor of a dark room filled with cardboard boxes, looking up and offscreen. The subtitle at the bottom of the image reads: "You just had to shoot somebody, didn't you?"
The man in the white shirt gives another incredulous expression.

and:

Outdoors at daytime, the man in the green shirt looks over at the man in the white shirt. The subtitle at the bottom of the image reads: "Captain America here shot number five."
The man in the white shirt looks offscreen to his right, seeming exasperated. The back of the head of a man wearing green is out-of-focus in the foreground. The subtitle at the bottom of the image reads: "You're welcome."

why were they like this. what was the reason. why does he have so much chemistry with this one-off character. do you think he had a crisis on the way home. what the hell was going on with hotch this episode why was he bisexual for forty-five minutes.

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frankiebirds
10 months ago
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this was so uncalled for. jason gideon comedy king

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frankiebirds
10 months ago

will move over im kissing your wife On The Mouth.

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frankiebirds
10 months ago

fuck this line. fuck this line so hard. i have to brace myself for it every single time i watch this episode. this is my "he was was alive yesterday"*

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*i have not gotten to that episode and anticipate it will also destroy me

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frankiebirds
10 months ago
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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.

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

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