This Is A Pretty Minor Gripe In The Grand Scheme Of Things And I Don't Know Much About The Subject So

this is a pretty minor gripe in the grand scheme of things and i don't know much about the subject so i could definitely just be wrong, but. i've never understood this exchange. does margery kempe not famously have one book??

(sidenote: i don't see it spoken about nearly often enough that diana reid's favourite authour is a woman who, if she was alive today, would likely have been diagnosed with postpartum psychosis. i can't speak extensively on that parallel because i'm not especially familiar with margery kempe—i did some research on her after first watching this episode because i was curious if there was a connection, and found that out. i'm unaware of any other parallels, but if anyone more familiar with her has more insight i will love you forever if you share)

HOTCH: What is it? What's wrong? What's the matter with you? GIDEON: I...I just have nothing left. HOTCH: Yeah, I'm tired, too. GIDEON: No, no, no. I needed a place where I didn't have to know what was out there. Where I could just close my eyes and not see bodies torn to pieces or hear children calling out for help. That cabin was the only thing I had left, and this guy took it away from me. HOTCH: Jason... GIDEON: Maybe I'm out of gas.

rewatching criminal minds causes me zero agony (lie)

so, i'm unsure whether garcia cutting herself off and disconnecting the call here is because she has a realization or because she doesnt want to violate reid's/his mother's privacy but i'm choosing to believe it's at least partially the second:

garcia isn't always the best with boundaries, especially because I think her job essentially being to violate peoples' privacy and her own openness as a person sometimes make it hard for her to remember that that's a thing most people care about. but she's not oblivious. she saw how reluctant reid was to even call about his mother in front of her, how much he did not want to divulge that aspect of his life.

and the thing is, she knows that reid will likely have to tell the team anyway. his mother is in the building, and even without that, he'll surely have to explain how his mother is connected to the unsub.

garcia knows all of this, knows it's going to come out, and says nothing. she lets reid share it on his own terms—as much as he can in a situation like this.

morgan's reaction to hearing that elle has been shot. god. goddd. their relationship is so incredibly underrated they were such good friends.

just a heads up i will not be doing s01e19 machismo tomorrow because i think it's a bad episode for a few reasons. instead im just going to skip straight to s01e20 charm and harm.

i love this line and this scene in general so much. they're trying to figure out what "hour be none" means and reid walks in and gives the answer (with some mostly unnecessary but endearing additional info) and elle responds so affectionately. i really loved their dynamic, however you view it.

bonus (cropped from the next shot):