Criminal Minds S02e11 - Tumblr Posts

frankiebirds
9 months ago

HOLLY: (a sex worker): A lot of johns from the Hill stop by on the way to work. RHONDA (also a sex worker): We always say the same politicians yelling about cleaning up the Hill are the ones dropping fifty bucks with us before they make the speech. HOLLY: It's true. And the more important they think they are, the quicker they accidentally finish up with us. It's weird like that. EMILY: No, that's pretty much universal.

HELPPPP. emily my beloved.

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frankiebirds
9 months ago
Three people in an office. From left to right: a teenage boy wearing wearing a dark blue sweater, looking slightly down, a woman wearing a plaid shirt partially buttoned over a low-cut red top, seated, and a man wearing a grey sweater over a white shirt. The subtitle at the bottom of the image reads: "but whatever my psych eval says you promise you’ll tell me the truth?"
An officer stands behind the teenage boy in the dark blue sweater. The subtitle at the bottom of the image reads: "My mom says a promise doesn't count unless you say it out loud."
The man in the grey sweater looks intently at the teenage boy in the dark blue sweater. The subtitle at the bottom of the image reads: "I promise."

i really like this moment for its reminder that nathan is a child. anton yelchin was seventeen when this episode aired (not sure when it was filmed), and given that nathan is said to be a highschool sophomore, he's even younger. fifteen, maybe sixteen? (i was fifteen at the start of grade ten, sixteen when it ended, and i was almost always the oldest person in the class)

i think sometimes that's missed. not than nathan is very young, because that's an important part of the episode, but fifteen specifically. not so much a young man frightened by his own desires but a child. i couldnt get a screenshot of it because it's a very quick and subtle movement, but nathan's statement in the second screenshot is provoked by reid simply nodding in response to his first. he's so young that reid is the older authority figure he's looking up to and seeking reassurance from.

and judging by reid's expression after nathan leaves, he's just been reminded too.

The man in the grey sweater looks off sadly.
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frankiebirds
9 months ago
In a private office, a man in a brown jacket sits at his desk with his hands clasped in front of him, looking intently at an out-of-focus man with his back to the camera, wearing a dark blue sweater. The subtitle at the bottom of the image reads: "Not a question of whether he ends up killing someone."
The man in the dark blue sweater leans against the doorframe, looking distressed. The other man's head is out-of-focus in the foreground. The subtitle at the bottom of the image reads: "It's when."

i Don't like this line and i think it's at odds with the rest of the episode, although i'm not 100% sure if i'm supposed to agree with gideon here. if im supposed to agree with him, i dislike this line, but if its supposed to be ambiguous or im supposed to disagree, i do think it's in character for gideon, who is probably a little jaded after the amount of time he's worked the job.

i dont know. i dont like the assertion that nathan, who is fifteen/sixteen and asking for help, is just doomed.

(although i'm curious if gideon changes his mind by the end of the episode. i'll keep an eye out for that)

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frankiebirds
9 months ago
Indoors, in front of a stained glass window, a teenage boy in a dark top stands in front of a man in a green jacket, his back to the camera. The subtitle at the bottom of the image reads: "the only way for me to save people's lives in the future"
Subtitle: "is to kill myself."

I think part of the reason I feel so strongly about nathan harris' character is this line. heads up that this is going to be dark and personal:

i have never experienced homicidal thoughts, but I do have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, with Harm OCD as a major subtype, directed at both myself and others. They started while I was quite young, and often manifested as images of the aftermath of violence on people I cared about, with myself as the perpetrator. Like many people, I was at the time under the mistaken impression that Contamination OCD was the only kind (which I do also experience to a lesser extent). With no other obvious option, I came to the conclusion that I was a horrible person, that these were desires, and I had this exact thought process many times before understanding what was happening.

I don't think Nathan Harris has OCD (or, he might, but if he does, I believe it's coupled with genuine homicidal thoughts, as the thoughts he's having excite him just as much as they scare him), and I think the episode and character are more impactful if he doesn't have OCD. (if that makes sense? I would love to see more depictions of Harm OCD in media, but I don't think Nathan Harris is the character for it. Sympathetic representation of Harm OCD is very necessary, but the way to do that isn't by taking away sympathetic representation of people struggling with homicidal thoughts).

But I still relate to him on some level.

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frankiebirds
9 months ago

the day i stop thinking about the ending of s02e11 sex, birth, death is the day i die.

On a bed, a man applies pressures to a bloody arm. The subtitle at the bottom of the image reads: PARAMEDIC: "You can let go now."
A paramedic in a blue uniform grabs the arm of a man wearing a warm grey sweater vest over a grey shirt, who is focused on applying pressure.
A close-up of the man in the sweater vest, distressed, his hair obscuring his face as he looks down. The subtitles at the bottom of the image read: -"Sir." and -GARCIA: "Reid."
A close-up of one of the paramedics. The subtitle at the bottom of the image reads: "Let go. Sir."

like. reid coming extremely close to needing to be dragged away from nathan?

The man in the sweater vest stands back, next to a woman in a light blue top. Both look distressed, the man more upset and the woman more frightened.

both garcia and reid's expressions here? reid, who cares for and identifies with nathan, garcia, who has (i believe) never seen a dead body* in person? (also, you can't see it here because it's a still image, but reid's breath is hitching here and he looks close to hyperventilating)

*i know nathan is not dead here, nor does he die at all—the point im making is that having never seen a dead body in person before would make you more unprepared for seeing the aftermath of an unsuccessful suicide attempt than someone who has

Outside a building with floor-to-ceiling windows, the man in the sweater vest holds a towel in his hands, both of which are covered in blood, staring blankly off as a man in a brown jacket approaches.

reid makes no movement to clean the blood off his hands until gideon is right in front of him. he just stands there and stares like hes dissociating until gideon comes up and, in my opinion, sort of startles him into acting.

and gideon putting an arm around reid and taking him away from the scene while morgan does the same to garcia. hhhh.

this is the most emotional we see reid get up to this point. he's yelling while he's trying to keep nathan arrive, enough to strain his voice. i dont think hes so much as raised his voice at all up to this point.

i wonder how long he washed his hands for before he deemed himself "clean".

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ive also always headcanoned that diana attempted suicide at some point so in my head there are some lovely lovely flashbacks after this too not sure why im leaving that in the tags. maybe because its a reading based off headcanon and not a reading of canon? anyway god the ending of this episode destroys me im glad it ends with hope with nathan living ive seen a lot of fics about nathan coming back as an unsub and im not saying those fics are bad AT ALL ive read a lot of them its an interesting and plausible concept but i like to believe that nathan goes on to lead a relatively normal life. maybe reaches out to reid again sometime in his adult years to thank him for not letting him die all those years ago like he'd begged him to spencer reid not fic criminal minds criminal minds rewatch criminal minds s02e11 sex birth death scene analysis tw blood tw self harm TW: Suicide favourites
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frankiebirds
9 months ago

on a real-world note: i havent seen most of the films and tv shows that anton yelchin was in, but it's apparent from what i have seen that he was an incredible actor, and by all accounts he seemed like a lovely person too. may peace be upon him.

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frankiebirds
8 months ago
Three people in an office. From left to right: a teenage boy wearing wearing a dark blue sweater, looking slightly down, a woman wearing a plaid shirt partially buttoned over a low-cut red top, seated, and a man wearing a grey sweater over a white shirt. The subtitle at the bottom of the image reads: "but whatever my psych eval says you promise you’ll tell me the truth?"
An officer stands behind the teenage boy in the dark blue sweater. The subtitle at the bottom of the image reads: "My mom says a promise doesn't count unless you say it out loud."
The man in the grey sweater looks intently at the teenage boy in the dark blue sweater. The subtitle at the bottom of the image reads: "I promise."

i really like this moment for its reminder that nathan is a child. anton yelchin was seventeen when this episode aired (not sure when it was filmed), and given that nathan is said to be a highschool sophomore, he's even younger. fifteen, maybe sixteen? (i was fifteen at the start of grade ten, sixteen when it ended, and i was almost always the oldest person in the class)

i think sometimes that's missed. not than nathan is very young, because that's an important part of the episode, but fifteen specifically. not so much a young man frightened by his own desires but a child. i couldnt get a screenshot of it because it's a very quick and subtle movement, but nathan's statement in the second screenshot is provoked by reid simply nodding in response to his first. he's so young that reid is the older authority figure he's looking up to and seeking reassurance from.

and judging by reid's expression after nathan leaves, he's just been reminded too.

The man in the grey sweater looks off sadly.
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frankiebirds
7 months ago

the day i stop thinking about the ending of s02e11 sex, birth, death is the day i die.

On a bed, a man applies pressures to a bloody arm. The subtitle at the bottom of the image reads: PARAMEDIC: "You can let go now."
A paramedic in a blue uniform grabs the arm of a man wearing a warm grey sweater vest over a grey shirt, who is focused on applying pressure.
A close-up of the man in the sweater vest, distressed, his hair obscuring his face as he looks down. The subtitles at the bottom of the image read: -"Sir." and -GARCIA: "Reid."
A close-up of one of the paramedics. The subtitle at the bottom of the image reads: "Let go. Sir."

like. reid coming extremely close to needing to be dragged away from nathan?

The man in the sweater vest stands back, next to a woman in a light blue top. Both look distressed, the man more upset and the woman more frightened.

both garcia and reid's expressions here? reid, who cares for and identifies with nathan, garcia, who has (i believe) never seen a dead body* in person? (also, you can't see it here because it's a still image, but reid's breath is hitching here and he looks close to hyperventilating)

*i know nathan is not dead here, nor does he die at all—the point im making is that having never seen a dead body in person before would make you more unprepared for seeing the aftermath of an unsuccessful suicide attempt than someone who has

Outside a building with floor-to-ceiling windows, the man in the sweater vest holds a towel in his hands, both of which are covered in blood, staring blankly off as a man in a brown jacket approaches.

reid makes no movement to clean the blood off his hands until gideon is right in front of him. he just stands there and stares like hes dissociating until gideon comes up and, in my opinion, sort of startles him into acting.

and gideon putting an arm around reid and taking him away from the scene while morgan does the same to garcia. hhhh.

this is the most emotional we see reid get up to this point. he's yelling while he's trying to keep nathan arrive, enough to strain his voice. i dont think hes so much as raised his voice at all up to this point.

i wonder how long he washed his hands for before he deemed himself "clean".

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spencer reid not fic criminal minds criminal minds s02e11 criminal minds 2x11 sex birth death scene analysis tw blood tw self harm TW: Suicide <- my prev tags ive also always headcanoned that diana attempted suicide at some point so in my head there are some lovely lovely flashbacks after this too not sure why im leaving that in the tags. maybe because its a reading based off headcanon and not a reading of canon? anyway god the ending of this episode destroys me im glad it ends with hope with nathan living ive seen a lot of fics about nathan coming back as an unsub and im not saying those fics are bad AT ALL ive read a lot of them its an interesting and plausible concept but i like to believe that nathan goes on to lead a relatively normal life. maybe reaches out to reid again sometime in his adult years to thank him for not letting him die all those years ago like he'd begged him to
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frankiebirds
7 months ago
Three people in an office. From left to right: a teenage boy wearing wearing a dark blue sweater, looking slightly down, a woman wearing a plaid shirt partially buttoned over a low-cut red top, seated, and a man wearing a grey sweater over a white shirt. The subtitle at the bottom of the image reads: "but whatever my psych eval says you promise you’ll tell me the truth?"
An officer stands behind the teenage boy in the dark blue sweater. The subtitle at the bottom of the image reads: "My mom says a promise doesn't count unless you say it out loud."
The man in the grey sweater looks intently at the teenage boy in the dark blue sweater. The subtitle at the bottom of the image reads: "I promise."

i really like this moment for its reminder that nathan is a child. anton yelchin was seventeen when this episode aired (not sure when it was filmed), and given that nathan is said to be a highschool sophomore, he's even younger. fifteen, maybe sixteen? (i was fifteen at the start of grade ten, sixteen when it ended, and i was almost always the oldest person in the class)

i think sometimes that's missed. not than nathan is very young, because that's an important part of the episode, but fifteen specifically. not so much a young man frightened by his own desires but a child. i couldnt get a screenshot of it because it's a very quick and subtle movement, but nathan's statement in the second screenshot is provoked by reid simply nodding in response to his first. he's so young that reid is the older authority figure he's looking up to and seeking reassurance from.

and judging by reid's expression after nathan leaves, he's just been reminded too.

The man in the grey sweater looks off sadly.
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self rb spencer reid scene analysis criminal minds criminal minds s02e11 criminal minds 2x11 sex birth death
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