Unfortunately, Criminal Minds remains one of the worst shows ever to be a hit in the history of television. The writing isn’t just bad, it’s exploitative [and not in the fun way of exploitation movies, but rather, the exploitation of women - usually through the torture of serial killer victims being played out onscreen, though this time it was through grotesque injuries to a woman from being skipped along a street turning her back into hamburger. Men rarely suffer physical abuse of the kind and proportion that women do - and that makes the show misogynist as well as poorly written. And Thomas Gibson's acting is so wooden that he makes Robert Beltran, of Star Trek: Voyager look like Olivier. Plus, Garcia got it right when she asked Morgan why it was always him who had to play hero - a riff that was boring by the end of season one.

I actually liked the show when it was called "UnSub" back in 1989. The plots were remarkably varied and the writing brilliant. Overall, the cast was vastly superior as well. If it ever comes out on DVD, you might want to check it out. It shows how a show of this nature should be done. Of course, it didn't pander to a lowest common denominator audience, so it got axed after one season, but that one season was infinitely better than the best ep of Criminal Minds. In fact, I find myself wondering why the creators of UnSub haven't sued the creators of Criminal Minds for not only ripping them off, but turning what was a terriific concept and running it into the ground.

As for not saying anything, well CBS sends me screeners and they expect me to review them. You'll note that I've also reviewed The Mentalist [a vastly more intelligent and well written series], as well. “It’s not what I thought it should be” isn’t a review, it’s a meaningless phrase that utterly fails to express the loathing I feel for the show and the episode being reviewed - and there’s no point in writing a review if I don’t call ‘em like I see ‘em. That’s my job.

AJ Cook plays JJ Jareau and Garica is played by Kirsten Vangsness.
So you know what if you don’t like the show don’t say anything bad about it just say that it wasn’t what you thought it should be and leave it at that.