this week's episode 'Beyond Borders' had the worst backdoor pilot I've seen in a while
the case itself was good enough but the way the new characters were (not !) introduced threw me off. there seemed to be like a gazillion agents in each 'good team' scene too. as I did not know going in that this was gonna be a backdoor pilot I was immediately taken out of the Criminal Minds atmosphere when I saw Gary Sinise appear like 30 secs into the episode
with so many characters on the show in this particular episode everybody seemed underused. I think Reid got maybe 2 minutes of screen time, just one example
Criminal Minds could have learned a thing or two from backdoor pilots in shows like Arrow. but to be fair origin stories make for natural backdoor pilots
imo the franchise is still going strong but this episode was a let down
I might still check out the spin off whenever that airs. I only watched one episode of that earlier spin off despite really liking Forrest Whitaker in just about everything I watched him in before
the latest EP 'Mr Scratch' (directed by %atthew GrayMGubler) was an homage to horror movies, especially the first half. great ep, probably with a lot of consequences for the next few episodes
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