Criminal Minds: Charm and Harm

(S01E20) Another entertaining episode. I think I've said it before: this isn't the best show on TV, but it always holds my attention for the full hour. I was disappointed that the storyline from last week involving Hotch's personal life was dropped, but I'm still pretty sure that it will play a big role in the final episodes.

This episode was a little different though. The team was called in to find a serial killer on the run. The odd thing about it was that the local authorities knew who the guy was. Usually the BAU team is brought in when nothing is known other than people are being murdered. It was a nice change of pace and it allowed the teams to pair up and address different parts of the case.

Elle and Morgan were dispatched to stay on the trail of the killer, who by the way, was played by Huff's Andy Comeau. He plays such a lovable schizophrenic in that show, but he was downright creepy in this role. Moving on, we found out a little bit about Elle and Morgan. Elle apparently has a social life that no one knew about because she's quite tense about her new boyfriend. She doesn't say much about him, but Morgan pushes for answers anyway.

Morgan, on the other hand, is a consummate ladies man but we knew that. What we didn't know is that he's a complete slob. I'm surprised this flaw is just being brought up now though because I feel like it could have been used all season as a liability.

The one thing I really enjoyed about this episode (and they don't have these two interact enough), were the conversations between Hotch and Garcias. Everything that comes out of her mouth is some kind of sexual innuendo. When she speaks with Morgan, he always plays with it and dishes the bedroom talk right back. Hotch is completely put off by it and it's hilarious when Garcia keeps calling him "baby" and all Hotch wants is some dead lady's medical records.

Like I said though, good episode but I hope the ongoing storylines start to pick up in the coming weeks.