I thought season 8 of Criminal Minds was a GOOD season overall. However, three episodes that I really dislike are in this season. Those episodes are "The Good Earth" (8x5), "Perennials" (8x11) and "Nanny Dearest" (8x21). Those 3 episodes do nothing for me. But I do think season 8 is still a good season. I loved episodes like "The Pact" (8x2), "Through the Looking Glass" (8x3), "The Apprenticeship" (8x6), "The Fallen" (8x7), "Zugzwang" (8x12), "The Silencer" (8x1) and a number of others.
This episode involved an unsub that believes in reincarnation. He believes he's been reincarnated as a serial killer. And none of the actors to me seem like they're having fun in this episode. I know a show has to try to come up with new ideas and try something different when you've had many seasons under your belt, but I don't think anyone really got into this story. The way the unsub chose his new victims based on when old victims were killed was interesting though. And getting some Replicator stuff at the end of the episode was fun. But overall, this episode is just boring and the story is flat. Everyone just seems to be going through the motions.
The actor that plays the unsub just seems all wrong for this role. It's one of those episodes where the unsub is revealed early. He's probably not a bad actor but he just doesn't work and the story is just a stinker.
This episode definitely ranks in my bottom 10 Criminal Minds episodes. It joins episodes like "Nanny Dearest" (8x21) and "Sense Memory" (6x14) as some of my least favorite episodes to watch.
This episode involved an unsub that believes in reincarnation. He believes he's been reincarnated as a serial killer. And none of the actors to me seem like they're having fun in this episode. I know a show has to try to come up with new ideas and try something different when you've had many seasons under your belt, but I don't think anyone really got into this story. The way the unsub chose his new victims based on when old victims were killed was interesting though. And getting some Replicator stuff at the end of the episode was fun. But overall, this episode is just boring and the story is flat. Everyone just seems to be going through the motions.
The actor that plays the unsub just seems all wrong for this role. It's one of those episodes where the unsub is revealed early. He's probably not a bad actor but he just doesn't work and the story is just a stinker.
This episode definitely ranks in my bottom 10 Criminal Minds episodes. It joins episodes like "Nanny Dearest" (8x21) and "Sense Memory" (6x14) as some of my least favorite episodes to watch.