the trick is to keep breathing

So I absolutely adore Criminal Minds, and I am finally going to discuss it here! Because season 7 so far has been very interesting, in an awesome way, so yup you know what it's about time for me to talk up this show and maybe find anyone else who likes it #SHAME #NOTSORRY

First I must get this out of the way: it's a procedural crime drama. Yup. And that's fine with me. Personally, I love procedural crime shows. I think it's because I grew up watching Mystery! reruns with my mum and my gramma - Hercule Poirot, anyone? Perry frigging Mason? - and my grandmother loved all kinds of stuff like that; I think it stuck with me. Procedural crime shows are like my generation's version of Mystery!, just with more flashy intros and computers, and less canes and moustaches -- and even with the bad science, I'll take CSI over stuff like Friends any day of the goddamned year. (No offense intended to any Friends fans; that kind of sitcommy thing just isn't my personal cup of tea. I'm just saying that if I'm watching braindead TV to fill a void while I shovel dinner into my mouth, it's going to be something like CSI, or Without a Trace, or even Law and Order, before it's going to be Friends and Seinfeld and whatever.)

I actually really don't like a lot of TV, to be honest. I don't watch a lot of series and I don't see a lot of movies. But I honestly and shamelessly enjoy watching Criminal Minds, and while I'll never be one of those people who schedules their life around the evening their show's on, I'm ready to admit that I AM one of those people constantly reblogging photos of the cast members on Tumblr, and that I do try to keep up with it as well as I can. >.>

[hey, potential trigger warning - this discussion of CM talks about CM's content and material, which is some pretty bad people doing some pretty nasty stuff.]
[mostly spoiler-free, although casting decisions for S7 are mentioned]

( Wow, this got long, so I shall cut it to be polite )

Well, I've been writing this around like 4 separate meetings today, it is probably time to post it whooooooooooooops

WHO HAS SEEN THIS SEASON (REID WILL CRUSH YOU) LET'S TALK

So I have been meaning to post about this, and now that I am, I don't have much to say except... who is up to date on Criminal Minds and wants to flail with me.

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Spoilers will live in the comments.