SPOILERS
“In the Dark” was a pretty okay episode. It followed the
same pattern as the other episodes this season in splitting the attention
between the unsub of the week and Reid’s misadventures in prison.
As soon as they said there were two unsubs with two very
different motives, I thought there was an episode of Criminal Minds where they did just that: two unsubs were in the
same city and they were competing against each other. I figured that’s where
they were going with this – with each murder it would get more gruesome and they
would start stealing from each other (I thought that’s where this was headed
when the knife murders suddenly changed). So I was a bit disappointed when they
made the big revelation that it has to be the same person. They made up for
that conclusion by explaining the reason there was one unsub with two different
MO’s was because the unsub was sleepwalking. That was unexpected and definitely
a unique explanation. All is forgiven, writers.
This was a pretty big Luke episode, despite the story not
revolving around him. He has two interactions with Garcia, at the beginning and
end to bookend the episode. In each you can see that he is trying to find out
what’s under Garcia’s armor and offering to be there for her. It takes her a
while to warm up to him, however slightly. Also, we find out Calvin Shaw is
some kind of scumbag apparently. Luke dug up some info and used it to blackmail
Shaw into protecting Reid. The only problem I had with all this is why didn’t
Luke visit Reid while he was at it? I suppose he had to get to the field and
work the case, but Reid seemed so hurt when he found out Luke was there and
didn’t come see him.
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| Reid calls for help after Luis is hurt. |
I was not expecting that ending. Is Luis dead? I guess we
won’t find out until next time; it could be a fake-out and as soon as they
turned the camera off someone came to help them. However, I think it is more
likely he is dead and now Reid is stuck between a rock and a hard place. He
will have to play by the rules in order to survive, but that will include doing
dangerous things. His situation isn’t looking all that great; true, his trial
might be at a better place, but he could still be found guilty, and he is still
not in protective custody. As each week gets us closer to this trial, I can’t
help wonder how they’re going to fix it. Like I said in a previous post, if
they were writing Reid off the show, they wouldn’t make him go through all of
this just to stick him in prison behind the scenes for the rest of the run of
the show. Let’s hope there is a happy outcome in the works.
8/10
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