“Green Light” was the episode I have been waiting for,
finally bringing the story of the second half of the season to a close right
after that wonderful cliffhanger in last episode. I do like how they carefully
hinted at these things in the past, with one episode it was revealed there was
a woman there, and the next with the identity of the woman revealed. What none
of us were expecting was for there to be a second woman, who was actually
impersonating Scratch and behind the whole thing.
Looking back on the episode, it might have been a little
more obvious that something was going to happen involving Reid and prison. A
good chunk of the episode was flashbacks to previous violence and problems in
the prison; this wasn’t just so the audience could remember those things, Reid
had to remember those things as well. It was obvious he was starting to lose
himself and he really needed to get out of there. He made a shiv and stabbed
himself so he could be put in solitary confinement now that the other prisoners
whom he poisoned knew he was the one who did it. So it’s a good thing he got
out of there.
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| Reid in solitary confinement. |
They won’t kill off his mother, right? That would just be
too cruel at this point. And Prentiss was right: they lose his mother, they
lose Reid. And there’s been no other indication that Gubler wants to leave the
show, since they got him out of prison. They’ll find her just in the nick of
time and everything will be all right.
I really like this whole throwing away expectations and
really surprising us. Cat Adams. I had forgotten about her. So this whole thing
about Scratch going after the team is completely separate from these women who
want to go after Reid.
My only problem with the episode was how quickly they
finally managed to get Reid out of prison. There was all that hype about the fingerprints
needing to get there quickly and they had that whole scene in the courthouse
and it just felt so neatly wrapped up in a bow. They fixed it by having the
rest of the story not wrap up neatly. Though I guess there would have been no
other way to get him out of prison. Anyone else want to give him a hug as he
stood there and waited for the door to open?
Good episode. Really good episode. Finally there’s some “end
of season” resolution and Reid is out of prison. I can’t wait for the next one.
9.5/10
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