“Lucky Strikes” brought back Agent Baby Girl, and for that,
I am grateful.
The episode has two stories going on at once. First, a
serial killer they had put in a mental hospital appears to be killing again,
but they can’t figure out how to prove it. Second, when they first worked this
case, this was when Garcia was shot, so her PTSD is triggered and she is snapping
at everyone.
I’m glad they kept throwing in little references to the
episode in question throughout this episode. I remembered Garcia getting shot,
but not Floyd Ferell specifically, until Luke mentioned something about eating
the chili he was serving. That made me shiver a bit! This was also an episode
that is frustrating from an audience standpoint, because Ferell’s lawyer is arguing
Ferell did not do it, any of it, even ten years ago; it was all someone else. They
need to figure out if there was someone else or not. Ferell is a lot smarter
than he is letting on. He has groomed another member of his Bible study to start
killing again, using the exact details of his rituals, including some things
never released to the public. When his current partner admits to doing
everything before killing himself, the agents have no choice but to share it
(though they know he is lying). I did like the twist ending they did. Once
Ferell was pronounced a free man by the hospital staff, Rossi steps in with an
order to X-ray his stomach…for the missing fingers. Ferell’s façade disappears.
Case closed.
Garcia thinks she’s gotten over the events of ten years ago.
It’s been ten years, more than enough time to heal physically and mentally,
right? But she keeps flashing back to what happened and in trying to control
herself ends up snapping at the rest of the team. JJ calls Morgan to come and
talk to her. That is all she needs to feel better, for now. Obviously she still
has some healing to do, but her quick fix for her current funk is from her best
friend. I just love the relationship between the two of them so much and I’m
glad they were able to bring him back, if only for two scenes.
This was an overall strong episode, bringing back characters
from the past. There’s been a whole decade between that episode and this one. Time
moves in their universe, same as here. I wonder if they’ll keeping bringing
back old cases, or if this is a one-time thing. Halloween episode this week. Should
be good. I’ll try to get a review up sooner than next week.
10/10
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