Criminal Minds
Season 8, Episode 23
'Brothers Hotchner'
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Brief Summary: When a number of ecstasy overdoses in Manhattan show a pattern,
the team travels to the city for the profile. Hotchner is surprised,
however, when the investigation reveals his long estranged brother is
somehow involved.
Review: I liked it but I didn't love it, who the unsub was kind of ruined it for me. I always enjoy finding out about the teams backgrounds and family as such. I had forgotten that Hotchner had a brother, the storyline for them was done well. I would of liked to have more brotherly scenes with them together but I understand why there were not as many (fingers crossed for it in a later season) I found the case quite an interesting and clever one.
So we have the episode starting off with Sean (Hotchners Brother) calling up his brother because he was in the room when a girl died of a 'seems to be' drug overdose, but she wasn't the first one and seems to be not the last one either. The unsub was using PMMA also known as 'Doctor Death' on the streets (sounds like such a nice drug doesn't it ..not) and it all kept leadin back to the bar where sean worked. It found out that his bosses (Jim and Thane) are involved, but of course nothing is ever that simple.
I was kind of disappointed that the unsub had been a father whose daughter had died from a suspected drug overdose at one of Jims's other clubs. I was hoping for something a tad more dramatic and not typical unsub. It was pretty awesome how Reid was the one to take him down by knocking him over using a bag haha (It was pretty badass for Reid).
The episode ended with a little tease for the finale, as Garcia was closing everything all her screens were taken over with photos of the team and te word 'ZUGZWANG' repeatedly, this happens just before the replicator made his move and entered Strauss' hotel room and stood over her while she slept (kinda creepy ig you ask me). I think they did a good job of setting up the finale with that scene.
Line of the episode would go to Garcia for her doctor who reference with "I found something stranger than a time-traveling police box."
Review: I liked it but I didn't love it, who the unsub was kind of ruined it for me. I always enjoy finding out about the teams backgrounds and family as such. I had forgotten that Hotchner had a brother, the storyline for them was done well. I would of liked to have more brotherly scenes with them together but I understand why there were not as many (fingers crossed for it in a later season) I found the case quite an interesting and clever one.
So we have the episode starting off with Sean (Hotchners Brother) calling up his brother because he was in the room when a girl died of a 'seems to be' drug overdose, but she wasn't the first one and seems to be not the last one either. The unsub was using PMMA also known as 'Doctor Death' on the streets (sounds like such a nice drug doesn't it ..not) and it all kept leadin back to the bar where sean worked. It found out that his bosses (Jim and Thane) are involved, but of course nothing is ever that simple.
I was kind of disappointed that the unsub had been a father whose daughter had died from a suspected drug overdose at one of Jims's other clubs. I was hoping for something a tad more dramatic and not typical unsub. It was pretty awesome how Reid was the one to take him down by knocking him over using a bag haha (It was pretty badass for Reid).
The episode ended with a little tease for the finale, as Garcia was closing everything all her screens were taken over with photos of the team and te word 'ZUGZWANG' repeatedly, this happens just before the replicator made his move and entered Strauss' hotel room and stood over her while she slept (kinda creepy ig you ask me). I think they did a good job of setting up the finale with that scene.
Line of the episode would go to Garcia for her doctor who reference with "I found something stranger than a time-traveling police box."
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