The problem with Criminal Minds

[marydell]

Earlier this evening took a break from watching S1 of Criminal Minds, and walked to the 7-11 while Mike put the baby to bed. I stepped out on the stoop, looked at the big empty parking lot across from the house, and pictured myself walking halfway across the parking lot and then vanishing while the theme music played.

Then I actually did cross the parking lot, and then an alley, and then another parking lot, because that's the quick route to the 7-11. There were some empty cars, and a guy milling around talking on his cell phone, and by the time I got to the 7-11 I was TOTALLY FREAKED OUT. I took a different route home, with more street traffic and less eerie darkitude, but I was still nervous. Maybe watching 12 episodes in 5 days is too many?

Nah.

Comments

[txanne.livejournal.com]

Heeee. Sounds perfectly normal to me! As Bear says, "Dear America, Please be aware of your surroundings. Love, the BAU."

[marydell.livejournal.com]

Hypervigilance is something I already have, (whee!) but usually it doesn't include cinematography and special fx.

[txanne.livejournal.com]

I chalk mine up to an overactive imagination.

[marydell.livejournal.com]

I have that too! :) Life in my head is never dull. Last night's dream: my archaeologist friend Tracie telling me about a kind of spider that lives in one's teeth, particularly if you have a crown on the tooth known as "the spiders' tooth."

[txanne.livejournal.com]

EEEEEEEEWWWW! You win.

::shudders::

[marydell.livejournal.com]

Well, at least I know not to get any new crowns until Orkin takes care of our spider problem!

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

As for letting movie/TV-watching color the perception of one's surroundings... I am ashamed to say that, when I was in Washington DC in 1990, I'd find myself looking at the landmarks and referring back to The Day The Earth Stood Still.

Of course, one is less likely to be disintegrated by a robot than one is to be assaulted by a bum in a 7/11's parking lot.

Speaking of Reality... Have you noticed how, in Without A Trace, the FBI gets involved even if the person has been missing for only 5 hours?

[marydell.livejournal.com]

Missing=Federal, right? And the FBI only takes like 20 minutes to fly to anyplace.

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

"FBI... My cat ran away. Can you help me find her?"

To be fair, I don't know if the show ever had any pretense of accuracy.

[sanguinity]

Twelve episodes in five days is too many.

OTOH, I adore that the characters holding the line against victim shaming, victim blaming, and people trying to make the victims "feel better" by minimizing the magnitude of the crime. Also, I like that the show doesn't pretend that misogyny isn't rampant. So even though the show makes me hyperaware of how vulnerable I am to people who are willing to break all the social rules, it also feels healing in some perverse way.

BTW, I'm here because I'm, dunno, a couple weeks out from getting S4 on DVD, and am struggling valiantly not to click the S4x1 and x2 spoilery post you just made. Because I SO WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY, the "but it says spoilers!" part of my brain isn't getting a whole lot of traction.

[marydell.livejournal.com]

Don't click it! I, um, challenge the logic of events in the first episode. So I'm flattered that you want to know, but it will totally TOTALLY spoil it for you. Don't worry, the post will wait for you :)

And I totally agree with the reasons for adoring the show!