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One thing was clear whenCriminal Mindspremiered in 2005: The show was horrific.
Thats not a criticism it was the initial appeal.
Each week introduced a fresh serial killer and an alarmingly creative new way for humans to hurt each other.
Reid is injected with the drug Dilaudid while hes captive and begins to hallucinate scenes from his childhood.
Masterpiece allows Rossi to flex his stuff and bring his decades of criminal-profiling experience into play.
The season is strong throughout and helps to solidify the familial closeness of the BAU.
Prentiss dances bittersweetly with each team member, marking the end of an era forCriminal Minds.
In Zugzwang, Maeves stalker kidnaps her, and Reid attempts to negotiate her survival.
When he murders Strauss, Rossi confronts him in a final, explosive showdown.
ButCriminal Minds, with the help of Aubrey Plaza, managed to do just that with Entropy.
Despite being kidnapped and tortured, its the threat to his new family that finally convinces him to leave.
Complex and disturbing, its a run-of-the-mill case for the BAU.
The change launches the show into its newest, final form.
