Criminal Minds: The Fox (2005)
Season 1, Episode 7
8/10
Maybe just a tad over hyped
29 July 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Disclaimer:I am no expert reviewer, I just need a show to binge watch and I'm going to Write a review for every episode I watch.

Since starting the series I have read a lot of reviews on IMDb and this episode keeps reoccurring as one of the best episodes of the season and of the whole series. Although I believe that this episode is incredibly intense and has good character development and has lots of good plot twists and lots of good red herrings I don't love it.

I'm not sure actually why I'm not amazed by this episode as so many others are I think some of it has to do with the subject matter of holding a whole family hostage and killing them. I know this show is meant to be gory and and cruel but I don't know it just really freaked me out I didn't like it. Obviously just a personal opinion.

And there are a few things about this episode that aren't big deals but I just really don't like. Number one is that when the FBI calls the killers ex-wife she doesn't seem concerned at all.Like there's a John mulaney sketch where he jokes about on crime shows the interview somebody and they won't act like it's a big deal at all to be interviewed by homicide fbi agents, and that's all I could think about because she didn't flinch when she found out that her husband probably murdered several people. Number two is that the brother of one of the victims who they thought was a killer had his phone line cut off while the family was being held hostage. Someone would have had to call the phone company and have his phone shut off who would've done that well they were all being held hostage. Another plot hole is that that same brother describes the killer as a short redheaded person which is great because it leads them to the therapist but the actual killer didn't have red hair I don't know it just really bothered me.

Overall very intense just not my favorite.
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