Middle Man
- El episodio se transmitió el 3 nov 2010
- TV-14
- 44min
CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb
7.6/10
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TU CALIFICACIÓN
Agrega una trama en tu idiomaWhen bodies begin turning up in the cornfields of Indiana, the team must catch a pack of serial killers targeting exotic dancers.When bodies begin turning up in the cornfields of Indiana, the team must catch a pack of serial killers targeting exotic dancers.When bodies begin turning up in the cornfields of Indiana, the team must catch a pack of serial killers targeting exotic dancers.
J. Grant Albrecht
- Gregory Wilson
- (as Grant Albrecht)
Laura Cardenas-Hillman
- College Student
- (as Laura Cardenas)
Argumento
¿Sabías que…?
- TriviaThe first victim seen is popular YouTube personality iJustine (Justine Ezarik).
- ErroresRossi says to "Check the entire state; Fort Wayne to Evansville," for the suspect. Evansville is the southernmost big city in Indiana. However, South Bend is the northernmost big city, not Fort Wayne.
- Citas
Aaron Hotchner: [Garcia has bought the team new computer tablets] Garcia, not that I don't appreciate your efforts, but where exactly did the funding for these come from?
Penelope Garcia: I did a thing.
Aaron Hotchner: A thing?
Penelope Garcia: Best not talk about the thing.
- Bandas sonorasHeading East to Get West
Performed by The Rockford Mules
Opinión destacada
Twisty, complex and thoroughly engrossing with great supporting cast work
'Criminal Minds' had several high points in Seasons 1-5. Season 6 onwards also had high points but significantly less frequently, and the overall standard became hit and miss with a wider divide than before between the seasons' best and worst episodes.
Season 6 saw well-done episodes such as "Hanley Waters" (one of the season's best unsub performances in Kelli Williams), "Into the Woods" (creepy with one of the show's best child performances of unusual naturalism and complexity), "The Longest Night" (a season premiere that improved on the previous season's season finale) and "Remembrance of Things Past" (confused portrayal of Alzheimers aside, this was powerful and chilling stuff).
It also saw mediocre or worse episodes like "Today I Do" (very blandly derivative of 'Misery'), "25 to Life" (didn't start off too badly but fell apart after the identity of the unsub is revealed) and especially "The Thirteenth Step" (one of the biggest examples of a 'Criminal Minds' episode that didn't feel like 'Criminal Minds'.
"Middle Man" is one of Season 6's better episodes, and there is actually very little wrong with it. Only two things and they are minor. It has been criticised for being overly misogynistic (all due to some disparaging comments made by a character that is clearly intended to be disliked by the viewer from the get go) and trying too hard to show empathy for the unsubs (despite the awful nature of the crimes, only the leader is properly evil), but these are criticisms that isn't really agreed with by me. The scene where the team are discussing details of the case in the presence of security was unprofessional and careless, in a situation that was potentially dangerous and could have cost jobs or even lives if being watched. While the supporting cast's acting is some of the best of the season, Grant Albrecht is a little unconvincing and wooden.
However, Robert Newman sinks his teeth into the hostile sheriff role, and really relishes playing an unpleasant character, giving the character so much juice without overdoing it and turning into a cartoon. The unsubs are truly interesting here, so well performed, analysed and developed that seeing a lot of them was in no way a hindrance, and all three are up there with Kelli Williams and Tim Curry as the best unsub performances of the season. Michael Grant Terry is particularly brilliant as Chris.
The acting from the leads is typically very good indeed, no complaints there. There are some lovely moments, such as Garcia feeling more positive about her role, Reid's hilarious "I'm from Las Vegas" quip and Hotch showing his authority and firmness towards the sheriff, one cannot help cheering seeing somebody standing up to such a character.
Great profiling too (some of the best-written of the whole season), where one sees the team working as a cohesive unit with great individualistic psychology into the unsubs' minds, no over-reliance on technology and no conclusion jumping (things that eluded a fair few episodes in Season 6). The writing is very thought-provoking and tight, and the story is tense and suspenseful with lots of shocking twists and turns (including one big twist that was a huge surprise) without being confusing. The atmosphere evokes chills sometimes too.
Visually, as always with 'Criminal Minds', "Middle Man" is stylish and atmospheric, while the episode is also hauntingly scored, tautly paced and solidly directed.
All in all, a very good episode and actually almost great. 8/10 Bethany Cox
Season 6 saw well-done episodes such as "Hanley Waters" (one of the season's best unsub performances in Kelli Williams), "Into the Woods" (creepy with one of the show's best child performances of unusual naturalism and complexity), "The Longest Night" (a season premiere that improved on the previous season's season finale) and "Remembrance of Things Past" (confused portrayal of Alzheimers aside, this was powerful and chilling stuff).
It also saw mediocre or worse episodes like "Today I Do" (very blandly derivative of 'Misery'), "25 to Life" (didn't start off too badly but fell apart after the identity of the unsub is revealed) and especially "The Thirteenth Step" (one of the biggest examples of a 'Criminal Minds' episode that didn't feel like 'Criminal Minds'.
"Middle Man" is one of Season 6's better episodes, and there is actually very little wrong with it. Only two things and they are minor. It has been criticised for being overly misogynistic (all due to some disparaging comments made by a character that is clearly intended to be disliked by the viewer from the get go) and trying too hard to show empathy for the unsubs (despite the awful nature of the crimes, only the leader is properly evil), but these are criticisms that isn't really agreed with by me. The scene where the team are discussing details of the case in the presence of security was unprofessional and careless, in a situation that was potentially dangerous and could have cost jobs or even lives if being watched. While the supporting cast's acting is some of the best of the season, Grant Albrecht is a little unconvincing and wooden.
However, Robert Newman sinks his teeth into the hostile sheriff role, and really relishes playing an unpleasant character, giving the character so much juice without overdoing it and turning into a cartoon. The unsubs are truly interesting here, so well performed, analysed and developed that seeing a lot of them was in no way a hindrance, and all three are up there with Kelli Williams and Tim Curry as the best unsub performances of the season. Michael Grant Terry is particularly brilliant as Chris.
The acting from the leads is typically very good indeed, no complaints there. There are some lovely moments, such as Garcia feeling more positive about her role, Reid's hilarious "I'm from Las Vegas" quip and Hotch showing his authority and firmness towards the sheriff, one cannot help cheering seeing somebody standing up to such a character.
Great profiling too (some of the best-written of the whole season), where one sees the team working as a cohesive unit with great individualistic psychology into the unsubs' minds, no over-reliance on technology and no conclusion jumping (things that eluded a fair few episodes in Season 6). The writing is very thought-provoking and tight, and the story is tense and suspenseful with lots of shocking twists and turns (including one big twist that was a huge surprise) without being confusing. The atmosphere evokes chills sometimes too.
Visually, as always with 'Criminal Minds', "Middle Man" is stylish and atmospheric, while the episode is also hauntingly scored, tautly paced and solidly directed.
All in all, a very good episode and actually almost great. 8/10 Bethany Cox
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