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Criminal Minds

Through the Looking Glass

  • Episode aired Oct 17, 2012
  • TV-14TV-14
  • 44m
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7.5/10
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Kirsten Vangsness in Criminal Minds (2005)
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The team races to find a connection between two families, one murdered and the other abducted.The team races to find a connection between two families, one murdered and the other abducted.The team races to find a connection between two families, one murdered and the other abducted.
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
1.5K
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  • Director
    • Dermott Downs
  • Writers
    • Jeff Davis
    • Sharon Lee Watson
    • Kimberly A. Harrison(executive story editor)
  • Stars
    • Joe Mantegna
    • Shemar Moore
    • Matthew Gray Gubler
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  • Director
    • Dermott Downs
  • Writers
    • Jeff Davis
    • Sharon Lee Watson
    • Kimberly A. Harrison(executive story editor)
  • Stars
    • Joe Mantegna
    • Shemar Moore
    • Matthew Gray Gubler
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    • 3User reviews
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    Joe Mantegna
    Joe Mantegna
    • David Rossias David Rossi
    Shemar Moore
    Shemar Moore
    • Derek Morganas Derek Morgan
    Matthew Gray Gubler
    Matthew Gray Gubler
    • Dr. Spencer Reidas Dr. Spencer Reid
    A.J. Cook
    A.J. Cook
    • Jennifer Jareauas Jennifer Jareau
    Kirsten Vangsness
    Kirsten Vangsness
    • Penelope Garciaas Penelope Garcia
    Jeanne Tripplehorn
    Jeanne Tripplehorn
    • Alex Blakeas Alex Blake
    Thomas Gibson
    Thomas Gibson
    • Aaron Hotchneras Aaron Hotchner
    Josh Stamberg
    Josh Stamberg
    • Mike Acklinas Mike Acklin
    Danielle Bisutti
    Danielle Bisutti
    • Debra Acklinas Debra Acklin
    John Fleck
    John Fleck
    • Arthur Rykovas Arthur Rykov
    Gary Grubbs
    Gary Grubbs
    • Detective Oren Carras Detective Oren Carr
    Shelby Young
    Shelby Young
    • Mackenzie Acklinas Mackenzie Acklin
    Bellamy Young
    Bellamy Young
    • Beth Clemmonsas Beth Clemmons
    Brad Light
    Brad Light
    • Ross Acklinas Ross Acklin
    • (as Brad C. Light)
    Cade Owens
    Cade Owens
    • Jack Hotchneras Jack Hotchner
    Ian Bieda
    • Braden Acklinas Braden Acklin
    Bobby Hall
    • E.J. Torresas E.J. Torres
    Mary Kathleen Gordon
    Mary Kathleen Gordon
    • Dr. Kay Armbrusteras Dr. Kay Armbruster
    • (as Mary-Kathleen Gordon)
    • Director
      • Dermott Downs
    • Writers
      • Jeff Davis
      • Sharon Lee Watson
      • Kimberly A. Harrison(executive story editor)
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      Alex Blake insinuates on the jet when discussing the family and the son's Asperger's syndrome that Reid may suffer from it too. Rossi smiles, potentially implying he may also think the same. In Broken Mirror (2005), the unsub Vincent Shyer profiled the entire team and said that Gideon hasn't profiled the autistic leanings of Reid.
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      Dr. Spencer Reid: Braden certainly would be vulnerable. Unlike classic autism, language ability is intact in people with Asperger's. They appear to lack empathy and have trouble reading social cues. Albert Einstein supposedly had it, as do some well-known Silicon Valley types.

      Alex Blake: Well, how about you?

      Dr. Spencer Reid: What's that?

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      The One Who Love You the Most
      Written by Brett Dennen

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    Love 'Criminal Minds', but "Through the Looking Glass" didn't do much for me
    Having been a big fan of 'Criminal Minds' for seven years now, being a show that airs regularly on SkyLiving, there are some great episodes, and a fair few masterful ones. But there are also misfires especially in the later seasons, and for me "Through the Looking Glass" is one of them.

    Granted there are worse in the show, this reviewer is one of those who has an intense dislike for "200" and it isn't the waste-of-great-potential that "The Replicator" was (that could have been an enthralling end to potentially one of the show's better story arcs, but it fizzled out pretty badly), but "Through the Looking Glass" has a lot of the problems that the show has from time to time.

    "Through the Looking Glass" is not all bad. With one exception, the lead acting is very good indeed, Joe Mantegna as Rossi and Matthew Gray Gubler as Reid have always been high points. There is an appropriate moody, gritty and dark, yet always slick and stylish, atmosphere in the visuals, and the place in which the family are held provide an effective sense of claustrophobia. The music is haunting and melancholic, and there is some decent enough directing if more in the visuals than anywhere else.

    However, while the leads are fine, the supporting cast are not, with the exception of John Fleck, who does provide chills and eerie tension as Rykov even though most of the time he's unseen. This was a point in the show where Alex Blake had not fitted in yet and when it was difficult to warm to a character as cold as she was. She did get better later in the season to me and in Season 9, and generally she is one of the better Prentiss replacements (Kate was too bland, out of place and often forced and shoe-horned in in her earlier episodes), but it did take time to get used to her. Jeanne Tripplehorn does do her best considering. Beth is a total bore of a character, and Bellamy Young's acting is not enough to make one change their mind on the character.

    It was also really difficult to relate to the family. Not only do almost all the actors overact, with Danielle Bisutti being particularly overwrought and annoying, but they are all uninteresting and continually frustrate with decision-making that stops anybody from relating to them (for example what sort of mother in their own mind would choose money over her own daughter?). The script is remote and not particularly tight, shining only in Rykov's chilling ultimatums threats. Alex's quip to Reid can go either way and those who do have Aspergers (although this reviewer has Aspergers, she was not sure what to make of it) might take offence, and sorry but Morgan and Penelope's flirtatious and over-familiar exchanges are getting increasingly unrealistic and annoying.

    Regarding the story, there wasn't enough to engage with and because the supporting characters are so badly acted and frustrate the viewer so much one couldn't connect with it, which waste the claustrophobic setting somewhat. It isn't exciting or tense enough, and there is a lack of a plausible explanation (even the nicely done flashback didn't make that clear) for how Rykov knew which family to target, where they lived and how he knew so much about them, the most obvious way is through stalking them but this reviewer missed any explanation.

    All in all, didn't do much for me. 4/10 Bethany Cox
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    • TheLittleSongbird
    • Jul 8, 2016

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    • Release date
      • October 17, 2012 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Canada
    • Language
      • English
    • Production companies
      • The Mark Gordon Company
      • CBS Television Studios
      • ABC Signature
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    • Runtime
      44 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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