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Criminal Minds
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200

  • Episode aired Feb 5, 2014
  • TV-14TV-14
  • 42m
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8.1/10
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A.J. Cook in Criminal Minds (2005)
CrimeDramaMystery
The BAU call Emily Prentiss for help to find JJ, who has been kidnapped. The truth about JJ and Cruz's past is revealed.The BAU call Emily Prentiss for help to find JJ, who has been kidnapped. The truth about JJ and Cruz's past is revealed.The BAU call Emily Prentiss for help to find JJ, who has been kidnapped. The truth about JJ and Cruz's past is revealed.
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    • Director
      • Larry Teng
    • Writers
      • Jeff Davis
      • Rick Dunkle
    • Stars
      • Joe Mantegna
      • Shemar Moore
      • Matthew Gray Gubler
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    • Director
      • Larry Teng
    • Writers
      • Jeff Davis
      • Rick Dunkle
    • Stars
      • Joe Mantegna
      • Shemar Moore
      • Matthew Gray Gubler
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    Joe Mantegna
    Joe Mantegna
    • David Rossi
    Shemar Moore
    Shemar Moore
    • Derek Morgan
    Matthew Gray Gubler
    Matthew Gray Gubler
    • Dr. Spencer Reid
    A.J. Cook
    A.J. Cook
    • Jennifer Jareau
    Kirsten Vangsness
    Kirsten Vangsness
    • Penelope Garcia
    Jeanne Tripplehorn
    Jeanne Tripplehorn
    • Alex Blake
    Thomas Gibson
    Thomas Gibson
    • Aaron Hotchner
    Paget Brewster
    Paget Brewster
    • Emily Prentiss
    Tahmoh Penikett
    Tahmoh Penikett
    • Michael Hastings
    Faran Tahir
    Faran Tahir
    • Tivon Askari
    Josh Stewart
    Josh Stewart
    • William LaMontagne Jr.
    Nicholas Brendon
    Nicholas Brendon
    • Kevin Lynch
    Debrah Farentino
    Debrah Farentino
    • Undersecretary Rosemary Jackson
    Jayne Atkinson
    Jayne Atkinson
    • Erin Strauss
    Esai Morales
    Esai Morales
    • Section Chief Mateo Cruz
    Brian Appel
    Brian Appel
    • Agent Anderson
    Gina Garcia
    Gina Garcia
    • Agent Sharp
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    Mekhai Andersen
    • Henry LaMontagne
    • Director
      • Larry Teng
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      • Jeff Davis
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    • Trivia
      JJ quotes Nietzsche "If you look long enough into an abyss, the abyss looks into you." Gideon made the same reference in Extreme Aggressor (2005).
    • Goofs
      The Nietzsche quote from this and the pilot, is an abbreviation of the original. Interestingly, in Extreme Aggressor (2005), the full quote is properly stated, "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you".
    • Quotes

      Penelope Garcia: Now we're talking! Wow...

      Dr. Spencer Reid: What'd you find?

      Penelope Garcia: A ghost file in a ghost folder on a ghost server that nobody wants me to know about!

    • Crazy credits
      Despite being the 200th episode of the series, this episode marks the second time in series history, the first being Extreme Aggressor (2005) that the opening theme is not shown; it is cut to make more time for story. Principal credits appear onscreen preceding guest star credits during the first scene following the abbreviated title card.
    • Soundtracks
      Blackbird
      Written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

      Performed by Sarah Darling

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    3/10
    A waste of a milestone episode
    This is not going to be a popular review from the looks of it, though "200" has garnered a very mixed reception with those who disliked it being particularly vocal.

    As a 'Criminal Minds', speaking as someone who has been a great fan for 7 years or so now, episode, this will (and has done) leave a lot of fans short-changed (unless one is a die-hard fan of JJ), one could say it's a slap in the face. So much so that it is hard to judge it from a standalone episode, as something standing on its own two feet.

    Credit is due. The acting is very good, AJ Cook in particular doing a fantastic job, JJ's pain, anguish and determination coming over incredibly powerfully. Production values are high, with a superb stark and claustrophobic atmosphere created, that one wishes was matched by the writing. The music is suitably haunting too, with a touching use of "Blackbird".

    "200's" biggest problem, especially considering that it's an anniversary special (very like "100" was, except that it was unquestionably 'Criminal Minds'), is that it didn't feel like an episode of 'Criminal Minds'. If it weren't for the throwing in of the rest of the team who come and go within the episode it would have felt like something else entirely. Despite it being a JJ episode (in a situation that realistically she shouldn't even have been in the first place), even with her situation it did feel like too much focus was given to her and the rest of the team were given a back-seat. This does hurt the dynamic of the team and of the rest of the characters properly shining, as their screen times are far too short and their personalities seemed dumbed down and out of character.

    Even the much touted return of Emily Prentiss feels wasted. Lovely to see her again, but again screen time is too short and in a way it didn't seem like there was much need for her and that anybody could have been in her role. The writing lacks its usual tightness, light humour, sense of dread and suspense, while the storytelling is implausible, contradictory (going against what we were already told in Seasons 6 and 7, rather than filling in major gaps, and doesn't fit within the 'Criminal Minds' timeline) and rushed in an episode that should have really been a two-parter. Apart from the acting and the production values, there was little urgency or momentum here. The climax and final scene (which also ends abruptly) are pretty intelligence-insulting and like the rest of the episode and JJ's predicament had never happened.

    In conclusion, for a milestone episode "200" was a sad waste of great potential. 3/10 Bethany Cox
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    • Release date
      • February 5, 2014 (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
      42 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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