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The rest of the end quote:

" [love] completes many things,

and warrants them to take effect,

where he who does not love would faint and lie down."

Yeah, that's pretty much it. Oh, you wanted rational thought? I'm so sorry, tonight's Hotch ep has decircuited my brain. :)

(Apologies for last week's lack of post; I found the ep meh, and I had a midterm the next day.)

I pretty much knew I was lost from the the jack-o'-lantern and the cookies. Jack scenes are like Garcia scenes;
Hotch can relax, and we see some of that goofball charm that Thomas Gibson has in spades.

OMG REID IN "NO EFFING READER'S DIGEST VERSION BITCH" mode. I love it. Mostly because I live it way more often than I might like to admit.Did Reid get to go to his Phantasmagoria? I hope so. And I bet he convinced Rossi to come with. Because this is how Rossi knows things.

ERNIE HUDSON! Geekgasm!

This is kind of reminding me of "House on Fire", a little. Except it's a lot less love, and a lot more vengeance. And while I wasn't crazy about
Leonard Roberts when he was on Buffy, he was rather terrific here. Playing the Phantom of the Opera (you knew I was going there) role to
the hilt. And his backstory almost makes you feel sorry for him; as so often happens, you think that going right, living right will fix things, and then the universe shits on your head in myriad cruel ways.

Ohhhhh, Mrs. Terrell. That was such a good writing/directing choice, having 3 minutes of just her, freaking out by herself. The actress conveyed such a lot with no words; the way when something bad happens, your mind goes into overdrive, and you're doing physical things without even knowing them. Many people have complained in the past when they just sent in Rossi with no preamble. Emily and Rossi working in tandem was great, and the return of the cognitive interview was even better.

OH CRAP. WE KNOW HIS NAME AND IT'S ONLY 9:30. SHIT'S GETTING WORSE.

AND Carl Lumbly. Okay, now, they're just spoiling us. A father who couldn't raise his daughter but gave her to people who could, and will die to protect her. Yeah, it's L'Episode des Peres, Bon et Mal.

Speaking of which: HOTCH WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING YOU CRAZY BUGGER. WHY ARE YOU GOING AND GETTING YOURSELF BLOWN UP AGAIN?

Cue "Morgan: HOTCH IS CRAZY YOU Rossi: WE GOTTA TRUST HIM FFS" for the 1000th time; you'd think I'd get tired of it, but nah. Although I wonder what it's like to be Emily and Reid when that happens.

Certainly, I guess Morgan has learned to predict the "Hotch goes Rambo" triggers by now; fire, fathers, and kids in danger. The man is nothing if not predictable.

"We need one rifle." *chills*

Man, this is like a mashup of all the things I love about Hotch (cue entering the house). He is also Giles-esque, in that it's (Foyet excepted) when he gets really quiet that you get scared. He didn't want to do it in front of little Daniel, but he would have put one in Cayman's head.

There's a film reference in the little one touching the monster's face, and I can name it right now.

I saw the end coming from about 9:05. AND I STILL SQUEED LOUD ENOUGH TO WAKE THE APARTMENT COMPLEX. Tiny Jack in a suit. TINY JACK IN A SUIT. Because fantasy is good, but our real life superheroes are what help get us through the day.