I still have a lump in my throat and my eyes are welling-up just thinking about it! Alex was so excellent, as we knew he would be! This was even better than I expected! The acting, from everyone really, the story...it was awesome! And I'm so glad he didn't get blown away at the end. Every single scene with Vincent and Stanley packed a punch! And now for shallow me...my head is still spinning from viewing him in those long johns! 
That is a HOT bod right there! 
My quess would be that the psychotic break came while he was with his mother for many, many hours. He relived that moment everyday and, as an adult, literally watched his mother's killing all the time on a timed loop. He would kill on the anniversary of her death. In his mind, it may have brought his mother back to him, for at least a bit of time. He stared into his mother's eyes as she died. Thats what he did with the other women. But someone more versed in this stuff can probably give us an hypothosis as to why he killed, how he selected his victims, what type of satisfaction he got from the kills. Euw! I think I just scared myself!MickLifeCrisis wrote:Good question!bluedahlia3 wrote:And if Vincent, as a little boy, saw his Mom being killed why did he identify more with the killer and start killing blond women?
The eyes definitely had it in this episode. I heartily agree about trying to make a connection with the eyes of the women he killed--it was if he was looking for his mother in each of them. All that focus on what he saw in their eyes, and here the one who had the power to change him, couldn't use his eyes.VAsusieQ18 wrote:My quess would be that the psychotic break came while he was with his mother for many, many hours. He relived that moment everyday and, as an adult, literally watched his mother's killing all the time on a timed loop. He would kill on the anniversary of her death. In his mind, it may have brought his mother back to him, for at least a bit of time. He stared into his mother's eyes as she died. Thats what he did with the other women. But someone more versed in this stuff can probably give us an hypothosis as to why he killed, how he selected his victims, what type of satisfaction he got from the kills. Euw! I think I just scared myself!MickLifeCrisis wrote:Good question!bluedahlia3 wrote:And if Vincent, as a little boy, saw his Mom being killed why did he identify more with the killer and start killing blond women?
This is when I knew he was CTD.MickLifeCrisis wrote:The bread and the saran wrap... euww.
Oh, Fleur! Great analysis! I picked up on the staring in the victim's eyes as he stared at his dead mother's, but totally missed the significance of reaching out to Stanley, who couldn't see.Fleur de Lisa wrote:The eyes definitely had it in this episode. I heartily agree about trying to make a connection with the eyes of the women he killed--it was if he was looking for his mother in each of them. All that focus on what he saw in their eyes, and here the one who had the power to change him, couldn't use his eyes.VAsusieQ18 wrote:My quess would be that the psychotic break came while he was with his mother for many, many hours. He relived that moment everyday and, as an adult, literally watched his mother's killing all the time on a timed loop. He would kill on the anniversary of her death. In his mind, it may have brought his mother back to him, for at least a bit of time. He stared into his mother's eyes as she died. Thats what he did with the other women. But someone more versed in this stuff can probably give us an hypothosis as to why he killed, how he selected his victims, what type of satisfaction he got from the kills. Euw! I think I just scared myself!MickLifeCrisis wrote:Good question!bluedahlia3 wrote:And if Vincent, as a little boy, saw his Mom being killed why did he identify more with the killer and start killing blond women?
You'll tear-up when you see caps of him in those long johns MM! I think I nearly blacked-out!MoonMad wrote:Okay, I'm tearing up just reading the comments. Thanks ladies, from someone who won't get to see this for a while. I can't wait!
Are you getting any sense from the CM fans what they thought of this episode?MSJ_sunglasses wrote:According to the Criminal Minds fanatic blogspot, last week's ep had 13.72 million viewers though it was shown an hour later than usual. Let's see how much the numbers go up this week!
Freakin' hilarious mwj! You are such a hoot!mwj01 wrote:You'll tear-up when you see caps of him in those long johns MM! I think I nearly blacked-out!MoonMad wrote:Okay, I'm tearing up just reading the comments. Thanks ladies, from someone who won't get to see this for a while. I can't wait!
Most are saying that they loved the episode. Most enjoyed Alex's performance and of course, there's a few who thought he wasn't anything special. Obviously those people need psychiatric help.MickLifeCrisis wrote:Are you getting any sense from the CM fans what they thought of this episode?MSJ_sunglasses wrote:According to the Criminal Minds fanatic blogspot, last week's ep had 13.72 million viewers though it was shown an hour later than usual. Let's see how much the numbers go up this week!
