Cradle to Grave
- Episode aired Oct 21, 2009
- TV-14
- 42m
The team hunts a suspect who impregnates young women and has them give birth before murdering them.The team hunts a suspect who impregnates young women and has them give birth before murdering them.The team hunts a suspect who impregnates young women and has them give birth before murdering them.
- Kristie Taylor
- (as Lauren Skirvin)
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Derek Morgan: What is this?
Aaron Hotchner: It's a tactical arrest plan. I'd like you to write it up for this case.
Derek Morgan: You want me to write up how we apprehend these unsubs without risking the lives of the children.
Aaron Hotchner: Yes.
Derek Morgan: [scoffs] Hotch, I've led dozens of tactical assaults. You've never made me write up one of these before.
Aaron Hotchner: That's because I always do it for you after each case.
Derek Morgan: [scoffs again] You know what? I'm sorry Strauss is coming down on you.
Aaron Hotchner: This is not about Strauss.
Derek Morgan: Really? I disagree. Look, I understand that you're under the gun. But I gotta say it. I'm really not all that surprised. I've watched you walk away from a bunch of cops gunning down unsubs in D.C., you walked in unprotected to a hostage situation in Louisville. Of course the Bureau's worried about you. Man, *I'm* worried about you. But just because you're the one who's under the magnifying glass, that doesn't mean I can't do my job.
Aaron Hotchner: Morgan, there's a big part of your job that I do for you, because I don't need you worried about paperwork and politics. I need you in the field and focused in catching the next unsub. But I can't do that anymore. I don't have to justify my orders to you, and you do have to follow them.
Derek Morgan: I've always followed your orders, when they made sense.
- SoundtracksSuch a Beautiful Thing
Written by Chris Mills
Performed by Chris Mills
But dang - can he not grow up? He often acts like a whiny teenager but especially in this episode. It started to be annoying when he kept whining over the Reaper taking his badge but this just amps it up.
If your boss asks you to do something, especially within the parameters of your job, you do it. Not if you "understand it." I'd be fired if I spoke to my boss the way he speaks to Hotch. Seriously. His pouting in this episode was just too much. The writers needed to do better by him. His character never really seems fleshed out. Just always reacting, yelling, kicking down doors. Just not much character arc. Maybe part of why he eventually left?
Also- Both he and Garcia should be thankful they weren't fired long ago for their ridiculous sexual banter. It's like listening to 2 adults stuck in some juvenile state of arrested development. It's not funny, just annoying.
Overall the episode is ok. Not a favorite.
- kshaffer-43807
- Apr 9, 2024
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- Runtime42 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
- 16:9 HD