Exit Wounds
- Episode aired May 12, 2010
- TV-14
- 42m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
2.6K
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The team, including Garcia, go to the small town of Franklin, Alaska, to catch a rapidly escalating serial killer before the locals take justice into their own hands.The team, including Garcia, go to the small town of Franklin, Alaska, to catch a rapidly escalating serial killer before the locals take justice into their own hands.The team, including Garcia, go to the small town of Franklin, Alaska, to catch a rapidly escalating serial killer before the locals take justice into their own hands.
Pete Colburn
- Mr. Porter
- (as Peter Colburn)
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Did you know
- TriviaDean Norris (Det. John Barton from the previous episode) and Dale Dickey (Carol) would go on to appear as husband and wife Clay and Juanda Husser in Claws (2017).
- GoofsThe BAU is called in to assist the Sheriff's Dept. in Franklin, Alaska (a made-up town, although there is a ghost town by that name). By statute, Alaska has never had any Sheriffs. Functions filled by sheriffs elsewhere fall mostly under the auspices of the Alaska State Troopers. Other law enforcement is by community or (rarely) borough which is what Alaska has instead of counties.
- Quotes
Penelope Garcia: [voiceover] Ralph W. Sockman said, Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as real strength.
- ConnectionsReferences Xanadu (1980)
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'Criminal Minds' goes to Alaska
"Exit Wounds" is not one of the best Season 5 episodes, like "100", "...A Thousand Words", "The Uncanny Valley" and "Mosley Lane", but it fares much better than "Parasite" and from memory "The Performer" and "Haunted".
Rather than being a great/top-tier 'Criminal Minds' episode, "Exit Wounds" is one of the solid/very good ones, nowhere near down there with the low-points of the show like "Machismo", "The Thirteenth Step", "I Love You Tommy Brown" and the worst of Season 9 ("200", "The Black Queen") and Season 11 (too many to list). It will be, and has been, picked apart for geographical errors, but to be honest this is not the first time and last time that this has applied to 'Criminal Minds'.
There is actually not very much that's wrong with "Exit Wounds", other than some supporting characters fare better than others, for example the unsub is one of not many on the show that's easy to feel for somewhat despite their crimes but others like the sheriff characters are dull clichés with not much personality or development. While tense undeniably, the climax is rather predictable and not that much different to other stand-offs on 'Criminal Minds' and other crime/mystery/procedural shows in general.
However, as always, "Exit Wounds" is very well made and has a lot of atmosphere. The music is a good haunting fit. The script is structurally taut with a good mix of humour, pathos, thought-provoking moments and mystery. The story begins effectively with a very suspenseful opening sequence and ends just as much with a sweet and amusing ending, these kinds of endings can feel tacky but it was a very nice way to end. Morgan and Garcia's chemistry is light-hearted, with the flirtatiousness not as over-used or as annoying as it could be, and heart-warming, and while the case could have had more profiling the profiling and pathology are still intriguing.
The case itself has intensity and suspense, even if conceptually somewhat standard which doesn't quite make it stand out as much as other episodes. The BAU have a great dynamic together, and they are all interesting. Although it's a Garcia-oriented episode, "Exit Wounds" doesn't make the mistake of over-using her at the expense of the rest of the team. She is likable and interesting, not the caricature that she became in much of the latter seasons. Nothing bothered me about the acting either, even less well-developed characters did a good deal with little. The show does belong to Kirsten Vangsness who is simply delightful here.
In summary, solid to very good episode. 8/10 Bethany Cox
Rather than being a great/top-tier 'Criminal Minds' episode, "Exit Wounds" is one of the solid/very good ones, nowhere near down there with the low-points of the show like "Machismo", "The Thirteenth Step", "I Love You Tommy Brown" and the worst of Season 9 ("200", "The Black Queen") and Season 11 (too many to list). It will be, and has been, picked apart for geographical errors, but to be honest this is not the first time and last time that this has applied to 'Criminal Minds'.
There is actually not very much that's wrong with "Exit Wounds", other than some supporting characters fare better than others, for example the unsub is one of not many on the show that's easy to feel for somewhat despite their crimes but others like the sheriff characters are dull clichés with not much personality or development. While tense undeniably, the climax is rather predictable and not that much different to other stand-offs on 'Criminal Minds' and other crime/mystery/procedural shows in general.
However, as always, "Exit Wounds" is very well made and has a lot of atmosphere. The music is a good haunting fit. The script is structurally taut with a good mix of humour, pathos, thought-provoking moments and mystery. The story begins effectively with a very suspenseful opening sequence and ends just as much with a sweet and amusing ending, these kinds of endings can feel tacky but it was a very nice way to end. Morgan and Garcia's chemistry is light-hearted, with the flirtatiousness not as over-used or as annoying as it could be, and heart-warming, and while the case could have had more profiling the profiling and pathology are still intriguing.
The case itself has intensity and suspense, even if conceptually somewhat standard which doesn't quite make it stand out as much as other episodes. The BAU have a great dynamic together, and they are all interesting. Although it's a Garcia-oriented episode, "Exit Wounds" doesn't make the mistake of over-using her at the expense of the rest of the team. She is likable and interesting, not the caricature that she became in much of the latter seasons. Nothing bothered me about the acting either, even less well-developed characters did a good deal with little. The show does belong to Kirsten Vangsness who is simply delightful here.
In summary, solid to very good episode. 8/10 Bethany Cox
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- Runtime42 minutes
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- 1.78 : 1
- 16:9 HD
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