THE PRODUCERS OF CRIMINAL MINDS BEGAN SHREDDING THE CAST AT THE END OF SEASON TWO WITH THE RELEASE OF LOLA GLAUDINI (ELLE GREENAWAY).  THE FOLLOWING SEASON IT WAS MANDY PATINKIN (JASON GIDEON).  THINGS SEEMED TO STABLE OUT AND THE WRITING GOT EVEN BETTER UNTIL SEASON SIX AND THE DEPARTING OF A.J. COOK (JENNIFER JAREAU) AND THE RUMORS OF A BUY OUT  OF PAGET BREWSTER'S (EMILY PRENTISS) CONTRACT. 

CBS USED TO BE A NETWORK I COULD TURN TO AND FEEL CONFIDENT I WAS GETTING A WELL ROUNDED, OPEN AND CONSCIOUS MINDED LIST OF PROGRAMING.  THAT IS NO LONGER MY EXPERIENCE.  OUR LOCAL STATION WIVB IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK BROKE UP THE ONLY ALL FEMALE ANCHORED MORNING SHOW NOW THERE IS NO STOPPING THE WOMEN AXE BRIGADE OF CBS. 

CRIMINAL MINDS WILL NO LONGER BE A SHOW I LIST AS WATCHABLE.  THE LOSS OF A.J. COOK AND WHAT SHE BRINGS TO THE CHARACTER OF JJ IS SOFT, HUMAN AND NECESSARY FOR THE DEALINGS OF SOME OF THE VICTIMS.  WHO IS GOING TO FILL THAT ROLE?  HOT HEADED DEREK MORGAN (SHEMAR MOORE) WILL NOT HAVE THE GROUNDED SENSE OF VICTIM UNDERSTANDING.  AARON HOTCHNER (THOMAS GIBSON) WHO IS EMOTIONALLY WITHDRAWN AND LACKS ANY COMPASSION FOR HUMAN CONTACT OTHER THAN HIS OWN SON WOULD ONLY SCARE AWAY THE VICTIM WHO WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO MAKE A STATEMENT IN HIS PRESENCE.  SPENCER REID (MATTHEW GRAY GUBLER) WOULD TALK SO FAR ABOVE THE VICTIM IN THEIR STATE OF MIND THEY WOULD BE LEFT BAFFLED AND FEELING ISOLATED.  THIS LEAVES DAVID ROSSI (JOE MANTEGNA) WHO IS SUPPOSE TO BE A ROLE MODEL FOR THE GROUP.  A GUY WHO HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN TO COMPLETE THE GROUP.  WITH HIS OWN AGENDA OF SOLVING AN OLD CASE WHERE THREE CHILDREN WERE MURDERED WHICH HAS BEEN SOLVED JUST DOES NOT WANT TO LEAVE.  HE REALLY RUNS THE GROUP OF AGENTS NOT HOTCHNER WITH HIS SCOWL LOOK AND HARD LINE.  NOT SOMEONE WHO CAN PULL OFF COMPASSION WITH A VICTIM OF A HEINOUS CRIME.  PENELOPE GARCIA (KIRSTEN VANGSNESS) IS A WELL LOVED CHARACTER AND HAS FOUND A PLACE IN THE HEARTS OF VIEWERS.  SHE IS HUMAN AND WARM AND IMMENSELY INTELLIGENT BUT SHE WOULD JUST BRAKE DOWN IN HEARING SOME OF THE STORIES THE VICTIMS HAVE TO TELL.  KIRSTEN AS PENELOPE LETS THE VIEWERS KNOW THAT ALTHOUGH THE BAU HAVE TO SOLVE SOME INCREDIBLY GRUESOME CRIMES THERE IS HUMANITY.                

SO I WILL NO LONGER BE UPDATING OR REVIEWING EPISODES OF THIS BUREAUCRATICALLY OPERATED TELEVISION SHOW.

GOODBYE CRIMINAL MINDS  

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