At some point in his long tenure at the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover created the legacy of the crime-stopper as hero. Without that, we wouldn't have "Criminal Minds" and its elite FBI team of Hotchner, Rossi, Morgan, and Garcia.
Hoover was gifted in impression management. He even realized that he should have a presence in comic books. That, of course, was the world of superheroes. Because of the Clint Eastwood film "J Edgar," this flawed man is certainly taking it on the chin. However, he really only had more power than most other myopic human beings just like him usually get. Otherwise we might have been as cruel and spiteful as he had been.
Today, Hotchner et al. must be out shopping for the holidays. On "Criminal Minds," it's a repeat. That's disappointing for us who are following the changes in complex characters like Rossi who had just lost his former wife to a suicide. Like the hit "The Good Wife," this show is about relationships, both the ones the characters have with themselves and with each other.
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