When it was announced that Aaron Hotchner, played by Thomas Gibson, was forced out of "Criminal Minds," many assumed the series would soon end.
The emotionally shut-down, all-work Hotchner, just like the emotionally shut-down, all-work Jack Malone on "Without a Trace," was the character we tuned in for.
For a while, the series did stumble. There was no chemistry among the continually changing cast of team members. The relationships among the old timers like Reid and Garcia seemed forced.
Then, somehow, David Rossi, played by Joe Mantegna, pulled it back from disaster. He has been able to erase the collective memory of Hotchner.
Of course, like Hotchner, he has gigantic emotional flaws. None of his marriages worked out.
However, what he is now bringing to the show is a seminal questioning of issues such as the value of publishing books.
On the one hand, he evolved into a celebrity in his field because of the studies he published.
On the other hand, he began to wonder if they did more harm than good. For example, they gave disturbed individuals ideas about bizarre crimes that they might not have come up with on their own.
Also, with aging, Rossi's ego seems to be downsizing. No longer does he suck up all the oxygen in the room. The emerging person is the patriarch leader.
Tonight "Criminal Minds" has a Halloween special.
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