Criminal Minds S5E16

This episode ALWAYS makes me cry. That last scene with the kids all reuniting with their parents and the "He was alive yesterday" always gets me. It's heartbreaking! This is the only episode that ALWAYS makes me cry. Honestly, I really like that it wasn't explained WHY they did it this episode. They're just sadistic, horrible people. I get the feeling it was this sick fantasy of a family that they had. Maybe they couldn't have kids of their own or something? But I like that it wasn't explained. It leaves no room for excuses or sympathy towards them. They're just evil. This is the first of 12 episodes of the show that Matthew Directed. You can usually tell when it was him who directed an episode. They're all so fucked up! Like, more than usual! But yeah, this episode is the one that will never fail to make me cry. Just imagine going years without your child, some of that time having hope that maybe one day you'll get them back only to lose that hope, then to get it back years later only for your child to be one of the ones who didn't survive it and have to watch these other parents get their kids back while you know you're never getting yours back. And I guess in a way it could've been a comfort to Stephen's parents, knowing he died protecting a little girl. Knowing that even after 7 years he never stopped caring about others, that he still had compassion and they didn't take that from him. But you're right in that knowing he was alive just the day before would not be a comfort. Sad thing about that though, Stephen wouldn't have died that day if Aimee hadn't been taken as he died protecting her, but had Aimee not been taken they wouldn't have caught them and saved the kids they did manage to save. At least not then... But Charlie. Eight years he managed to hold out. He managed to remember who he really was, he managed to look out for the other kids, he took pictures of them to gather evidence for if ever they were found, and then he managed to shoot that bitch in order to save them all. This is one of those episodes where I find myself wondering about the kids' futures and all that. I like to think they stayed in contact and had each others backs... (Then I think about the fact that seeing each other could just remind them of the trauma and it makes me sad...)

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