Prentiss and J.J. decide about their future as the BAU goes to Beaumont, Texas, to investigate a series of killed businessmen.Prentiss and J.J. decide about their future as the BAU goes to Beaumont, Texas, to investigate a series of killed businessmen.Prentiss and J.J. decide about their future as the BAU goes to Beaumont, Texas, to investigate a series of killed businessmen.
T.J. Power
- Parris
- (as TJ Power)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAbout 22 minutes in, Garcia says to herself "You still got it Baby Girl!" 'Baby Girl' is what former agent Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore) used to call her.
- GoofsAs the perp drags the girl into the cabin, he secures the door by turning a "Y" shaped stick, mounted beside the door. The very next second, in a long shot, the door closure is seen to be a much longer, straight stick mounted in the same position.
- Quotes
Everett Lynch: [Closing Quote] We serial killers are your sons, we are your husbands, we are everywhere. And there will be more of your children dead tomorrow. Ted Bundy
- ConnectionsReferences Criminal Minds: Chameleon (2019)
Featured review
"They talk about my drinking but never my thirst"
Was not sure what to expect from "Family Tree". While having issues with his arc overall and feeling like it was dragged out, Everett Lynch still made a big impression as a character when he was first introduced and had no issues with him overall. But after watching three weak episodes in a row from this season, part of me was losing hope and decided to not expect a massive amount to avoid being repeatedly disappointed like it has been for most of Season 15.
"Family Tree" managed to not be one of Season 15's worst episodes and is an improvement over the previous three episodes, that were so weak that one does have a dilemma of considering whether to stick with the rest of the season. Did that myself to be fair and as someone who has watched 'Criminal Minds' on and off over-time. It is still not particularly good though and doesn't rectify most of the things that made most of the previous episodes so disappointing.
Can't fault the visuals, which are slick and have a creepiness. Likewise with the music.
The acting is fine, the regulars all do well with what they're given and Michael Mosley is suitably unsettling as Lynch. That final line sticks in the mind for a long time after.
Once again, the case was nothing to write home about. There is very little new here, and the case on top of lacking urgency or suspense is rushed and over-complicated. The motive for the unsub, who had some potential but ended up very cliched and not that threatening, especially was pretty absurd and all over the shop. The team work lacks closeness and cohesion generally and the investigative elements have been more plentiful and illuminating in other episodes. The personal lives element of the story doesn't really add anything and there seemed to be a rather distracting timeline jump.
Lynch is still creepy but by this episode the show was at the risk at dragging his story arc out, and that's what happened by the show's ending. Even here there is a sense of the writers fishing for some way to continue the story but running out of options. The script has moments such as the final line but could have delved into its ideas more and had more momentum. The direction is competent but with not much distinctive.
Summing up, better than the previous three episodes but lacklustre. 4/10
"Family Tree" managed to not be one of Season 15's worst episodes and is an improvement over the previous three episodes, that were so weak that one does have a dilemma of considering whether to stick with the rest of the season. Did that myself to be fair and as someone who has watched 'Criminal Minds' on and off over-time. It is still not particularly good though and doesn't rectify most of the things that made most of the previous episodes so disappointing.
Can't fault the visuals, which are slick and have a creepiness. Likewise with the music.
The acting is fine, the regulars all do well with what they're given and Michael Mosley is suitably unsettling as Lynch. That final line sticks in the mind for a long time after.
Once again, the case was nothing to write home about. There is very little new here, and the case on top of lacking urgency or suspense is rushed and over-complicated. The motive for the unsub, who had some potential but ended up very cliched and not that threatening, especially was pretty absurd and all over the shop. The team work lacks closeness and cohesion generally and the investigative elements have been more plentiful and illuminating in other episodes. The personal lives element of the story doesn't really add anything and there seemed to be a rather distracting timeline jump.
Lynch is still creepy but by this episode the show was at the risk at dragging his story arc out, and that's what happened by the show's ending. Even here there is a sense of the writers fishing for some way to continue the story but running out of options. The script has moments such as the final line but could have delved into its ideas more and had more momentum. The direction is competent but with not much distinctive.
Summing up, better than the previous three episodes but lacklustre. 4/10
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- TheLittleSongbird
- Feb 23, 2021
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