Cyrus points a gun at Reid, who never breaks character, and Prentiss gives herself up. And then the news breaks- there is an undercover FBI agent on the compound. Bad news- child molesters who survive general pop in prisons will never give up. He was a ” model prisoner” after discovering God. Our cult leader was born Charles McGrew, and has a record of child molestation. As the former leader of the group, he was astonishing. One small quibble- Jeff Fahey in a single scene? Indelible in that scene. Cyrus announces that they have drank poison, but Rossi, seeing Cyrus’ calm, and Reid, seeing Cyrus’ reaction to the followers fear or anticipation, both call it as a bluff. But Cyrus instead decides to keep the kids as protection, and Reid and Prentiss observe the wine ceremony, the calm of Cyrus, the body language of Jessica, the girl that they were called to interview, and Jessica’s mother, and then the bomb drops. Trust needs to be earned, and Rossi tries his best to get the children out. He is pleasant, obliging, even while being unco-operative. The thing about Cyrus is that he doesn’t ever appear crazy even when he clearly is a bushel short of a load. Some actors miight be inclined to play it rougher and crazier. The one thing I noticed about Perry’s performance at this moment is the eerie calm he exhibits. Rossi begins slowly as to build trust- being told that Prentiss and Reid are alright ease some anxiety momentarily. The team know they not only have to profile the cult, but Prentiss and Reid as well. Rossi and Hotch present the minimal loss scenario- try to save as many as possible, but they cannot save them all. Hotch decides to let Rossi lead the hostage negotiations ( and then a swoon worthy Hotch pissed off moment with the Colorado AG- awesomeness and sexy). The team freaks out when the news hits national networks, and they all head to Colorado. This gets the actual child services killed, and Reid and Prentiss are de facto hostages of a cult with heavy duty weaponry and a leader with a deep messianic complex. At first, Cyrus is cautiously welcoming, but when he is tipped off about a raid, the heavily armed cult he leads enter a shoot out with state police. Reid and Prentiss show up in Colorado to interview children with Children’s Services after a call is placed about child molestation and underage marriages. It’s easy to see him as a charismatic wing nut. Perry is quite compelling as Benjamin Cyrus. This ( and his creepy turn on L&O SVU earlier this season) proved me wrong. As someone who spent way too much time watching the original 90210 as a teen, I never thought much of Perry as an actor. Luke Perry proves to be a revelation of a kind in ” Minimal Loss”. James Vanderbeek gave his single best performance in his life as Tobias in ” Revelations”. Of course, Reid episodes also have some of the strongest unsubs- and some surprisingly great performances. From ” Somebody’s Watching” through to ” Sex Birth And Death”, ” Revelations”, ” Jones”, and ” Elephant’s Memory”, they remain among my favorites. But the truth is that the Reid focus episodes are among the strongest written of the series. Spencer Reid gets an automatic love note from me, seeing as I adore Matthew Gray Gubler. I guess it’s safe to say that any episode that features Dr. Reid- William Reid… you have some explaining to do… I’m trying not to die of joy due to recently released spoilers about episode seven.
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