Profiling Criminal Minds

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Profiling Criminal Minds takes an in-depth look at the most successful serial killer-themed television show of all time. Each week Sheila and Dan watch a trio of episodes and dig deep into everything from plot to direction to Spencer Reid’s fascinating tendency towards self-endangerment. In addition to this exhaustive look at Criminal Minds, the hosts also compare, contrast, and contextualize other serial killer-themed fiction, from Manhunter through UnSub to The Inside and beyond! Join them on their journey through one of the most interesting explorations of the heart of darkness ever aired.

Episodes

Touching Evil (US): Entropy, Grief 09.11.2023 1:06:24

Another couple of great episodes that fixed so many of the problems of the original. My apologies for ad placement - we are a little surprised after years with none. I am not sure how we will deal with this since our episodes go up essentially unedited. We ramble on until we're done, and that means that we will have to decide where to place ads episode by episode. More work for Dr. Redmond who is...

Touching Evil (US): Attachment, Boston 02.11.2023 1:07:30

Not only did they fix the remake, but their own brand new episode was absolutely great!

Touching Evil (US): Slash 30, Memorial 26.10.2023 1:04:11

Brilliant remakes. It was like they had listened to this podcast in the future. Glad someone else did the rewriting this time !

Touching Evil (US): Y Me, Justine 19.10.2023 55:09

They're hitting it out of the ballpark once again. A small quibble is all we could come up with.

Touching Evil (US): Pilot 12.10.2023 56:56

We were so surprised. This was a great remake - so much better than the original.

Touching Evil: Season 3 05.10.2023 1:03:02

Well, we're done with this one! Let's hope that the American one salvage something from these stories! But we do remember American Cracker :-(

Touching Evil 203: What Price a Child? 28.09.2023 58:09

Bleakness, bleakness, then doubling down on bleakness. And we still don't know who these people are :-(

Touching Evil 202: War Relief 21.09.2023 54:18

We have now finally got to the point of open hostility towards this show. Two more to go SIGH!!!!

Touching Evil 201: Scalping 14.09.2023 1:03:55

What was that!! We really don't have a clue, but great performances.

Touching Evil 103: Deadly Web 07.09.2023 1:18:43

Unrelenting in its bleakness. Once again an interesting story but we are still trying to become engaged. We start to understand Dave - maybe?

Touching Evil 102: Killing With Kindness 31.08.2023 1:12:34

Again a great story - with a number of very tense moments. We are still trying to figure out what is missing to make this a great show.

Touching Evil 101: Through the Clouds 24.08.2023 1:05:57

Fascinating storyline. Extremely competent detectives. But we can't stop seeing Tony Hill (Wire in the Blood) and Ruth (Spooks).

PCM Bonus: Spotlight 17.08.2023 1:24:34

Triggered by this movie, Sheila gets just a little revelatory about her past.

PCM Bonus: Doubt 10.08.2023 1:23:47

The people Sheila is discussing were using Shanley's play, "Doubt: A Parable". See the movie or read the play for yourself: http://www.cressonlake.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Doubt-Shanley.pdf .

PCM Bonus: Priest (1994) 08.08.2023 1:13:08

One of Jimmy McGovern's best. A searing and controversial look at the problems of the priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church. Stay tuned on Thursday for the follow-up that is "Doubt".

Cracker (US) Faustian Fitz and Series Retrospective 03.08.2023 1:23:30

Well that's that! Such a waste of the talent that was Robbie Coltrane. Stay tuned for Priest and Doubt next week.

Cracker: Mind Over Murder: First Love Parts 1 and 2 27.07.2023 1:03:42

Just a complete mess, and it was a 2-parter! We managed to come up with a rewrite using the raw data but it took forever.

Cracker: Mind Over Murder: The Club, Best Boys 20.07.2023 1:00:52

All we can do is cry about this missed opportunities to make us cry!

Cracker: Mind Over Murder - An American Dream, If Part 1 and 2 13.07.2023 1:22:11

The Spike Lee movie was School Days - early movie and controversial at the time.

Cracker Mind Over Murder: Sons and Lovers, Talk to Me 06.07.2023 56:25

We were blown away by how good and how emotional these episodes were.

Cracker: Mind over Murder - Hell Hath No Fury, Tis A Pity She’s a Whore 29.06.2023 54:08

One change and Hell Hath No Fury would have been exemplary. They tried to squash a 3 hour story into 46 minutes in the next. Still asking: where's the dog!

Sunday Show - June 25, 2023 25.06.2023 50:33

Did this way to early! If we had waited until Saturday, this would have been a whole different show.

Cracker: Mind Over Murder: Madwoman, Lemmings Will Fly 22.06.2023 1:05:52

Still a problem of adaptation. We shall see whether it gets better when they start creating their own stories.

Cracker: Mind Over Murder 101-102: True Romance 15.06.2023 1:14:31

Well that was a bust. The big question: Why did they choose to make this the pilot??? Our apologies for the emergency alert and air conditioner background noises - things happen.

PCM Movie Special: Ravenous 08.06.2023 1:18:32

Cannibals, wendigos and a critique of Manifest Destiny. Honest!!!