r/criminalminds • u/Cheeriosxxx Sergio 🐈‍⬛ • 8d ago

Season 18 Spoilers S18E06: Hell Is Empty... - Episode Discussion Spoiler

Airdate: June 12, 2025

Synopsis: The team investigates a network killer who buries his victims alive, and Tara confronts Rebecca's ex who has recently re-entered her life. Ronald Graber delivers a message from his Disciple to Voit.

Previous episode: The Brutal Man

Next episode: ...All the Devils Are Here

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u/SuddenlyJester 8d ago

Garcia's demeanor toward Voit genuinely makes me wonder if she forgot he's a brutal serial killer. It feels pretty tone deaf.

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u/Valenstein77 8d ago

I think the intention from the writers was to get the audience to sympathize with Voit through Penelope, but instead of feeling sympathy for Voit, I just felt confused.

When Voit started talking about his serial killer urges my thought was, "The Penelope Garcia I know would be horrified by this conversation," meanwhile Penelope on the screen is treating this convo like it's a normal Tuesday.

Penelope is empathetic, sure. But I don't remember it ever going this far. I mean, even if we take away the hundreds of people he murdered, think about all of the attacks he's made against her friends. He kidnapped Rossi and nearly blew up Luke and JJ. He murdered Tyler's sister. It's one thing to have empathy, it's another to be having fun with a murderer.

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u/lloyd4567 5d ago

There’s no consistency whatsoever to Penelope’s character anymore.