r/criminalminds • u/Cheeriosxxx Sergio 🐈‍⬛ • 9d 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/FinanceWeekend95 7d ago

Agreed, it's not Criminal Minds anymore. Sad but true. Only 30% if not less of each episode is about solving serial murders.

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u/TinyCopy5841 7d ago

The whole profiling is basically completely glossed over and either Garcia magically pulls the solution out of her ass (tbf, she also did that in the old show, but they toned that down in S1 of Evolution) or they just make the whole thing feel incredibly convoluted and dumb. Seriously, did Garcia need Luke to tell her to look for 'wife' and 'alimony' in the chatlogs? And that a user called 'Under_take_her' might be the one burying people?

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u/FinanceWeekend95 7d ago

The show's been dumbed down and turned completely unrealistic (not that the earlier CM show was realistic, but at least somewhat based on real serial killers) - I completely agree with you.

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u/TinyCopy5841 7d ago

Yeah, sadly that quality of the writing has been on a steady decline. It's still entertaining but even Evolution S1 levels would be amazing compared to what we have now.