S1E8 Rewatch Thoughts – “Natural Born Killer”

Just finished rewatching Season 1, Episode 8, and this one was dark. The whole case involving a hitman who gets kidnapped and tortured was so different from the cases we’ve seen so far.

A few things that stood out to me:

• I really liked seeing the BAU deal with a case where the victim isn’t exactly an innocent person. It makes the investigation much more complicated because they’re trying to understand someone who has done terrible things himself.

• Gideon’s determination to find the victim really stood out to me. He doesn’t seem willing to write someone off just because of their past.

• Morgan and Reid had some good moments, and I’m really enjoying watching the team’s personalities develop this early in the series.

• The interrogation scenes were probably my favorite part. Watching the team try to understand the unsub’s mindset while dealing with everything happening to the victim was intense.

• This episode also made me think about how complicated the idea of victim vs. perpetrator can be. Someone can be a terrible person and still be a victim.

The first season is really showing how different every case can be, and I love that.

No spoilers past Season 1, Episode 8, please! I’m rewatching one episode at a time.