Why I Do Not Read the Jacket Copy, #446

[mrissa]

"Joining them this season is Emily Prentiss (Paget Brewster), who quickly learns there's nothing these agents would rather do than profile murderers and put them away!" -- the DVD box for my new Season 2 Criminal Minds DVDs

Now tell me honestly: isn't that on the list of lamest things ever? Seriously. It makes it sound like Mandy Patinkin is skipping around the plane singing, "We're gonna get a murderer, we're gonna get a murderer, wheeeee!"

Having tried to write synopses (shudder), I have some sympathy for the folks whose job it is to write these little thumbnails, but for heaven's sake.

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[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

The other thing that sticks for me is "Um. What *else* would they be doing at work? It's like if Ethan Hawke joined a fishing boat crew, and quickly learned that there's nothing these fishermen would rather do than cast the net and catch fish!"

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

"Those crazy FBI profilers. They sure do profile! Boy howdy."

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

"You know, back in my old FBI division, we used to knit all day. They called us the knitting team. We didn't actually catch any bad guys, but we turned out three pair of socks in a week."

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

"But boy were our hands soft from the lanolin! You could always tell an FBI agent by their soft, soft hands.

"Over in the CIA, now, they were more jute crocheters. You can get a nice purse that way, but it's hell on your hands. So we could spot a CIA agent from four craft store aisles away, just from their cracked, dry hands."

[rysmiel.livejournal.com]

Judging by Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses, you can actually always spot a CIA agent by the big silver cigarette cases with "CIA" stamped on them.