It's what you've been waiting for: the Walker focus episode! His friend, Hart Boechner, is in the hospital and it's up to our newest addition to the BAU to figure out what ails his buddy. What does it have to do with Walker's undercover work in Russia? Nothing, actually, but that won't prevent Criminal Minds from dousing you in unnecessary flashbacks in a bid to get some of that Americans heat. Meanwhile, as far as Reid in prison is concerned, he not only learns a woman framed him he learns WHICH woman framed him. It's a familiar face even. (Reminder to listen to the 3rd Life episode if you haven't already...)
Shit rolls on in "True North", as there's...no fallout from what Reid did last episode and in place of repercussions are a jaunt down to Arizona where people have been tied to stakes, adorned with shock collars and...look, it's all very elaborate and stupid. We'll get to it. This episode introduces The Aggrieved Science Fair Loser: imagine Dr. Doom if he were more petty. Okay, now imagine the 2005 Dr. Doom if he were more petty. That should give you an idea.
The title says it all: "Hell's Kitchen" is about a tollbooth vampire who runs a tollbooth when he's not out vampiring. We've done a lot of dumb Criminal Minds episodes, but this is definitely top 3, alongside the autistic kid one and the sinkhole one. Ratboy from Sons of Anarchy transforms into BATBOY. Ronnie and Jazz nearly lose their minds with this one. It's a good podcast, that much can be assured. Almost makes you forget that Reid is still in prison, still battling the forces of Niles, Frasier, Calvin Shaw and the slowness of the criminal justice system.
No more Oz opening...for now! Yes, Deliver The Profile goes back to the before times when Reid was not in jail, just an ordinary FBI wunderkind. This time the case takes them to sunny who gives a shit, where two girls have been kidnapped. One of the fathers is more than he seems, and his daughter is played by Joe Mantegna's daughter. Why we decided to do this episode will make sense eventually. Apologies for the sound quality; I don't know what happened. Literally I'm not competent enough to know why there is an issue.