Gentle Readers,

Some of you may not know this but Cortejo is addicted to Criminal Minds. I've tried to indulge her in this but the more I watch, the more I loathe the show. To be fair, there are some that haven't been terrible, but the majority of them, especially the later ones just seem to be descending into SAW-esque torture porn. I think it is the increasing time given to the "unsubs" that really repulses me. I have no interest whatsoever in seeing things from their point of view and anything that tries to get make them more sympathetic just frustrates me with it's emotional manipulation.
I'm not sure if I would have ever liked the show, but the more I think about manipulation by media the more I notice how blatant it seems to be. I guess I can blame The Last Psychiatrist for that. I start noticing what I'm thinking, then wondering what it is that they want me to think and then why is it that they want me to think that. It certainly makes some shows especially frustrating to watch. However, it does seem to make commercials more amusing, so I guess there's that.