# Criminal Minds- sucks without Emily Prentiss this season!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criminal-minds-sucks-without-emily-prentiss-this-season/647672>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 19, 2013, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criminal-minds-sucks-without-emily-prentiss-this-season/647672 "2013-01-19T01:00:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Beelzebubba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Beelzebubba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beelzebubba)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criminal-minds-sucks-without-emily-prentiss-this-season/647672/1 "2013-01-19T01:00:55Z")

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I’ve been a hardcore Criminal Minds fan for the last five years, but I can’t even get thru a single episode this season! I hate Prentiss being gone and they only made it worse by trying to replace her with Jeanne Tripplehorn!?!? WTF? 😕☹

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**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criminal-minds-sucks-without-emily-prentiss-this-season/647672/2 "2013-01-20T19:29:31Z")

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I definitely miss her–she was one of my favorite characters. I’m not a big Tripplehorn fan either, but I’m hoping her character will grow on me.

The most recent ep did break my heart and make me cry though. Poor Dr. Reid.

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**Author:** ![Neverending\_Elbow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e274bd/32.png) [@Neverending\_Elbow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neverending_Elbow)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criminal-minds-sucks-without-emily-prentiss-this-season/647672/3 "2013-01-20T19:56:00Z")

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Yeah, I miss her, too.

And poor Reid. It’s like the screenwriters have it in for him. All the characters went through some horrible crap, but Reid just can’t get a break.

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**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criminal-minds-sucks-without-emily-prentiss-this-season/647672/4 "2013-01-21T12:58:10Z")

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Not only can he not get a break neither can I. I was so excited when I saw Beth Riesgraf was playing Reid’s girlfriend it eased the pain of Leverage being cancelled and then THEY KILLED HER. Bastards ☹

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**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criminal-minds-sucks-without-emily-prentiss-this-season/647672/5 "2013-01-21T14:02:51Z")

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our DVR cut off the very last moment of the episode - so I had some ‘hope’ she had survived (but that the relationship likely did not) - I’m now glad I did not see the ending as it was - I likely would have thrown something at the TV.

Not because I’m a sentimental old coot - (I am at times) - but because I want the good guys to win sometimes - and Reid definitely deserves to win.

(of course, since I want a newer/bigger flatscreen, maybe I should find it on hulu).