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potted_music at 08:03pm on 21/05/2009 under tv series: criminal minds
potted_music at 08:03pm on 21/05/2009 under tv series: criminal mindsSynopsis: After interviewing a married couple sitting on death row for serial murder, Gideon suspects the woman is actually innocent. But since she's set to be executed in two days, it's a race against time to prove it.
So, the woman thinks that her life is less important than her son's peace of mind, and insists that she be executed. Now, one might observe that a woman who has been abused since childhood, first by her father, then by her husband, is hardly the most objective judge of her life's worth, right? Not so for Gideon, since motherhood is sacred, and (male) child's peace of mind is more important than his mother's frigging life. Misogynistic much, eh? There's also the question of his attitude to Prentiss in later eps.
Am I the only one to see this?
So, the woman thinks that her life is less important than her son's peace of mind, and insists that she be executed. Now, one might observe that a woman who has been abused since childhood, first by her father, then by her husband, is hardly the most objective judge of her life's worth, right? Not so for Gideon, since motherhood is sacred, and (male) child's peace of mind is more important than his mother's frigging life. Misogynistic much, eh? There's also the question of his attitude to Prentiss in later eps.
Am I the only one to see this?
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