"What is this internet they speak of? I've heard mysterious things about it. You can put information on it and people hundreds of miles away will see it instantly!"
"Really? How does that work? It sounds dangerous, like anything can happen. Is this the end of civilization?"
Maybe it's because I grew up with technology, but that's the kind of conversation I imagine the writers had while writing the script. Like the vampire episode earlier this season, "The Internet Is Forever" tried to be cool and incorporate a trend, in this case, social networks.
Part of why an episode like this doesn't work is because Criminal Minds is set in a world flowing with serial killers and wackos. Connecting it to real life and social media doesn't resonate because things like this don't happen. There's an occasional theft related to social networks, but never a full blown scheme to kill people.
Score: 8.4/10
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
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