Disclaimer: The usual; I don't own them, I don't own the show, I only own the plots and characters I create.
Spoiler for 'The Performer' (Season Five)
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'What's Happening to Us?'
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Things are somehow different now, and I'm not really sure why. We haven't been talking like we used to talk. We haven't been joking like we used to joke. During the Dante/Davies case in Los Angeles there was plenty of teasing, a lot of it at my expense. However, the last few months that has been the exception more than the rule.
I know our team has taken some very hard knocks these last few months. I was shot, Prentiss was in an accident, JJ was attacked, Hotch was stabbed; and, most horrific of all, Hotch's ex-wife Haley was murdered. Thank God Jack was okay! We have investigated some rough cases; and though we've had some successes, we've also had some failures and cases that did not turn out well.
Still, I just do not understand what's wrong with the seven of us. One of the ways we used to be able to wind down was by talking to each other; either about the case or just about random subjects that helped to distract us from the case. After my ordeal with Tobias Hankel Morgan was able to get me to tell him I was having difficulty dealing with the crime scene photos because I had nearly died myself. Even though I never actually admitted my Dilaudid addiction to him, Morgan was still always there saying "I'm standing right here," or "Talk to me," or "Reid, what's going on up there?" He would tease me about women and my lack of a love life and offer to help me out. It was exasperating, but now I miss all that teasing I got from Morgan. Morgan and Garcia aren't as playful as they once were, either.
I miss the feeling of being a team the way we used to have it. It's just not the same any longer. The team isn't the same any more. Is this what Chief Strauss wanted? To break up the family feeling we always had amongst our team members? If it is, she was wrong to want this. In my opinion, our team has been rendered less useful by the distance we now have between us. Our team being less useful may serve Strauss's political ambitions, but it does nothing to help potential crime victims and law enforcement in their times of need.
I need my team and my family back. I want my team and my family back. I can only hope the other six feel the same way I do.
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