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Compulsion

Hey,

It's been a strange couple of weeks. Gideon is back to work. He came back with a bang, literally. The case in Seattle ended with Gideon and our new Agent Elle Greenaway in a standoff with a Timothy Vogel.

Gideon goaded the guy into shooting him and they were able to save the girl. There were two killers this time. Hotch said that one was the bully and made the other one feel like he owed the first one. I can't imagine a time that anyone could convince another person to kill or kidnap for them as payback. But, I've seen other case files and I know it happens.

Anyway… the team went to Tempe Arizona to find a serial arsonist at a college. I met Elle just before they looked at the video of one of the fires. It was terrible to watch a young man get killed like that. Elle is very gung-ho about her job. I heard her talking to Morgan about why the Foot Path killer stuttered. She really wants to figure it out.

Speaking of the Foot Path killer, Gideon was the one to bring him down. I still can't believe that he just pulled into convenience store and found this guy behind the counter. He says he saw the pieces of the profile right there, but I wonder if that was all there was to it.

He had a shotgun at his back and he still managed to get the gun away from this guy and bring him in. I guess this means that he's back for good. I'm glad! I think he's the one that keeps us all together.

I wonder if Elle will fit in. She's a great agent and I know Seattle put up a fit when she wanted to come to the BAU. I just hope that this job doesn't get to her like it can get to the guys sometimes.

The case in Tempe was another strange ending. The arsonist was female. She survived a fire as a kid and her mother turned it into a religious miracle. I feel sorry for this girl. Reid said that her problem was severe OCD. He is very cute when he goes off on explaining complicated medical and psychological terms. I try to act like I don't care, but it's sort of calming to listen to him talk about it.

Gideon loves hotlines and my job was to help Garcia with the one we set up for this case. Do you know how many crazy people call those numbers just to get attention? Garcia said they desperately need to get lives and I have to agree with her. At least we got the suspect on the line and they were able to find her.

Hotch had to shoot this girl in the leg to stop her. I think that hurt him because Reid said that she couldn't be reasoned with. He told me that she wasn't capable of resisting the urge to set the fire. I wonder if that's true too. I hope it's not. I don't like to think of losing control like that.

Morgan said that Gideon tried to save a college professor that was killed by this girl. He said that he thinks Gideon needs more time on medical leave. I think Gideon is fine. I guess we'll have to wait and see. Anyway the Director thinks that because of what Gideon did to get the Foot Path killer, it makes him fit for full duty. I don't think its Agent Morgan's place to question that.

Well… I have a date tonight. His name is Richard and he's a friend of Suzanne in counterterrorism. She says he's good looking and smart. She says he's got a lot of money and his own home. If he does, I wonder why he isn't married yet. I guess I'm about to find out.