Criminal Minds
Garcia and Reid, two Criminal Minds characters with absolutely no experience with bullying. Kirsten Vangsness, Matthew Gray Gubler

"Painless"  S7 / E4

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This is an Open Thread. That means we're not going to be writing our usual full review, but we thought you might like the opportunity to chat about the show anyway. Use this space for all your usual commenting shenanigans, and we'll drop in if we have something to say about the episode in question.

It’s about time Criminal Minds did an episode on the consequences of bullying, yes? It’s the perfect complement to a plot with Columbine-massacre overtones. What are the chances that the opening and closing voiceover will come from the Marilyn Manson oeuvre? Start filling in your predictions below.

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