Review of Poison

Criminal Minds: Poison (2006)
Season 1, Episode 13
5/10
Good concept but fails to hit the mark
25 October 2006
Warning: Spoilers
A bunch of people get poisoned with drugs that make them hullicinate while losing their memory. The team have to track down where and how the many victims got drugged so they can get a better idea of what category of poisoner they are dealing with, and hope to catch him before he strikes again.

The opening is very good (the hallucination someone has of 'scarey people' reminded me of a nightmare I once had) but then the episode gets messy as the team splits up to follow different leads. There is one terribly clunky scene (Elle arresting a suspect) which was so unconvincing that it jarred.

Only when I watched it a second time did I discover some facts that were mentioned in passing that were very important to the link of clues the team uses to solve the case. This episode also lacked the banter between the main characters which is the enjoyable part of this show.

OK, but it could've been better.

But I did like the motivation of the poisoner. Very real-life and believable.
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