criminal minds "hunh?" moment tonight

[shaych_03]

i've only seen about a third of the ep, but, seriously, CM, WTF what.the.fuck? why is Emily relegated to "fluffer" status with the wife of the vic? Is she now no longer capable of being the empathetic, intuitive investigator who's finest moments are when she's running a cognitive interview? because, you know, Rossi's always been such a warm and fuzzy guy, right? oy vey. bad job, writers. you fumbled this one.

is this then, just another symptom of the sickness that is creeping into cbs' shows? eliminate the strong, capable of functioning without the strong support of their handsome, middle aged men, characters? tsk, tsk network... backsliding is in poor taste.

now i begin to wonder if criminal minds was *too* popular... it's not like csi where you can create a dozen clones in various cities and rinse,repeat story ideas... ugh.