Criminal Minds
My
all time favorite TV show is and always has been Criminal Minds. I am being
dead serious when I say that I could watch it all day and night long,
regardless of whether it is a new episode or even a repeat that I have seen
several times before. It never fails to capture my attention and interest me.
The fact that Criminal Minds is my favorite show actually makes a lot of sense
considering the fact that I am a Crime, Law, and Justice, as well as Psychology
major. I plan on studying Forensic Psychology and becoming a criminal profiler
someday and having a career very similar to the one displayed on Criminal
Minds.
I
always spend an hour of my Wednesday nights each week very intently watching
Criminal Minds; last night that is just what I did. This week’s episode
particularly intrigued me as a result of the kairos of when it aired. It
happened to deal with rhetoric this week, which is quite coincidental since I’m
in this class right now. A few weeks ago before I began this class, I could not
even pronounce the word “rhetoric” properly let alone be able to understand and
explain exactly what it is or what it deals with. Now that we are several weeks
into this course, I have a much better understanding of the term and just
hearing the word on my favorite show actually caught my attention and got me
slightly excited, not gonna lie.
The
episode incorporated rhetoric in the following ways. The FBI profiling team
confronts a mayoral candidate about his use of rhetoric when he addresses the
public to speak out on behalf of his political campaign for office. The
profilers suspect that his rhetoric that is captured on camera and then aired
on the news is effectively altering the mindset of the unsub or perpetrator that
they are searching for and persuading him to act on his racist remarks and
beliefs. This criminal is acting out and committing a series of heartless and
gruesome home invasions and murders, while making them appear to have been
committed by gang members or members of various races. It was cool to see
rhetoric in action and just how effective and powerful it really can be.
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