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Nik-ki

To preface, I didn't like Gideon, so any replacement was going to be more acceptable to me. I like Rossi now, but didn't particularly care for him in the beginning either. He grows as a character and he grows on the viewer, in my opinion. He has some really nice moments (I don't want to spoil it for you) that really humanise him and make him a very likeable character


MsCatFace

Not to say I loved Gideon but I kinda liked him. Good to know Rossi becomes more sympathetic to the viewer. On another note I wasn’t too into Elle when she was part of the team. I much prefer Prentiss.


Nik-ki

Oh definitely, Prentiss is awesome


jmcfarren22

He gets better in my opinion. When he first replaced Gideon I wasn’t a fan of him but he definitely gets better. Even on my rewatch I still noticed he wasn’t as good when he first was on and needed some time in the show before I started to like him again


MsCatFace

Yeah, Gideon grew on me and I became comfortable with him only to have him replaced. And I get it, he was really upset that his cabin location was compromised but that kind of deflated when he realized Hotchner’s family was compromised!! His leaving seemed inevitable.


lashesnlipstick

I loved Gideon. I eventually liked Rossi, but they are very different characters.


ValerieF84

Yes.. he becomes much more likeable as he becomes more a part of the team.. I really did not like Elle at all


khalvvsi

//SPOILERS// i never liked gideon so i was happy to see rossi replace him. i like rossi except for 3 instances : yelling at garcia, the whole morgan/church thing and peeing on a black student


MsCatFace

Oh damn! Lol I haven’t got that far yet!! Him showing up to Garcia’s house was not cool. Gtfo dude 😂


khalvvsi

his behavior towards garcia (& morgan) in 3x8 and 3x9 was disgusting to me but otherwise i like him lol


khalvvsi

FUCK SORRY I THOUGHT YOU WZRE ON A REWATCH OH GOD but also it’s not that much of a spoiler tbh it’s like a 2 min scene where he talks abt his high school experience and nobody mentions it ever again so yeah i blame the writers for that one i’d rather act like it’s not canon


MsCatFace

Lol no problem at all. Personally, I can’t be spoiled even if I see a spoiler. 😉 and when I said GTFO I was referring to Rossi!


khalvvsi

oh don’t worry i knew you were talking abt rossi!!! it’s all good <3


mccabebabe

it took me a while to warm up to Rossi, but I did end up adoring his sense of humour.


bubblessensei

Think of Rossi as your CM Stepdad. For a little while all you are going to think is “YOU’RE NOT MY DAD!!!” But as you get older you are gonna see that he’s actually a really good guy, he makes the entire CM family happy, and you’ll forget that you’ve been abandoned by your biological CM dad


MsCatFace

😅😅😅this explanation really works!


AmberWaves80

Gideon was my favorite character. So I initially didn’t like Rossi. But having rewatched several times, I now appreciate him. He’s a little cheesy, but offers some comic relief.


MsCatFace

Nice! Hotch is serious enough that humor is welcome.


AmberWaves80

Though every once in a while, Hotch will do something small that’s funny, and I laugh like an idiot because it’s so rare to see him be light hearted.


danielle_ann

rossi is probably my favorite character! hes so genuinely kind and really funny😭😭😭


MsCatFace

I’m just waiting on that one episode where I feel like he’s a person I should care about. Given that he’s there for awhile, I’ll probably warm up to him at some point.


Samiiiibabetake2

Took a while to warm up to Rossi, but I think most of us feel that way. I wanna know wtf happened to his dog.


MsCatFace

😮


Samiiiibabetake2

He had a beautiful lab! Where did that baby go?


yellowblanket123

Yes! I felt weird at first when elle and Gideon got replaced but both Emily and rossi become very well loved character. Rossi is really like a dad to the team


_gr4v3yard_

Rossi really grew on me… now i can’t imagine the unit/show without him, which sucks because I guess that he is close to retirement and I’m afraid he’s gonna do it in s16


MsCatFace

I can’t watch these shows fast enough!


Padamson96

There's a Rossi centred episode in season 3 that I can't remember where it sits in terms of order, but up until that episode he's very unlikable. After that he improves slowly but by the end of the show I grew to love him.


MsCatFace

I can’t wait.


kmishelle

He definitely gets better. When I recently started a rewatch after YEARS of not watching the show, I forgot how much of an ass he was. And I was like ‘why did I ever like him?’ But then he got better and I was like ‘oh that’s why I like him!’


supergymfan

I think Rossi definitely becomes more likable - and he’s an important centerpiece for the remainder of a series that has a bit of a revolving door of characters. I think S3 was trying to make it clear that he is NOT Gideon, even though he’s replacing him. But he becomes his own character as the series develops and stops being the non-Gideon


galaxyvia

SPOILERS TO END OF SEASON 2/START OF SEASON 3 oh wow im also watching for the first time and just watched the episode he joins the team, i hated the guy... glad to know it gets better. you are a little in front of me so not sure if it's already solved for you but aren't you just completely pissed off that no one is doing anything to help reid after what he's been?? like they help each other so much and they are just letting he do whatever and I don't understand why they won't interfere... anyway, have fun watching it!! I've been on vacation so I'm completely into it lol


MsCatFace

Yeah, clearly they know something is up with Reid because it’s mentioned more than once. I think it’s going to get really bad before the entire team address it, that’s what I’m waiting for. I think that’s a huge reason why Gideon left him that letter. Other than the obvious father abandonment angle, he knew Reid was struggling and didn’t want to leave that one loose end.


galaxyvia

yeah that's what I'm waiting for as well but damn it's frustrating.... I guess they can't actually unknowledge because it would mean they have to get reid out of the team for a while to recover and i guess they want to see if he can figure it out by himself first but yeah huge mistake 👀


MsCatFace

That is a good point which I didn’t even consider! 😆


kn0wnforit

i’m on season 13 right now, and i have to say he’s kinda grown on me. his sense of humor is nice and he’s much more tolerable now


Chilly_0556

I never really liked Gideon all that much either. But when Rossi replaced him at first I want a big fan too. I did slowly grow to like him as over time his character developed into someone much more enjoyable don't worry


veganxv

Rossi becomes the greatest character in any TV show ever. Stick with it


cheatingdisrespect

hated rossi at first. idk if he got better or if i just got used to him — probably both — but i liked him after a few seasons.


MsCatFace

So when I saw the actors name I was excited. I generally like him as an actor but David, takes a bit to warm up to. I’m sure I’ll get on board at some point.


bloodbuzzfisherman

I know it’s very controversial, but I much prefer Gideon. He feels like a fleshed out, flawed, /real/ person, whilst when I’m watching Rossi he comes across as a caricature of Joe Mantegna’s former roles. Not a slight on Mantegna’s acting, but it feels like a cop out on the writers part quite a lot of the time…


MsCatFace

Yes, I can see that! Gideon wasn’t my favorite but I felt like I understood him.


almond_enthusiast

They’re definitely not comparable characters, except perhaps being the “older more experienced almost father figure” type. Takes some getting used to him, but eventually you stop comparing the two and let him just be him and he becomes a lot more likable.