The books were cool too.I need to read them.
How was it handled in showUnbelievably, mostly. Gideon was meeting an old friend from college and Frank the really insane guy from the previous season who killed lots of people but loved the not quite sane, Jane, killed the old friend from college. He had a crisis of faith. Disappeared. Left a strange letter for Dr. Reid at his cabin because Reid was the one who needed the closure. Sadly, he failed to leave one for the show's viewers. I think I got the names right.
As good as the first ep with Frank and Jane was, this one sucked and blew. I like to pretend there are meta reasons for this and that it wasn't just bad storytelling.
But there were a few *amazing* Garcia and Morgan eps. Things that weren't neat and really had to play out. Those, honestly, kept me around.