The FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit has always seemed like a family, making the departure of A.J. Cook from Criminal Minds even more controversial than a typical TV casting move.

Wednesday, the family bid farewell to agent Jennifer Jareau in the fittingly-titled "J.J." Like Cook's many fans, Hotch and the rest of the BAU didn't seem too happy about it, either.

After shining in last week's season premiere, Cook did so again last night in her swan song, an emotional sendoff that probably overshadowed what was a typically solid episode.

Hotch is not pleased about the DOD poaching JJ.

The team is called in when a girl, Kate Joyce, is reported missing on vacation in Atlantic Beach. Her friends say she never returned to her hotel after leaving the club with two guys.

Syd and Jim are suspected of harming Kim but aren't talking and it's been days. The clock's ticking before the two, who haven't been charged, are released. The team goes to work.

Morgan interrogates Syd and downplays him. Prentiss let's Jimmy see Syd getting food, and determines he's just a follower in all this. Hotch notices Jimmy's depersonalizing Kate.

But the big breakthrough comes from J.J.

Looking at pictures, she notices Kate's phone, which was found in her room, in the back seat of the car. This is the catalyst that leads them back to the room and on to the inlet.

It turns out Jimmy didn't kill Kate, but he did leave her in the water. Fortunately, she's found alive, clinging to a buoy, and at the hospital, her dad praises J.J. for saving his life.

Meanwhile, the Department of Defense tells J.J. she has must leave. Like Criminal Minds fans petitioning for Cook to stay, Hotch tries to go over the director's head to no avail.

He tells her it wasn't his call, she won't be replaced and that he hopes to get her back. It's an emotional goodbye as she leaves the exit interview in Strauss' office speechless.

We'll miss you and wish you all the best, A.J.

It's nearly impossible to evaluate last night's show as we would a typical episode, given the pall J.J.'s exit cast over it. This speaks to the popularity and depth of the character.

Will she be replaced? Can she be replaced? It seems like such an unnecessary change to us, and while it may not be devastating to the show, J.J. leaving certainly doesn't help.

Is there a new J.J. waiting in the wings somewhere? Or Criminal Minds flesh out its existing characters more instead? There's certainly room to do that, with Morgan for example.

Still, you get the feeling watching Criminal Minds, more so than most procedural shows, that the cast as a whole was greater than the sum of its parts. This void won't be filled easily.

The show has its work cut out for it going forward, especially after the way she shined these past two weeks. In honor of Cook's exit, here are some of our favorite J.J. moments:

• In last season's "Risky Business," when we learned the painful fact that her sister took her life when J.J. was 11, after the team solves a case of teen suicide.
• In the second season, when the abduction of students from her hometown struck a chord with her, and we learned not only about her past but how she values her role.
• Way back in the first season, when serial killer Jacob Dawes tried to exercise a privilege only her friends have. You're not my friend. Heart, soul and a little attitude.
• When she kissed her "secret" BF, Det. Will LaMontagne, in front of her colleagues.
• When she took out James Colby Baylor in truly bad-ass fashion.
• When she asks Reid to be her son's godfather. It was poignant.
• Last week's hostage-negotiation, working the personal angle.

What's your favorite JJ moment? Was last night's episode a fitting sendoff? Will the show be able to overcome her departure? Sound off on Criminal Minds here.

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While we anxiously wait for the day when the Kinect will allow us to Minority Report our way through the Xbox 360 dashboard, we'll take a preview of the updated design to tide us over. Is it better? Is it worse? Our thoughts!

"The most notable difference is that the menus have been squared out and displayed in a linear fashion. Gone are the soft, rounded edges of each sub-screen, laid out in a descending pattern that disappeared into the distance until you cycled them forward. Now, each screen is a right-angled, straightforward affair that progresses directly from left to right. Perhaps this’ll be more impressive when we’re scrolling through menus with a flick of our wrist once the Kinect launches in November, but for the moment, this design change seems to sap some of the personality from the dashboard while adding efficency."

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The future of the Discovery Channel's most popular series, Deadliest Catch, is murky today following the departure of three of the show's biggest names.

Johnathan and Andy Hillstrand, brothers and co-captains of FV Time Bandit, announced that a lawsuit filed against them by Discovery would make it impossible for them to continue with the series. Northwestern captain Sig Hansen, who has been with Deadliest Catch since the series began in 2005, is likewise quitting in solidarity with the…

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We saw part of this scene in one of the six sneak previews of Thursday's Grey's Anatomy that we posted yesterday, but ABC has just released a newer, extended version.

Alex asks Meredith if Lexie is okay, then laments his lot in life. Every time he gets close to a chick, she goes crazy. So he thinks. Meredith attempts to talk sense into him.

They may have a much bigger problem on their hands, though, with Cristina ...

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Fans of True Blood must wait until September 12 for this season's finale.

In the meantime, they can watch this preview for "Evil is Going On" and also consider the following teases for the episode, courtesy of various series stars:

Joe Manganiello, who returns as Alcide: "There's going to be a lot of blood. And a lot of sex. And a lot of people are going to die."

Marshall Allman: "[It's] very shocking on every front. I think they did an excellent job of the cliffhanger this year for my character, for Anna's character, and for Alex's character, too."

Sam Trammell: "Somebody in Sam's camp is in big trouble. This season leaves everyone with a bunch of cliffhangers, especially with my storyline. There's something very serious, very hardcore that happens."

Meanwhile, Lauren Bowles - who plays wiccan waitress Holly - teased season four, which we already know will bring back a key character from the books. Said Bowles:

"You will be seeing me a lot next season. As Alan has announced, next year is the year of the witch."

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Don't hate me, Gleeks. But this was a terrible episode.

There was no plot, no flow, no attempt at storytelling whatsoever. Heck, "Brittany/Britney" wasn't even an episode of television. It was mostly just a mash-up of music videos, as various Glee characters did their best Britney Spears imitations.

For about 30 seconds, it was very cool and impressive to see how well Heather Morris could pull off Britney. But about halfway into "I'm a Slave 4 U," I realized: I don't wanna see these actors impersonate a famous pop star; I wanna see them act as the characters I've grown to love, singing something that relates to whatever they are thinking or feeling, based on current storylines, relationships, etc.

The best Glee numbers connect the material to the characters in a very personal way. But most of these covers existed solely because there actually was a Facebook campaign for a Britney Spears episode. For perhaps the first time in television history, it's as if the fans wrote an episode - and the result was a mess of musical numbers that never came together at any point.

In its previous tribute episode, "The Power of Madonna," Glee didn't lose track of its storytelling. There were actually a few major developments, most prominently Finn sleeping with Santana and Rachel deciding not to do the same with Jesse. Each song helped to move the plot forward.

But, ironically, Rachel's rendition of "The Only Exception" was the only example of a similar single this week... and it was the only non-Britney cover of the hour! Moreover, every cameo of Britney herself felt out of place and forced.

Still, thanks to one number and a few memorable one-liners, there were some highlights:

• The group's performance of "Toxic" was one of the show's best to date. Ideally, this would have been the only Britney number. The episode could have kept the premise of Will refusing to take on Spears, only to eventually cave and show off for Emma in the same manner.
• Sue taught Becky how to make a citizen's arrest? Amazing.
• Every line out of Brittany's mouth was funnier than the previous one. ("This room looks like that room on that spaceship when I got probed.")

What did you think of the episode? Were you happy to just sit back and let the show pay tribute to Britney Spears for an hour, or would you prefer a more organic feel to songs that fit into the grander story?

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As I made clear in my review, I really disliked this week's episode of Glee. It didn't feel like anything more than a few unrelated plot developments sprinkled around a Britney Spears play list.

That said... I do love Britney Spears songs! I wish there had been more of an organic feel to their use on the episode, but I've already downloaded a bunch of covers from last night. Browse through them in our Glee music section and check out the selections below:

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