Criminal Minds (TV Series)

Won't Get Fooled Again (2005)

Thomas Gibson: Aaron Hotchner

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• Elle Greenaway : I may have something. Barbara Keller was having some trouble insuring some coins she bought. The insurance company thought they might be fake.

  Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner : So the insurance company is blowing up annoying clients?

• Jason Gideon : When we're dealing with a bomber, we're talking about someone who's non-confrontational. If you bumped into him at a cafe, he'd apologize; even if it wasn't his fault.

  Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner : We would classify this bomber as highly organized, based on the meticulous design of his bombs. It means above average intelligence. He probably has a skilled job, a trade, one that allows him to work alone. That's how he was able to make a sophisticated device without raising suspicion. Furniture maker, jeweler, et cetera.

  Detective Morrison : Background in explosives?

  Jason Gideon : No, not necessarily. You're thinking about a type who likes to blow things up. Gives them an emotional or sexual release. Death? Secondary.

  Officer Worthy : Then what's this guy doing?

  Jason Gideon : Murdering. Bombs? Just weapons. And these attacks, they are not random.

  Officer Worthy : Well, how do you know that?

  Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner : By process of elimination. We know bombers fall into a discreet number of categories according to motive. There's the terrorist, whose aim is to spread fear; we expect him to strike in a populous area like a subway. There's the politically motivated bomber; he makes a statement by choosing a symbolic target like an abortion clinic. Then there's our unsub. He made bombs designed to kill and he chose his victims specifically by placing the bombs at their stoops. That tells us he has a direct motive. Statistically, he bombs for profit or to conceal a crime. And it tells us how we're going to find him - through the people he killed.

  Jason Gideon : Somewhere among the three victims there is a direct motive. Keep digging.

• Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner : I think you met agent Jareau at the station house

  Detective Morrison : Oh yeah, she's taking over the place

  Elle Greenaway : She does that!

• Jennifer Jareau : How we're doing?

  Elle Greenaway : Frustrated! I can't see why anyone wanna kill a little old lady who collects cats and coins

  Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner : Unless someone wants the coins! I spent a good chunk of my childhood looking for a 1944 penny worth thousands

  [looks at Elle] 

  Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner : Yes, I was a little bit of a nerd. Is that so surprising?

  Elle Greenaway : Not to me!

  [Frowns to JJ]