Criminal Minds (TV Series)
Elephant's Memory (2008)
Thomas Gibson: Aaron Hotchner
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Quotes
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Sheriff Britt Hallum : Here's your gun safe. I don't know the combination.
Aaron Hotchner : Start with birthdays. Lou's, Owen's, Hope's.
Derek Morgan : Hotch. Dress blues in plastic. No pics of wife and son.
Sheriff Britt Hallum : [trying to open the safe] No luck.
Aaron Hotchner : Try 11-10-75.
Derek Morgan : November 10, 1975? What's that?
Aaron Hotchner : 1775. Marine Corps birthday.
Sheriff Britt Hallum : [the safe opens] You might have just sold me on that profiling of yours.
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Dr. Spencer Reid : His life was one torment after another. His teachers gave up on him, his classmates bullied him and his father blamed him while giving him access to guns. Given these conditions you're actually quite fortunate
Deputy Bart Lawford : It sounds like you're saying these victims deserved this.
Aaron Hotchner : We're not. Nobody deserves this.
Dr. Spencer Reid : But you could have prevented it.
Aaron Hotchner : Reid, can I talk to you?
[They walk out into another room]
Dr. Spencer Reid : It's the truth! They could have done something! They work with his father, they knew Owen.
Aaron Hotchner : So what? All adolescents profile like sociopaths. There's a reason you can't diagnose them until they're 18.
Dr. Spencer Reid : Yeah, they could have seen the signs!
Aaron Hotchner : Nobody sees the signs, Reid. You know that. And making it their fault is not only unfair, it's dangerous. I want you to go back to the Savages' house and I want you go through Owen's room.
Dr. Spencer Reid : Morgan is already doing that.
Aaron Hotchner : Yeah, and you're going to join him.
Dr. Spencer Reid : Oh? You're punishing me?
Aaron Hotchner : No, I'm using you! You know this kid better than anybody. Go find us something we can use!
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Derek Morgan : [walking the crime scene] Hit pattern says they were fired on full auto. Tight grouping for it. Single burst put 'em both down. That takes skill, and some serious training.
Aaron Hotchner : Letts lands here, still alive. Savage falls there dead.
Derek Morgan : But I walk past Letts, and I shoot Lou Savage in the face when I know he's already dead.
Aaron Hotchner : This was personal.
Sheriff Britt Hallum : They knew each other?
Dr. Spencer Reid : Enough to know Rod Norris would enter through the back door while smoking.
Derek Morgan : And that Lou Savage was on duty and would respond.
Sheriff Britt Hallum : So what are we talking about here?
Aaron Hotchner : This wasn't terrorism, domestic or otherwise. Terrorists rarely know their victims, at least not personally.
Sheriff Britt Hallum : Because they knew Rod Norris was a smoker who used his back door?
Derek Morgan : And shot Deputy Savage in the face at point-blank range.
Sheriff Britt Hallum : They weren't being thorough?
Derek Morgan : No. He walked past Letts, who was alive, shoots Savage in the face when he knows he's already dead. Responders were coming. That last shot was risky overkill.
Dr. Spencer Reid : Overkill means rage. Rage means a close personal relationship.
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Aaron Hotchner : You knowingly jeopardized your life and the lives of others! I should fire you! You're the smartest kid in the room, but you're not the only one in that room. You pull something like this again, you will be! Am I clear?
Dr. Spencer Reid : Yes sir. It won't happen again. Thank you.
Aaron Hotchner : What were you thinking?
Dr. Spencer Reid : I was thinking that would have been, ah, the second time a kid died in front of me.
Aaron Hotchner : You're keeping score, just like Owen.
Dr. Spencer Reid : It was my turn to save one.
Aaron Hotchner : It doesn't work like that.
Dr. Spencer Reid : It should.
Aaron Hotchner : I know it's painful when the person you identify with is the bad guy.
Dr. Spencer Reid : What does that make me?
Aaron Hotchner : Good at the job! I know it's none of my business, but when we land I think you should go and catch the rest of that movie.
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Deputy Bart Lawford : We are wasting time. Owen is here, and we should be knocking on doors.
Aaron Hotchner : It's not a good idea.
Deputy Bart Lawford : And why is that?
Aaron Hotchner : Because Owen's watching. He's monitoring the news. Right now, he thinks you think he's gone. He feels safe. If we start knocking on doors, he's gonna know that he's not. He's gonna feel trapped.
Deputy Bart Lawford : Why the hell should we care about this little bastard's feelings?
Jennifer Jareau : All right, we're here to help you bring in Owen Savage with minimum loss of life. The profile tells you the best way to do that.