Criminal Minds (TV Series)

Middle Man (2010)

Thomas Gibson: Aaron Hotchner

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• Aaron Hotchner : [Garcia has bought the team new computer tablets]  Garcia, not that I don't appreciate your efforts, but where exactly did the funding for these come from?

  Penelope Garcia : I did a thing.

  Aaron Hotchner : A thing?

  Penelope Garcia : Best not talk about the thing.

• Aaron Hotchner : Has Stephanie Wilson's father arrived?

  Sheriff Jeff Salters : He's waiting in the conference room. He's pretty messed up about the whole thing.

  Aaron Hotchner : That's understandable.

  Sheriff Jeff Salters : I just don't get it. You know how many strippers and prostitutes I saw get beaten up and raped when I worked the city? Sometimes it's like they're asking for it.

  Aaron Hotchner : Nobody asks for this, Sheriff.

  Sheriff Jeff Salters : Not consciously, anyway. Shall we go in?

  Aaron Hotchner : I think I'll speak to him alone.

  Sheriff Jeff Salters : Look, I call it like I see it.

  Aaron Hotchner : These women are victims of heinous crimes. I won't have you judging them in front of their families.

  Sheriff Jeff Salters : And I won't have you telling me how to run my show. The governor may have requested your help, but this is my case.

  Aaron Hotchner : It's not a show. It is your case. And you can watch from the outside.

• Aaron Hotchner : [voiceover]  "The herds seek out the great, not for their sake, but for their influence; and the great welcome them, out of vanity or need." ~~ Napoleon Bonaparte

• Aaron Hotchner : [voiceover]  "Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go." ~~ Bernard Malamud