Criminal Minds (TV Series)

Painless (2011)

Thomas Gibson: Aaron Hotchner

Quotes 

• Dr. Spencer Reid : Boiling rage- SON OF A BITCH! Hi, this is Dr. Spencer Reid, I actually can come to the phone right now with a very special message that your mother is a to...

  Aaron Hotchner : Reid.

• Aaron Hotchner : How did you get by in Paris?

  Emily Prentiss : I... I played a lot of online Scrabble. With some girl named Cheeto Breath.

  [Hotch looks back at JJ who is eating from a small bag of Cheetos] 

• [last lines] 

  Jack Hotchner : Why are we doing this?

  Aaron Hotchner : We haven't talked to Mom in a while, so I thought it would be a good idea if we did it again.

  Jack Hotchner : But I don't want to make you sad.

  Aaron Hotchner : Buddy, you're not making me sad. It makes me happy, because it reminds me what a great job Mom did with you. So maybe if we got in the habit of doing this again, you know, Mom could help us.

  Jack Hotchner : Like with what?

  Aaron Hotchner : You know, if you have a bad day. Ms. McKee said Paul's been mean to you.

  Jack Hotchner : He hasn't been mean to me.

  Aaron Hotchner : No? Okay. Mom, look out for Jack anyway.

  Jack Hotchner : Dad, too.

  Aaron Hotchner : Dad, too. Of course.

  [Jack puffs out a candle] 

  Aaron Hotchner : Good Job. Okay. Time to settle down. Good night, buddy.

  Jack Hotchner : Love you, Dad.

  Aaron Hotchner : I love you, too.

• Emily Prentiss : What else do we have to go on?

  Jennifer Jareau : Spence said the UnSub would have broken his hand beating Chelsea to death. Did you notice anyone with a cast on their hand, someone who seemed hurt?

  Emily Prentiss : No.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : I might know why. This UnSub doesn't feel pain. There's a medical condition called pain asymbolia, where patients register harmful stimuli without being bothered by it. They've been documented holding their hand over an open flame because their brain doesn't send pain signals to the central nervous system.

  David Rossi : Sounds pretty rare. You sure the UnSub has it?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : The crime scenes prove it. This UnSub displayed an unusual level of savagery towards his victims. And consider this, he smashed through a glass display case, but there were not cuts on Jerry. That means he most likely punched through it as a show of force. Now, the only way the human body could withstand that level of pain is if he couldn't feel it at all.

  David Rossi : It must take a major toll on someone's emotional development.

  Derek Morgan : A significant contributor to our sense of empathy is the way we personally experience pain.

  Aaron Hotchner : And the UnSub didn't develop his sense of empathy because it was cut off. Does every person with asymbolia have this?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Actually, most feel empathy just fine, which makes me think the rest of our profile is still accurate. Loner, invisible, outcast, boiling rage...

• Aaron Hotchner : [voiceover]  "... pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding." ~~ Kahlil Gibran

• Ms. McKee : As you can see, his scores are high across the board. But he seems to be holding back in the classroom.

  Aaron Hotchner : Why do you think that is?

  Ms. McKee : Has he ever mentioned a classmate named Paul?

  Aaron Hotchner : Paul Cain? Yes, he's been over. He's a friend of Jack's.

  Ms. McKee : Paul is being mean to Jack for some reason.

  Aaron Hotchner : How long has that been going on?

  Ms. McKee : A few weeks. Jack's just his latest target. We've moved Jack away from Paul, and we're documenting everything, of course.

  Aaron Hotchner : Jack says that things are going very well at school, so the steps you're taking must be working.

  Ms. McKee : Thank you.

  Aaron Hotchner : Let me know if anything changes.

  Ms. McKee : Absolutely.

  Aaron Hotchner : Can I keep this?

  Ms. McKee : Sure.

  Aaron Hotchner : Thank you so much.

• Emily Prentiss : And nobody got to find out that Bob Adams was a good kid, a brave kid. The kind of kid you'd want to hang out with.

  Aaron Hotchner : We can give you back your story, Bob, but you have to drop the gun.

  Bob Adams : Isn't it funny when your dream comes true, it's never the way you want.

• Aaron Hotchner : What causes asymbolia?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Severe trauma produces lesions in the insular cortex, usually after a stroke, but this UNSUB is so young it's most likely caused by an external factor.

  David Rossi : Like a bomb going off next to him?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : [Looking toward Derek Morgan]  Yeah, like a bomb going off next to him.