Criminal Minds (TV Series)
From Childhood's Hour (2011)
Annie Fitzgerald: Marlene Smith
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Quotes
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Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau : Mrs. Smith? I'm Agent Jareau. Jennifer. I'm with the FBI.
Marlene Smith : Did you hear any more about my Bobby?
Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau : No, ma'am. But our entire team is here, and we are the best at what we do. We're gonna need your help, okay?
Marlene Smith : Okay.
Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau : I have a boy of my own. He's almost three. I... can't even imagine what you are going through.
Marlene Smith : He's so little.
Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau : I know. Can you tell me what happened the morning you dropped him off?
Marlene Smith : I was having one of my bad days.
Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau : And what does one of your bad days look like?
Marlene Smith : I wanted to hurt myself. I can't control it.
Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau : Is that why you took him to his grandmother?
Marlene Smith : Yeah. I have to protect him.
Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau : And you had done this in the past?
Marlene Smith : [near tears] Yeah. I just had to get him out of the house. You know? I just had to get him out of the house. That's all I kept thinking about, was just get him out! Get him out!
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Marlene Smith : So when I was feeling better, I-I went to my mother's to pick him up, and... that's when they told me he wasn't there.
Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau : You didn't call ahead before you dropped him off?
Marlene Smith : Yeah. She didn't answer.
Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau : She doesn't have an answering machine?
Marlene Smith : Yeah, she does, but there wasn't time for that.
Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau : Please help me understand, Mrs. Smith. It takes ten seconds to leave a message. Look, these... these bad days that you have, I understand. There... there must be times when...
Marlene Smith : [sobbing, showing JJ the scars on her wrists] Look. Bobby saw me do this before. Twice. I had to get him out of the house! Don't you understand?
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[first lines]
Bobby Smith : [banging the door] Mom, open the door! Please! Mom, open the door! Please don't, Mom! Please don't!
[Marlene holds scissors]
Bobby Smith : Please don't. Please! Open the door! Please! Please don't, Mom!
[Marlene throws scissors]
Bobby Smith : Mom? Open the door. Mom! Open it! Mom, please. Mom.
Marlene Smith : [Marlene and Bobby arrives at grandmother's house] Come on. Come on, Bobby! Let's go.
Bobby Smith : Let me stay with you.
Marlene Smith : Don't cry, sweetheart. Come on, please.
Bobby Smith : I don't want to do this again.
Marlene Smith : I know, and I'm so, so, so sorry. Everything's gonna be okay. It's okay. Go on.
[leaves Bobby alone]
Bobby Smith : [to the wagon driver] What are you doing here?