Criminal Minds (TV Series)

Profiling 101 (2012)

Matthew Gray Gubler: Dr. Spencer Reid

Quotes 

• Dr. Spencer Reid : He dumped his first victim Rachel in an alley, but he took the time to bury Tina, which suggests he felt more connected to her and perhaps even felt remorse.

  David Zimmerman : Did you ever catch this guy?

  David Rossi : What's your name, young man?

  David Zimmerman : David Zimmerman.

  David Rossi : Don't interrupt, Zimmerman.

• Derek Morgan : In the meantime, Agent Rossi retired, but the BAU grew. We trained more profilers, hired tech analysts, press liaisons, and we even got our own resident genius.

  Penelope Garcia , Dr. Spencer Reid : Thank you.

• David Rossi : Irish statesman and author Edmund Burke once wrote:"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." This job isn't just what I do, it's who I am.

  Devin : Is it worth it?

  David Rossi : For every life we save? Damn right it is.

  Derek Morgan : Absolutely it's worth it.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : I can't imagine doing anything else.

• Jennifer Jareau : Okay, this is Rachel Moore, a 17-year-old runaway from Spokane, Washington.

  David Rossi : Now, she grew up poor and in a broken home. Her mom left her dad because he liked to drink and beat on her.

  Jennifer Jareau : And this is Tina Dyson, a 19-year-old college student from Seattle.

  David Rossi : Now, she was a trust fund kid, and she got straight As and came from a loving family. Now, these two girls couldn't be more different, but the one thing that they had in common is they both crossed paths with the most prolific serial killer the BAU has ever seen.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : One thing you should understand is that no two killers are the same. They each occupy their own point on the behavioral spectrum. Uh, genetics, brain chemistry, psychology, and environment are all factors.

  Aaron Hotchner : But we believe that this particular killer grew up in an environment so adverse that he never had a chance.

  Emily Prentiss : He endured years of cruel and abject physical abuse.

  Aaron Hotchner : As well as horribly profound psychological abuse.

  Derek Morgan : And when he wasn't being ignored, he was being humiliated.

  David Rossi : Now, let me be clear. Most abused kids do not turn into killers. Not even all psychopaths become killers, but this particular unknown subject, or unsub, suffered extreme abuse, and it has everything to do with why he does what he does.

  Derek Morgan : Now, these are some of his victims. He kidnapped them, he restrained them, and he starved them for days.

  Emily Prentiss : Then he killed them by mutilating their reproductive organs. Right now, we know there are at least forty of them.

  Aaron Hotchner : But we believe that he may eventually claim over a hundred victims.

  David Rossi : Now, we chose this case for today because we've been discovering bodies up and down the West Coast since 1992. For lack of a better word, it's a classic. This unsub's entire childhood was a crucible, and in it, a psychotic killer was forged.