Criminal Minds (TV Series)

Restoration (2013)

Shemar Moore: Derek Morgan

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• Derek Morgan : Carl Buford was an expert at spotting and exploiting vulnerabilities in adolescent boys that he coached at the community center. He had the entire community thinking he was a hero. Parents, teachers, cops. I mean everyone. After my dad died, he locked onto me. And he manipulated me into compliant victimization. Now, you remember how I told you that I got into with that local gangbanger when I was younger? Well, somehow Buford got it all expunged. Now, I didn't understand why a guy who barely knew me would do that. But Buford gave me his time. He taught me how to play football. And then he took me to his cabin on the lake. I was a kid. I was a kid from the south side, I'd never been to a cabin before, much less a lake.

  Aaron Hotchner : Morgan... you don't have to do this.

  Derek Morgan : They need to know, Hotch. They need to know this guy's M.O. Buford built up my trust, and then he would lower my inhibition with Helgison wine; he called it his Jesus juice. And he would molest me. And every time he would see that dead look in my eye that said I wanted him to stop, he would just say "You better man up, boy. Look up to the sky."

  Jennifer Jareau : Did you ever tell anyone about that phrase?

  Derek Morgan : No.

  David Rossi : We're probably looking at someone Buford abused.

  Aaron Hotchner : Victim could harbor a great deal of anger if he didn't deal with his own abuse, and with the right trigger, it could develop into this kind of rage.

  Alex Blake : Where's Buford now?

  Derek Morgan : We got him locked up for homicide in 2006, but because of the statute of limitations, we never got him for molestation.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Buford ran the community center for years. An offender like him could have hundreds of victims.

• Reporter #2 : You're saying that's why Rodney Harris killed those men?

  Captain Stan Gordinski : Yes, that's what I said.

  Reporter #3 : So, being abused made him a killer?

  Derek Morgan : No. No, it did not. The vast majority of child sex victims don't grow up to be sex offenders or criminals. I know this because... and let me be direct... I was also one of Carl Buford's victims.

  Akil : Yo, Mohammed, wasn't "Carl Buford" your government name?

  Derek Morgan : [on TV]  Victimization does not cause offending.

  Carl Buford : Yeah. I don't know what he's talking about. I loved that kid.

  Derek Morgan : It can cause a lot of isolation... And there can be anger and rage. It can cause pain and suffering... but you can get through it. It can make you stronger. It does not have to destroy your life. It can make you fight back. And it can make you want to spend the rest of your life protecting others.

• Derek Morgan : [closing, voiceover]  "For darkness restores what light cannot repair." - Joseph Brodsky

• Alex Blake : How far away from here did you grow up?

  Derek Morgan : Five blocks. The park we just passed is where I used to play football. The bus stop on that corner, that's where I played kissy-face with my first girlfriend.

  Alex Blake : How old were you?

  Derek Morgan : Ten.

• Jennifer Jareau : That's new.

  David Rossi : What do you see?

  Derek Morgan : [phone rings]  Hey, what's up? You find anything in the array?

  Jennifer Jareau : Yeah, there's some writing on the dumpster.

  Derek Morgan : What's it say?

  [looks around] 

  Derek Morgan : Hold on a second.

  Alex Blake : They got something?

  Jennifer Jareau : Do you see something? Morgan?

  David Rossi : Look up to the sky?

  Derek Morgan : [finds the writing also]  I gotta go.

  Alex Blake : Linguistically, it may mean God judges the victim for his sins...

  Derek Morgan : That's not it.

  Alex Blake : And taken in context, with the pants pulled...

  Derek Morgan : Blake, that's not it. Let's go.

• Derek Morgan : Baby Girl! See if the owner of the convenient store had any military defensive training

  Penelope Garcia : Oh, I will, as long as you promise to bring my future mother-in-law peach cobbler!

  Derek Morgan : As soon as we're done here, I promise

• Derek Morgan : You see, what I need is a list of everyone you've victimized.

  Carl Buford : You still like mint chocolate-chip ice cream?

  Derek Morgan : The U.S. Attorney has offered immunity. They won't charge you with molesting any of the boys on this list as long as this list is complete.

  Carl Buford : Or was it butter pecan?

  Derek Morgan : You leave even one name off that list, this deal is dead.

  Carl Buford : Are you threatening me, D.?

  Derek Morgan : With my hand on the Qur'an. See, right now, you're in here for serial murder. And I bet that gives you a whole lot of credit out there in the yard. Am I right? But what do you think would happen if the brothers in here learned what you were really guilty of? So let me be direct, Mohammed, start writing.

  Carl Buford : I'll give you the list on one condition. All I want is a handshake. That's it. A gentleman's agreement. What do you say?

  [shakes hands] 

  Carl Buford : You were always special, Derek. You may have me in here, but there's a whole lot more of me out there, boy.

  Aaron Hotchner : You didn't have to shake his hand.

  Derek Morgan : It's a long list, Hotch.

  Aaron Hotchner : This UnSub's devolving. He'll stand out. He won't be hard to find.

  Derek Morgan : I'm gonna use the head before we leave.

• Carl Buford : [Morgan visits Buford in prison]  Derek Morgan.

  Derek Morgan : Got yourself a new look, huh?

  Carl Buford : I'm Mohammad Allam now. Of all my boys, you're the last one that I thought would come back to me.

• Derek Morgan : Rodney, look at me.

  [puts the gun down] 

  Derek Morgan : He did the same thing to me. I confronted him. I got him locked away for life. He's done.

  Rodney Harris : Done? Done ain't good enough.

  Derek Morgan : Look at your son. Look at him. Don't go out like this in front of him. You don't want to destroy his life too, do you? Rodney, he loves you.

  Tyler Harris : I do, dad.

  Sheila Goode : He still needs you. He still needs you, Rodney.

  Derek Morgan : Rodney... put that gun down.

• David Rossi : Hey, I thought I'd lend you a hand

  Derek Morgan : Ha, Rossi! Brought a little something to drink. I like that!

  David Rossi : Well, you can't do renovation without a little bevvy

  Derek Morgan : Ah, wait a minute now, you know I don't renovate, but restore, there's a big difference

• Derek Morgan : Yeah, Baby Girl! How's that list coming along?

  Penelope Garcia : Okay, of the 5 that hit the profile, one sticks out like a tiger in a room of kittens!

• Derek Morgan : You got any names?

  Keron Bendor : Yeah. There was one. He was Buford's favorite.

  Derek Morgan : Who?

  Keron Bendor : Pretty sure his name was Rodney.

  Derek Morgan : Rodney Harris?

  Keron Bendor : Yeah. He got it the worst.

• Derek Morgan : Rodney's not on this list

  Aaron Hotchner : Buford played us.