Criminal Minds (TV Series)

Final Shot (2013)

Joe Mantegna: David Rossi

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• Jennifer Jareau : Who else uses a .308 rifle?

  David Rossi : In Texas? Hunters... the Minutemen... housewives... which, unfortunately, doesn't narrow down the field.

• David Rossi : [closing quote]  "Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet, we all breathe the same air, we all cherish our children's future, and we are all mortal." - John F. Kenedy

• David Rossi : What about the increase in calls and letters to the Dallas office?

  Penelope Garcia : I have checked all the assassination buffs and conspiracy theorists, including myself, and I am sort of sad to say we're all in the clear.

• Dr. Spencer Reid : We have to hope Maya follows the rules. The shelter says the women are supposed to remain in hiding for at least two months. They're supposed to stay behind closed windows, closed doors. Volunteers bring supplies and food to them.

  Agent Tanya Mays : Maya left her husband six weeks ago, so the killer's gotta wait another two weeks for her to come out. There's a good chance he'll give up. He can't wait forever.

  Aaron Hotchner : Well, a sniper can wait up to seventy-two hours without sleeping.

  Agent Tanya Mays : Seriously?

  David Rossi : That's part of their training. They can stay awake for seventy-two hours and reamin completely focused on their target.

  Agent Tanya Mays : How?

  Aaron Hotchner : By using a mental exercise called fantasy integration. The sniper creates a scenario involving the target that keeps that person at the forefront of their mind.

  Derek Morgan : Often, they'll imagine a place where they're with the target doing something together that takes time; for example, building a car.

  Jennifer Jareau : For some, the fantasy begins the minute they're assigned a target, and nothing will distract them.

  Agent Tanya Mays : So as long as she stays inside, she should be safe, right?

  Alex Blake : The problem is staying cooped up for a couple months without a breath of fresh air is hard to do.

  David Rossi : It's what the sniper's counting on, and she has no idea he's waiting for her.

• Aaron Hotchner : How much variation is there in the traffic pattern here?

  Agent Tanya Mays : This is it. It's pretty much the same all the time, except in the middle of the night, maybe.

  Aaron Hotchner : So the unsub had to time his shot to the quarter second to shoot between traffic and the gas pumps and hit all three victims.

  David Rossi : And he did it from a concealed position.

  Aaron Hotchner : He's better than good. He's a sharpshooter.