Criminal Minds (TV Series)

Demons (2014)

Jeanne Tripplehorn: Alex Blake

Quotes 

• Jennifer Jareau : You know he wants kids. Can you image Spence as a dad?

  Alex Blake : That would be the luckiest kid in the world.

  Jennifer Jareau : No doubt.

• Alex Blake : [has no signal on her phone]  Ah, thought you said it doesn't get any worse?

  David Rossi : Until it does.

• [Blake's last scene] 

  Dr. Spencer Reid : You're all right?

  Alex Blake : Yesterday touched a nerve when I saw you like that

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Who's Ethan?

  Alex Blake : My son. He was nine when he died. Doctors said it was neurological, but they didn't have a name for it, still don't. That drove me crazy, no word to put to this thing that took away my greatest love

  Dr. Spencer Reid : I'm sorry

  Alex Blake : He... he kept growing despite his disease. The last time I laid beside him he was almost as long as me. He was ready to go, but I was unready to say goodbye. Begged him to open his eyes. Well, the cruelest part was that I could see who he would be at twenty, but I knew he would never get there

  [sighs] 

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Ethan is a great name

  Alex Blake : Yeah. It means enduring

  Dr. Spencer Reid : It's fitting. You and James never let go one another

  [Blakes shakes no and starts leaving the room] 

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Have you ever had that feeling that your future is somehow behind you?

  Alex Blake : All the time

  Dr. Spencer Reid : I do too, but it isn't

  Alex Blake : Ethan would have been a lot like you

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Thank you for being there when I woke up. It meant a lot

  Alex Blake : Of course

  [and walks away, down the stairs] 

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Bye, Alex

• Alex Blake : It's funny about this job, it's it? The extremes.

  David Rossi : Yeah, well, it's always been that way. One of the best days in my career turned out to be one of the worst. July 16th 1983, child abduction turned murder. The guy we napped killed five boys and there were cases we already tracked. It was such a victory in knowing that we'd stopped him hurting anyone else. When I got home my bags were packed. Caroline had had enough, I'd forgotten our anniversary again. As well as all the other little things that didn't seem important, because saving lives trumped everything, so I let ours die. Ah, well, it's the great balance of life. It finds its way to knock your legs away