Criminal Minds (TV Series)

The Sandman (2016)

Joe Mantegna: David Rossi

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Quotes 

• Derek Morgan : [On the phone]  What you got, baby girl?

  Penelope Garcia : What I've got is fail, fail, and more fail

  David Rossi : Remember Thomas Alva Edison, Penelope: "I have not failed, I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work"

  Penelope Garcia : Okay, let me rephrase what I just said: I currently waist-deep in what's not working

• Aaron Hotchner : Ronnie Brewer is still missing. Both parents' eyes were filled with sand and glued shut.

  David Rossi : Mr. Sandman, bring me a nightmare.

• Derek Morgan : [Rushing out of his office]  Hey, hey, hey, there you are! How you're settling in?

  Derek Morgan : Well, you know, it's like riding a bike

  David Rossi : Oh yeah, I've been meaning to ask, uh, I've got an opening in my poker group next week. Why don't you join us?

  Derek Morgan : Oh, my dance card's kind of full these days, Rossi, you know, getting ready for a baby

  David Rossi : Well, that's all the more reason to play, you know, jump start the kid's college fund a little money

  Derek Morgan : Okay. Okay, I will see what I can do. I left a file in the conference room

  David Rossi : I... I was just in there. I didn't see any files

  Derek Morgan : You're sure about that?

  David Rossi : Positive! No files! I... I would have noticed

  Derek Morgan : All right, your eyes start to do that little thing they do. Let's have it

  David Rossi : Have what?

  Derek Morgan : It's not my birthday and I said to you: please no welcome back party

  David Rossi : All right, look, I'm not saying, but, ehm, I was supposed to distract you, so do me a favor and act surprised when you go in there, all right?

  Derek Morgan : All right, I got you covered

  [starts walking in, Rossi blocks him] 

  David Rossi : And let's just keep it an extra 30 seconds, just to be sure

  Derek Morgan : [laughs]  No problem

  David Rossi : So, my eyes do this thing, huh?

  Derek Morgan : Little bit

  David Rossi : I better work on that before poker night

• David Rossi : No tread marks anywhere. The unsub probably parked his car along the main road and walked in.

  Jennifer Jareau : Family have dogs?

  David Rossi : No. No security system, either.

  Jennifer Jareau : Well, there's nothing around back. The garage and the storage were unlocked.

  David Rossi : And I bet the Brewers probably never locked their front door.

  Jennifer Jareau : You know, it's not so unusual. I grew up in a place like this and that's just how it was. People trusted one another.

  David Rossi : Trust is a good thing. So are deadbolts and a rottweiler.

• Aaron Hotchner : We're looking for a family annihilator. We believe he's a white male in his early to mid thirties. He is intelligent, well-organized, and meticulous.

  David Rossi : Family annihilators are often quick and ruthless, but this unsub prolongs the suffering of his victims.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : He appears to kill in stages. First the father, then the mother, and finally the child.

  Derek Morgan : The mother seems to be the primary target of the unsub's rage. She is forced to endure a sense of helplessness for up to an hour while her child is in danger.

  Sgt. Natalie Whitfield : So we're dealing with a sadist?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Yes, but not sadism as we typically think of it. Despite the savagery of the attacks, the killer does not derive gratification from inflicting pain; it's from observing the panic in his victims. The sadism is psychological.

  Derek Morgan : Something may have happened in the unsub's childhood where he felt unprotected. Perhaps his own mother turned a blind eye to a real or perceived danger.

  Aaron Hotchner : And this could explain the ritual of placing sand and glue in the parents' eyes, symbolically blinding them as punishment.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : Ellie Zumwalt survived her injuries, and this may discourage this unsub and make him more cautious.

  David Rossi : Or have the opposite effect. It could infuriate him and spur him to attack again soon with increased violence.