Assistant Director Linda Barnes: I'd like to pick up where we left off yesterday.
Emily Prentiss: No. Let's not. This is not about our case in Mexico last year or any other cases. This is about you. You want something.
Assistant Director Linda Barnes: I want the BAU to be held accountable for its actions.
Emily Prentiss: If you truly believe that we acted inappropriately or had evidence of a crime that was committed, you would have had me arrested. The fact that you haven't tells me that's not what you're after.
Assistant Director Linda Barnes: No?
Emily Prentiss: No. Your specialty is remaking units and divisions in your image; slimming them down, dividing their resources so you can maximize their efficiency. You want to make a name for yourself. Everything about your demeanor says "I want to be in charge." And you project power not because you fear you don't have it, but because you can't get enough. You want to be the Director someday. That's why we're here. To appease your ego, your ambition.
Assistant Director Linda Barnes: Have you always had issues with authority?
Emily Prentiss: Better agents than you have tried to split the BAU and failed. Each time, the BAU has done its job, and done it well, and so have I. And you know what that's gotten me? Respect, support, and capital. So whatever game it is you're trying to play here, I want no part of it.
Assistant Director Linda Barnes: Why don't we take a break before you say something you will regret?