Criminal Minds (TV Series)

The Popular Kids (2005)

Shemar Moore: Derek Morgan

Quotes 

• Derek Morgan : So tell me, what does keep young Dr. Reid awake at night? Wait, let me guess. Memorizing some obscure textbook? No, no, no. Working on cold fusion? No, I got it, I got it, I got it. Watching Star Trek and laughing at the physics mistakes.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Actually, there aren't that many scientific errors in Star Trek. Especially considering how long ago it was made. There are certain improbabilities, but not that many outright errors.

  Derek Morgan : Right.

• Dr. Spencer Reid : Morgan. You knew I didn't want you to tell Hotch about my nightmares.

  Derek Morgan : Reid, that's something they need to know about.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : What do you mean "they"?

  Derek Morgan : Hotch and Gideon.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : You told Gideon, too?

  Derek Morgan : Yeah. And it's okay, kid.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Well, wh... what if they think I can't do my job? What if... what if they want to pull me off the team?

  Derek Morgan : They won't.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Oh, yeah? How do you know that?

  Derek Morgan : [frustrated sigh]  I just do.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : You had no right, man. I... I confided in you. This is... you know, this is exactly what I get when I trust someone. It gets thrown back in my face.

  Derek Morgan : Mine started six months after I got into the BAU. Yeah. Mine. We were working a strangler case in Montana. Four victims. Me, I was still pretty young at the time, so, you know, I was feeling myself. I was cocky, I was arrogant. The locals, they didn't have anything, so I stepped up. I said 'I can nail down a profile for you just as soon as I get what I need.'

  Dr. Spencer Reid : More victims.

  Derek Morgan : Mm-hmm. She was found the next day. So I went down to the scene to do my thing. And as I was looking over the body, that's when I saw them. Her eyes, Reid. They were wide open. And there was something different about them, it was like they were looking right at *me*. Like she knew. I asked for a victim; well, here she was. That's when they started for me. Night after night, I would fall asleep, and I would see those eyes. They were dead eyes. Accusing eyes. And it got to the point where it was happening even when I wasn't asleep. Reid, everywhere I went, I saw those eyes.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : What'd you do?

  Derek Morgan : Gideon. He knew. I didn't tell him. I was like you, I didn't want anybody to know. He just... he knew. And he sat me down and he... he just kind of talked me through it. I still have the nightmares to this day, just not nearly as often. But when they come back, I know how to handle them better.

• [Reid is pouring piles of sugar into his coffee] 

  Derek Morgan : Easy there tough guy. Have some coffee with your sugar.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : I need something to wake me up.

  Derek Morgan : Ooh, late night?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Very.

  Derek Morgan : My man!

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Not that kind of late night!

• [Morgan just saved Reid from a teenaged unsub who had a gun pointed at Reid's head] 

  Dr. Spencer Reid : What happened?

  [As he pins the unsub to the ground] 

  Derek Morgan : Him bringing us down here was way too much of a coincidence.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : No, I got that. Did you have to tackle us both?

  Derek Morgan : You're welcome Reid.

• Deputy Harris : You guys need anything?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Coffee would be nice.

  Derek Morgan : He takes about a quart of sugar in it.

• Aaron Hotchner : Contrary to popular belief, there has never been a proven case of satanic ritual killing. Never a verified human sacrifice. Having said that, there have been isolated cases of animal sacrifice... and many, many cases of vandalism in the name of Satan.

  Derek Morgan : Now, that doesn't mean that ritual satanism is impossible. And more importantly, for our purposes, there have been cults that killed, just not in ritual fashion.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : The reverend Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple... his followers killed a U.S. Congressman and three people before committing mass suicide, leaving over nine hundred people dead. And, perhaps, the most widely-known of the killer cults: the Manson Family, under the direction of Charles Manson, killed nine people in a four day period in an attempt to initiate a race war.

  Elle Greenaway : Killer cults do exist, and they all have one thing in common: invariably, they're headed by charismatic megalomaniacs.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : You're looking for that leader. He's who will stand out. He'll be memorable to somebody; people who aren't in his group will see him as strange, weird, scary.

  Aaron Hotchner : Since we're dealing with professed satanists, which is often practiced by younger males, we may be looking for teenagers. Heavy metal music is often associated with satanism, and these kids and their leader may reflect that in their look.

  Derek Morgan : Most likely, there'll be sex, drugs, and alcohol. Now, the leader, he'll be older. It's part of his charm.

  Aaron Hotchner : And he is from this area. He's definitely local.

  Elle Greenaway : These woods are too thick and confusing for a visitor to get around in.

  Sheriff Bridges : You think one of our own people is doing this?

  Aaron Hotchner : We're sure of it.