Criminal Minds (TV Series)

Cold Comfort (2009)

A.J. Cook: Jennifer Jareau

Quotes 

• [their victim's mother is making a public appeal to her daughter's kidnapper] 

  David Rossi : Wish she would have waited until we had a chance to coach her.

  Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau : I don't know, she seems to be doing a pretty good job.

  Derek Morgan : Good enough to make the unsub think twice about killing Brooke.

  David Rossi : If he hasn't already. Chances are this is all too late.

  Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau : It's her daughter. She has to have hope, right?

  David Rossi : Hope's one thing. False hope is something else.

  Derek Morgan : I guess you've worked with psychics before?

  David Rossi : Yeah. Not by choice.

  Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau : You know, there are cases where people believe they've helped.

  David Rossi : When people are vulnerable, they'll believe a lot of things.

• Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau : [opening quotation, voiceover]  "And so, all the night tide I lay down by the side of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride, in the sepulcher there by the sea, in her tomb by the sounding sea." - Edgar Allan Poe.

• David Rossi : You're in early.

  Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau : Couldn't sleep.

  David Rossi : I know how it can be coming back here. The bad things seem worse. You want easy answers.

  Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau : If you're gonna tell me not to believe in psychics, you don't have to.

  David Rossi : You can believe in what you want. But when you're here, you need to have faith in what we do. It works.

  Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau : I just... I saw a mother losing her child, and, uh... we didn't have any other leads. I thought what harm could it do?

  David Rossi : I asked the same question once.

  Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau : You did?

  David Rossi : It was a kidnapping case in Georgia. We had nothing, time was running out, and there was a local woman known for her... abilities. On her advice, we took the investigation in the wrong direction. The boy died.

  Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau : I'm sorry.

  David Rossi : It was a long time ago.

  Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau : Well, we won this time. That's what matters, right?

  David Rossi : [Rossi half-smiles]  Welcome back.