- Penelope Garcia: Reid, we need a D.O.B. on Prentiss.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: Uh, 7:12am, October 12th, 197...
- Emily Prentiss: [cuts Reid off] Hey!
- David Rossi: [closing, voiceover] "For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible" - Stuart Chase.
- [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.
- Ivan Bakunas: I don't know these women, okay. You have the wrong...
- Detective Ron Fullwood: The wrong necrophile?
- Ivan Bakunas: What? You think I'm the only guy in town who likes to crack open a cold one?
- Aaron Hotchner: By now, we know the DNA found on the victims did not match anyone in the system, so we're gonna have to look beyond physical evidence to identify the killer.
- Emily Prentiss: Our unsub is a white male in his mid to late 20s, and he has money. He lives alone, in a large residence. There's enough space and ventilation to accommodate an embalming suite.
- Aaron Hotchner: He's awkward with people, especially women. An inability to relate socially is common in homicidal necrophiles.
- Derek Morgan: Because of the alterations to the bodies, we believe the unsub is attempting to recreate a woman he once loved.
- Detective Duran: Like a girlfriend?
- Aaron Hotchner: Or a wife, a mother. Someone who left or died suddenly.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: This projection of the loved one coupled with his need to preserve the victims through embalming is similar to the psychopathology of serial murderer Ed Gein. Gein had an Oedipal complex which developed in the years he nursed his paralyzed mother back from a stroke. After she died, his obsession compelled him to dig up corpses of women who resembled his mother. So persistent was his desire to resurrect his dead mother that he actually dressed in female suits fashioned from human skin. Eventually, Gein grew unhappy with the flesh of dead bodies, which had a tendency to dry and crack, so he shifted his focus to live victims, whose bodies he could better preserve.
- Aaron Hotchner: The evolution from dead to live victims will also be mirrored in our unsub's maturation.
- Emily Prentiss: We've put together a list of incident reports prior to 2006. You're gonna want to follow up on these. Uh, they are inappropriate postmortem conduct, cadaver theft, and graveyard disturbances.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: 60% of necrophiles work in the death business, so be sure to canvas local cemeteries, mortuaries, and morgues.
- Derek Morgan: And since we have the killer's DNA, we're gonna be sending you out with kits to swab potential suspects.
- Aaron Hotchner: The odds of finding Brooke Lombardini alive are slim, but the quicker we identify the killer, the better her chances are. For her sake, let's work fast.
- Aaron Hotchner: We know the odds
- Dr. Spencer Reid: 90% of all abducted victims are killed within the first 36 hours
- David Rossi: [Walking onto a huge estate] Did Garcia say what Mr. Gless does for a living?
- Aaron Hotchner: Failed artist
- David Rossi: Guess that's what they call failing up
- Aaron Hotchner: Or marrying well
- Aaron Hotchner: Upscale restaurant?
- Detective Ron Fullwood: Well, let's just say that I don't go, unless it's on someone else's dime
- Detective Ron Fullwood: [Rings doorbell] Ivan Bakunas?
- Ivan Bakunas: Yeah. Can I... can I help you?
- Detective Ron Fullwood: You could invite us inside. It's a little wet out here
- Detective Ron Fullwood: I have worked some sick cases: Rapist, pederasts.
- Ivan Bakunas: I hope you're not grouping me with those people.
- Detective Ron Fullwood: You may be the sickest of them all.
- Ivan Bakunas: Well sick or no, many would argue it's a victimless crime.
- David Rossi: The last thing this woman needs is some con man giving her unrealistic ideas.
- Stanley Usher: With all due respect, sir, you may not know what she needs. Your job is to know the perpetrators.
- David Rossi: We're not talking about my job.
- Stanley Usher: Well, maybe we should be. Because there are a lot of people out there who don't believe in what you do, either.