Criminal Minds (TV Series)

Foundation (2012)

Shemar Moore: Derek Morgan

Quotes 

• Derek Morgan : [voiceover]  Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it. -Michel de Montaigne

• Jennifer Jareau : Do you always keep one with you?

  Derek Morgan : Yeah. But the one I gave Angel was the only one that had wings on it.

  Jennifer Jareau : You know, Angel's never gonna let that go. What you shared, I know that wasn't easy.

  Derek Morgan : None of this is easy.

  Jennifer Jareau : I can't help but picture little Morgan. You were so alone.

  Derek Morgan : I'm here right now because of what that man did to me.

  Jennifer Jareau : I know. I'm just... sorry.

• Derek Morgan : It's called a challenge coin, Angel. Legend says an American pilot in World War I was gunned down over Germany, and he crawled across no-man's land into French territory. He was desperate to survive. And he should have been safe, except for the French thought he was a German, and he was almost executed. But he showed them a coin; it had his squadron's insignia on it. It was given to him by a fellow pilot so that they would never forget what they shared.

  Angel Suarez : [his first words]  What happened to him?

  Derek Morgan : [surprised, he laughs softly]  A French soldier recognized the insignia, and they set him free.

• Derek Morgan : [trying to get through to Angel]  Listen, I know how scared you are. I know you think he can still hurt you; that he's just outside that door, but I promise you he's not. Even if he was, he'd have to get through me to get to you, and I'm not about to let that happen.

• Derek Morgan : Listen to me. Carl Buford. That's the name of the man who hurt me. I was just a young boy like you, Angel. And I thought about doing that very same thing to myself. I did. Because the shame was too much. But instead, I kept the pain buried inside of me. And it tore me apart. But, Angel, I never let that son of a bitch beat me. I never gave him that. I want to make this man pay for what he's done to you. But I need your help. I promise you that whoever hurt you will not win. You and me together can take away what he kept from you and what he values the most, and that's freedom. Angel, please. Will you help me do that?

  Angel Suarez : Yes.

• Derek Morgan : What did he do? You can tell me.

  Angel Suarez : He used to... He used to bite me. He hasn't for a while. But he did... He did other things.

  Jennifer Jareau : Will you let the doctor take a look? Maybe we can match dental records.

  Angel Suarez : Okay.

• Penelope Garcia : This boy was found two hours ago in the middle of nowhere. Technically, he was found outside of Crawford, Arizona; my point is he has clearly been to super hell and escaped some sort of captivity.

  Derek Morgan : Well, how do we know he wasn't just dropped off there?

  Penelope Garcia : Well, he has fresh cuts on the bottom of his feet from the local cactus fields, and that's way from any through roads, and his skin is rubbed raw around his ankles from chains.

  Derek Morgan : He must have had a chance to escape and he took it.

  Emily Prentiss : Or the unsub could have had him in transit.

  Penelope Garcia : My god, you guys, look at his eyes.

  Jennifer Jareau : Yeah, he's jaundice. Probably hasn't seen daylight in a while.

  Derek Morgan : Yeah, and there's a lot of scars here.

  David Rossi : Those are the ones we can see.

• [Morgan and JJ enter Angel's hospital room to find the lights off and Angel cowering under a table] 

  Derek Morgan : Hey. My name's Derek. I'm one of the good guys. And this is my friend.

  Jennifer Jareau : I'm Jennifer. You're safe now.

  Derek Morgan : Doctor says you haven't been eating much. Food looks pretty good.

  Jennifer Jareau : You must be thirsty. Here you go.

  [JJ offers Angel a water bottle and he slaps it away] 

  Jennifer Jareau : [trying to placate him]  Okay. It's okay. It's okay.

  Derek Morgan : JJ, this is years of conditioning. Have Garcia go back to 2000 for missing kids.

• Derek Morgan : You can't examine his scars?

  Dr. Larson : Can't get close enough. He has the most severe case of CER I've ever seen. Conditioned emotional response. I've only seen it in vets.

  Jennifer Jareau : That's worse than PTSD.

  Dr. Larson : He had an adrenaline rush when he escaped, but coming down from that will be just as extreme.

  Derek Morgan : And I'm sure he's sensitive to light and sound.

  Dr. Larson : Incredibly. We're keeping it as quiet and dark as possible.

  Jennifer Jareau : That's probably what he's used to.

  Dr. Larson : He's also been somewhere cramped. His legs show signs of advanced arthritis.

  Jennifer Jareau : Any idea how old he is?

  Dr. Larson : It's hard to tell. His growth has been stunted, he's got major tooth and skin decay. Clearly from a massive vitamin D deficiency.

  Jennifer Jareau : Best guess?

  Dr. Larson : Maybe sixteen.