Criminal Minds (TV Series)
A Beautiful Disaster (2016)
Shemar Moore: Derek Morgan
Quotes
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Derek Morgan : [closing quotation] As a good friend of mine said, every ending is also a beginning. We just don't know it at the time. I'd like to believe she's right.
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Derek Morgan : Listen, we were gonna mail these, but I wanted you to have a birth announcement first.
Dr. Spencer Reid : [Morgan hands over a card] Hank Spencer Morgan.
Derek Morgan : Yeah. Hank is for my pops. But Spencer is for the best little brother anybody could ever ask for.
[he gives Reid a tight, brotherly hug]
Derek Morgan : I love you, kid.
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Derek Morgan : You know, you're partially to blame for me leaving. You got such a big heart, I think it rubbed off on me.
Penelope Garcia : Partially. I think the actual reason is that little baby boy.
Derek Morgan : Yeah.
Penelope Garcia : I'm really glad it wasn't a baby girl.
[Morgan laughs]
Penelope Garcia : I'm really glad. Is that wrong?
Derek Morgan : No. No. You will always be my original Baby Girl.
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Derek Morgan : So look, uh, my little dude is gonna need a big brother too. To teach him everything he knows about life... and chess
[both laugh]
Dr. Spencer Reid : I can do that!
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David Rossi : I just saw your prince down the hall. He's sleeping like it's his job.
Derek Morgan : [laughs] 'Cause it is.
David Rossi : Whew. Pretty incredible, huh?
Derek Morgan : I'm so grateful.
David Rossi : You know, I've learned that, in the short time I've had the privilege of being a dad... it heals wounds, just being there for your kid.
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Derek Morgan : [Seeing Reid entering his waiting room] Were you with Garcia?
Dr. Spencer Reid : Yeah. Here, I brought you a green tea. It won't make you as jittery as coffee
Derek Morgan : You came instead of Garcia, because you know I would be able to read her
Dr. Spencer Reid : That is correct
Derek Morgan : And Hotch send you here to see if I'm stable
Dr. Spencer Reid : He didn't say that, but...
[nods yes]
Derek Morgan : I don't get jittery
Dr. Spencer Reid : Usually you don't, but your carotid tells a different story. I've counted 10 heartbeats in the last 3 seconds, it's about 20 percent higher than usual when you're under stress
Derek Morgan : I know you're only trying to protect me, I get it, but knock it off! I just want to know what you've learned
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Dr. Spencer Reid : When you first told me about Savannah, I'd never seen you like that. The decreased levels of central serotonin in your brain cause intrusive thinking. When I finally saw you guys together, that's when I knew for sure. Your pupils dilated, your posture changed, and I saw you involuntarily reach for her hand. Science confirmed it. You found the one. Do you believe that?
Derek Morgan : Yes.
Dr. Spencer Reid : Then believe this. Our team loves you, and we are not going to stop until we find whoever did this. But we can only do that with a completely dispassionate and unprejudiced point of view. Paternal instinct is a deadly bias that we just can't risk. It's for your protection, Morgan. I swear.
Derek Morgan : Okay.
[Reid turns to leave]
Derek Morgan : The unsub is a father, isn't he?
Dr. Spencer Reid : Why do you say that?
Derek Morgan : "A paternal instinct is a deadly bias". Those were your exact words.
Dr. Spencer Reid : I meant...
Derek Morgan : I know what you meant. But that's what you said.
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Aaron Hotchner : You can't investigate this.
Derek Morgan : Excuse me?
Aaron Hotchner : You're a material witness in your wife's shooting, and a target. And not just tonight, but the past six months.
Derek Morgan : Hotch, how can you of all people ask me to sit this out? You didn't back off when Foyet attacked your family.
Aaron Hotchner : And how'd that turn out?
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Jennifer Jareau : I don't agree with taking you off the case. When someone hurts one of us... when someone hurts a baby...
Derek Morgan : Yeah.
Jennifer Jareau : Yeah. Uh, I need to show this to the team, but I wanted you to see it first.
[she hands over a scrap of paper]
Jennifer Jareau : I found it in the pay phone he used to call Garcia.
Derek Morgan : "How does it feel? Do you see red? I see red."
Jennifer Jareau : Does that mean anything to you?
Derek Morgan : [flashbacks; it obviously does] No.
Jennifer Jareau : You're sure?
Derek Morgan : Yeah.
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Aaron Hotchner : Jack was never this tiny.
Derek Morgan : The doctors say this incubator's gonna be home for the next two weeks.
Aaron Hotchner : It's gonna fly by.
Derek Morgan : Hotch, I get it. I finally know what you guys have been talking about. I never knew that six pounds, one ounce could knock me out.
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Derek Morgan : When is someone gonna let me know they're gonna be okay?
Penelope Garcia : I totally feel you. You're not alone in this.
Derek Morgan : Just stop. Please, just stop. I can't take your blind optimism right now. It's not helping me.
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Aaron Hotchner : [Morgan has gone off on his own to find Chazz] Where is he?
Derek Morgan : He's not gonna stop.
Aaron Hotchner : Morgan, tell me where he is.
Derek Morgan : I can't get anyone else hurt.
Aaron Hotchner : This isn't your call.
Derek Morgan : Come on, you have to know what I'm feeling right now.
Aaron Hotchner : That's why you need to come back here or tell me where you're going.
Derek Morgan : I can't do it. I'm sorry, man. Goodbye, Aaron.
[Morgan hangs up and throws his phone out the car window]
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Derek Morgan : Tell me you got something.
David Rossi : A casing and a rifle up on the roof.
Jennifer Jareau : This guy isn't sloppy. He's sending us a message.
Aaron Hotchner : Garcia, we need to access the surveillance footage.
Penelope Garcia : [leaving] Of course. I'm on it.
Derek Morgan : All right, what else we got?
David Rossi : That's it right now.
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Derek Morgan : [Noticing Hotch watches him very closely] You're looking for micro expression
Aaron Hotchner : You have divided this team when we need to work together! JJ disobeyed orders by going to you and now you are withholding
Derek Morgan : I didn't divide this team! You did!
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[first lines]
Derek Morgan : [carrying Savannah into an emergency room] Help me! Help! She's been shot! Help me!
