- Aaron Hotchner: Who gave you probable cause to put me under surveillance?
- Timothy Ritchie: A confidential source.
- Aaron Hotchner: Tell me now or I will invoke.
- Timothy Ritchie: You know who needs lawyers? Guilty people.
- Aaron Hotchner: Smart people. So lay out your entire case to me right now, or every attorney I know will drop everything and come help me.
- Aaron Hotchner: [closing quotation] "The line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being." - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
- Jennifer Jareau: [watching Jack and Henry with Reid] I had a hard time putting both boys down last night.
- Aaron Hotchner: They couldn't sleep?
- Jennifer Jareau: Other way around. I didn't want to leave them. How are things on your end?
- Aaron Hotchner: You know, fortunately, Jack doesn't remember a lot about Haley's death. He knows the story, but he was young.
- Jennifer Jareau: That's a good thing.
- Aaron Hotchner: That's a very good thing. But he's not gonna forget seeing me at gunpoint. I just don't want this job to take anything else away from him.
- Jennifer Jareau: Well, maybe it gives him something, too. You're his hero. Not a pretend hero, a real hero.
- Aaron Hotchner: Well, he's growing up. He's not gonna feel that way for too much longer.
- Jennifer Jareau: Nah, you can worry about that later. Just be his dad. Enjoy that.
- Aaron Hotchner: [Mr. Scratch is the Inspector General's source against Hotch] Why would you believe anything he says?
- Timothy Ritchie: We didn't. But it got us digging, into you.
- Aaron Hotchner: What about me?
- Timothy Ritchie: Was your wife killed because of your responsibilities with this job? Yes. Did you question your commitment to the BAU after her murder? Yes.
- Aaron Hotchner: And how does that connect to this?
- Timothy Ritchie: Because it was then that you started dismissing procedure.
- Aaron Hotchner: I did not.
- Timothy Ritchie: You faked Agent Prentiss' death. You rubber-stamped the unjustified shooting, by Agent Rossi, of the man who killed Jason Gideon, giving him a pass for the same crime you expelled Agent Greenaway for ten years ago.
- Aaron Hotchner: Each of those instances was a judgment call. And it's a waste of our time for me to justify each one. But I can.
- Dr. Tara Lewis: [opening quotation] "The sea is dangerous, and its storms terrible. But these obstacles have never been sufficient reason to remain ashore." - Ferdinand Magellan.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: Where's Hotch being held?
- David Rossi: I don't know yet. I have calls out.
- Dr. Tara Lewis: Metro SWAT took him in?
- David Rossi: Yeah, but it has to be bigger than that.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: JJ's on her way here right now. She couldn't explain everything on the phone because she's with the kids.
- Penelope Garcia: Okay, maybe Hotch was SWATted. That's an extreme prank that gamers pull on their opponents, where they fake a 911 on them. It's recently escalated among celebrities.
- David Rossi: If it was a prank, they wouldn't have arrested him.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: Unless they didn't know. If someone called 911 and said that Hotch is a threat, SWAT has to respond. Which means somewhere, there's a record of that call.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: With these three press conferences, we can prove to the Inspector General's office that Hotch's 911 call was spliced together.
- David Rossi: That's a good start, but they're not gonna listen to anything we have to say until we give them a viable suspect.
- Jennifer Jareau: Yeah, especially with explosives in play. They planted enough on Hotch to make it look like he was ready to blow up a city block.
- David Rossi: Okay, back to basics. Someone's framing Hotch. Who'd want to?
- Dr. Spencer Reid: He's put away a lot of people. We've seen the lengths that Chazz Montolo went to against Morgan for revenge. We shouldn't underestimate anything.
- Jennifer Jareau: If you really wanted the BAU to suffer, you wouldn't have warned us. You'd only warn us if there was something in it for you.
- Antonia Slade: Oh, you really are smart.
- Jennifer Jareau: So it got me thinking. You're in here for life; what could you possibly gain?
- [opening a folder]
- Jennifer Jareau: Your son was born when you were only fourteen. Which would make him... forty-three now. Your family was ashamed, so he was raised away from you. But you never lost touch with him.
- Antonia Slade: Have you always lived on the sappy side, or did that come out when you became a mother?
- Jennifer Jareau: The only reason you warned Agent Hotchner about this storm is because your son has something to do with it. And now you need our help.
- Antonia Slade: Not as much as you need mind.
- Jennifer Jareau: Your son framed a federal agent and manipulated Special Weapons and Tactics operatives to do it. So here's the thing about SWAT: they don't like being manipulated. So now your son is on a "shoot first, ask questions later" list.
- Antonia Slade: I want him taken into custody, alive.
- Jennifer Jareau: Of course you do. What mother wouldn't? Truth is, I can't really promise you what will happen if he gets caught.
- Antonia Slade: You won't let him get killed. I know you. You took an oath; you're too goody two shoes to break it.
- Jennifer Jareau: Yeah, yesterday... yesterday, I wouldn't have. But that was before your son had armed men point guns in the same room as my son.
- Timothy Ritchie: Who's Eric Rawdon?
- Aaron Hotchner: [realizing] He's behind this.
- Timothy Ritchie: Maybe he's your partner.
- Aaron Hotchner: If that were true, you'd have evidence.
- Timothy Ritchie: I do. The storage locker in your name, the supplies.
- Aaron Hotchner: You're grasping. And I'll tell you why. You need me here as cover for missing a major terrorist incident.
- Timothy Ritchie: It's a prison break.
- Aaron Hotchner: Not to Rawdon. His dream has always been to set off a bomb in a major metropolitan area. Not for any political or ideological reason; he just wants to see a city burn. And you're letting it happen.
- Timothy Ritchie: Now you're grasping.
- Aaron Hotchner: Am I? Ask yourself one question: am I more helpful here mentally preparing a report to the subcommittee that's gonna haul you in, or out there catching Rawdon?
- Hayden Montgomery: [her phone rings] Oh. Joy wants to FaceTime.
- David Rossi: Well, you should get it.
- Hayden Montgomery: No! She'll recognize your house. I can't lie to her.
- David Rossi: Then don't. Let's just tell her we're just seeing each other again. You're happy, I'm happy. She will be, too.
- Hayden Montgomery: This is a big deal, and I just think that we should... tell her when she comes to visit.
- [her phone chimes, indicating a missed call]
- Hayden Montgomery: Oh. Good.
- [Rossi's phone rings, and, snickering, he shows her that it's Joy calling]
- Hayden Montgomery: Oh! Do you think she knows?
- David Rossi: She's a reporter. I think she might have a hunch.
- Leonard Ennis: Dr. Lewis?
- Dr. Tara Lewis: Ennis?
- Leonard Ennis: Huh. I thought that was you.
- Dr. Tara Lewis: What are you doing here?
- Leonard Ennis: You should know. They sent me here right after you finished interviewing me. I don't appreciate my words being used against me, Tara.
- Dr. Tara Lewis: Ennis, I had nothing to do with...
- Leonard Ennis: Then why was I transferred? It must have been that they read what you wrote in the report about me and assumed that I was like... them.
- Dr. Tara Lewis: Who's "them", Ennis?
- Leonard Ennis: The worst of the worst. Don't you know where you are?
- Dr. Tara Lewis: [looking around at the other prisoners] This is the serial killer wing.
- [first lines]
- Hayden Montgomery: Ooh, this reminds me of that morning in Budapest.
- David Rossi: As I recall, that particular breakfast lasted all day.
- Hayden Montgomery: Well, we could try that again. Except you'd have to call in sick.
- David Rossi: That's very tempting.
- Penelope Garcia: If we're talking about vacations, guess where I'm going.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: Hmm. To visit Emily?
- Penelope Garcia: Yes. How did you know that?
- Dr. Spencer Reid: Because nothing else would make you this excited.
- Jennifer Jareau: [bringing Jack and Henry to the BAU after Hotch's arrest] It's bad.
- Dr. Tara Lewis: How much did they see?
- Jennifer Jareau: All of it. Which is why I figured this is the safest place to bring them.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: [in a suspect's home] We should secure the house, but we're not gonna find anything else here. Best hope is to get him talking, but that could be tough.
- David Rossi: Why?
- Dr. Spencer Reid: Well, he displays both collecting behavior and unique dysgraphia traits in his handwriting. I'm pretty sure he's autistic.
- [last lines]
- Dr. Tara Lewis: What is it now?
- Aaron Hotchner: Three more prison breaks in three different states, all organized by Rawdon's partners from his last bombing attempt.
- Penelope Garcia: The local field office got a head start because of what we did. They stopped the bomb threat, but...
- David Rossi: Who didn't they catch?
- Aaron Hotchner: All have serial killer wings just like VA Max.
- Dr. Tara Lewis: Let me guess; they were released first to cause maximum chaos and occupy law enforcement.
- Penelope Garcia: A lot of them were killed or recaptured, but not all of them.
- Jennifer Jareau: How many got away?
- Penelope Garcia: As of right now, thirteen serial killers, one of which is Peter Lewis.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: Mr. Scratch. That's why he testified against you. He was part of their plan all along.
- Aaron Hotchner: So we have to catch him again, along with twelve other murderers.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: [after hearing the 911 call recording] It's subtle but it inflections changes. It sounds like the words are spliced together
- Jennifer Jareau: Let's look up all BAU press conferences led by Hotch
- Penelope Garcia: Right, maybe this unsub Frankensteined his voice
- Asher Douglas: I'm going to jail, aren't I?
- Dr. Spencer Reid: Not if you cooperate
- Asher Douglas: All right. I did it. All of it
- David Rossi: [Doorbell rings] And there they are! Thanks, come in. Spence, Tara, this is Hayden Montgomery
- Dr. Tara Lewis: On ma dit que vous avez une diplomatique a Paris, que je trouve très heureusement
- Hayden Montgomery: Vous parlez le Français très bien, madame.
- [to Rossi]
- Hayden Montgomery: She's my favorite so far
- Dr. Spencer Reid: We're looking at a case of counterfeit deviance. If Asher is autistic, he has trouble reading social clues.
- Dr. Tara Lewis: Yeah, but in this case, we're dealing with somebody high-functioning.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: What used to be labeled Asperger syndrome.
- Dr. Tara Lewis: And that's where the counterfeit deviance comes in.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: Documented examples include high-functioning autistics who collect child porn to pretend to plan a school shooting. They know that there's power in those images and those actions, but for them, there's no paraphilia behind it. They don't derive pleasure from it. What I don't see is someone who's interested in explosives. We need to rule out...
- Jennifer Jareau: That someone's pulling his strings just like he's been pulling ours.
- Aaron Hotchner: The reason I didn't mention the drugging is I knew how it would be received. That someone at the DOJ would misinterpret, and someone else would use it to their advantage.
- Timothy Ritchie: That's one profile. Here's another.
- [opening a folder]
- Timothy Ritchie: "The most common trait is an unyielding belief he is always right, often reinforced by traumatic loss. The suspect will purposefully separate himself from his co-workers and quietly keep score, cataloging every slight against him. He will then use those slights to justify his own self-interest. One final trigger, like a violent confrontation or a drug-induced episode, will push him over the edge." Sound familiar?
- Aaron Hotchner: Of course. That's my profile on workplace shooters.
- Timothy Ritchie: And now it fits you.
- Aaron Hotchner: "Today will change everything." What did you think, that I was going to blow up my team? Turn my son into an orphan? And then, and this is the part I argue against in the profile, I would call 911 and tell you what I was about to do?
- Timothy Ritchie: I want to believe you. But I can't.
- Aaron Hotchner: I need to let my son know that I'm all right.
- Timothy Ritchie: He's with Agent Jareau.
- Aaron Hotchner: I want my phone call.
- Timothy Ritchie: You haven't even asked why you're here.
- Aaron Hotchner: It doesn't matter. It's either a mistake or I'm being framed.
- Aaron Hotchner: Where's the bomb?
- Eric Rawdon: You'll never stop it in time. Boom.
- Aaron Hotchner: Last time you were gonna assemble in one of three locations, and you're too compulsive to deviate. Arlington, but they're looking for you there. Appomattox County's too far away. They're at the Ivory Tower.
- David Rossi: Don't go.
- Hayden Montgomery: I think I fooled myself into thinking that things would be different. I... I think you did, too.
- David Rossi: It is different.
- Hayden Montgomery: David, the job will always be the same.
- David Rossi: Yes. But I'm different. Do me just one favor. Before you make any decision, meet my team. They're the only family I have outside of you and Joy. I walked away thirty years ago. I'm not walking away this time.