Criminal Minds (TV Series)

Just Getting Started (2022)

Joe Mantegna: David Rossi

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• David Rossi : "The tragedy of life is not death, but what we let die inside of us while we live." - Norman Cousins.

• David Rossi : I'm so sorry.

  Margie : I bet you say that a lot.

  David Rossi : I've lost count.

  Margie : When my daughter was born, I was terrified of everything that could go wrong. I guess most new parents are. I would wake up just to make sure she was breathing. I would get the best sleep those nights in the rocking chair, just... feeling her here. I think it's because it was my job to keep her alive. But of all things to be terrified of, I never dreamed someone else's child grows up to be this monster that would take her.

  David Rossi : We will find whoever did this.

  Margie : You can't promise me that. Just like I couldn't promise to keep her safe. Holding onto hope is just cruel. I used to tell my daughter there's more room in a broken heart, but it doesn't feel like that. It-it just feels...

  David Rossi : Empty.

  Margie : Yeah. Empty.

• David Rossi : Anything stand out compared to the first crime scene?

  Jennifer Jareau : Yeah, uh, Mr. Delaney's throat was slit versus being bludgeoned, and look at this.

  [indicating blood on the carpet] 

  Jennifer Jareau : He crawled as far as he could before he bled out. His instinct was to protect his children even as he was dying.

  David Rossi : Unsub's a quick learner. Took out the biggest threat first.

  Jennifer Jareau : He brought an efficient, aggressive weapon. But why is he abducting?

  Luke Alvez : Search and Rescue dogs lost the trail at the end of the block.

  Jennifer Jareau : We're gonna need all the eyes we can get. Traffic cams, the neighbor's security.

  Luke Alvez : Yeah, we need to get a tri-state search. Uh, media's gathering outside. We need to get Chrissy's picture on the news and social media.

  David Rossi : Issue an Amber Alert.

  Luke Alvez : We don't have a make and model yet.

  David Rossi : Well, then fucking get it! Chrissy's face has to be everywhere so I can tell her grandmother that we did everything we could! And if you can't make that happen, then you explain to her why we failed.

• Police Chief Bill Marmor : Dave, you knew this was gonna happen. And just like you said, he's evolving. He killed the parents and then he took the teenage daughter. There was a struggle in her bedroom, but she's nowhere inside.

  Luke Alvez : Did the unsub abduct the last time?

  Police Chief Bill Marmor : No.

  Luke Alvez : Checkpoints?

  Police Chief Bill Marmor : We got 'em set up, but we're way behind this guy. That's the grandmother. You want me to talk to her?

  David Rossi : No, I'll do it.

• Jennifer Jareau : Guy's full of rage. Unleashed.

  David Rossi : He's impulsive, but controlled. This isn't about invasion. It's about destruction of a family, a community, safety. Someone filled with equal parts brutality and patience. And he won't stop anytime soon.

• David Rossi : There wasn't a baby last time.

  Luke Alvez : Guess he showed some kind of mercy.

  David Rossi : You won't say that when you see what he did in there.

  Luke Alvez : But why is Search and Rescue here?

  David Rossi : Good question.

• David Rossi : What do you have in Silver Spring?

  Jennifer Jareau : Uh, I have a dead guy at a rest stop with a severed spinal cord. I'm gonna head back tomorrow, see if there's any precursor crimes. Maybe we can stop an unsub before he becomes full unsub.

  [a moment of silence] 

  Jennifer Jareau : Dave?

  David Rossi : Um, you know, forget it. It-it's late. I-I didn't realize. We'll touch base tomorrow.

  Jennifer Jareau : No, no. It-it's fine. We can... we can talk now. Are you okay?

  David Rossi : This case has me up.

  Jennifer Jareau : What are you working on?

  David Rossi : Westbrook family in Alexandria.

  Jennifer Jareau : Did it happen again?

  David Rossi : Not yet. I mean, call it a gut instinct, but it doesn't feel like a one-off.

  Jennifer Jareau : Do you want to send me the case file?

  David Rossi : I want you to get some sleep.

  Jennifer Jareau : Mm. Why start now?

• Emily Prentiss : Gonna see the family for the holidays? Joy, Portia, grandkids?

  David Rossi : Maybe.

  Emily Prentiss : I think you should. A long time ago, Gideon told me to make sure I didn't go quiet, because it meant I stopped trusting my team.

  David Rossi : He told you that?

  Emily Prentiss : He said in the early days, it was easy to fall into two modes: silence and rage. And you guys had to find a way to fill in the middle, and you found that when you talked things through, it made it easier to remember you weren't alone.

  David Rossi : Well, that was my advice to him.

  Emily Prentiss : Well, then, I'm here to remind you of your advice. This isn't your burden alone to carry.

  David Rossi : That's so like you. You don't even mention how Alvez stayed at HQ for me, yet I still managed to lose my shit this morning. Or how Tara and JJ have answered every call, every consultation without fail, and how you have been covering for me.

  Emily Prentiss : Why do I need to keep score when you've been doing such a good job? Dave. When you lose someone the way you have, I know it might seem easier to ride the waves of grief alone, but you've got to let us help, because this... this isn't working.

  David Rossi : You're a better person than I am, Emily. And I'm okay with that.

• Penelope Garcia : Looking snazzy, sir. I see you serving a casual Friday on a Thursday.

  David Rossi : Penelope, what do you have?

  Penelope Garcia : Oh, yes. Luke filled me in on the Chrissy Delaney of it all. She appears to be a delight, but also a loner, and I do believe that this unsub is the latter, as well. He lacks the confidence to interact with people IRL, so we're looking for a storm cloud to Chrissy's sunshine. I think this unsub is a he, and most def, he is late teens, early 20s, tops.

  David Rossi : No, the unsub's older, practiced.

  Penelope Garcia : Oh, uh, yeah, I thought you were gonna say that. Here's what I know. Aside from me, no one born before the year 2000 has access to SOAR. Period.

  David Rossi : Well, someone does, because here's what I know: whoever's doing it has been at it a while. He's in his 40s, at least. Period.

  Penelope Garcia : You don't know what it took me to dive in, and I want to help and I'm going to, but nobody talks to me like that anymore, especially not people I love, so, bye.

• David Rossi : We need to find someone on SOAR who spoke to both Chrissy Delaney and Jessie Westbrook.

  Penelope Garcia : Respectfully, way ahead of you, sir. We've been digging into family-issue boards. Jessie and Chrissy never connected directly. However, Luke, in a rare stroke of genius, recognized some communication on both accounts with someone looking to find his birth family. Username RJ2003 and 2003RJ, respectively. Both Chrissy and Jessie encouraged him to do it. He was born on Maryland's Eastern Shore, but says he doesn't remember anything about his family.

  Luke Alvez : There's a lot of farmland across the bridge. Uh, it's a good place to disappear. He doesn't mention any landmarks.

  Penelope Garcia : Nope, just pine trees, cornfields, and a creek.

  Jennifer Jareau : So he's probably been staying there, and if he's taken Chrissy, it must be remote enough that no one's seen her face all over the news.

  Penelope Garcia : [finding something]  Oh! It still feels good when I find a thing. Two dozen acres were taken over by the state 15 years ago. The owners ODed on Oxy. 4-year-old Rory James Gilcrest was the only survivor, hence the name RJ. Bounced around foster homes. He was in juvie. Records are sealed, but he's out now. So he's hardened and a definite loner, and he's 19.

  Jennifer Jareau : So he doesn't have any family, but he needs to find a place to disappear.

  David Rossi : Couple dozen acres would do it. Luke, meet us on-site. Thank you, Penelope.

  [to JJ] 

  David Rossi : Let's move.

  Luke Alvez : [kissing Garcia on the cheek]  You're the best.

  Penelope Garcia : You owe me lunch and no talk of awful things.

• Chrissy Delaney : He killed my family. It's all my fault.

  David Rossi : Chrissy, put it down. your little brother is alive, and your grandmother is so worried.

  Chrissy Delaney : I did this. I said I needed space, and he killed my family. It's all my fault.

  David Rossi : [she puts the gun to her head]  Chrissy! Listen to me. Listen. Okay? Focus on my voice. None of this is your fault, okay? You hear me? Right now, you can make a choice.

  Chrissy Delaney : No.

  David Rossi : You have to choose to fight. You have to want to survive. Listen, I can't promise it's gonna be okay, but it's been almost a year since my wife, Krystall, died, and it still hurts like hell.

  [she lowers the gun] 

  David Rossi : I-It's the little things they don't tell you. The quiet in the house. I can't stand it. But in that quiet, I'm reminded of her. Now, after she was gone, I stopped seeing everything good in the world, but then I realized when Krystall died, I died a little bit, too. But that's not how we honor those we love. That's not what your parents would want. They'd want you to live.

• Dr. Tara Lewis : [texting a picture to Rossi]  Look familiar?

  David Rossi : [comparing it to his own crime scene picture]  Holy shit.

  [dialing her number] 

  David Rossi : You're kidding me, right?

  Dr. Tara Lewis : Look, what are the chances we have identical footlockers on opposite coasts?

  David Rossi : I would have bet the farm I was chasing a 40-something unsub with experience. Maybe the 19-year-old is getting help from the 40-something with experience.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : We've gotta get that shipping container transferred to Quantico, right?

  David Rossi : We need all eyes on this.

• David Rossi : Her name is Chrissy Delaney. She has a family who loves her. Where is she?

  Dylan McNamara : I don't know.

  David Rossi : Bullshit!

  Dylan McNamara : [Rossi lays out crime scene pictures]  Oh, my God. What the fuck?

  David Rossi : These were her parents. What's wrong with you?

  Dylan McNamara : Wait, wait, wait. I didn't hurt anybody, man. I just bought the car.

  Luke Alvez : What... what do you mean you just bought the car?

  Dylan McNamara : Like, an hour ago, all right? She was crying and she was out of it, but I asked if she was okay and she said yes. She was just sad about the car, and I swear to God, man, that's it. Holy shit. She wasn't okay. Does she know somebody killed her parents?

  Luke Alvez : How did you arrange to buy the car? Did you talk to Chrissy?

  Dylan McNamara : I never talked to anyone, all right? I texted after I saw an online ad two days ago that said "10 grand cash, pick up at Wal-Mart today." I even got pictures this morning.

  Luke Alvez : We're gonna need the contact that you used.

  Dylan McNamara : Number's on my phone. I... I handed her 10 grand in cash. Did I just bankroll this girl's abduction?

• Jennifer Jareau : We've been trying to profile a family annihilator based on our past experiences, but this guy isn't textbook. Both sets of parents were killed, but I'm wondering, what if they were collateral damage because his true targets were... were always the daughters?

  David Rossi : He's not cooling off. Not relishing in the kill. Maybe it's because... he just doesn't enjoy it. What if murder is just a-a means to an end?

  Luke Alvez : That speaks to an immature offender, like Penelope said.

  Jennifer Jareau : Well, he might find the girls online, covet them, befriend them anonymously to see that they're everything he's craving.

  Luke Alvez : He uses that time to find things about their family.

  David Rossi : This is what bothers me. The Westbrook murders were near the daughter's bedroom. She probably screamed, got the parents' attention. Dad grabbed a baseball bat from under his bed, and found the unsub.

  Luke Alvez : The unsub fights the dad and improvises the kill. Um, it's rash, violent, disorganized. He didn't show up with the murder weapon.

  Jennifer Jareau : But with the Delaney family, he learned from his mistakes. He scrambled the security, killed the parents, then he went for his actual target, the only thing that truly matters, Chrissy. It's... almost like he... he read a manual on how to do it.