Criminal Minds (TV Series)

Just Getting Started (2022)

Aisha Tyler: Dr. Tara Lewis

Quotes 

• Emily Prentiss : Bailey heard that your case is a cartel dump site. He wants DEA on it.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : Oh, come on. We haven't IDed the bodies yet, but there's an elderly couple in there. Unless they broke bad, they wouldn't be on cartel's radar. You seen the photos?

  Emily Prentiss : It looks like some of the vics are preserved.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : That's why he kept them underground. He needed the privacy. I'll bet he's revisiting.

  Emily Prentiss : Shit. Notebooks? Trophies? Anything we can expedite back here?

  Dr. Tara Lewis : Well, the best lead is his photos. He stalked before he struck. He's probably keeping souvenirs, too. We'll know more about the vics when the coroner gets them back to the lab.

  Emily Prentiss : Ugh. You'll need to stay up there, but I really wish I could clone you.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : Well, that's because I'm so delightful.

• Deputy Kevin Henson : So, your expertise is in serial killers, but, uh, this isn't normal, is it? Oh, he took hundreds of pictures. Isn't that OCD or something?

  Dr. Tara Lewis : Who owns this property?

  Deputy Kevin Henson : It was old man Jarvis. He's been dead for years. Don't know if this is his or somebody buried it.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : But this unsub would know this property was abandoned. Any obstruction at the door?

  Deputy Kevin Henson : Eh, some overgrowth, maybe a couple years' worth. But it is dusty. He hasn't been down here in a while.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : [finding skeletal remains in a suitcase]  I'm gonna need some help.

• Luke Alvez : Tara Lewis. You don't call, you don't write.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : "Dear Luke Alvez, wish you were here." Seriously, though, I really wish you were here. Any chance you can fly up to Seattle? Looks like there's been an active killer up here for decades that we never knew about. We got 16 dead bodies in a buried shipping container.

  Luke Alvez : 16?

  Dr. Tara Lewis : Locals are overwhelmed, DEA is gonna swear cartel.

  Luke Alvez : And you?

  Dr. Tara Lewis : 100% serial killer.

  Luke Alvez : Hey, listen, I wish I could jump on a flight, but I promised Rossi I'd hold down the fort here for another week.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : Man, you staying still makes about as much sense as the Bureau benching our jet.

  Luke Alvez : What's the over/under that we get that back this year?

  Dr. Tara Lewis : Oh, it's looking bleak, my friend. Very bleak. Listen, I'd really like to show Rossi what's happening up here. I think he'd send you.

  Luke Alvez : No, he's been focused on that Virginia case.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : What Virginia case?

  Luke Alvez : Family annihilator. It's brutal.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : Yikes. Well, maybe we could get Prentiss to approve.

  Luke Alvez : Eh...

  Dr. Tara Lewis : What do you mean, "Eh"?

  Luke Alvez : Just... eh. You know, since her promotion, she's, uh... she's got her mind on a lot more than just us.

• Dr. Tara Lewis : Who is this guy? He's got victims from 2005 to 2020? There's no way he just turns off and quits.

  Deputy Kevin Henson : Well, I pulled the arrests for the past two years. Nothing comes close. Guess he could have moved or died. If he hasn't brought anybody back here since 2020, maybe he got injured. Hell, maybe he died from COVID.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : What if we're ignoring the obvious here, right? I mean, what if he stopped because we all stopped? Everybody sheltered in place, no one to stalk, abduct, or kill without taking a huge risk.

  Deputy Kevin Henson : How do we know it's not some psycho hitman just looking to torture people?

  Dr. Tara Lewis : No, hitmen are detached. They're efficient. They're practiced. But... but not this killer. You said it yourself. This guy's obsessed.

  [showing him an evidence baggie] 

  Dr. Tara Lewis : This was hidden down there. Cartel hitmen, they don't bother keeping trophies like this.

  Deputy Kevin Henson : We need to identify these vics. I gotta be honest with you, my county lab can't handle it.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : Well, if the BAU gains jurisdiction, I can have it taken to Quantico.

• 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.

• Dr. Tara Lewis : How many of those footlockers were in there?

  Deputy Kevin Henson : Just the one Haberlin. It's pressurized, waterproof, bombproof, you name it.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : Hmm.

  Deputy Kevin Henson : [seeing a news report of Chrissy's rescue]  Hey. That's your team, right?

  Dr. Tara Lewis : Sure is.

  Deputy Kevin Henson : [seeing a local LEO with a footlocker]  You see that? Another Haberlin.