- Emily Prentiss: [opening quotation] "The illusion of control make the helplessness seem more palatable." - Allie Brosh.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: [closing quotation] "Loss of control is always the source of fear. It is also, however, always the source of change." - James Frey.
- [first lines]
- Penelope Garcia: [JJ is at Reid's desk] Hey.
- Jennifer Jareau: Hey. I still can't wrap my head around it.
- Penelope Garcia: I know.
- Jennifer Jareau: I, uh... I took a change of clothes to the precinct for him.
- Penelope Garcia: Did you see him?
- Jennifer Jareau: Uh-uh. I left it with Emily. She said he was finally getting a little sleep. Now part of me's glad I didn't see him locked up. I don't think I could take it.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: Hey. You should be in the office.
- Emily Prentiss: I'm right where I need to be. You okay?
- Dr. Spencer Reid: Yeah. I'm okay. How's my mom doing?
- Emily Prentiss: She's doing well. JJ's been by to visit every day since your arrest. She explained everything to your mom. Cassie's been great. That makes a big difference.
- David Rossi: How's the kid doing?
- Emily Prentiss: He's hanging in. I'm meeting with an attorney today. I'm hoping she'll take his case.
- David Rossi: That's great.
- Emily Prentiss: It feels weird to not be on a jet.
- David Rossi: Well, we've got everything here covered. Garcia's keeping your seat warm. You just stay focused on Reid and give us an update when you can.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: They want me to plead guilty?
- Fiona Duncan: To involuntary manslaughter. And the offer is two to five years
- Emily Prentiss: I'll leave you two to discuss this.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: Wait, don't go. I want her to stay. She can hear anything you have to say to me. Two to five years.
- Emily Prentiss: That's a lot of time.
- Fiona Duncan: I understand. But it's all about perspective. It's a lot more than nothing, but a lot less than twenty-five to life, which is what you'd be facing if convicted.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: You think I should take it?
- Fiona Duncan: I think, given what's at stake, you owe it to yourself to carefully consider it.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: I don't think I can lie and say that I did this. Is that foolish?
- Emily Prentiss: No. No, of course not. I don't want to see you plead guilty to a crime you didn't commit.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: Or maybe I should cut my losses.
- Emily Prentiss: Well, the offer is so low. Is that a good sign? Does it mean that the government thinks they've got a weak case?
- Fiona Duncan: Possibly.
- Emily Prentiss: So that's good.
- Fiona Duncan: Well, not necessarily. It could also mean they're trying to clear the case quickly with minimal publicity. And I honestly don't know what it means. And I'm not in the business of second guessing good offers. Which this is. But I'm also not the one who'll be doing the time.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: What would you do in my shoes?
- Fiona Duncan: I'm not in your shoes. It's a decision only you can make.
- Emily Prentiss: Whatever you decide, I'm always in your corner. We all are.
- Fiona Duncan: Spencer, if you want to fight this to the end, I promise you I will bring everything in my arsenal to the battle. But what I can't promise you is a better outcome than the one they're offering you today.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: I want to fight.
- David Rossi: Everything okay?
- Emily Prentiss: No. I just heard from Jack Garrett from the IRT. We have a problem.
- David Rossi: [listening, he lets out a soft sigh] Well, at least we got a heads up. Thanks.
- [hanging up, he turns to face JJ and Walker]
- Jennifer Jareau: Everything okay?
- David Rossi: That was Emily.
- Stephen Walker: About Reid?
- David Rossi: She got some intel on the progress on the Mexican murder investigation. They found the murder weapon. It has Reid's blood and prints on it.
- Emily Prentiss: Did you hear?
- Fiona Duncan: That's why I'm here. How did you hear?
- Emily Prentiss: I got a call...
- Fiona Duncan: Wait, no. I withdraw the question. It's better for me not to know.
- Emily Prentiss: How bad is this?
- Fiona Duncan: Oh, we need to talk to Spencer.
- Emily Prentiss: Please, just think about it. Think about the evidence.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: I know. Scratch dots his "I"s and crosses his "T"s. We know that.
- Emily Prentiss: But a jury won't. A jury will only see what Scratch wants them to see.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: You think they'll convict me?
- Emily Prentiss: I don't know. But if they do... five years, that's doable. You are young. You can have a life after that.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: Not as an FBI agent. I'd be a convicted felon.
- Emily Prentiss: Yes. But you'd be free.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: The FBI is my home. It's where I belong.
- Emily Prentiss: You don't belong in prison. And you if play Russian roulette with this... twenty-five years. That is a lifetime.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: If Scratch is framing me, you guys will get him. I know you will.
- Emily Prentiss: Yes, we will. I promise you we will never give up. And we will exonerate you. But what if we can't do that this week? Or this year? Or this... decade? 'Cause I know we can't do it before your arraignment.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: What do I do?
- Emily Prentiss: I don't know. But I'm scared for you.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: So am I.
- David Rossi: We need an APB and to figure out where he's taking her.
- Penelope Garcia: Well, in order to have an all-points bulletin, I need to have points. And he has hacked into the DMV and deleted his entire account, so I can't find a car he's registered to, let along a license.
- Stephen Walker: Well, he's gotta drive a 2013 Meridian. Those were his first crashes.
- Jennifer Jareau: Right. And he chose those because he already figured out how to hack his own.
- Penelope Garcia: That makes sense. That narrows it down.
- David Rossi: Cross-check all the plates of 2013 Meridians with named owners. The one without a specified owner is our unsub.
- Penelope Garcia: [to Luke] Stop staring at me when I'm search engining.
- Luke Alvez: I'm not. I'm sorry.
- Penelope Garcia: It's weird. Uh... I got it. It's a vanity plate, WUKO. I'm sending the APB now.
- Fiona Duncan: I know you're aware of this, but I need to remind you that everything we discuss is covered by attorney/client privilege. It's confidential. Not even Emily will know what we've discussed.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: I understand. Thank you.
- Fiona Duncan: Okay. So, tell me about what happened down in Mexico.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: I did not kill her.
- Fiona Duncan: Okay. I'm just asking what happened.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: Sadly, I... I don't know.
- Fiona Duncan: That's a problem. Because I don't need you to be innocent, but I do need you to be able to assist in your own defense.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: There's a lot I don't remember.
- Fiona Duncan: Okay. I want to be very clear about this. I'm not here to judge you. I'm here to defend you. My goal is a simple one: to keep you out of jail. But in order to do that, I need a narrative. Your story. If you killed her, I can work with that. But what I can't work with is a client who lies to me, because those lies will always come back to bite us in the ass. And by "us", I mean you. Lying to me could mean the difference between going home or spending the rest of your life in a cage. Do you understand me?
- Dr. Spencer Reid: Yes.
- Fiona Duncan: Good. Because I need to know everything. I don't care how bad it makes you look. I need to know.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: Okay.
- Fiona Duncan: Let's start with what you're not telling Emily.
- Fiona Duncan: Was Rosa already dead when you took the car?
- Dr. Spencer Reid: I'm not sure. She was stabbed, she was bleeding.
- Fiona Duncan: Who stabbed her?
- Dr. Spencer Reid: I don't know.
- Fiona Duncan: Did you see who did it?
- Dr. Spencer Reid: There was someone else in the room, but...
- Fiona Duncan: Man or woman?
- Dr. Spencer Reid: I don't know, because I was drugged. I was all hazy.
- Fiona Duncan: How'd you get blood on your hands?
- Dr. Spencer Reid: I don't know.
- Fiona Duncan: Yes, you do. You cut it. How'd you cut it?
- Dr. Spencer Reid: I... I cut it on a knife.
- Fiona Duncan: The murder weapon?
- Dr. Spencer Reid: I think so.
- Fiona Duncan: How many times did you stab her?
- Dr. Spencer Reid: I didn't.
- Fiona Duncan: Who did?
- Dr. Spencer Reid: I don't know! The other person in the room stabbed her. I... I did not kill her. I... I think I was trying to stop whoever did, and I'm trying - believe me, I'm trying - to remember, but I don't. And I keep pressing this cut trying to trigger something, but I don't remember anything, and I swear to god I'm tell you the truth.
- Fiona Duncan: I believe you. If you remember anything, even if it seems inconsequential, you call me.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: Thank you. Thank you for believing me.
- Fiona Duncan: Don't thank me. This isn't going to be easy.
- Penelope Garcia: Ohh, our sweet, sweet boy wonder.
- David Rossi: [approaching] He's strong. He's gonna be okay. We got a new swab from him and we're running it now.
- Jennifer Jareau: Well, what happened to the comprehensive tox panel they ran in Mexico?
- David Rossi: With the red tape between jurisdictions, who knows if or when we'll get those results.
- Penelope Garcia: He should be here. We need him. His mom needs him. His mother! How's his mother?
- Jennifer Jareau: Well, she cried at first. Said it was all her fault he was even down there. But later she kept asking when Spencer would be home.
- David Rossi: Well, maybe it's a blessing she can forget.
- Penelope Garcia: What's our next step?
- David Rossi: Well, getting the kid home on bail pending trial.
- Penelope Garcia: Okay. That's a good baby step. I can focus on that.
- David Rossi: And I'm ready, willing, and able to post that bail, no matter how high they set it.
- Penelope Garcia: [hugging him] Oh, my. I love you so hard.
- [letting him go as her phone chirps]
- Penelope Garcia: Hmm. Well, crime never sleeps. We got a case.
- David Rossi: Prentiss won't be joining us. She's on Reid duty for the time being. This one was referred to us by a fellow federal agency, the National Transportation Safety Board.
- Penelope Garcia: So, last week, two separate incidents. Two separate vehicles hit two separate pedestrians, crashed on the same stretch of road in Bradenton, Florida, just outside of Sarasota.
- Luke Alvez: And they're sure they were both accidents?
- David Rossi: No, they don't think so.
- Penelope Garcia: Both vehicles were 2013 Meridians, and both drivers said they lost control of the cars.
- David Rossi: The first pedestrian is alive, but the second one died of his injuries.
- Dr. Tara Lewis: And it wasn't a vehicle defect?
- David Rossi: That's what the NTSB suspected, but they've done extensive tests and they've ruled that out, along with hazardous road conditions.
- Jennifer Jareau: [looking at the report] And they're saying driver error is unlikely, though the drivers suffered head injuries in the crashes and they can't recall any of the details.
- Stephen Walker: Same make and model vehicle, two drivers saying they lost control. It sounds like they're thinking hacker.
- David Rossi: Could be. Most cars made after 2009, regardless of make or model, are vulnerable to hacking.
- Luke Alvez: Is there any footage of the crashes?
- Penelope Garcia: Oh, yeah. Middle school security camera caught the moments of impact. Brace yourselves. It ain't pretty. Here we go.
- Dr. Tara Lewis: [Garcia plays the camera footage] Oh, god. No swerving, no braking, and an unsub turning cars into murder weapons. That's terrifying.
- Luke Alvez: It could be a whole new frontier for serial killers.
- David Rossi: Well, Garcia, since your area of expertise is relevant on this one, I want you to join us in the field.
- Penelope Garcia: [excited] Me? Going wheels up? Sir, yes, sir.
- David Rossi: Great. Wheels up in twenty.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: I'm such an idiot.
- Emily Prentiss: Don't, Spencer. Don't. You were trying to help your mother.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: And I fell right into Scratch's trap.
- Emily Prentiss: He won't win.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: He already has.
- Emily Prentiss: Just the battle, not the war. You didn't do anything wrong.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: You and I both know that doesn't matter. All that matters is what the prosecutor can prove, and Scratch has stacked the deck against me. I mean, even the FBI's abandoned me.
- Emily Prentiss: I know. But we'll keep fighting.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: I don't even have a lawyer.
- Emily Prentiss: About that... I have a friend, Fiona Duncan. I've known her forever. Her father was in the Foreign Service, and we met in Italy when my mother was Charge D'affaires at the embassy there. After college, she was a Rhodes scholar. You'd like her. Anyway, now she's one of the best defense attorneys in D.C. I would like if you would let me reach out to her about representing you.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: Emily, I really appreciate it, but you helping me could destroy your reputation at the Bureau,
- Emily Prentiss: My battle, my choice. Please, let me help you. Tell me I can reach out to my friend.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: Thank you.
- Emily Prentiss: Good. Spencer, listen to me. We are gonna get you out of here. I promise.
- Penelope Garcia: [on the BAU jet] Not to be critical or anything, but this place could really use a splash of color.
- Dr. Tara Lewis: Really? I find the neutral tones soothing.
- Jennifer Jareau: Yeah, and they're a great background for when you're on the big screen.
- Penelope Garcia: [pleased, but feigning a coy modesty] What, you mean I'm the splash of color? Stop it.
- David Rossi: Garcia, what have you got for us?
- Penelope Garcia: Just this. Two drivers and two pedestrians.
- David Rossi: Well, the victimology on this case is going to be difficult.
- Dr. Tara Lewis: It's just hard to know who the unsub's intended victims are. And the drivers, the D.A.'s considering murder charges in both cases, not to mention the psychological damage this unsub's inflicted, or the pedestrians, or both.
- Luke Alvez: Any connection between the drivers and the people they hit?
- Penelope Garcia: Just what we already know. Both drivers had the same kind of vehicle and it happened at the same location. Besides that, nothing. So what does the unsub want?
- Jennifer Jareau: Well, he's causing death and destruction while exerting power and control.
- David Rossi: And creating a public spectacle.
- Luke Alvez: Maybe there's some paraphilia there, like an arsonist who likes to watch.
- Stephen Walker: If this is about voyeurism, that might make it sexual, and if so, he's not likely to stop.
- Penelope Garcia: [her computer chimes] This just in. One of the drivers, Marta Calderon, she's agreed to an interview.
- David Rossi: All right. JJ, Luke, Garcia, you head the crash site. A special investigator from the NTSB will meet you there. Tara, Stephen, and I will go straight to the Bradenton P.D.
- Fiona Duncan: There's not a lot of good news in this file.
- Emily Prentiss: Yeah. Well, that's why he needs you. I'm so glad you're here. I was surprised you settled down in Washington.
- Fiona Duncan: Yeah, I guess I got tired of wandering. And D.C.'s always been home. And after law school, you know, I realized all I wanted was to come home.
- Emily Prentiss: I'm glad you did. Spencer is being framed. It's a long story, and I will fill you in, but I need you to know he didn't kill anyone.
- Fiona Duncan: Nonetheless, the circumstantial evidence is compelling, and for better or for worse, this trial's going to be about what can be proven, not what actually happened.
- Emily Prentiss: Spencer said the same thing this morning.
- Fiona Duncan: He's a realist. That's a good quality to have in a client.
- Emily Prentiss: Does that mean you'll take the case?
- Fiona Duncan: It means I'd be happy to sit down with him. So let's see how it goes and we'll take it from there.
- Emily Prentiss: He is innocent, Fiona. That has to count for something.
- Fiona Duncan: The fact that you have so much faith in him counts for a lot with me.
- Emily Prentiss: Thank you.
- Pete Abadilla: We had the NTSB coordinate with the Bradenton P.D. and we shut down this whole stretch of road.
- Jennifer Jareau: That's a good call. Don't see any skid marks.
- Pete Abadilla: Well, there weren't any. Not for either accident.
- Luke Alvez: Well, if the unsub likes to watch, the question is where is he watching from?
- Penelope Garcia: Yeah, 'cause this is too open for our guy to watch comfortably watch from outside.
- Pete Abadilla: Well, we could canvass all the shops and homes along this route.
- Jennifer Jareau: We can, but anyone with his organization and hacking ability wouldn't be careless enough for that.
- Luke Alvez: Everything about this unsub is one degree of separation from the destruction.
- Penelope Garcia: [spotting a traffic camera] Right there. Traffic camera.
- Pete Abadilla: Those cameras are closed circuit. Florida D.O.T. has hundreds of 'em. They only provide real time visuals of current traffic.
- Penelope Garcia: Exactly. They're everywhere, and they can be hacked.
- Luke Alvez: So he can hack into any one of them and watch in real time.
- Penelope Garcia: Yes, he can, newbie.
- Jennifer Jareau: So he can control a hacked car like a remote control toy.
- Stephen Walker: [listening to a witness's cognitive interview] I was hoping for driver error.
- David Rossi: This is a whole lot scarier.
- Marta Calderon: He was just a kid. I'm screaming for him to get out of the way, but he doesn't even see me coming. I close my eyes, but I hear him hit the car. That sound, ohh... I'll hear it for the rest of my life. I'm so, so sorry.
- Dr. Tara Lewis: Listen to me. You did not cause that accident. You did nothing wrong.
- Emily Prentiss: Hey, how's it going down there?
- David Rossi: Well, it looks like we've got a malicious hacker on our hands. And he's got a wireless foothold to the 2013 Meridian.
- Emily Prentiss: Meridians are a popular model. He's got a huge victim pool.
- David Rossi: Well, we're working on narrowing it down. Did you get Reid that lawyer?
- Emily Prentiss: I'm on my way to the jail right now to make the introduction.
- David Rossi: Great.
- Emily Prentiss: I'll let you know how it goes.
- Fiona Duncan: You remember more than you're admitting.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: I don't. Honestly. I... I told the Mexican police everything.
- Fiona Duncan: Well, that was very cooperative of you. Too cooperative for someone who has intimate knowledge of the criminal justice system, even someone on drugs.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: I... I wasn't on drugs, I was drugged.
- Fiona Duncan: You stole a car?
- Dr. Spencer Reid: That's what they told me.
- Fiona Duncan: Did you know there were drugs in the trunk?
- Dr. Spencer Reid: I don't think so.
- Jennifer Jareau: It's a different make and model car. It's newer. A 2016 Schuyler.
- David Rossi: Our unsub saw the new wireless foothold, and he's no longer confining himself to one street.
- Jennifer Jareau: [looking around] I'm not seeing any traffic cameras here.
- David Rossi: So how's he watching?
- [looking into the car]
- David Rossi: Jennifer, look.
- Jennifer Jareau: Dashboard cam and a mounted smartphone.
- David Rossi: If he's hacking both, he could use the dashboard cam to guide the car to its target and simultaneously watch the terrified driver.
- Jennifer Jareau: It's an escalation. He needs more to get his thrill.
- Pete Abadilla: We've got an eyewitness who says the car swerved to avoid hitting a pedestrian before he hit the woman.
- Jennifer Jareau: He's narrowing his selection criteria. So he specifically targeted an attractive, dark haired woman.
- Penelope Garcia: Penelope Garcia coming to you live on location for a limited time only.
- Jennifer Jareau: Yeah, the most recent pedestrian victim. What you got on her?
- Penelope Garcia: Ohh, that's right, victim. I make jokes to cover up the sad. Okay. Meredith Courtelis, twenty-two, raven haired beauty. She was low risk. She lived with her parents. She was going to school. She wanted to be a physician's assistant.
- Jennifer Jareau: What about a boyfriend?
- Penelope Garcia: She doesn't have one. Not according to her social media. Looks like Meredith was her own girl. Chronically single. Friends kept trying to set her up.
- Jennifer Jareau: All right, well, this unsub specifically targeted her over other available targets. Is... is there a connection to the driver? His name's Mark Keeling.
- Penelope Garcia: [typing on her computer] Mm, I got bupkis on that.
- Jennifer Jareau: No connection. It's the one thing he's been consistent about.
- David Rossi: This unsub is what's known as a sadistic symphorophiliac.
- Dr. Tara Lewis: Symphorophilia is a type of paraphilia in which sexual arousal is derived from staging and then watching disasters, such as fires or, in this case, car accidents.
- Jennifer Jareau: Observing the destruction he causes is extremely important to this unsub.
- Stephen Walker: He enjoys watching the terror of the drivers whose cars he hijacks, as well as the impact with his chosen pedestrian victim.
- Luke Alvez: In order to watch, he hacks traffic cameras or in-car dashboard cameras, as well as dashboard mounted smartphones.
- Dr. Tara Lewis: Now, so far there's no apparent connection between the drivers of the vehicles and their pedestrian victims.
- David Rossi: Instead, it appears the drivers are selected based on the vehicles they drive.
- Stephen Walker: This pattern of vehicle selection was initially limited to a single make and model, but he has since expanded his hacking capabilities.
- David Rossi: We believe our unsub is a white male in his mid- to late twenties.
- Jennifer Jareau: This unsub is careful enough to select drivers based on after market add-ons to their vehicles, such as dashboard cams or smartphone mounts.
- Penelope Garcia: Workplace parking lots would be really a good hunting ground because he'd be able to see the same cars over and over, and once he's determined that that driver is using those after market devices consistently, bang, that's his next victim.
- Luke Alvez: His first two hijackings were in order to perfect his technique. And those pedestrians were victims of opportunity.
- Dr. Tara Lewis: However, this latest hijacking reveals that he's refining his victim criteria. He specifically chose a young, attractive, dark haired woman.
- David Rossi: It's likely this victim was a surrogate for someone the unsub seeks to terrify and punish.
- Jennifer Jareau: This unsub may lack the confidence and social skills necessary to form healthy relationships, which could be fueling his anger.
- Stephen Walker: We anticipate his next victim or victims to be young, attractive women with whom he has some sort of personal connection.
- Dr. Tara Lewis: Encourage drivers to protect themselves by removing after market dashboard cameras and to refrain from mounting smartphones on their dashboards or CD slots.
- Luke Alvez: That's right. If the unsub can't watch, he will not select that car and driver.
- Stephen Walker: Law enforcement also needs to understand that the drivers of these vehicles are victims. They are unable to control the vehicles they appear to be driving.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: They found the knife? Where?
- Fiona Duncan: In the desert. The theory is that you tossed it out the window of the stolen car during the chase.
- Emily Prentiss: It must have been whoever was in the car you were chasing.
- Fiona Duncan: But that car and its driver are in the wind. The blood and the prints on the knife are yours.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: This is bad.
- Fiona Duncan: There's more. The blade on the murder weapon is consistent the blade that cut your hand. It means that the two to five year deal you didn't want this morning is no longer an option. The new offer is five to ten years
- Emily Prentiss: Oh, my god.
- Fiona Duncan: And it's an exploding offer. That means that you have until the arraignment to take it. If you leave it, there won't be any more offers. You'll go to trial.
- Emily Prentiss: And if he loses, he gets twenty-five to life?
- Fiona Duncan: Do you remember anything more about how you got that cut?
- Dr. Spencer Reid: No. I'm trying, but I can't remember. And I'm not taking the offer. I understand what's at stake. I'm not taking it.
- Emily Prentiss: May I have a moment alone with Spencer, please?
- Fiona Duncan: Of course.
- Luke Alvez: There has to be some kind of connection between the unsub and Veronica Perotta. I mean, he targeted her outside her home. He had to have some knowledge of her daily routine. This... this was personal.
- Penelope Garcia: I'm looking through Veronica's social media now. She was single. She had recently joined something called Amorous Intrigue.
- Luke Alvez: The dating website.
- Penelope Garcia: Oh. Is that what that is? It's good. Maybe I should try it. Not that I'd want to join something you know about. Or I'd need a dating website. 'Cause I don't.
- Luke Alvez: If the unsub needed a dating website, it was because he had trouble meeting women.
- Penelope Garcia: Well, let's see if she was dating anyone on Amorous Intrigue. Well, she was pinged a few times. But those conversations didn't go anywhere. Oh, wait. Here's somebody. Jonathan Rhodes. He pinged her three... no, four times. She ignored him. She must have rejected him just off his profile.
- Luke Alvez: Well, what's weird about his profile? Can you pull it up?
- Penelope Garcia: Yeah. Jonathan enjoys games of the video variety, mostly single-shooter and... driving games. Uh... he's into computers, and he was a sound tech engineer at a local radio station.
- Luke Alvez: Let me guess. WUKO.
- Penelope Garcia: Yeah, that's the one. After she blew him off, he cyber stalked Veronica for months.
- Luke Alvez: Who else rejected Jonathan's pings on Amorous Intrigue?
- Penelope Garcia: Well, I don't know. He didn't really put himself out there that much.
- Luke Alvez: Well, that would only intensify the rejections.
- Penelope Garcia: Okay. Here's somebody. Alyssa Miles. Totally his type.
- Luke Alvez: That's his next target. Can you pull up an address?
- Penelope Garcia: Yep. Just sent it to your phone.
- Luke Alvez: All right. Grab your laptop, hotshot. Let's go.
- Penelope Garcia: What?
- Luke Alvez: Come on.
- Penelope Garcia: I'm going with you? I don't go with. I don't. I'm precious cargo.
- Luke Alvez: We're at Alyssa's house. Car's here. No signs of a struggle. I think he abducted her.
- Jennifer Jareau: The local P.D. says he's not in his apartment and his car's gone.
- Penelope Garcia: So then why the change in the modus operandi?
- Jennifer Jareau: It's part of his escalation. It's not enough for him to watch anymore. What he craves is physical contact.
- David Rossi: His confidence is up. He was ready to step out of the shadows.
- Stephen Walker: He needs to be a part of it, and he wants to experience the moment of impact, even if it means he doesn't walk away from it.
- Judge Willa Frost: All right, Ms. Duncan, does your client wish to enter a plea at this time?
- Fiona Duncan: He does.
- Judge Willa Frost: And how do you plead, Agent Reid?
- Dr. Spencer Reid: Not guilty.
- Penelope Garcia: [Luke just made a remark about a cell phone] Yeah, yeah, that's helpful! You're helpful sometimes
- Dr. Spencer Reid: What happens now?
- Fiona Duncan: Well, you consented to postponement of your arraignment so you'd have time to find representation. Now that you have me, that's what'll happen first. I'll get it calendared as soon as possible.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: And I'll plead not guilty.
- Fiona Duncan: And I'll move to have you released on bail pending trial. After that, we start an uphill battle. The bad news is they have a lot of circumstantial evidence against you.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: Is there any good news?
- Fiona Duncan: Well, the good news is they don't have a murder weapon.
- AUSA Martinez: The People oppose bail and request remand, Your Honor.
- Fiona Duncan: Your Honor, my client presents no risk of flight.
- AUSA Martinez: That's ridiculous. The defendant was arrested after fleeing the murder scene in Mexico.
- Fiona Duncan: Those were extenuating circumstances. He'd been drugged against his will.
- AUSA Martinez: By failing to notify the FBI of his international travel, the defendant violated the Bureau protocol.
- Fiona Duncan: My client presents no flight risk. He has deep ties in this community. His mother suffers from Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia and lives with him. He is solely responsible for her well-being. Additionally, he's been a decorated SSA with the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit for over a decade.
- AUSA Martinez: And as an FBI agent, he has contacts all over the world.
- Fiona Duncan: Agent Reid would be willing to turn over both his personal and government issued passports.
- AUSA Martinez: If he wanted a counterfeit passport, he could easily get one.
- Fiona Duncan: He has no criminal history.
- AUSA Martinez: The defendant is uniquely situated to evade law enforcement should he flee the jurisdiction.
- Fiona Duncan: Your Honor, he wants to stay here and clear his good name.
- AUSA Martinez: He should have thought about his good name before sneaking across the border.
- Fiona Duncan: I am prepared to present multiple law enforcement character witnesses on his behalf right now. The witnesses are here in the courtroom, all highly respected FBI agents.
- Judge Willa Frost: Simmer down, Ms. Duncan. It's almost 6:00 and I'm not inclined to hear from character witnesses. Actions speak louder than words, I always say.
- Fiona Duncan: We'd be willing to abide by a curfew and strict monitoring of his whereabouts at all times.
- Judge Willa Frost: Too little, too late, counselor. If past behavior is the best indicator of future conduct, and I do believe it is, then your client presents a flight risk. Bail is denied. Defendant will be remanded to federal custody pending trial.