Criminal Minds (TV Series)

Lucky Strikes (2017)

Matthew Gray Gubler: Dr. Spencer Reid

Quotes 

• Penelope Garcia : We got a call from Bridgewater, Florida PD. The body of Rebecca Strong was found last night in a rest stop women's room with and without things.

  Luke Alvez : Whoa.

  Penelope Garcia : Yeah. And then it gets worse.

  Jennifer Jareau : All the tell-tale signs are here.

  David Rossi : Pentagram, legs and fingers gone.

  Emily Prentiss : There's even one neat aspect. Her earrings and jewelry are laid out equidistant on the floor.

  David Rossi : Sure as hell looks like him.

  Matt Simmons : Looks like who?

  Jennifer Jareau : Floyd Feylinn Ferell.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : A psychotic cannibal who'd been killing under the radar for years.

  Emily Prentiss : He killed ten prostitutes, then moved up to low-risk victims.

  Jennifer Jareau : He kept slipping through the cracks and avoiding justice, so people referred to him as "Lucky".

  David Rossi : The worst of it was he owned a barbecue joint. And he fed one of the victims to the search party.

• Dr. Tara Lewis : Projected cannibalism. The act of inducing others to consume human flesh unknowingly. You do not see that very often.

  Emily Prentiss : Well, projection seems to be a thing for Ferell. He fed the fingers of ten previous victims to a later one.

  David Rossi : His way of telling us he was ten victims deep before we even knew he existed.

  Luke Alvez : You think he's back?

  Emily Prentiss : Not unless he really lives up to his nickname. He's been locked up in the Hazelwood Psychiatric Hospital for the past ten years.

  Matt Simmons : Well, then it's a copycat wanting to ride the wave of horror left in Ferell's wake.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Statistically, copycat killers tend to be vulnerable narcissists. Though overtly boastful, they harbor deep-seated feelings of inadequacy. Emulating notorious crimes makes them feel powerful.

  David Rossi : Ferell was found to be mentally incapable of assisting in his own defense, so he skated without a trial.

  Emily Prentiss : If this unsub is anything like Ferell, he's got a taste for it. And copycats typically don't stop after one victim. Wheels up in twenty.

• Luke Alvez : What was Rebecca like as a person?

  Dr. Tara Lewis : She's described as strong-willed, determined. Working to support her two kids.

  Matt Simmons : When was Rebecca last seen?

  Penelope Garcia : Uh... well, her boyfriend, and by "boyfriend" I mean "pimp", Jason Carlsbad, reported her missing when she didn't show up and donate to his college fund. I'm sending you deets right now.

  David Rossi : Normally, I would want to look at him. Pimps hurt women they exploit to gain control, but an M.O. this complex doesn't add up.

  Luke Alvez : Yeah, the cannibalism angle wouldn't make sense, either.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Eroticizing the consumption of human flesh is a pretty specific fetish. Are we sure that he's copying that from Ferell?

  Emily Prentiss : We need to nail that down. Dave, Tara, go to the M.E.'s office. Matt and Spencer, head to Hazelwood State. Notorious criminals have fans who might want to copy their work. Luke, you and I will head to the PD and set up a base of operations with Detective Russ.

• Dr. Lode Barren : How can I help you?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : We'd like to know why you're recommending home visits for Ferell when his cannibalistic sexual fantasies have proven to be deadly.

  Dr. Lode Barren : I'm aware of those fantasies, but this is where we differ. I'm not sure he acted on them. Regardless, with proper medication and therapy, he's gotten them under control now.

  Matt Simmons : In your opinion.

  Dr. Lode Barren : Yes. This is a mental health issue, not a criminal case. He's a model patient who hasn't missed a dose of his voluntary regimen for years.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : He's going to stop taking his meds. They always do. The FBI strenuously objects to letting him out, ever.

  Dr. Lode Barren : I'm afraid that ship's already sailed. He's been on supervised home visits to his sister's now for weeks without incident.

  Matt Simmons : "Without incident." Women are being killed here.

• Dr. Spencer Reid : Ferell's been out on weekend home visits, so it is possible he's killing again.

  Emily Prentiss : I can't believe they'd be that reckless. How did this happen?

  David Rossi : Well, it happened with Hinkley and Vince Li, the cannibal who killed and beheaded a guy on a bus.

  Matt Simmons : And what's worse, 'cause this is a mental health issue, not a criminal case, they had no duty to tell us or the public.

  Detective Alex Russ : [entering]  Sorry to interrupt, but Ferell's lawyer, Billie Williams, is here. You're gonna want to hear what she has to say.

• Matt Simmons : [watching Ferell's house]  I'm sorry, but I gotta ask. Did you guys eat the tainted chili?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : I have issues with group food.

• Luke Alvez : This must be the ankle monitor base station.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : It's an ancient model in a fundamentally flawed system. Not even GPS-enabled. It basically just tracks the person's distance from the base station.

  Luke Alvez : Looks like it has a backup battery in case of a power outage.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Yeah, Floyd could have literally unplugged it, plugged it into a mobile power source, and taken it with him anywhere. They're so easy to defeat that law enforcement stopped using them years ago.

  Luke Alvez : State hospital may not know that. I mean, he could have snuck away with it last week and then killed Rebecca Strong.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : If he did that, he easily could have done it earlier and killed the first victim, as well.

• Dr. Tara Lewis : We know, behaviorally, that Marcus was lying.

  David Rossi : Regardless, we have to turn over his dying declaration to Ferell's defense counsel.

  Luke Alvez : She'll use it to get him out.

  Matt Simmons : That's what Ferell wanted all along.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : He manipulated the mental health system to get out again by coercing Marcus into taking credit for his crimes.

  Detective Alex Russ : And I'm left with a cannibal about to be released back into my community. How do I protect them?

  Emily Prentiss : None of us wants to risk waiting for Ferell to kill again, and we all know believe he will, but there's simply nothing we can do legally at this time.

  David Rossi : Well, I can't leave here doing nothing. I'll try to get the hospital board to understand Ferell's hand in all this.

  Detective Alex Russ : I appreciate that, and everything you've done for us. Thank you.