Criminal Minds (TV Series)

Luke (2018)

Aisha Tyler: Dr. Tara Lewis

Quotes 

• Dr. Spencer Reid : You know, most assassinations are one and dones. Hit men acquire a target, execute them, and then disappear. Killing multiple victims without changing his M.O. exposes him and makes him trackable.

  Jennifer Jareau : The victims were seemingly-average people with normal, middle-class lives. Nothing here says they would be targeted by a hit man.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : Yeah, killing random people's just not what a hit man does.

  Luke Alvez : If they're moving this fast, they must be working off a list.

  Matt Simmons : What if all three victims are key witnesses to a federal crime? That would put them on a list.

  David Rossi : As would witness protection.

  Emily Prentiss : Garcia, start running through the WITSEC database. I'll reach out to them and the U.S. Attorney's office, see if there's any overlap.

• Luke Alvez : This is Eduardo Ramos. He's the most feared sicario in Mexico.

  Penelope Garcia : A sicario's a hit man, yeah?

  Dr. Tara Lewis : Specifically, hit men that work for Mexican drug cartels.

  Luke Alvez : Now, he's with the Martinez cartel. They're one of the most dangerous around.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : Well, look, the M.O. of these guys is typically brutal. What makes Ramos most feared?

  Luke Alvez : His unrelenting focus and a complete lack of boundaries. He's got no moral code. I mean, if you're his target, he doesn't stop until you're dead. If that means going through every man, woman, and child, he does. No hesitation. Someone else, you might be able to buy your way out of it. Not Ramos. There's no bribing him, there's no appealing to his senses. Eduardo Ramos is a killing machine that never fails.

• Luke Alvez : Five years ago, I was working a case with the DEA and Mexican police force. Our goal was to arrest Ramos.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : And did you?

  Luke Alvez : It got complicated.

• Luke Alvez : Inspector Silva was wrong. Ramos stayed in prison for three years, and then he broke out and vanished. Now, both the DEA and the FBI believed he'd come back to get his revenge on the Martinez cartel because someone inside the cartel, and we never found out who, gave us the initial tip that led to his arrest.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : So, the trail that led to Paul McEntee's panic room may have started with the Martinez cartel, and if that's true, it likely involved drugs.

  Luke Alvez : Yeah. Garcia, we need you to go through the DEA database and find out if any of our victims are connected to the cartel.

  Penelope Garcia : Copy that.

  Luke Alvez : I also got the green light from Prentiss to bring in my buddy Phil. He's got a lot of contacts in the DEA. Maybe he can help.

• Dr. Tara Lewis : Hey, what's the matter?

  Penelope Garcia : Luke and Lisa.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : Wh-what about 'em?

  Penelope Garcia : I-I don't know, it's just a gut call, but-but I think... I think Lisa's in trouble. Matt's on his way to their house right now.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : Okay, I'll get Rossi and JJ. We'll meet him there.

  Penelope Garcia : Okay.

  [as Tara leaves] 

  Penelope Garcia : Oh, dear god. Oh, dear god, please not again. This team has gone through enough.

• Emily Prentiss : Jeremy Grant has killed multiple people. Now that he's murdered a federal agent, he knows the full weight of every agency in the U.S. law enforcement machine will be looking for him.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : We know from his profile he's not suicidal.

  Jennifer Jareau : Exactly. So he'll go underground, which means he'll either flee the country or wait for the storm to pass.

  Matt Simmons : He's a sniper with resources on both sides of the border.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : Right. These guys are trained to have safe houses and backstops.

  Emily Prentiss : Okay, that's where we start. I want a full background on Grant's DEA history; missions, known associates, anyone or anything that would help keep him off the radar. JJ's right, he will try and go underground, but before he does, I have a feeling he's gonna wanna get in one final shot.