Criminal Minds, Season 2

Criminal Minds (2005-) is an American CBS television show about an elite squad of FBI profilers that analyzes the country's most twisted criminal minds and anticipates their next move before they strike again.

Morgan:
According to Gordinski, you're the one who told them I drove Damien home.

Carl Buford:
Was that supposed to be a secret?

Morgan:
No, that wasn't.

Carl Buford:
I don't follow.

Morgan:
All these years, I kept my mouth shut. I let you go on being a hero. Carl Buford, my mentor.

Carl Buford:
What are you talking about?

Morgan:
God, I was so afraid of you. I was afraid of the police. Afraid of losing everything I was gaining. But that's how you work, isn't it? You make sure there's a hell of a lot to lose, don't you?

Carl Buford:
I don't know what you think you remember...

Morgan:
[interrupting] No, no. It's not what I remember that's going to hurt you, Carl. Our business was over way too long ago to matter. You're protected by a statute of limitations and that's gonna be my fault.

Carl Buford:
Then good night.

Morgan:
You set me up. You knew Damien Walters wanted James to call me about you. So you killed him? You killed him because you knew I would come after, you didn't you?

Carl Buford:
Now you're just taking crazy.

Morgan:
God, I should've told somebody about you when I was a kid! When you were helping me. Well you know what happens in places like this: once that dam breaks, the flood comes. One kid steps up and breaks the dam, just one, and then another one, and another one, because they're not afraid of you any more. They know they're not alone. James Barfield is your dam.

Carl Buford:
Whatever lies James told you...

Morgan:
THEY ARE NOT LIES! YOU DID THE SAME THING TO ME!

Carl Buford:
I did nothing to you. And James...

Morgan:
One by one they're gonna pile up accusations until you can't say they're all lies.

Carl Buford:
Do you have any idea how many kids I've helped get out of this neighborhood? Hmm? How many lives I've provided. Look at you! You'd probably be dead by now.

Morgan:
Yeah, well it wasn't for free, was it?

Carl Buford:
I pulled you outta the gutter.

Morgan:
I pulled MYSELF outta the gutter. All the way to the F.B.I. I DID THAT!

Carl Buford:
You saying I had nothing to do with who you are?

Morgan:
No, Carl. Actually, I'm saying you have everything to do with making me who I am. Because of you I'm somebody who gets to spend the rest of their life making sure guys like YOU go down!

Carl Buford:
Look, Derek, I never hurt you. You could have said no.

Hotch:
Once again the team had battled a monster, and won.

Erin Strauss:
The future of the BAU is not in the balance here. The residual impact as a result of investigations into the crimes and criminals you pursue is. Every cause has its effect.

Hotch:
You think I don't know that?

Erin Strauss:
I believe you are no longer effective in your post.

Hotch:
The modern furniture, strategically placed magazines, the framed diplomas, the art in the wall...they're all in conflict with your family photos. You have three children but you favor the middle one, your son.

Erin Strauss:
What do you think you're do--

Hotch:
Of course, you love all your children, but not like your son.

Erin Strauss:
That's enough!

Hotch:
The bonsai you obsessively nurture is to compensate for feelings of failure as a mother...

Erin Strauss:
Agent Hotchner, I said that is enough! My position is not in question here. As your superior, I am questioning your ability to lead your team...

Hotch:
My team? Let me tell you about my team. Agent Morgan fought to protect his identity from the very people who could save him. Why? Because trust has to be earned, and there are very few people he truly trusts. Reid's intellect is a shield which protects him from his emotions, and at the moment his shield is under repair. Prentiss overcompensates because she doesn't yet feel she's a part of the team; she needn't worry. Every day, Agent Jareau fields dozens of requests for our team, and every night she goes home hoping she has made the right choices. Garcia fills her office with figurines and color to remind herself to smile as the horror fills her screens. And Agent Gideon in many ways is damned by his profound knowledge of others, which is why he shares so little of himself, yet he pours his heart into every case we handle. I stand by my actions, and I stand by my team, and if you think that you can find a better person for the job, then good luck.

Erin Strauss:
Agent Hotchner.

Hotch:
How do I know you favor your son? I'm good at my job.


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