Criminal Minds (TV Series)

The Fisher King: Part 2 (2006)

Matthew Gray Gubler: Dr. Spencer Reid

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• Dr. Spencer Reid : [voiceover]  "It has been said time heals all wounds. I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue, and the pain lessens, but it is never gone." - Rose Kennedy.

• Aaron Hotchner : What the hell was that?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : He had a bomb.

  Derek Morgan : You didn't think we needed to know that?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : I told you to go downstairs.

  Derek Morgan : Well, you didn't say "bomb". You left that part out.

• Dr. Spencer Reid : There's something familiar about it. I think I heard it somewhere before

  Derek Morgan : Thought you had a photographic memory.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Eidetic memory. That's primarily related to things I read. Like I said, this is something I think I've heard

• Dr. Spencer Reid : I should have realized this sooner, and looking at those things and realizes the fact that JJ collects butterflies, except for me. People tell me their secrets all the time. Think it's 'cause they know I don't have anyone to betray them to... except my mother... I... tell her pretty much everything

  Penelope Garcia : I don't think anyone would mind.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : You know I write her a letter every day?

  Penelope Garcia : That's nice.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Depends on... why?

  Penelope Garcia : What'd you mean?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : I write her a letter so I won't feel so guilty about not visiting her

  [Garcia frowns] 

  Dr. Spencer Reid : You know schizophrenia is genetically passed?

• Dr. Spencer Reid : [while talking about a poem]  Fowles! Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! Chaucer! My... my mom use to read me that. It's widely considered as the first Valentine's poem.

  Penelope Garcia : Your mom read you Valentine's poems? Hello, therapy.

• Dr. Spencer Reid : Mom, we found her. Rebecca's safe. You helped us save her life.

  Diana Reid : [back in her own world]  Is it time for lunch yet?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : What?

  Diana Reid : I'm lecturing everyone about Tristan and Isolde. They're all gathering in my room after lunch.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : [plays along]  Can I attend the lecture too?

  Diana Reid : Have you read any of the material?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : I've had them read to me.

  Diana Reid : Wonderful. That's the best way, isn't it?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Yes, ma'am, by far.

• Dr. Spencer Reid : Mr. Garner, a fisher king wound cannot be healed by somebody else. It's... it's not a wound of the body. It's a wound of the memory, a wound of the mind. It's... it's a wound that only you can find, and a wound that only you can heal.

  Randall Garner : Just ask the question.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : There's only one question that matters, Mr. Garner. There's only one really important question. Can you forgive yourself?

• Randall Garner : [to Reid]  If you want the grail, you must ask the question.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : She's not a grail. She's your daughter. Her name's Rebecca.

  Randall Garner : My daughters died in a fire and my son and my wife.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Rebecca lived.

  Randall Garner : No. Your mother, she explained it all to me.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : My mother is a paranoid schizophrenic who'd forget to eat if she wasn't properly medicated and supervised.

  Randall Garner : She made me realize none of it was real. I didn't lose Rebecca. She... she never existed in the first place.

• Diana Reid : [to Reid]  You know I'm terrified of flying.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : I know, Mom. I'm sorry.

  Diana Reid : Then why did you have those fascists arrest me?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Mom, they're not fascists and you were not arrested. I'm trying to protect you.

  Diana Reid : By forcing me to do the one thing that frightens me more than anything else?