Criminal Minds (TV Series)

The Inspiration (2013)

Joe Mantegna: David Rossi

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• David Rossi : [opening quote]  "Who knows where inspiration comes from? Perhaps it arises from desperation, perhaps it comes from flukes of the universe, the kindness of the muses" - Amy Tan

• David Rossi : See no evil, hear no gossip

  Jennifer Jareau : Oh, come on, we see evil all day long

• Derek Morgan : All right, Rossi, talk to me. What's up?

  David Rossi : Only the sun. I like the sun.

  Derek Morgan : Cute. That's real cute. Look, when I was the gym, conversation around the free weights is Hotch is interviewing to be Strauss's permanent replacement.

  David Rossi : I know nothing.

  Derek Morgan : Come on, man, you sure about that? Why do I get the feeling you're being a profiler?

  David Rossi : If you have any questions about Hotch, maybe you should ask Hotch.

  Derek Morgan : Ok, look, I get it. Doing double duty after the sequester, fine, but taking on a desk job full-time? You know what they say about desk jobs.

  David Rossi : That's how you get the ladies?

  Derek Morgan : No. Sitting is the new smoking. That'll kill Hotch, and you know that.

• Aaron Hotchner : Garcia, Heather Clarke is the victim that our unsub's been feeding to the others.

  Penelope Garcia : Yikes.

  Aaron Hotchner : See if she had any enemies.

  Penelope Garcia : [typing]  No. I mean, she was her company's top regional manager, she... she looks loved.

  David Rossi : Well, the unsub's rage has probably been brewing for a long time.

  Alex Blake : And he most likely expressed his disdain for her long before he killed her.

  Derek Morgan : Baby girl, check middle and high school records.

  Penelope Garcia : [typing again]  No, zero. Zero, there's nothing there.

  David Rossi : There's gotta be something. See if her parents ever filed a restraining order.

  Penelope Garcia : [finding a result]  Oh, creepy bingo.

• David Rossi : So, um, any news on the job front?

  Aaron Hotchner : No, but they said that they wanted to talk to me again when we got back. I've thought a lot about it. I don't know what to tell them.

  David Rossi : Well, I can think of a million ways to sabotage you.

  [Hotch half-smiles] 

  David Rossi : Just say the word.

• David Rossi : Whoa, you never went home.

  Aaron Hotchner : No, I had these, uh, unit chief performance appraisals to do when we got back.

  David Rossi : So, how many all-nighters have you pulled this month?

  Aaron Hotchner : I don't know. Between the final reviews and the appraisals, there isn't enough time.

  David Rossi : Erin would, uh, always bring her work home with her.

  Aaron Hotchner : Yeah, I know. She definitely, uh, underplayed the amount of paperwork.

  David Rossi : So, how long do you think they're gonna ask you to do this double duty?

  Aaron Hotchner : Well, they asked me if I'd be interested in the job full-time.

  David Rossi : That would mean leaving the BAU.

  Aaron Hotchner : I bought myself some time by asking them to at least post the position.

  David Rossi : Well, we both know the pros and cons.

  Aaron Hotchner : Yeah, lots of them. We'll talk about it later.

• Penelope Garcia : Two women, Sarah Beck and Jill Elks, were found in a park in Glendale, Arizona within the last three days. Both of them were single in their late twenties, and following their normal low-risk routines when they were abducted.

  Alex Blake : Where we they taken from?

  Penelope Garcia : Sarah was on her way to her theater group rehearsal, and Jill was abducted form her apartment. The unsub broke in through a window.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Well, clearly he's hunting a specific type.

  Derek Morgan : He left the jewelry untouched.

  Aaron Hotchner : Yeah, it's not about robbery.

  Penelope Garcia : Both women were sexually assaulted and then they were shot in the heart and left in that... prayer position.

  Jennifer Jareau : It's odd.

  David Rossi : Maybe it's religious. Looks like they're leaning on a cross.

  Derek Morgan : Their hands are titled forward.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : He could have made them supplicate and their hands clenched in rigor mortis.

  Jennifer Jareau : So they're possibly trying to atone for their sins.

  Alex Blake : I doubt that. Both women have pretty clean backgrounds.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Since the posing was done postmortem, maybe it's representation of the way in which he made them beg for their lives.

  David Rossi : We've definitely seen that before.

  Aaron Hotchner : Hmm. He's getting off on the power. Let's head to Arizona. Wheels up in thirty.