Criminal Minds (TV Series)

House on Fire (2009)

Thomas Gibson: Aaron Hotchner

Quotes 

• Aaron Hotchner : [closing quotation, voiceover]  "I have loved to the point of madness. That which is called madness. That which to me is the only sensible way to love." - Francoise Sagan.

• [last lines] 

  Penelope Garcia : You guys choose this. Turning people over like rocks and looking at all their creepy-crawly things underneath. And I get it. I do. It's the only way to catch them. But... I want to see the good in people. I choose to see the good in people. And... getting into someone's mind and trying to find the God-awful thing that happened to them that made them do the God-awful thing to somebody else has seriously impaired my ability to giggle, and it makes my brain all wonky, and I don't like it.

  Aaron Hotchner : Garcia.

  Penelope Garcia : Yes, sir?

  Aaron Hotchner : I just wanted to thank you for your excellent work on this case. And I understand that what you did was, for you, very difficult. But your contributions are essential to the success of this team.

  Penelope Garcia : Thank you, sir.

  Aaron Hotchner : I know you see the good in people, Penelope. Always. And I would never want you to change that.

• Aaron Hotchner : [opening quotation, voiceover]  Tennessee Williams said "We all live in a house on fire. No fire department to call, no way out."

• David Rossi : [about a serial arsonist]  Whoever set these went from no victims to thirty-one in less than two weeks. That's a hell of an escalation.

  Emily Prentiss : Why didn't they call us in sooner?

  Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau : The local police and fire department knew they were dealing with an arsonist, but they had no idea he'd become a killer.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Most arsonists don't. They just like setting fires; any deaths that occur are almost always accidental.

  Derek Morgan : Thirty-one victims is not an accident.

  Aaron Hotchner : Police chief knows he made a mistake. And he learned the hard way that even though not all arsonists are killers, they do have one thing in common: once they start, they can't stop.

• Aaron Hotchner : You're gonna have to start weeding out some of these Garcia. Third cousins and religious affiliations are probably not gonna help us. I need to know who had enemies? Who had secrets? Who was a target?

  Penelope Garcia : [sighs]  With all due respect sir, my... my brain muscles are comfortable with being intuitive with information, not people. Looking at people like that is not part of my job description. I'm not a profiler

  Aaron Hotchner : Well, you're gonna have to be. We don't have much time