Criminal Minds (TV Series)

False Flag (2017)

Anthony Robles: Doug Downey

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Quotes 

• Emily Prentiss : What's your name?

  [pulling her badge out] 

  Emily Prentiss : I'm Emily. Emily Prentiss. It says right here. The reason I'm asking is so we can have a conversation.

  Doug Downey : Doug. I'm Doug.

  Emily Prentiss : Great, Doug. Let's just take a second. Let's think through the logic of this.

  Doug Downey : I... I didn't do any of this!

  Emily Prentiss : We're not saying you did, but you are making things worse with that gun.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : The reason we asked you here, the only reason, is to listen. That's all. Okay? So just listen.

  Emily Prentiss : Listen. Put the gun down.

  Doug Downey : [seeing something]  I know a false flag when I see one. You bitch!

  Emily Prentiss : No!

  [Doug puts the gun to his temple and pulls the trigger] 

• Emily Prentiss : We have to make an arrest or release all the truthers from custody. Give me the version that makes the most sense.

  Jennifer Jareau : Okay, well, Doug was holding the gun that killed Carl, but there is nothing behaviorally that points to him being a killer.

  Luke Alvez : And Melissa's the undiagnosed psychopath, and Carl was figuring out that she was cheating. And as his girlfriend, she would know where he hid his guns, and so we... we're thinking this.

  [he continues in voiceover with flashbacks under] 

  Luke Alvez : Carl and Melissa were fighting. Psychopaths aren't known for their small egos or impulse control, and so Melissa got angry and she waits for Carl to turn his back, and then bang. So she cleans up as best as she could, but now she has to hide what she did. So we asked the truthers to listen to our profile, and she thought "Aha! I'll turn this to my advantage. I'll frame my boyfriend, who is the most likely suspect if they put this together." So she slips the gun into Doug's pocket. And Doug walks through without incident because the metal detector is broken. He doesn't notice the gun in his pocket until midway through our profile, and then he panics.

  Doug Downey : What did you put in my pocket?

  Matt Simmons : Gun! Drop it!

  Luke Alvez : He assumes, like all truthers, that no one in the government is gonna believe him, so his last words aren't to us, but to Melissa.

  Doug Downey : I know a false flag when I see one. You bitch!

  [return to real time] 

  Emily Prentiss : That's the version that makes the most sense. Even if I buy it, a D.A. won't. We need more, guys.

  Matt Simmons : Well, the only thing that's left is the bullet and the casing. But she could have dumped that anywhere.

• Dr. Tara Lewis : Ballistics confirmed that the gun that killed Carl is the one that Doug used on himself. All the evidence points to Doug Downey as our killer, except...

  Melissa Miller : Except you don't have anything tying Doug to Bryan's drowning.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : Melissa, I've been as transparent as I can possibly be. Is there anything we've missed?

  Melissa Miller : One thing. But you didn't miss it, you covered it up. Specifically, that the sheriff made us all walk through a metal detector.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : What?

  Melissa Miller : [sardonic laugh]  Don't pretend you didn't know that. And don't pretend you don't know why. Someone in law enforcement planted a gun on Doug. Because what was that he was saying earlier tonight?

  Doug Downey : [flashback]  What did you put in my pocket?

  Matt Simmons : Gun! Drop it!

  Dr. Tara Lewis : [return to real time]  Melissa, that doesn't make any sense.

  Melissa Miller : You tell me what's more believable: a missing gun in a wacky compartment, or the police planted a Bodyguard 380, a very popular firearm in law enforcement, on Doug. Then they call their friends all the way in Quantico and you guys get on your fancy jet and come out here to make sure that the cover-up's complete.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : That's not what happened.