Thomas Gibson credited as playing...
Aaron Hotchner
- Emily Prentiss: How'd you guys do?
- Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner: Well, Reid got propositioned by every prostitute we talked to, but we didn't find anybody who thinks they'd seen the unsub.
- Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner: I've been standing on the other side of that glass thinking about what to do with you, Steven. And this morning I decided to save your life. You're gonna tell me where my killer is. You're gonna give me an address, and you're gonna tell me how to get inside without raising an alarm. You're gonna draw me a map if I need one. And you're gonna do this because he's never been nice to you. He constantly insults you and belittles you. He emasculates you and makes you feel ugly and stupid and worthless. Nothing you ever do is right. Never good enough. You hate him, Steven. And you're also going to tell me because you know you screwed up last night. He told you that your paramount concern was not to attract the attention of the authorities, and you know the punishment will be severe. Nobody knows better than you what he can do to people. I've spent a long time studying monsters like your friend, and I can promise you he's gonna do things to you that even you can't imagine.
- Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner: [voiceover] "Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even our troubles." - Charles Chaplin.
- Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau: This postmark.
- Cal McGee: Excuse me?
- Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau: Kansas City.
- Cal McGee: Right.
- Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau: Missouri. We're in Kansas City, Kansas.
- Cal McGee: Yeah, well, they're just across the river from one another.
- Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau: No, what they are is right across the state line.
- [JJ and McGee enter Captain Wright's office]
- Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau: Hotch, it's federal.
- Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner: What?
- Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau: If we want this case, it's ours. It's federal. This letter came from across the river, from Kansas City, Missouri.
- Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner: Interstate communication.
- Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau: Puts it in federal jurisdiction.
- Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner: [to Captain Wright] Sir, this is now a federal case. I would like to retain Detective McGee as a consultant.
- Capt. Wright: Whoa, whoa. You're not opening any investigations in my jurisdiction.
- Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner: I don't wanna fight with you, even though this is a federal case. If we develop any information, I will come to you and your men will make the arrest.
- Capt. Wright: And why would you do that?
- Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner: Because that's how we operate.
- Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner: What's this?
- Jason Gideon: It's genius
- Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner: You have Chaplin on film?
- Jason Gideon: My great-granddad was an accountant at one of the first movie studios
- Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner: He lived in California?
- Jason Gideon: No, no, no, Chicago. Essanay Studios, closed 1920. Back then, 4 out of 5 movies made in US were made in Chicago. They closed down, they let my grandfather take a... , eh, a couple of extra prints home
- Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner: They "let" him?
- Jason Gideon: Well, that's a family story, we're sticking to it
- Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner: [voice over] "Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity, nothing exceeds the criticisms made of the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed." - Herman Melville.
- Capt. Wright: Hey, I'm sorry he got you to travel all the way here
- Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner: Sir, we're happy to help with the problem
- Capt. Wright: What problem?
- Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner: Sir, 63 people missing from a localized area is... unusual
- Capt. Wright: Are you kidding me? Bums, whores, junkies! Can these people even be missing?
- Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner: You seem hostile to the idea that these people could be in trouble
- Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner: We're going to provide a psychological profile of the man we're looking for. It contains some unusual, specific personality traits that someone out there is bound to recognize.
- Jason Gideon: Which will make him relatively easy to locate. Long-lasting, negative impression he leaves on anyone he might meet.
- Derek Morgan: We have a term for the killing behavior this unsub displays: cleaning house. Fixing what's wrong with the world.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: He's deeply rationalized this behavior, and while he certainly knows the killing is wrong, he truly believes that he's doing the world a great service.
- Derek Morgan: Ultimately, this type of unsub becomes a loner. There won't be too many people that can still tolerate him. Now, if he does have a relationship at all, the person will not be his equal. It'll be someone subservient to him.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: He'll be... fastidious, tending toward obsessive-compulsive disorder, and he'll have an overwhelming sense of indignation towards the things that he's judged to be wrong. He wouldn't even consider the reasons why someone might disagree with him.
- Detective One: He sounds like a real jagoff.
- Derek Morgan: Exactly. Class "A" scumbag.
- Emily Prentiss: Detective McGee started noticing the disappearances a year ago. The ubsub probably had a stressor at this time. The death of a family member, or someone who had some semblance of control over him. Right now, no one has control over him.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: It's probable that he isn't currently working after this many victims and the devolution that it brings, a job just wouldn't leave him time to practice his true calling.
- Capt. Wright: Which is...?
- Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner: A predator. A killing machine. By now, it's become all he thinks about.