Thomas Gibson credited as playing...
Aaron Hotchner
- Aaron Hotchner: You really don't need to be here if you're not ready. This is gonna take time.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: How much time?
- Aaron Hotchner: It's hard to say, but we're all here for you.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: [whispers] Thank you
- Alex Blake: He removed the white blood cells. Plasma.
- David Rossi: Why would he take the plasma?
- Aaron Hotchner: It would make it thicker. Easier to use as a paint.
- Derek Morgan: What type of equipment would it take to do that?
- Alex Blake: You can easily buy a centrifuge online these days for couple hundred bucks.
- Aaron Hotchner: What other reasons would he have for separating the plasma from the blood?
- Dr. Spencer Reid: It's a habit.
- Aaron Hotchner: Reid.
- Jennifer Jareau: Spence.
- Aaron Hotchner: I didn't expect you back this soon. You sure you're ready?
- Dr. Spencer Reid: No, but I think I figured something out.
- Penelope Garcia: Office of omnipotence. How may I dazzle you?
- Aaron Hotchner: Garica, I need information on the latest victim Aimee Fortner.
- Penelope Garcia: Information is my favorite way to dazzle, sir! So sparkly!
- Aaron Hotchner: We believe that this unsub is a white male in his 20s or 30s, and he thinks of himself as a painter or an artist.
- Alex Blake: The placement of the victims tells us a lot about who he is.
- Jennifer Jareau: Pamela Hurd was found near a painting done by a little-known San Francisco artist, Henry Floyd.
- Derek Morgan: Gary Porter was posed near a piece of graffiti art by a street artist named Cypher, who is currently wanted by the police.
- Aaron Hotchner: And the third victim, Lynn Stevens, was found near a mural painted by inner-city youths.
- Alex Blake: Finally, Amy Fortner was placed near the statue of St. Luke, patron saint of the artist.
- Jennifer Jareau: This is a compulsion; it's not accidental. He is obsessed with art.
- David Rossi: All of the works of art are neglected, ignored, cast aside. It's how he feels about himself.
- Aaron Hotchner: We believe it's also the reason that he's evolved into removing the victims' eyelids. He's forcing them to see what he sees.
- Jennifer Jareau: There's no sexual component with these murders, but that's because the blood and the use of the blood is his sexual release.
- Det. Lennon Miles: So, wait. What... what is he doing with the blood?
- Aaron Hotchner: Because he's so obsessed with art, we believe he's painting with it.
- David Rossi: He has a quick kill pace. More blood means more paint. The more paintings he does, the greater the chance someone will recognize his work.
- Aaron Hotchner: We think that because of his need for acceptance, he may be trying to sell the paintings, so focus your canvassing on places that might sell this kind of fringe art.
- Penelope Garcia: Ladies and gents, the Golden State awaits. Meet who is formerly Gary Porter. He was found dead outside a San Francisco nightclub last night, and Pamela Hurd, she was found near a cable car stop in San Francisco's Mission district.
- Jennifer Jareau: They were both found wrapped in clear plastic.
- Derek Morgan: It says here they were dead only a few hours before they were found, and that's not long enough for the elements to have made them that pale.
- Penelope Garcia: 'Cause that's where we enter the town of Weirdville on the corner of eww and icky icky. Both victims were almost completely drained of their blood. Less than a pint left.
- Alex Blake: He's exsanguinating them.
- Aaron Hotchner: While they were still alive.
- Derek Morgan: Well, it might be utilitarian. He needs them alive so they can pump out the blood themselves.
- David Rossi: Draining a body like that is extremely hard to do. Once the heart stops pumping, it's difficult to continue to extract the blood.
- Alex Blake: So the question is how is he doing it?
- Penelope Garcia: Oh, I wish you wouldn't ask that, 'cause now I've gotta show this picture.
- Aaron Hotchner: There are large bore holes in the femoral artery of each victim.
- Jennifer Jareau: Our unsub could have medical knowledge.
- Aaron Hotchner: It's possible. We'll know more when we get there. Wheels up in thirty.