Criminal Minds (2005–…): Season 1, Episode 6 - L.D.S.K. - full transcript

All right, Dad, I'm ready.
Throw it to me, now!

Okay, now, pull it in and run it back.
Let's go! Come on!

I got you.

On SWAT we broke shots
down into three steps.

One: front sight, focus on
the front sight, not on the target.

Two: controlled trigger press.

Three: follow through, after the shot
you come right back to the target.

- Now, what did you do wrong?
- I didn't follow through.

Right. You came off the target
to see where you hit.

Hotch, my firearms qualification
is tomorrow morning.

I barely passed my last one.



Front sight, trigger press,

follow through.

You do those three things,
you'll hit your target every time.

Yeah!

I'm not falling for it.

Come on, Pop.

Stop playing.

Oh, my God! Dad! Dad! Oh!

- Did Elle teach you that?
- They're going to take away my gun.

- Profilers aren't required to carry.
- Yeah, and yet you carry two of them.

When I joined the BAU,
Gideon said to me,

"You don't have to carry a gun
to kill someone."

- I don't get it.
- You will.

Good luck tomorrow.



F.B.I., Behavioral Analysis Unit
QUANTICO, VIRGINIA

Reid failed his qualification.

Well, he can re-test in two weeks.

Yeah, but he's going
to be embarrassed about it,

so let's not mention it.

- Yeah, let's not, huh?
- Not a word.

Hey.

We're all here for you. I'm serious.

If you ever need anything...

Just blow on that.

Hey. Franklin Park, Des Plaines.

Yesterday afternoon.
Three victims shot at distance.

It's the third such shooting
in two weeks.

- A sniper?
- We don't use that word.

Why not?

The public perception is that the FBI

doesn't have an exemplary record
with snipers.

Besides, a sniper is a professional
marksman. These guys aren't snipers.

- What do we call them, then?
- L.D.S.K.

Long distance serial killers.

How many of these guys
have we caught using a profile?

None.

Two weeks. Three shooting incidents.
Six victims. All shot in the abdomen.

First and only fatality,

Henry Sachs, married, father of three,
shot in a shopping center parking lot.

Nine days later,
Doug Miller and Kevin Parks

were playing basketball
at a community center.

Franklin Park.
Four days later, Jerry Middleton,

Kate Murray and Tim Reilly.

The Des Plaines Police have found
no link between any of the victims.

- Ballistics?
- He's using frangible rounds

which fragment on impact, making
ballistics comparisons impossible.

The good news is that all the park
victims are going to make it.

The bad news is
that none of them saw anything.

However, one of the patients does have
an intact bullet lodged in his spine.

Well, what's the prognosis?

Well, there's disagreement
among surgical staff

as to whether they can remove
the slug without paralyzing the patient.

Well, without a useful witness
or solid piece of forensic evidence...

The profile is all we'll have.

Nietzsche wrote,

"The irrationality of a thing
is not an argument

"against its existence,
rather, a condition of it."

L.D.S.K.s are so rare we haven't been
able to build a standard profile.

Here's what we do know:
they're always male,

they frequently have law enforcement
or military experience,

and they always contact the police
or the media.

To take credit or relive the experience?

Both. All serial killers attempt to relive
the ecstasy they get from their killings.

Some use souvenirs
taken from the victims,

and others return to the dump site
to interact with the body.

Both modes require contact
with the victim.

Contact which, by definition,
long distance serial killers don't have.

The Beltway Shooters left a tarot card
at one of their crime scenes.

Later they called a tip hotline
which ultimately led to their capture.

But our UnSub
hasn't contacted anybody.

He will.

Until he does, what do we have?

Sometimes it's not what the UnSub
does that reveals the profile.

Sometimes it is what they do not do.

He doesn't kill his victims.

"Underkill" is a unique signature.

Question is, does he shoot them
in the stomach intentionally,

just to wound them?

Or is he just aiming
at the biggest part of the target?

Specifically, does the UnSub lack
the skill to make the head shot,

or simply the will to take it?

Agent Hotchner?

Detective Calvin,
this is Agent Morgan, Agent Reid.

Thanks for coming. Follow me.

The cones mark the places
where the victims were.

So we know he fired
from somewhere in this area.

Close enough to hit all three victims,
but far enough away not to be seen.

If he's wounding
his victims intentionally,

we would classify him
as a "sadistic killer."

- That would help us?
- Well, we know a lot about sadists.

But most want to be close
to their victims to watch them suffer.

A powerful scope would allow
him to observe it from a safe distance.

Well, how do we determine
if he's a sadist?

We spend some time in his shoes,
and we let him tell us.

Come on, Barry, you don't know that!

Good morning, doctors.

Forgive us. We were just
reviewing the cases at hand.

This is Dr. Neil Erstadt,
Chief of Surgery,

and our trauma specialist,
Dr. Barry Landman.

These are the FBI profilers,
Agents Gideon, Jareau, Greenaway.

- How do you do?
- How are you?

You'll forgive me. I don't shake.
My hands, you understand?

Of course.

So as psychological profilers,
what exactly are you looking for?

How the victims were shot.

That could reveal
the shooter's signature behavior.

These separate wound channels
"blossom" from the entrance wounds.

You can see the trauma is extensive.

- You performed the surgeries?
- On patient Miller.

I consulted with Dr. Landman
on the others.

The intact slug lodged
between the L4-L5 vertebrae.

Any attempt to remove it would likely
leave the patient paralyzed.

In your opinion.

- In my opinion.
- Disagree?

With the right surgeon, there is no risk.

There's always risk.

What significance does the bullet have
in building the profile?

Well, even if we can't get
a ballistics match,

we can get a rifle type,

and the specific type of rifle
the suspect uses.

That could be very significant
to the profile.

You believe you can safely perform
the surgery, Dr. Landman?

I know I can.

This handicapped spot
couldn't be further away

from the entrance to the building.

Yeah?

It also has line of sight to
all three victims and the flagpole.

What are you thinking?

At this range,
the UnSub would have to factor in

wind direction and speed as he shot.

To do this, he needed a spot
with a wide field of fire,

where he could see the flag to judge

how the wind would affect each shot.

He came here before the shooting,
decided this was his spot,

and ensured that it would be empty
when he came back.

My guess is he's shooting from his car.

Well, that would mean he wanted
to get away from here quickly,

that he didn't stick around
to watch his victims suffer.

So he would not be a sadist.

What would he be?

A very smart, very resourceful,
very paranoid sociopath.

If I'm the UnSub, why do I shoot
my victims between 2:55 and 3:15?

That's when I'd do it.
There are fewer cops on the street.

- Why's that?
- Well, the police overlap shifts,

so there's always someone
minding the store.

Second shift starts at 3:00,
first shift walks at 3:30.

Wouldn't there be twice as many cops
on the street at that time?

In theory.

First half-hour of your shift,
you're in roll call,

you're not on the street.

And the last half-hour,
you're at the station,

you're finishing reports,
you're booking prisoners.

So the 25 minutes
around the first/second shift,

that's a bad guy's golden window.

How many people outside
law enforcement would know that?

But the UnSub does,
and you've already thought of this.

I had considered it.

Hope you find it useful.

Dr. Landman? How is Mr. Middleton?

The patient will make a full recovery.
As I told you he would.

Radiology is set up to take photos
and e-mail them out for consults.

Call Hotch.
We're getting the bullet to Garcia.

Fill him in on the shift-change theory.

One second.

Yeah, Morgan.

- Isn't this spooky?
- Isn't what spooky?

That right now,
you were thinking about me,

and out of the blue, your phone rings.
And it's me. Huh?

How's that for a spiritual connection?

Do I know you?

Why do you hurt me?

Garcia, please tell me you've nailed
down a geographic profile on our guy.

Okay, I'll give you the good news first,

which is not that good,
but it's better than the bad.

We think the shooter
has intimate knowledge

of law enforcement procedures.

Detective Calvin,
how far out of your jurisdiction

- is crime scene number two?
- About a sixth of a mile. Why?

If he knew how difficult it is
for local police departments

to interact with each other,

he may have intentionally
crossed jurisdiction lines.

Y'all are saying the shooter is a cop.

We're saying it's a possibility.

He scouted and prepped
each crime scene.

He chose an elevated position
with excellent enfilade,

and perfect field of fire.

- That's textbook military practice.
- True.

Yeah, but maybe he was in the Army.

He was probably a Marine, Ranger
or other specialized unit.

Garcia says the bullet was a .223 fired
from an M4 variant of the M16.

All the services use an M4.

It's got a shorter barrel than the M16.

It's less accurate,
and it's a lot harder to fire,

especially at these distances.

This level of skill indicates
specialized training.

If he has specialized training,
he knows exactly what he's doing.

- He intended to wound them.
- The "underkill" is deliberate.

Everything he does is deliberate,

but it's as if he needs to show us
how smart he is.

Well, since the crime scenes aren't
centered around one single location,

Garcia can't get a geographic profile
without additional data.

- What kind of data?
- More crime scenes.

She's going to get them.
This guy's got something to prove.

- How did it play out?
- He's been suspended.

But my guess is that the school board
is gonna go after him,

and they're gonna try to expel him.

I don't feel very good.

I'm gonna go to the ladies' room, okay?

Okay.

Honey, you have something
on your dress.

Hey! What was that?

Three more victims
with non-fatal wounds

and it's only been 48 hours
since the last shooting.

Media attention and the FBI presence

will only escalate his desire
to shoot again.

- Meaning?
- This is going to get much worse.

Then we need to give the police
a profile immediately.

- You ready?
- State troopers.

This is the second time
he's crossed jurisdictions.

Yeah, we're ready.
They're not gonna like it.

This initial profile is not ready
to be given to the media.

Releasing this profile prematurely
can get people killed.

We're looking for a 30
to 40-year-old male veteran

driving a car large enough
to shoot from,

but not so large it was noticed.

Like the Beltway Shooter,
it's probably a sedan,

customized to conceal the shooter,
his weapon and the sound of his shot.

The UnSub suffers
from both narcissistic

and paranoid personality disorders.

He works out obsessively
and is never without a weapon.

He's completely self-centered
and cannot empathize with others.

Incapable of admitting fault, he blames
his shortcomings on those around him.

He has no friends
and his career history

has been marked
by frequent job changes.

He's drawn to high-stakes jobs
by a need to prove his superiority

to a world he perceives
has undervalued him.

And these shootings are
the ultimate expression of that need.

We believe he changes
jurisdictions intentionally,

and strikes during
the first/second shift change,

indicating an intimate knowledge
of law enforcement.

You're saying he's one of us?

We're saying he once was,
or is now, a police officer.

- Is he driving a white van, too?
- Enough.

That'll be all for now.

We can talk in my office.

Thank you.

Sergeant Weigart, we would like
to re-enact the third shooting

- during the shift change.
- Why?

Well, to better understand his MO.

How does he get there,
how does he leave,

what's the traffic like.

It could help us with witnesses.

Maybe the victims or bystanders
saw something but don't realize

the significance of what they saw.

All right. Let's do it.

How are you holding up?

Look at me, without a gun on my belt,
I look like a teacher's assistant.

You're not worried about how you look.

Hotch told me that
when he came to the BAU,

you told him he didn't need
a gun to kill somebody.

Well, the only truly
effective weapon we have

is our ability to do
the one thing they can't.

- Which is what?
- Empathize.

They dehumanize their victims.
We humanize the killers.

You're just saying that to convince me
I don't need to carry a gun.

I don't care you carry a gun or not.

Deadliest weapon we have
is a thorough and accurate profile.

Of course you believe that.

Footpath Killer, he had a shotgun
to the back of my head.

I'm here, he's not.

Elle, Jerry Middleton was facing

a little further south.

Can you give us that?

- How's that?
- Perfect. Hold your camera right there.

It doesn't look like
Jerry Middleton had a clear view

of the sniper's vehicle
when he was shot.

The tree branches are in the way.

I do have a clear view
of the vehicle from here.

Tim Reilly would have seen it
if he'd looked down from the kite.

Good, have the UnSub
pop the trunk, see if Reid can see it.

No, sorry. I can't.

Nothing from position one.

Okay, everybody,
move to position two.

And now, we go to John Jenkins,

reporting live from Franklin Park,

with breaking news
on the sniper investigation.

Through anonymous sources...

You gotta see this.

We have learnt that
the FBI profilers have told

the police task force that the sniper
is in fact

a member of
the Des Plaines Police Department.

Who could have leaked this?

The only people who had
the profile were your people,

and the profile implicates them.

Why would a cop
leak sensitive information

that would not only implicate
one of his own,

but make every citizen in the county
afraid to get pulled over?

Well, what does he get out of it?

Contact with the media.

What?

The cop who leaked this story
is a good suspect.

Contacting the media could have been
his sick way of keeping this alive.

Vic, why don't you go ahead
and call the station

and find out what they've got in mind
for one of the later shows...

Mr. Jenkins, I'm Special Agent
Jennifer Jareau with the FBI.

- We need you to identify your source.
- No way, I know my rights.

Hey, hey! Shoot the... Vic, shoot this!
Get this all on tape.

You got cuffs?

You should know the FBI considers
these shootings an act of terrorism.

Under the Patriot Act we can
detain you as long as we need to.

All I know is his cell number.

We have a lead.

Rainmaker. How wet do you want it?

It's Hotch. I have a cell phone number,
and I need the name on the account.

If you call the cell I can throw in
the real time location, no charge.

- Are you ready?
- I was born ready.

Shouldn't you pull your people
out of the park?

If we do, and the shooter is here,
he'll sense something is wrong.

He could start shooting.

That cell is part of a batch purchased
by the Des Plaines Police Department.

I need a name, Garcia.

It's gonna take a second.
I have to pull it from their system.

Then give me the location.

Franklin Park, Des Plaines.

He's here.

The name, Garcia.

- McCarty, Scott.
- Scott McCarty.

- McCarty is the UnSub.
- Yeah, where is he?

McCarty is playing the UnSub.

- We need to talk to Scott McCarty.
- He's the leak.

McCarty. Why am I not surprised?

I need SWAT in the lot ASAP.

- It's McCarty. We need to come heavy.
- Copy that.

We didn't say he was the shooter.

You could just call him on the radio
and tell him to come to us.

Best case, he leaked the story.

Worst case, I'm not about to let him
take down any of my men.

We come heavy
and we take him clean.

This is McCarty, what's going on?

- Reid! Reid, get down.
- What?

Toss your rifle and your side arm out
of the vehicle and show us your hands!

- I don't understand.
- We know what you did, Scotty.

- Look, I can explain.
- Don't make me give the order!

Okay, all right, all right!

Now open the trunk lid slowly.

Come on. That's it.

Everything is secure.

Put your hands up.

- Got it.
- Yes, sir.

Okay, get him up, get him up.

- Shot fired!
- Get down!

Go! Gun!

Shots fired! Shots fired!
Get down!

How did McCarty end up playing
the UnSub?

Weigart punished McCarty for
mouthing off during the profile briefing

by making him the UnSub
and sticking him in the trunk

of the car all afternoon.

Wait, then how did the UnSub find out
about the re-enactment?

Look, come on, cops talk.
Pissed-off cops talk loud.

At home, at the bars, at gyms,
and to anyone who'll listen.

What do we know?

Our UnSub went from wounding
civilians to executing a police officer.

So, he's escalated.

He's not staying on script.

Sometimes it's what they don't do.

He did not pick McCarty at random.

- He didn't take the gut shot.
- Why?

Wants to send a message.

"Nobody takes credit for my work."

Yes, sir, his ego won't allow it.
He feels underappreciated.

Okay. But we still don't know
why he wounds them.

Excuse me.

We know if a killer has no contact
with his victims,

he will contact the media.

But he hasn't contacted the media.

- He has contact with his victims.
- And there's only one way.

All right, thanks.

Garcia nailed down
the geographic profile.

The crime scenes are centered
on two separate locations.

The hospitals.

- I believe it's a case of "hero homicide."
- What's that?

The best-known case
was hospital nurse Richard Angelo.

He would inject toxins into his victims,
then wait for them to crash

so that he could run to the rescue
and save them.

He killed 25 people,
and that's just that we know of.

If he attacked them to save them,
why did he kill 25 people?

Wasn't very good at it.

Yeah, and hospitals don't keep records
of people who "almost" died.

So, what's the profile
of one of these guys?

Arrogant. Conceited.

Feel superior to everyone around them.

You've just described
every surgeon I've ever met.

You'll forgive me. I don't shake.
My hands, you understand?

Of course.

Landman.

Let's start with Landman.

Call Weigart. Tell him we need
a discrete perimeter around this block.

I'm gonna go check out Landman's car.

Okay, courtesy of Garcia.

Landman was Army.
Started out in MP school.

Well, there's your law enforcement.

He was smart.

Got a degree on Uncle Sam

and ended up a doctor
with Special Forces.

And bounced around from hospital
to hospital since his discharge in 2001.

Has Dr. Landman been under
any unusual strain?

Has he had a reprimand?

Has he had any kind
of major blow to his ego?

Last month he was passed over
for Chief of Surgery.

Let's get a warrant for his house.
Let's see if we find the weapon.

Okay.

What can I do to help?

You can tell me where he is right now.

One-six-one, Nurse...

- Where's Marston?
- She's not coming.

Look, I'm very busy right now.

Perhaps you could make
an appointment.

- Busy with what?
- Things.

What kind of things?

WOMAN ON PA:

Doctor to coronary care...

- You're considering me a suspect?
- Yes.

Well, that's disconcerting. I heard
what happened to your last suspect.

- Do you want to know why?
- Collective incompetence?

Have you ever heard of
"hero homicide"?

Would I be less suspicious
if I let my patients die?

Absolutely.

Imaging center,
pick up line 5115.

You get anything from his car?

- It's a red two-seat Maserati.
- Of course.

If he's the shooter,
he has another vehicle.

This type of killer seeks
the power over life and death.

He covets the power of God.
Do you know anyone like that?

I want you to understand something.

When my patients
are in the operating room,

they need God,
and that is exactly what I give them.

When someone's holding
your beating heart in their hands,

who do you want holding it?
Me? Or God?

- Where were you today at 3:00?
- I was in my office.

Alone?

I was in my office with Dr. Hannah Pate.

I'm not the only one
who thinks I'm a god.

She's in the ER right now.
Go on. Ask her.

Reid, let's take a walk down to the ER.

My guess is, Dr. Pate is going
to corroborate Landman's alibi.

You don't think Landman's
the shooter?

Richard Angelo wanted to be a hero

because in his everyday life
he was nobody.

Landman is a surgeon.
He has power and recognition.

Yeah, but you know,
surgeons are a different breed.

They're the stars in their field and
Landman is definitely not one of them.

Gurneys needed
at the west entrance...

Excuse me.
I'd like to speak with Dr. Pate.

Yes, sir, I'll go find her for you.

The motivations for "hero homicide"
are excitement, power and respect.

And even though Landman's not a star,
he still gets respect.

Racing against the clock to save
someone's life is exciting.

Maybe it's not exciting enough, that's...

That's why he shoots
three people at a time.

But he can only operate on
one at a time.

It wouldn't be any more exciting.

Trauma team to ICU west...
Trauma team to ICU west.

At least not for Landman.
And not in the OR.

Policemen and ER personnel are on
the exact same 24-hour shift schedule.

The UnSub wasn't shooting
at shift change

because there are fewer cops
on the street.

He works the second shift
in the emergency room!

Contact with the victims.

Sir, you can't use a cell phone
in the hospital.

Excuse me for a minute, please.

We're FBI agents, and we believe

that one of your staff members
might be the sniper.

Now the man that we're looking for
works second shift

and he would have transferred
from Arlington in the past two weeks.

We haven't hired
any new personnel in two months.

- Are you sure?
- Yeah.

He has the worst narcissistic
personality disorder I've ever seen.

But he's not our guy.

Subunit 12, we're
with the hospital designated security.

That's it, let's go ahead
and go in for the...

- Look, I've got patients who need me...
- He's in his thirties.

He's vain, rude, arrogant, he works out,
he shows up to work late,

he blames others for his mistakes,

doesn't take responsibility
for his behavior,

all of his co-workers detest him...

Oh, my God. It's Phillip Dowd.

- He's... He picks up shifts at Arlington.
- Is he here today?

- Oh, my God.
- Okay...

Okay. Your patients need you calm.

Tell me, is Dowd working today?

Do you see him?

Go tell Gideon.

Reid. Easy.

Nobody moves, and nobody dies!

Better be a head shot.

I got this on full auto. Anything less,
I go down squeezing the trigger.

Get up! Get over here!
Double time, let's go!

You, take your partner's gun,
put it on the counter.

He's not armed.

See for yourself.

Hands on your heads.

Get up, Keith.

Put those on them.

Now put them on yourself.

Now, step back. Back up.
Back up. Back up.

Get down on the ground.

Have a seat.

Now what kind of an FBI agent
doesn't carry a gun?

- I'm a profiler.
- Profiler?

- They sent you to figure me out?
- We did.

- That's how we found...
- Shut up, Reid.

No, don't shut up.

Tell me what you think
you know about me.

Go ahead, genius. Tell him. Tell him.

But remember,
get it wrong and he's going to kill you.

Okay, you're the boss, you tell me.

Who am I? What's my plan?

We know you shot 11 people
in broad daylight and left us nothing.

You executed a cop in front of the FBI
and got away clean.

And I know your plan is to go down in
a hail of bullets.

What else do you know?

He joined the Army at 18.
Went to Ranger school.

Did six years before being
dishonorably discharged

in '95 for conduct unbecoming.

Obviously lied about it
and joined the Arlington PD.

- You were right. He was a cop.
- For nine months.

When they found out he lied about
the discharge, they kicked him out.

Soon thereafter,
Dowd got his nursing license.

He's been bouncing from hospital
to hospital ever since.

I know you're the smartest guy
in every room you've ever been in,

and no one's ever known it.

People feel threatened by you and try
to sabotage you every chance they get.

You're not a bad person.

You helped save all
of your victims afterwards.

First guy wasn't your fault.

If the EMTs had been there on time,
he would've lived.

Took those guys 13 minutes. Thirteen!

- You want to barricade the door.
- What?

Have me and the kid do it.

Let them see you that you've got two
FBI agents in here doing your bidding.

Yeah, right.
Let you give them a signal?

What signal?
They knew you were in here.

They knew you were armed.
What can I tell them?

What is this?
Some sort of profiler trick?

New negotiation tactic?

Yeah, the barricade's
a good idea, though.

- Now why would you want to help me?
- I don't.

You said they knew I was in here.

- I said, "They know you're in here."
- No.

- That's not what you said.
- Why does it matter?

It matters because your partner
wants to help me

even though he doesn't know it.

Go ahead, Boss Man. Tell him why.

If you lie or leave anything out, pop.

They knew he was in here.

They knew he was armed
and dangerous.

And they knew that he was gonna fight
to the last round.

And they sent me in here
with an unarmed kid

who can't shoot his way out
of a wet paper bag.

They set you up.

Exactly, and they're probably laughing
about it right now.

And that's why you want to help me.

I wouldn't say I want to help you.

But when they come in here to get
revenge for the cop you killed,

you're gonna go down fighting.

And in the crossfire,
a lot of us are going to die.

They sent me in here,
I figure why make it easy for them?

Can I talk to you for a moment?

Please don't send your men in yet.

You have to consider the possibility
that your men are dead,

or at least disarmed.

Agent Hotchner
is a very experienced profiler.

He's gonna do whatever he has to do
to get Dowd to like, trust, respect him.

And... And once he does,
he will get Dowd to end this peacefully.

I... I just ask you to give him time.

Dowd has already shot 10 people.
He killed a cop!

The cop is dead.

This man is a violent,
deranged paranoid. It's a game.

He's... He's gonna do
whatever he has to.

You send your men in,
they're just gonna become villains

in his little hero fantasy.

You're letting him call all the shots.

How are your unarmed men
going to stop him?

They're not unarmed.
They have his profile.

They understand him.

Three minutes,
and my men are ready to take the ER.

Your men have three minutes.

You know why they took away
boy genius's gun?

- Why?
- He failed his qualification.

Twice a year I gotta listen to him
whine about re-qualifying.

So I tutor him, and he fails again.

You think you've got it rough?

These people done nothing
but undermine me since I got here.

Put them next to the barricade.

That way when they blast their way in
here, both of our problems are solved.

That sort of thing could ruin
a cop's career.

- You are one sick dude.
- How do you think I found you?

Time's up! Ready teams for assault.

- Can I ask you a favor?
- You can ask.

I figure the chances of my getting out
of here alive are pretty slim.

So?

I wanna kick the snot out of this kid.

He's made my life miserable
for three lousy years.

Knock yourself out.

How smart are you now, smart guy?

It's front sight, trigger press,
follow through!

It's not that hard!
A Dalmatian could do it!

Let go, let go!

- Feel better?
- I think he got the message.

What's that?

We go in five, four...

- We go now!
- Federal agent!

- Federal agent! Hold your fire!
- Hold your fire!

It's all clear!

Shakespeare wrote,

"Nothing is so common
as the wish to be remarkable."

You all right?

Yeah.

Nice shot.

I was aiming for his leg.

I wouldn't have kept kicking, but I was
afraid you didn't get my plans.

I got your plan the minute you moved
the hostages out of my line of fire.

Well, I hope I didn't hurt you too badly.

Hotch, I was
a 12-year-old child prodigy

in a Las Vegas public high school.

You kick like a 9-year-old girl.

No, keep it.

As far as I'm concerned,
you passed your qualification.

Reid, you all right?

Touché, kid.

How you doing?

You were right.
You don't need a gun to kill somebody.

- No, you don't.
- But it helps.

Yes. It does.

I... I know I should feel bad
about what happened.

I mean, I killed a man.

You know, I should feel something.

But I don't.

Not knowing what you feel or...

That's not the same
as not feeling anything.

This is going to hit you.

And when it does, there's only three
facts you need to know.

You did what you had to do.

And a lot of good people are alive
because of what you did.

- What's the third?
- I'm proud of you.