Criminal Minds (2005–…): Season 15, Episode 10 - And in the End - full transcript

Previously on
"criminal minds"...

Our unsub is Everett lynch.

He's a conman who
slices off the faces

of the women he seduces.

This was the first
time that I was beaten

by someone younger,
faster, stronger than I am.

Everett lynch was
the FBI's most wanted.

He remained at large
until we caught up with him.

Captain montero, breach.

He died in an explosion,

along with 6 of our agents.



It doesn't make sense to me.

I don't understand how
that type of personality

can choose to blow itself up.

If he could get to a tunnel.

Lynch is still alive.

Well, you know,
you better thank your man upstairs

for making it the whole team,

otherwise you know they'd find a
reason to bring us back up in here.

Why? They got other teams.

Ok, you can go on believing
that if you want to,

but I am not answering
my cellphone. Ok.

Oh, there he is.

Pretty boy.

Last chance.



I can get my man to swing you a
hotel room for practically nothing.

Even you might get
a little loving out there.

Thanks anyway.

Come on, Reid.
Live a little, huh?

I have to go... going home.

Have a good one, guys.

Bye.

He look ok to you?

He looks about the way I would

if I was gonna spend
two weeks with my family.

Hey, don't knock family.
I'm gonna get nothing but

for the next 336 hours.

Hey, good for you.

Haley's got a list of chores a mile long,
and I can't wait.

The biggest decision I got to
make is what I'm gonna do first.

I bet you she has a thought
or two about that as well.

Bring it on!

I'll be lost
in a cabin in the woods

for the next two weeks.
Do not call me for anything.

Have a great time.
You all deserve a break.

Seriously, don't call.

Gideon.

Gideon! Hotch!

I hit my head and now
I'm seeing things.

Section chief Strauss?

Hello, Spencer.

You're dead.

Ha ha ha! I am.

Does...

Does that mean that I'm...

No. Not necessarily.

I passed out in my apartment.

You have intracranial
hemorrhaging.

My brain is shutting down?

Parts of it are.

Parts of it are
struggling to survive.

Which part are you?

You need help.

What if this is permanent?

My mom started out
hallucinating.

You never displayed any
signs of schizophrenia.

You know that.

This is a journey.

Some people see
corridors of light,

some people see
people they love.

What you see is up to you.

You symbolize my guilt,

the... dead agents.

You have to make
that decision yourself.

You'll be tempted
about which way to go.

Don't be afraid.

6 agents blown to pieces.

Damn. You're gonna
need a bigger boat.

I gotta ask,

when they go kablam like that,

do you have a guy that
puts them back together or...?

I'm talking to you, doc.

Or it is special agent?

Addict?

Convict?

Shut up.

But I have one more question.

How come when I kill people,
they're called victims,

but when you do it,
they're called casualties?

Dead is dead. Am I right?

Ooh, boy.

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George foyet.
He likes to attack them inside

or near their cars

at night on poorly lit,
less populated roads.

George foyet.

Why are we here?
You think this is my hell?

Doesn't matter what I think.

I'm not in control.

This is where you first met me.

Ha. Look at that handsome devil.

So Strauss was the angel,
and you're the devil.

I never said that.
Just the handsome part.

Why would I picture you?

Hmm? Of all the offenders that...

Because I killed
that sweet Haley

and old Aaron hotchner
was never the same.

You got me.

You know what that means.

None of you were.

I was the beginning of your end.

This good vs. Evil game
is all you know.

And I'm the best your
rattled brain could conjure.

Well, last night was the
best sleep I've had in ages.

Tell me about it.

And what a way
to start the morning.

What?

You have a peace about you.

I do, huh? Mm-hmm.

With lynch dead, you...

You seem different.

You know, all my time
at the bau,

there were a lot
of whales to catch,

and Everett lynch was
one of the biggest.

And I needed to make
sure he couldn't...

Hurt anyone else.

Otherwise I couldn't...

You couldn't what?

Sleep.

No, no, no.

No, that is not what
you were gonna say.

That is not what
you were gonna say.

Are you...

Are you retiring?

That's such an ugly word.

Oh, my god!

David, we have to do something.

What, now you're
planning my sendoff?

Yep, it is gonna be
the best, fastest sendoff

you have ever seen.

Why fast?

Because I don't want
you to change your mind.

Now get out of here. Go.

I don't want you to be late for
one of your last days at school.

Mmm.

Go.

♪ Head down and meet
you out back ♪

Because we got to
document the lady bonding.

The lady bonding.

Do you have another one?

I am both horrified and delighted
there's evidence of last night.

Wait, what is this?

It helps with hangovers,

and that is all you
need to know.

It tastes like you
scraped the forest floor

and juiced it.

Ha!

Even that's too generous. Ugh.

Hey, hey!

Emily told me what you guys
were getting into,

and I figured you
could use these.

Thank god.

Get this caffeine
into my face hole.

This is from lunacorn.

Luke alvez, stop
making me like you.

Ha! Never.

Vision boarding go well?

Oh, you have no idea
how many stickers were used.

Where's Reid? I want to
talk to the whole team.

Oh, Spence probably slept in.

He took it really hard.

Well, let's start our
after-action review now,

and we'll fill him in
when he arrives.

Ok, DNA results coming at ya.

Casualty count still hold at 8,

including Roberta
and Everett lynch?

Yes. Wait, no.

Garcia?

Yes, 8 casualties...

Our 6 agents, Roberta lynch,

and Orlando gaines,
the private investigator.

That's it.

Wait. Wait a minute.
That means that...

Everett lynch is still alive.

Well, I hope somebody finds you.

That big brain's gonna
be a bowl of mush.

What a way to go out, huh?

Slow brain bleed.

And nobody knows you're here.

It's tragic

and yet...

Ironically fitting.

Ahh.

Of course.

It was good to see
you again, doc.

Maeve.

It's you.

It's really you.

It's me.

Let me take her place.

You would kill yourself for her?

Yes.

No.

Maeve, I'm so sorry.

For what?

I let you die.

I wasn't smart enough
or fast enough to save you.

Stop.

Do you want to know
my deepest, darkest secret?

Mm-hmm.

I love nineties
rom-drams and rom-come.

The cheesier the better.

And my favorite one
was about this angel

who gave up his immortality

because he fell in love
with a human.

But they only had one day
together before she was killed.

I always wondered why
that one stuck with me.

And then we lived it.

Don't you dare be sorry.

I have no regrets.

I miss you.

Gah, I miss you, too.

But lucky for us,
we have some time together right now.

I need that.

You've been holding
on to trauma,

a lot of it.

But what sent you on this
journey is something different.

You're a crossroads.

Can you help me through it?

But first,

I need to tell you something
you don't hear enough of.

The world is a good place.

And it's even better
with you in it.

You ready?

Yeah.

Reno pd just confirmed
they found supplies

under lynch's hideout.

So he must have built an escape
to the tunnels under the house.

This guy's a planner.
He picked that target

because it gave him
an escape route.

We profiled Roberta
would take them both out,

but because of her love for her son,
she hesitated.

And that hesitation gave
lynch the seconds he needed

to execute his plan.

All right, so he escapes
right before the explosion.

We got to get back to Reno
before someone else gets hurt.

Garcia run
a search on lynch aliases,

any credit card activity.

He's radio silent for now.

It's only a matter of time

before this guy gets
desperate enough

to use one of his old aliases,

and when he does,
we've got him cornered.

Stop. Stop, stop.

Apply what we know based
on our experience with lynch

and others like him.

That's all profiling is,
that's all it ever was.

Now, you're lynch.

You have the full force
of United States

law enforcement on your heels.

Where else do you go?

Who else do you hurt?

Us.

They come after us.

He'll get off on
the power of attacking

on our home turf.

We need security
for our loved ones.

Alvez, Simmons,
contact troopers at all state lines.

I'll notify the director that
the lynch case remains open.

Jj, Garcia, check in on Reid.

Fill him in on his
way back here.

Perfect timing. What
kind of cake do you want?

There's a flag on the play.

I'm dispatching security
over to the house.

Is everything ok?

I just want to be extra sure
that you're protected.

I'll take it.

And hey,

do what you have to do, ok?

I'm the luckiest guy
in the world.

Damn straight you are.

Spence!

Spence, it's jj.
Can you hear me?

We need an ambulance immediately

at 937 hoover street,
apartment 23.

We have an agent down.

He's breathing.

Yes, we have an agent down.
That's what I said.

No. No, no, no, no.

No, no.

Why are we here?

I made peace with Gideon dying.

When's the last time
you saw him?

12 years, 7 months,
and 23 days ago.

Oh.

You're not keeping track
of disappointments at all.

My dad wrote me a note
when he left.

Gideon did the same thing.

He was the one that
convinced me to join the team.

And then he left.

All to believe in happy endings,

I just... I'm sad he
never got one.

Oh, no, he got one.

He's obsessed with this
octopus named Mildred.

She's a prankster,

and he loves hanging out
an 8-limbed mollusk,

trying to figure out how she
became so playful and wise.

She evolved.

Yep.

We all have to.

Turn around.

It's Dr. K.
Can you hear me, sir?

How long has he
been unconscious?

I don't know. There was
an explosion 24 hours ago.

Could it be a concussion?

So he's been under
a lot of stress?

Yes, he's an FBI agent.

I need to run some
tests. Are you family?

Uh, not technically.
That would be his mom.

Get him to ccu. Wake up.

I need to talk to
his mother right away.

I'll track down Diana.

She's at brookfield.

It's Emily.

Go.

No, no, no. I'm not leaving.

Spence will understand.
The team needs you.

I've got this. Go.

Thanks for
getting there so quickly.

What's the status?

Nothing of incident, sir.

Great news. She's expecting you.

Copy that.

Couldn't be any safer, ma'am.

Your husband made sure of it.

Come in. Thank you.

Oh, Diana, hi.
Hi. It's Penelope.

I work with Spencer.
I've come to see you before.

You're almost as tall as I am.

Diana, Spencer fell
and he hit his head really hard,

and he's not conscious.

Well, let's wake him up.
Let's see him.

No, wait. He'll listen to me.

Spencer.

It's not him.

No. No, no, no.
This is not my son.

See this little star
right there on your wrist?

That's from when
you feel when you were

trying to balance on
our backyard fence.

Oh, you were so determined
to make it the whole way.

And I'll never forget
looking out the kitchen window,

watching you out there
as you were trying to make

a balancing pole
from a broomstick.

Oh, my baby.

Oh, my baby.

Oh, please.

Why do you fight us?

If I die,
I'll let down my mom...

The team, everybody
who depends on me.

Ohh.

Family is resilient.

And as for strangers,

people were hurt before
you joined the bau,

and they'll get hurt
whenever you leave.

I guess I'm stuck.

More like frozen from grief.

Your father's physical absence,

your mother's
psychological one, me.

It's paralyzing.

How do you move through it
when you can't move?

You go back to the beginning.

I grew up telling stories
about who I was...

Son, friend...

Student, teacher,

genius.

Hero.

You seek and gain
approval by anyone.

It's time to stop.

You keep a nice house.

Oh, thanks.

Dave does his fair share.

I bet he does.

You know, you have
a mom energy about you,

caretakey thing.

My mom just died.

I'm so sorry.

You are?

Thanks.

She was a nightmare.

But I love moms.

I had a daughter,
and she loved her mom and my mom.

So I get the whole
mom thing, you know.

Beard, different glasses,

different hair color,
different eye color,

which means he's
wearing colored contacts.

Conmen know how to
change their look.

Take a look at this first identity again,
when he was mack.

I need to check with Dave.

Nah.

What if my brain's bleeding out

'cause there's nothing
left for me to do?

The world needs you
to do what you love.

Have you done that?

I don't know.

Sure you do. What do you love?

I love magic

and ghost stories.

Fiddling with your pen like me.

What else?

Jell-o...

Kumquats...

Uh...

Teaching, learning,

books, hope...

Making connections...

Making... Making a difference.

You.

I love you.

That's a lot to love.

Mrs. Reid?

The conservative approach
would be surgery.

It may reduce the swelling
around Spencer's brain faster.

There is risk. It could cause
seizures and even more bleeding.

I thought it was Tuesday,
and it's not Tuesday.

And so I can't tell you.

Could we have a minute?

Sure.

What would he want?

I don't want to
make the decision.

Diana, you know,
one time Spencer told me

that you and I are two of
the smartest people he knows.

I guess there's
some study that shows

that the heart and the stomach
have like cells of consciousness,

like a second brain.

And I get it that your
brain has done things

to attack Spencer sometimes,

but your heart and your guts
have always known

what's best for him. Am I right?

Yes.

So we're just gonna
use our brilliant insides

to make a brilliant choice
for Spencer right now, ok?

Ohh!

What's happening to my boy?

What is happening to him?

Look, there's no wrong choice,

but you have to decide.

You can stick around
on the blue marble

or travel out into
the great unknown.

It's time.

What are you gonna do?

You remember our
one and only fight?

About the world's greatest poet?

We were on the phone
for, I think, 4 hours.

You need to find that kind of
passion with someone again.

First I need to know

if your favorite is still...

E.e. Cummings.

"Whenever you think
or you believe or you know,

"you're a lot of other people,

but the moment you feel,
you're nobody but yourself."

"To be nobody but yourself...

"In a world which is
doing its best night and day

"to make you everybody else

"means to fight...
The hardest battle

"which any human
being can fight;

And never stop fighting."

Spencer.

Spencer.

Can you hear me?

Hi.

That's a good sign.

Is he gonna be ok?

He's putting up
one hell of a fight.

But it's still too early
to know for sure.

I need to keep him
here for tests.

Excuse me.

Hey. How is he?

Thank god.

Is he awake?

He opened his eyes for a second.

It's progress.

Please tell him I will
be there as soon as I can.

You bet I will. What's
going on with lynch?

We're thinking grace's
mom might be a clue

to where he's going.

I remember we didn't
have a lot on her.

Liz coster. She gave birth
to grace when she was 22.

And she od'd on oxy 5 years ago.

Uhh.

What's up, Dave?

Lynch wrote me into his story.

I've got to be part
of his end game.

I need more security
for krystall.

I saw his badge,
I just opened the door.

I'm so sorry.

You figure it out yet, David?

I've got something you need,
and you're holding my wife hostage

until you get it?

Call in all your favors.
It's gonna be a doozy.

They're near centerport.

We need a plan.

What kind of plan? A great plan.

I know what he wants. Call the director,
no one else.

This only works
if it's need to know.

What is it?

We're gonna have to
make a trade.

Has he been here before?

In the hospital, like this?

Yes.

Were you here for him?

Yes.

Aw, how awful.

It was, actually.

And then there was the time
agent hotchner was in the hospital.

And Morgan's wife.

And jj earlier this year

and... me.

Let them know
we're coming in. Code 3.

Yeah, I've...

I've actually been in
hospitals more times

than I am caring to admit.

Sometimes I think there's got
to be a better way, you know.

There's got to be
a better place.

There is.
There is for all of us.

Spencer, I saw some
cumuliform heaps today.

His favorite clouds.

I plucked that for him.

Everything is up there.

And we pluck what we
want when we want

and we let go what we don't.

That sounds very good.

Ok, I am plucking
a memory about...

Spencer's eyes, and they are
brown with gold on the outside.

I think they're gold
on the inside.

Gold on the inside.

Gold on the inside.

Hey, we were just plucking
eye memories of you.

I heard you.

Forgot how much I loved
those clouds, mom.

You helped me remember.

I did, huh?

Well, maybe I can
come back tomorrow

and we can watch
clouds together.

Am I alive, or is this heaven?

Sweetie, you are
very much alive.

There's gonna be
two suvs pulling in.

I'm in the first one.

Ok.

Fall in behind me.

No, no, no, no.
Nope, nope, nope.

Ahh! No.

Put them away.

You ok?

He didn't hurt me.

Lynch, we need more time.

Our pilots refuse to
leave U.S. airspace.

You didn't profile
that about me?

You see, the wealthy
ladies that I seduce,

they are suckers
for a real-life pilot.

Ha ha!

So you got the keys? You fueled up,
ready to go?

One condition. Take me.

She's got nothing
to do with this.

I need a hostage, Dave,
not a martyr.

No!

You put me on
that plane with you

with you and nobody's
gonna shoot you out of the sky.

They'll let you land,
you'll disappear,

and you'll never
hear from me again.

How do you know you'd
live to tell about it?

I'm willing to take that risk.

Yeah?

All right, let's go.

Pat your husband down
for me, will you, doll?

And lose the vest.

Let's go. We're wasting time.

My gun's in the car.

This can't be how it ends.

I love you.

I love you.

All right, put
these on, old man.

Come on.

I love you.

There's no shot.

Lynch won't give us
a line of sight.

Sit down.

Ground,
this is Gulf November 3-4 Juliet echo 1-1

requesting permission
to taxi for departure.

Ground to Gulf
November 3-4 Juliet echo 1-1.

We are currently clearing
the jetway for your departure

on runway 2-5.

Please stand by.

Roger that.

You know, there's so many
bright sides to what I do.

I guess you can call me
a lifelong learner.

When I was 19,
I taught myself Spanish.

I always figured the beaches of
Mexico would be a beautiful place

to spend the rest of my days.

Prentiss, come on, you
said we needed a great plan.

And we have one.

It started 20 years
ago when David rossi

and Jason Gideon submitted
their first requisition

for a private jet.

There are things none of
you know about that jet.

Think you'll be satisfied?

Laying low in Mexico?

Yeah, yeah.

I'll keep myself busy.

Ground to Gulf
November 3-4 Juliet echo 1-1.

Taxi to runway 2-5.

Hold short of delta. Roger that.

I mean, just think about all
those lonely beauties down there.

No, no, no, it's definitely
the perfect place

for a guy like me to disappear,

get on with the rest of my life.

Ahh!

Ha ha ha!

Ok.

Ah, thank goodness.

Rossi. Rossi, come on.

Fire at the fuel tank.

Uhh.

Get back! Take cover.

Ok.

It's gonna be a hell of a party.

Yep.

You ok?

I will be. It's just...

Hard to believe, you know.

Hey, someone knows
how to throw a party.

♪ I saw you standing

♪ behind the looking glass...

They say that good things
happen to good people.

Cheers.

♪ Take what you want

♪ but take it fast

♪ oh

♪ I feel like dancing

♪ It won't be long

♪ till I'm back

Wow.

How many parties
have you thrown?

Not near enough.

Ha ha ha.

Now this is a perfect backyard.

You two house hunting?

In Denver.

Don't worry, I'm not leaving.

I'm keeping my place here,
but we are looking at land out there.

It's a good time to invest.

Absolutely.

Hey, looking good, Dave.
How's the leg?

Well, it's been a long month,

but I'm back in business.

But how's that
little Rose doing?

She's the best baby ever.

Maybe because it's number 5 and
not much can surprise us anymore.

Maybe it's because we're
actually getting sleep.

Oh, not tonight
you're not, my friend.

This is gonna be the
celebration to end all celebrations.

Full commitment from everyone.

Rossi: You got it.

Can't believe it.
The band is breaking up.

How you feeling, kid?

I'm feeling great,

and I'm starting back next week.

Can't let the team
be down two members.

Oh, come on, teaching
and consulting?

You're making me look bad.

Just doing what I love.

Hey, I will drink to that.

Uh, you're not supposed
to start the festivities

until the belle of
ball has arrived.

Don't worry, ok,

'cause this is gonna
be the first of many.

Penelope, congratulations.

Here I thought we were coming
to celebrate Dave's retirement,

but Matt said it is
your farewell party.

And you had like
a hundred offers.

Oh, that's only if
you round up, but yes.

Anyway, it's nonprofit,
it's close to here,

and the dress code isn't all FBI
conservative like I've been having to do.

I'm still in denial
that you're leaving.

It won't be the same
without you.

Better not be.

Dave decided he wasn't
going to retire.

He didn't want the team
to go through too much

of a transition all at once.

That's 'cause
Dave's never gonna actually do it.

Hey, look, being with you all,

doing what few others can,

that's where I belong.

But this night is not about me.

To our beloved Penelope.

Ohh!

- A salut.
- A salut.

♪ And you, you will be queen ♪

♪ Though nothing

♪ will drive us away

♪ We can be heroes

♪ just for one day

just for one day, baby.

Just for one day.

♪ We can be us

♪ just for one day

♪ I can remember

♪ I can remember

♪ standing

♪ by the wall

♪ by the wall, by the wall ♪

And again!

♪ Shot above our heads

♪ above our heads

♪ and we kissed

kiss!

♪ As though nothing could fall ♪

♪ Nothing could fall

♪ and the shame

the shame!

Shame!

♪ Was on the other side

♪ oh, we can beat them

♪ forever and ever

♪ then we could be heroes

♪ just for one day

♪ We could be heroes

♪ We could be heroes

♪ we don't need no...

Thank you.

So, uh...

I was thinking since we're not
gonna work together anymore,

that, uh,

maybe I could
take you to dinner.

Yeah.

Yeah?

Yeah.

We'll eat.

I... yeah.

Cool. Mm-hmm.

Penelope reminds all of us

that change is good...

Painful, but good.

And as much pain as Lynda
Barnes caused all of us,

she has inspired me to change.

So I'm cutting all
my hair off. Get ready.

So, um, I've grown
up with Penelope,

not as kids, but as adults.

And she has become my sister...

There for me wherever
I've found myself.

Once she said that I was

the glue that kept
this team together.

But we all know

that that was really you.

So we're at the beginning
of the end.

And this time next week,
we're not gonna be together

like we have been for
as long as I can remember.

I need you each to know that you
hold a really special place in my heart.

And...

I want to freeze right now.

I want to soak this in.

There, I did.

Thank you for letting me
be a part of this for so long.

And thank you for reminding me

that there is an infinite
amount of heroism

and kindness in the world,

no matter how bleak it seems.

My favorite band says
the love you take

is equal to the love you make.

So instead of a toast,

I want to make a promise.

Can we please promise that
no matter where we go after this

that we keep this
feeling in our hearts?

Cheers.

Salut!

Salut!

Ok, lady and gent,
I know they just look like boxes,

but one of those is
a vintage stapler collection,

so be careful.

Thank you so much.

What's with the box brigade?

I thought you weren't leaving
till the end of the week.

Wait, moving out of here
like the colts did Baltimore?

Ok, no one knows
what that means.

So you weren't gonna tell us?

It's just that last night
was such a perfect good-bye,

right, and I thought
why not end on a high?

Penelope.

I can see I was wrong.

Look, I got some
treats for the movers.

And I could put the kettle
on and we could have tea

like civilized people.

Yeah?

Alvez: We can try.

Don't balefully look at me.
I'm really sorry.

So you expecting the queen?

Always.

I bequeath this...

To you.

Please take care of her.

Ahh. And here I thought
I was out of tears.

Oh, and, um,

I know that there's not
8 of us anymore, but.

I'm gonna name her Mildred.

Oh.

We will debrief on
the jet. Wheels up.

We got a new one?

Yes, and this will be
her maiden voyage.

I love the smell of
a new jet in the morning.

♪ Good night

♪ good-bye

♪ good luck

♪ don't cry

♪ it's the edge

♪ of it all

♪ it's the edge

♪ of it all

♪ all my friends

♪ at the end

♪ of the world

♪ I hope to see you again

♪ it's the end

♪ of this time

♪ it's the end

♪ of our time

♪ ooh

♪ oh, how little do we know?

♪ Ooh

♪ we had such a long way to go ♪

♪ When you sleep tonight

♪ you'll be in my dreams

♪ it's a kind of love

♪ it's all dark

♪ nothing comforting me

♪ the earth went quiet

♪ and the air went still

♪ I feel you now

♪ more than I ever will

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