Criminal Minds (2005–…): Season 3, Episode 1 - Doubt - full transcript

MORGAN: Last season
on Criminal Minds.

I believe you are no longer effective
in your post.

I am questioning
your ability to lead your team.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Sarah? Sorry I'm so late.
I got caught up at the office.

He butchered Sarah, Hotch.

He came after me,
he came to my home.

It's my fault.

It's time for Agent Hotchner's career
to come to an end.

Agent Prentiss,

you're going to help me
make that happen.



GIDEON: I knew it would be you
who came to the cabin to check on me.

You must be frightened.
I apologize for that.

I never meant to cause you any pain.

Then, I also never envisioned
writing this letter.

I've searched for a satisfactory
explanation for what I'm doing.

All I've come up with is,
a profiler needs to have solid footing.

I don't think I do anymore.

The world confuses me.
The cruelty, indifference, tragedy.

When my dear friend Sarah
was murdered, it tore a hole in me,

and I truly believed
the way to handle the pain

was to get back to our work
as quickly as possible,

get on to helping somebody else.

I thought I could handle
Sarah's murder, work through it.

Then, the very first case we had after
was on a college campus.



(WOLF LIKE ME PLAYING)

-Jim Griffith.
-Hi, Jennifer Jareau.

-Thanks for meeting us here.
-Thanks for taking this on so quickly.

Yeah, the faster we get here,
the faster we can help stave off panic.

I hear that.

What can you tell us
about the university?

It's small, tight-knit.
Dorms are still single-sex.

It draws from all over the country,
but students are mostly the arty type.

MORGAN: Have you increased
uniform presence on campus?

GRIFFITH: Yeah. Doubled it.
PRENTISS: Any other measures?

I've got security shuttles running 24/7,

and, as of tonight,
I've imposed a 10:00 curfew.

We need a corner of your precinct,
so we can set up shop.

GRIFFITH: You've got it.
Do you need to get to the hotel first?

No. Spree killings
in a confined area are a race.

He's racing to kill as many as he can.
We're racing to stop him.

Got a curse I cannot lift

Shines when the sunset shifts

When the moon is round and full

Gonna teach you tricks
that'll blow your mongrel mind

Hey, wait!

Baby doll, I recognize

You're a hideous thing inside

Damn.

If ever there were a lucky kind
It's you, you, you, you

I know it's strange
Another way to get to know you

Show you now

Thanks.

Okay, so talk to everyone on the floor
and we'll hang out in my room tonight.

No, I'm gonna study for Russian Lit.

There's a maniac trying to kill us all.
Don't worry, they'll grade on a curve.

It helps me feel normal.

Okay, just be nice to her. Please.

-She's making it worse.
-She's scared.

And using it as an excuse
to get into everybody's business.

Hey.

Okay, fine. You win.

-Where have you been?
-The library.

-Curfew's in five minutes.
-That's why we're here.

I don't want anyone drinking
on the hall. If you do, I'll write you up.

GIDEON: You see,
I met Sarah at college.

On a campus, just like that one,
31 years ago.

Campuses are supposed to be
places of life and excitement.

They're supposed to be
about the future.

Figuring out who you are,
who you're gonna be.

They're supposed to be about dreams,
not nightmares.

(GASPS)

About hope.

(GRUNTING IN PAIN)

I really don't understand
the world anymore.

GIDEON: All homicide
scenes are tragic,

but when the victim is someone young,

their life ripped away before
they've even had a chance to live,

it's devastating.

I've got men
at every exit point on campus.

(CAMERA CLICKING)

She had her Mace out,
but she didn't use it?

And it's well-lit.
He's not afraid of being seen.

-How often do the shuttles run?
-Every 10 minutes.

Were all the other victims
posed like this?

-With their arms crossed?
-GRIFFITH: Yeah. Why?

MORGAN: It's a classic sign of remorse.

The UnSub kills the victim
then immediately feels bad about it,

so he poses them like this,
so they'll rest in peace.

-You can tell that just by the arms?
-It's why you called us here.

To build a psychological profile
of your killer.

How long will it take your men
to clear the scene?

A few hours.

We're lucky there's a curfew,
otherwise, it'd be a mob scene.

Have Hotch set up at the precinct.
We'll run everything through him.

By the time this campus wakes up,
I want a handle on this.

What the hell?

Dean Suzanne Cable,
Special Agents Morgan and Gideon.

-Thank you for being here.
-I wish we didn't have to be.

I spoke to Amy's parents.

Funeral services will be held
on Sunday in Chicago.

They're arriving later today
to bring her home.

They asked me to let you know

that they will be staying downtown
at the Main Line Hotel.

If any of you would like to visit
or pay your respects,

-they'd like you to feel free to do so.
-How did you all let this happen?

What? Everybody is thinking it.

You are the FBI.
The campus is crawling with police,

and she gets murdered
waiting for the security shuttle.

-That's not helpful, Katie.
-REID: Actually, it is.

The fact that your friend was killed

in such a well-lit area
with a police presence

indicates that the killer is most likely
part of this campus.

He's not an outsider.

He's someone who wouldn't raise alarm
with police or potential victims.

You should also be aware
that the three victims were brunette.

-What?
-At this point,

we do consider it an intentional pattern.

So, tell me, how am I supposed to
keep these women safe?

I have security cameras being installed
in virtually every corner of the campus,

and that's coming out of the
city's budget, it's not the school's.

I want to shut down the school.

-It's a viable choice.
-But?

If the killer is part of the campus,

he may simply leave
once the school shuts down.

When classes restart,
there's a good chance he'll kill again.

-What would you do in my place?
-I can't say.

Shut it down.

I can't justify keeping these kids
locked up in a pen

while someone hunts them.

GIDEON: In this line of work, I was
afraid I would lose the ability to trust,

but I've realized I can't really look
at anyone, without seeing their death.

And as bad
as losing faith in humanity seems,

losing your faith in happy endings
is much worse.

Did the other victims
have this much overkill?

Death was caused by a single,
very forceful stab wound to the heart.

Yeah, he broke through
the breastbone.

CORONER: And after that
he just lashed out at random.

Well, no defensive wounds. She didn't
even hold her hands up to fight him off.

The first two victims were the same.

-Did you run toxicology screens?
-None of the others were drugged.

Considering that she was standing,
waiting for a shuttle,

my guess is, she wasn't either.

-I'm sorry about before.
-I'm sorry about your friend.

Your RA told us that you guys
were at the library last night.

Did you see Amy there?

We didn't go with her,
but we saw her there.

I thought she left before us.

Her bag wasn't at her cubicle,
or else we would have waited.

Did you notice anyone
she might have been talking to earlier?

Was it like her to be walking alone,
even in a dangerous situation like this?

She wasn't the victim type.

Ah. It's almost impossible
to pinpoint who's the most vulnerable.

That's why we're trying to teach you
how to best protect yourselves.

I just mean that she was strong,
and she was smart.

I don't know why
she didn't at least Mace him.

-Are a lot of girls carrying Mace?
-Pepper spray, Mace, switchblades.

If you can buy it online or find it
at the Army Navy store,

we've all bought it.

Are you sure about
who he's killing? Brunettes?

Pretty sure, yeah.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

-Prentiss.
-Good morning, Emily.

-Agent Prentiss?
-I'm here.

-I'm just checking in.
-Checking in?

-On your case. The college girls.
-We don't know that much yet, ma'am.

But you will let me know
if there's anything to report, won't you?

I really have to get back to work.

Of course.
You know where you can reach me.

(SIGHS)

Realistically, it'll take two or three
days to empty campus.

I'm afraid that'll be our window
for catching this guy.

GRIFFITH: What do you need from me?

You said
you were installing security cameras.

Yeah, this afternoon.

-Can they be functional by nightfall?
-I'll make sure.

You'll need as many men
as you can on duty.

If the UnSub's part of campus life,

he's gonna know
it's about to shut down.

The next few days,
that's his last chance to hunt.

Uniform presence helps,
but it'd also be good

to have some of your younger officers
go in plain clothes, try to blend in.

I can ask my men to work double shifts
till we're evacuated.

I'll call campus security
and have them do the same.

Good.

TUBBS: Morning.

GIDEON: How many victims have
we seen? How many crime scenes?

Hundreds? A thousand?

Pictures of families, victims,
both alive and dead.

I was always able to stay objective,
to stay at arm's length,

but now,

all I see is Sarah in them.

How many days will it take
to evacuate the students?

Two, three days, tops.

-Do you think it's premature?
-Do we have a choice?

Detective, can you gather your men?
We'd like to present a rough profile.

You got it.

All right, grab a seat.
Let's go. Anywhere.

We know everyone's tired,
working overtime.

I want to tell you
how much we appreciate it.

We'd like to give you a rough profile
of the man we're all looking for.

This is someone with access.

He's managed to move in a small
community with a high police presence

without raising suspicion.

Which means there's a good chance
that this is someone you've seen.

This UnSub has killed
three women in four days.

That's what we call a spree killing.

Now, most likely,
something has happened

in the past few days to set him off.

Because he kills white, brunette women
that stressor probably has to do

with a woman in his life
who fits the same description.

A wife, mother, girlfriend.

The women he's killing,
they're most likely a substitute.

What we need you to do

is look at people
who are part of the campus fabric,

see if anyone fits the bill.
Students, professors, support staff.

I'm sorry, but how are my men
supposed to know

about somebody's home life?

Well, the people around him
have seen him devolving.

If you suspect someone on campus,
talk to anyone who knows him.

Find out if he's recently found religion,
been drinking,

-even if he's been harming himself.
-He may feel emasculated.

Considering the stressor
and the victimology,

there's a good chance that rejection
is a recurring theme in his life.

This UnSub displays
a great amount of anger.

He stabs his victims repeatedly,
even after they're dead.

Seconds later, he feels remorse.
It's possible that his guilt is because

his victims were in a position
to trust him.

How's that?

As we said,
we think he's a part of campus life.

The victims, they feel safe around him.
He's able to get close.

He's also able to kill these women
without them fighting back.

Not one of them has defensive wounds
on their hands.

-Like if they'd been Tasered first.
-That's possible. Why?

Security guards on campus
aren't allowed guns. They carry Tasers.

Can you get me an employment list
for campus security?

(BEEPS)

What is it?

These markings
could have easily come from a Taser.

Employment list, campus security.
How are we gonna narrow this down?

This UnSub chose a closed community
on purpose.

He'd want to inject himself
into the investigation.

Can you check your records?

Find out if any of these security guards
responded to every crime scene.

-You got it.
-GIDEON: In the meantime, call Garcia.

Have her check the list
against criminal records.

Talk to me, girlfriend.

I need to give you a list
of security guards.

(HEAVY METAL MUSIC PLAYING)

-I got nothing.
-Nothing?

GARCIA: Nada. Your security guards
are all clean.

Squeaky. No criminal records.

What about a recent rejection?
Something set him off.

Did any of these guys
get fired recently?

Or did their wife leave?

I'm sorry, Em. That is far too general,
even for my powers of snooping.

Okay, okay.

Uh...

-You're a security guard...
-I'm not sure I like where this is going.

-You probably had higher ambitions.
-Easy.

Could you crosscheck these guys
against police and military records?

PRENTISS: See if any of them
got kicked out or rejected.

-I got one, but it's not recent.
-Give it to me anyway.

Nathan Tubbs. Rejected from
the police academy, 2003.

Failed his psych eval.

I've got the list of responders.
Only four guards were at every scene.

Nathan Tubbs.

PRENTISS: Garcia, what else
can you give me on Tubbs?

I've got a court appearance,
six days ago.

It looks like the judge gave his wife
full custody of their daughter.

No visitation rights.

How much do you want to bet
his ex-wife is a brunette?

-PRENTISS: You are the best.
-Word.

We've got a possible.

Clear.

PRENTISS: Bathroom's clear.

(OFFICERS CHATTERING)

Gideon.

I've got his work schedule here.
He's not on duty.

Where is he?

(LAZY EYE PLAYING ON CAR RADIO)

You shouldn't be walking alone.

My car's just two blocks ahead
in the parking lot.

-Well, I'll drive you.
-It's okay.

No, it's not.
It's my job to keep you safe.

Hop in.

-Okay.
-No, no, no. Up front.

I've been waiting

Do you like music?

I've been waiting for this moment
all my life

(VOLUME INCREASES)

-I'm not sure what you're all into.
-This is good.

(SIGHS) I have a daughter.
She's younger than you.

HELEN: She's pretty.

Judge says I can't see her.

I'm sorry.

So clear but so unheard

-You wouldn't do that, would you?
-What?

Make a baby with somebody
and then take her away.

No. No.

-Do you swear?
-What?

-Swear to me.
-I swear.

I've been waiting for this silence
all night long

You're not a liar, are you?

It's just a matter of time

No.

(EXHALES)

-My ex-wife is a liar.
-Um... This is my parking lot.

-I'll drive you to your car.
-It's okay.

No, no,
the entrance is right around the block.

-Please.
-Don't argue with me.

Aim free and so untrue

Everyone's so...
Focus clearly with such shine

(SIRENS WAILING)

Nathan Tubbs,
hands where I can see them.

Hands where I can see them.

-Get out of the car.
-TUBBS: What's going on?

-MORGAN: Get out of the car.
-What is this about?

Get out of the car.

-I didn't do anything.
-Get down. Get down. Get down.

MORGAN: Stay there.

-Are you okay? Did he hurt you?
-No.

Okay. It's okay.

(SOBBING)

Okay. It's okay. Okay.

MORGAN: Don't move.
TUBBS: What is this about?

(GRUNTING)

-Don't move.
-I was protecting her.

-What's this?
-MORGAN: This is over.

GIDEON: Nathan Tubbs was easy,
but there was a time in my career

when I would have asked the question
I should have asked.

"Was he too easy?"

The biggest trap
for a profiler to fall into is pride,

forgetting that, for all your skills,
profiling is just a tool.

-Am I under arrest?
-I just want to visit for a while.

I didn't murder anyone.

You weren't supposed to be
working tonight.

TUBBS: They asked us
to pick up extra shifts.

-There's a killer out there.
-I know.

-You were at every crime scene.
-It's my job.

You seem to be doing it better
than any of your co-workers.

People should be thanking me.

Thank you.

You think
just because I'm a security guard,

I don't understand sarcasm?

Are you angry?

I know how interrogation works.

GIDEON: Do you lose
your temper easily?

Is this fun for you?

No.

How's it going out there?

-Gideon's winding him up.
-Smart.

Anyone who exhibits that much overkill
is bound to explode.

How goes it in here?

Means of subduing the victim,
potential weapon,

source of displaced rage, stressor,

evidence of a self-destructive spiral,
and trophies of his kills.

Everything that points to the profile,
yet nothing we can hold him on.

-That looks like it hurts.
-I've been under a lot of stress.

The murders? Your job?

(SIGHS)

A lot of things.

You keep clips of the murders
on your wall.

I'm working on the case.

(DOOR OPENS)

-You had a knife on you.
-We're not allowed guns.

Are you allowed knives?

(DOOR CLOSES)

She's pretty, isn't she?

The girl you picked up tonight
was a brunette.

-Oh, was she?
-Telling me you didn't notice?

-Do you like brunettes?
-Used to.

Not anymore?

Not so much.

MORGAN: You know, I wouldn't mind
some actual physical evidence.

JJ: Do we have anything?

The knife Tubbs had on him
is inconclusive.

The Taser didn't have any prints on it,

which I guarantee means we're
not gonna get a DNA match either.

I'll stop by the security offices.

If Tubbs kept any trophies
linking himself to the crimes,

he might have kept them in his locker.

-I'll go with you.
-MORGAN: No, let Reid do it.

Go to the hotel, check in. They're not
gonna hold our rooms forever.

-We'll go in shifts.
-I'll sleep when he confesses.

We all will.

-Why don't you charge me?
-Are you guilty?

You seem to have already
made up your mind that I am.

-I told you, you and I are just visiting.
-Mmm-hmm. Right.

Do you really want to know
what I think?

I think you chew your cuticles

to punish yourself
over what your hands have been doing.

I think you hate your ex-wife.
I think you want to kill her,

but you can't, because
she's the mother of your daughter,

so you find girls that remind you of her,
and you kill them instead.

You stab them, over and over,
because they deserve it.

If not now, they will sooner or later.

You're just saving someone else
the nightmare later on.

And then,
you remember your daughter.

How you're actually supposed to be
looking after these girls,

and so you feel bad, and you
cross their arms over their chests

to try to give them back
some of their dignity.

-My job is protecting these girls.
-Like you can't protect your daughter?

-I am a good father.
-Why won't the judge let you see her?

I'm not gonna talk about that.

Why did you fail
your police psychological evaluation?

I want a lawyer.

(DOOR OPENS)

Bag these and get them to the lab.

Jim, do you mind giving me a reason
you're holding my client?

We were looking for someone
who was part of the campus

who had motive and opportunity

and injected himself
into the investigation.

So, you had a hunch?

We have a comprehensive
psychological profile.

Your client fits exactly.

You did tell them
we deal in facts here, right?

Don't be a jackass, Paul.
I invited him here.

My client was working
during each of the murders.

-He was present at every scene.
-Because it's his job.

There's not one witness placing him
anywhere near one of the murders.

There's not a shred
of physical evidence.

Your client was apprehended
with a young woman.

She fits the description
of each of the victims.

Could you imagine
the uproar on this campus

if a brunette woman was killed

and people found out a security guard
let her walk to her car alone?

Excuse me.

-Did you get Tubbs' psych eval?
-Yep.

The police shrink
diagnosed him borderline

with anti-social
and sociopathic tendencies.

He's gonna be all over me.
I need to make a decision.

You can hold him for 72 hours
without charging him.

MORGAN: What do you think, Gideon?

I think only a guilty man
can lay his head down and sleep

when he's facing
three murder charges.

It's physically exhausting.

The killing, the secrets,
evading the police.

It's almost a relief
when you don't have to hide anymore.

-Tell me you're doing the right thing.
-We're holding him for 72 hours.

Everyone is so much younger
than I remember being.

(CHUCKLES) Yeah. It's a weird age.
You want to be treated like an adult,

but you're still used to someone else
solving your problems for you.

All I remember is
trying to figure out who I was.

You move around enough,

you get used to being
whoever people want you to be.

Hey, JJ.

Hey, there's a rumor going around
that you caught the guy. Is it true?

-We have someone in custody.
-Thank you.

(CHUCKLES) Oh!

GIDEON: It was like you could
physically feel the mood change

on the campus.

Kids, they're so resilient.

They trust and believe in a way
I remember, but can't reach anymore.

Like a very old picture.

If she was a cartoon character,

she'd have steam
blowing out of her ears.

She is a cartoon character.

Hmm.

GIDEON: You remember
the circumstances,

but the feelings, the emotions,

they're just out of your grasp.

-All right, see you.
-No, no.

-Well, I can't study here.
-That's the point.

Okay, I'm going to the cafe.
It's open late.

-Technically, we still have a curfew.
-Yeah, well, technically, I don't care.

Go, crazy girl.

She wasn't all that strict of a Christian

GIDEON: They believed in us,
believed in me.

The way Sarah believed in me.

She was a damn good dancer but
she wasn't all that great of a girlfriend

And, as with Sarah, I feel
that I led them right to the slaughter.

(GRUNTS)

Most nights are crystal clear

But tonight it's like
it's stuck between stations

These Twin Cities kisses
sound like clicks and hisses

We all tumbled down and drowned

GIDEON: What was I
even doing there?

How many times have I told you

that a profiler cannot do the job
if the mind is unfocused,

if anything is going on
in your personal life

that would cloud your judgment?

My mind has never been more
unfocused than it was on that campus.

Griffith, we got to get this barrier
pushed back. We're getting pressed.

Yeah, Joe, give me 10 more feet
on the tape, huh?

-I thought you had someone in custody.
-We do.

Ma'am, can you help me
with the students?

-How?
-Tell them

we understand that they're upset,
but we need room to do our job.

Yeah.

(CAMERAS CLICKING)

(CHATTERING ON WALKIE-TALKIE)

-I guess we can release Tubbs after all.
-Well, I think that would be a mistake.

-What are you talking about?
-I don't think it was the same killer.

You've got to be kidding me.

She has blunt force trauma to the head.
She was knocked out, not Tasered.

She's a brunette
stabbed to death on this campus.

These stab wounds are shallow.
They're hesitation marks.

Whoever killed her either
wasn't sure they wanted to be killing,

or they never tried it before.

GRIFFITH: There are no defensive
wounds. Just like every other victim.

That's not surprising,
considering the head wound.

-Excuse me, sir?
-What?

This was dropped at the precinct.
There were no prints on it.

"He's innocent. I'm still out here."

Now, do you believe
we have the wrong guy?

The first UnSub showed remorse.

He wouldn't brag about it
or flaunt his latest kill.

-I don't believe this.
-This victim wasn't posed.

The papers never included
details about the bodies.

If this was a copycat,

he could only do it the way
he assumed the first killer did.

Look, I asked you guys here
because I needed your help.

You're the experts,

but right now it sounds to me like
you're trying to cover your own asses.

Hey, look around. This is not the place
for this conversation.

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

-I'm so sorry.
-You said you caught him.

I said we had someone in custody.

Alisa's dead
and you're arguing over wording?

No. I'm so sorry.

(SPITS)

You need to keep people
out of here, man.

What? I'm fine. It's nothing.

Just wait here for a second.

Tubbs' lawyer's been here for the last
hour, demanding we release him.

-What happened out there?
-I think we got a copycat.

Do you want to tell me why the hell
my client hasn't been released?

Cut me some slack here, Paul.

You've got another murder
and a note from the real killer.

-We're discussing that.
-I'm not saying he's not a creep.

I'm just saying he didn't do this.

Just take a seat, please. Okay?
Come on, give us a second.

Everybody
still in the conference room?

-Yeah.
-How long can you hold that lawyer off?

Are you kidding? I was a prosecutor.
I can hold him off for days.

So, you think we're making a mistake?

MORGAN: I know we're tired.
There's a lot of pressure.

We all want to believe
that that profile is right.

-I believe it is.
-What if we're wrong, Gideon?

Tubbs enticed that girl to get in his car.

There's nothing to suggest that
the UnSub has ever done that before.

There's also nothing to suggest
he hasn't.

I know how bad cops want to believe
they've got the right guy.

I've been on both sides of that.

-This last kill had a different signature.
-I know.

I also know that Richard Jewell

fit the profile
of the Olympic bomber to a T,

and he was innocent,
but the accusations tore apart his life.

I can't believe we're actually thinking
about letting Tubbs go.

JJ, we've got no evidence.
Tubbs' lawyer's not gonna let him talk,

so we're not about to
get a confession out of him.

We can still hold him
for another 48 more hours.

You can't hold a suspect indefinitely
with no evidence.

Not indefinitely, 48 hours.
It's enough time to clear the campus.

Can we please forget about Tubbs
for a minute?

Let's just say we have a copycat,
who are we talking about?

The most common examples are ones

that people don't always think of
as being copycats.

Kids who commit school shootings,
also teen suicides.

They tend to come in clusters.

Both models,
we're talking about an age range

that's consistent with the campus.

School shootings
fit the classic copycat model.

They want their own piece of the glory.
They're competing.

Okay, but that doesn't jive
with whoever wrote this note.

"He's innocent."

That's about freeing Tubbs,
not trying to steal any credit.

JJ: So, could Tubbs have a partner?

Yeah, sure. That's possible,
but I think it's highly unlikely.

I mean, come on, look at Tubbs.
He's a loner.

He's anti-social.
He's not the partner type.

It could be more like a groupie.
After Kenneth Bianchi was arrested,

he actually convinced a woman
he hardly knew to attempt a murder,

so the police would think
the Hillside Strangler was still at large.

But Tubbs subdues his victims first.
He's not powerful.

Not to mention the stabbing
most likely means he's impotent.

GIDEON: A groupie
doesn't have to know that.

All they have to believe is that Tubbs
answers some need inside them.

And whoever wrote this definitely
needs something from Nathan Tubbs.

"I'm still out here."

(CAT CLAW PLAYING)

Got my hand caught in a cat claw
Scream!

On everyone's that time looks around
They're talking trees, you know

Never know who's coming
Might easy be me, you know

Give up for my love
'Cause that's too much, nothing!

So, one, two and...

You got it, I want it!
You got it, I want it!

You got it, I want it!

You got it, I want it!
You got it, I want it!

JJ: I can't believe
he's walking out of here.

It's the right thing to do.

Remind me of that
the next time I have to tell someone

their friend or daughter's
been murdered.

You still think he's guilty, don't you?

Are your security cams
up and running?

-Yeah.
-Good. We're gonna need them.

Can't stand your face until it took off

I wouldn't give a...
But the love here is such a long walk

So, one, two and...

-I know you can't stand me...
-No offense,

I'm just not up for this right now. Okay?

I need your help.
I went to tell Anna Begley

that the dorm is
officially closing tomorrow at curfew.

She wouldn't even open her door.
She told me she won't leave campus.

Oh... Oh...

Oh... Oh...

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

What do you want?

-You dyed your hair dark.
-So?

You got it, I want it!

What do you want?

You got it, I want it!

Stephanie is flipping out
about closing the dorm.

She wants me to make sure

that you understand that
we can't stay here past tomorrow night.

Tell her, after tomorrow,
I won't be anybody's problem.

You got it, I want it!

Freak.

You got it, I want it!

You got it, I want it!
You got it, I want it!

You got it, I want it!

GIDEON: Did I let a lion loose
amongst babies?

Was my judgment clouded by a need

to make someone pay
for Sarah's death?

Did somebody take my clothes?

-I didn't know who else to call.
-What is it?

-I want to talk to you.
-I'm sorry. I don't work here anymore.

Do you like it?

Um...

-Do I know you?
-Do you want to?

Every girl I know is either
bleaching her hair or buying a wig,

and she goes and dyes her hair dark?

I agree it's weird,

but I don't think it's anything
to be overly alarmed about.

Is there something else?

I think I saw stories about the murders
taped to her wall

and there was, like,
blood or something all over them.

What can you tell us
about Anna's usual mental state?

I don't know.
No one really knows her very well.

She doesn't play well with others,
you know.

Anything.

I know she cuts herself.
She covers it up, but people know.

Has she ever
been violent towards others?

-I don't think so.
-Does she ever talk about suicide?

Talk to us.

She talks about it all the time,
but everyone makes fun of her.

Like she thinks
she's some goth-chick Sylvia Plath.

Hey, Gideon. It's Reid.

Are Morgan and Prentiss
still following Tubbs?

-I think I know who we're looking for.
-It's good that you called us.

It's not just the others
who make fun of her.

It's me, too.

Gideon, we've got a brunette

that just approached Tubbs
outside the security offices.

Good. Hotch is having them
uplink the security monitor.

Got it.

MORGAN: Okay, they're on the move.
What do you want us to do?

Stick with them, keep your distance.
We have video.

Hotch and I will be your eyes and ears.

MORGAN: Got it. Let's go.

I picked this spot
because no one walks back here.

We'll be all alone.

I think you have me confused
with someone else.

No, you're the one I need.

MORGAN: Yeah, they just
walked into a courtyard.

We can't get an eye line
without them seeing us.

-You got an image?
-HOTCH: Got them.

The security camera microphone
is uni-directional.

The audio pickups
are only good for so far.

We've got it as loud as it can go
without distorting.

All we've got to go on right now
is a profile.

I need you to get as close as you can,
until he makes a move on her

or either one of them admits to murder.

Okay. Just give us the go.
Let's get close.

Maybe we should go somewhere else.

-The other girls were all on campus.
-What other girls?

I know what you did.

We could go to my apartment.

-You killed those girls.
-You're wrong. The police let me go.

Only because someone else
committed another murder.

-HOTCH: We can't move.
-No, he hasn't done anything.

Hey, guys, talk to me.
What's going on?

She's offering him a knife.

-MORGAN: Did he take it?
-No.

She wants to be a victim.

-This is a trick.
-It's not.

-I want you to do it. I'm ready.
-I told them I'm not stupid.

Please. I can't do it myself.

-TUBBS: You're crazy.
-I killed someone for you.

-I even liked her.
-Go. Go. Go.

Listen, you stupid bitch, I'm not gonna
say or do anything to you.

Where are they?

(GRUNTS)

MORGAN: FBI!

-FBI!
-Put down the knife.

-Put the knife down.
-MORGAN: Listen to her.

Drop the knife.

-Are you gonna shoot me?
-Just put the knife down.

Nobody's gonna shoot you.

-No! No!
-No!

(GASPS)

(WAIT PLAYING)

-No, no, no.
-MORGAN: Call an ambulance!

PRENTISS: Stay with me.
You're gonna be okay.

Tell me what you've done yourself
I would like to know

Write it on the rocks and then
Tell me where to go

GIDEON: Two more dead.
Was it a price that needed to be paid?

Is death ever worth it?

Was the world always this gray?

Is it only in the movies
that it's black and white?

Is that just an illusion?

Why you say wait?

I used to know.

Tell me you're the lucky one

I used to understand my place,
my direction, where I was headed.

Tell me all the things you've done
I would like to know

Why you say wait? Why?

Tell me how you like yourself
Tell me how you go

Profiling requires belief,
belief in the profile, belief in yourself.

After Sarah,
I no longer trust myself at home.

After Tubbs,
I no longer trust myself in the field.

And without that, I have nothing.

GRIFFITH: I didn't even know
you could take off this early.

-We wanted to leave at first light.
-I get it. So, I guess thank you.

-Thank you.
-Bye.

Gideon, you knew
how this was gonna end, didn't you?

-I never thought anyone would die.
-No, of course not. I know that.

I mean, the copycat.

You knew the two of them
would find each other.

-That's why you let Tubbs go, isn't it?
-Look, I trusted the profile.

At best,
it's always just an educated guess.

It was the best chance
of catching them.

GIDEON: I know.

HOTCH: Anna Begley was ill.
Her suicide may have been inevitable.

And Tubbs?

-He killed three women.
-Right.

What if we were wrong?

I've been on the phone with the
Flagstaff, Arizona police all morning.

Did you actually allow
a disturbed college student

to meet with a man
you believed to be a serial killer?

We didn't know who, but we knew
a meeting would take place.

We?

-I, ma'am. It was my decision.
-And now, that student is dead.

She committed suicide, yes.
After killing the UnSub.

How could you let this happen?

It was not the outcome
we had hoped for.

It wasn't the outcome
you had hoped for?

-That's your answer to me?
-Yes, ma'am.

-Give me your badge.
-Ma'am?

You're suspended
for two weeks without pay,

pending an investigation
of your conduct.

And, Agent Hotchner,
if it were solely up to me,

you would never
get these credentials back.

Always a pleasure.

GIDEON: And that was the last domino.
The death of that girl,

Hotch being suspended
over something that was my fault.

I said, at the beginning of this letter,

that I knew it would be you
to come up here.

I'm so sorry
the explanation couldn't be better,

and I am so sorry that
it doesn't make more sense.

But I've already told you, I just
don't understand any of it anymore.

I'm sorry.