Criminal Minds (2005–…): Season 3, Episode 20 - Lo-Fi - full transcript

Taxi!

ANNOUNCER: Spring Street. Spring
Street Station. Spring Street, now exit.

Excuse me? Please!

(PHONE RINGING)

Hotchner. Hey.

No, I'm actually still at the office.
I'm just getting some things.

Oh, hold on, hold on, hold on.
Start from the beginning.

No, we're all familiar with the case.

When was the latest murder?

Has anything in the MO changed?

JJ: So what's your flight number?



No, I'm going to come pick you up.

Yeah, exactly, I can't have you free
to pick out a crib without me.

JJ, can you get the team together?
We have a case.

Nothing's come across my desk.

This one came directly to me.

Just don't head to the airport just yet.

I'll call you as soon as I can. Bye.

Don't get comfortable.
There'll be time to debrief on the plane.

-REID: Where are we headed?
-New York.

Five shootings in two weeks.
It's about time we got the call.

HOTCH: I want to take Garcia with us.

Hopefully they'll give us access
to their surveillance systems.

-What do we know?
-All the killings are midday.

Single gunshot to the head with a .22.



-Any witnesses?
-No.

A .22-calibre pistol's only 152 decibels.

New York streets and subways
are routinely well over 100.

It could be people aren't even
registering the gunshot

until the UnSub's already
leaving the scene.

They sound like mob hits.

Except none of them have ties to
organized crime.

Do they have any connection
to each other?

None they've found.

MORGAN: How about communication
with the police?

Has the UnSub tried to make contact?

Surveillance cameras have captured
video of three of the murders.

This is the latest.

-That's the best image they have?
-They're all the same.

HOTCH: He wears a hood
and keeps his head down.

This guy's bold. Crowded areas.
Broad daylight.

-So they're completely random?
-HOTCH: Seems that way.

It's Son of Sam all over again.

HOTCH: Voltaire said,

"The man visited by
ecstasies and visions,

"who takes dreams for realities,
is an enthusiast.

"The man who supports his madness
with murder is a fanatic."

How come I only get to travel with
you guys, like, once every two years?

Trust me, mamma, it can get old.

Right, like the way that spa treatments
and five-star hotels can get old.

Remember the time we got on board
and they hadn't chilled the Cristal?

I almost quit the BAU that day.

Okay, you know what?
You guys can joke all you want

because I am never leaving this plane.

ROSSI: The victims?

Each killed in a completely
different neighborhood.

Hell's Kitchen, Murray Hill,

Lower East Side, Chinatown,
East Harlem.

It doesn't make any sense.
There's no common victimology,

no sexual component, no robbery,
no geographical connection.

I mean, do the police have any leads?

He's killing roughly every two days.
The press is having a field day,

and it sounds like the mood
on the street's getting pretty edgy.

It's a joint FBI-NYPD task force?

Kate Joyner heads up
the New York field office.

She's running point on the case
and called me directly.

JJ, would you tell them
we're ready to go?

Right.

Kate's starting to butt heads
with the lead detectives

and wanted a fresh set of eyes.

Joyner. I know her. She's a Brit, right?

HOTCH: No, dual citizenship.

Her father's British,
her mother's American.

She was a big deal at Scotland Yard
before coming to the Bureau.

I heard she can be
a little bit of a pain in the ass.

-I didn't think so.
-You know her?

We liaised when she was still
at Scotland Yard.

-And she's good?
-I think we're lucky to have her.

MALE PILOT: And we're cleared
for takeoff. Please take your seats.

KATE: Can you have someone run to
my flat, get me an extra set of clothes?

And tell Forensics
I don't just want to crosscheck

with Connecticut and New Jersey,
I want Interpol as well.

-Has the BAU arrived yet?
-They should be here soon.

Shelly, can you get me
the Commissioner?

Never mind. Hold the call.

Is it just me or does she look
exactly like Haley?

-Kate.
-Aaron. How have you been?

Well, thank you. This is my team.
Kate Joyner,

this is David Rossi, Emily Prentiss,
Jennifer Jareau,

Penelope Garcia, Derek Morgan
and Spencer Reid.

Thanks for being here.

Anything that you need, just tell
me. Please don't stand on protocol.

What can you tell us about
the city's surveillance system?

It's run by the NYPD.

It's still in the infant stages.
It's been rather controversial.

American privacy laws.
But they've had some success.

And I'll have complete access?

They're already expecting you. Shelly...

REID: I'd like to get
a map of the borough.

I want to do a comprehensive
geographical profile of the area

in order to ascertain
the UnSub's mental map

before it's clouded by
our own linkage blindness.

I see you brought your own computer.

Detectives Brustin and Cooper.
I'll let you do the introductions.

-You caught the first shooting?
-They've all been in different precincts.

It wasn't until the third murder
that anyone even made the connection.

I guess this is where we play nice
and ask you what you need.

I'll let you all figure out what that is.

I just ask that you run
everything back through me.

It's been my experience that having
one butt on the line is enough.

Yes, ma'am.

Can I have a word with you in private?

Sure. Excuse me.

They liaised
when she was at Scotland Yard.

Of course.

So you're getting resistance
from NYPD?

It's nothing I wasn't expecting.
They're good detectives.

Just no self-respecting cop
wants to have his arse kicked

by some broad
with a posh British accent.

So what's going on?

What can you tell me
about Derek Morgan?

REID: Hey, so,
what's your partner's problem?

Well, by the fourth murder,
the FBI was brought in. Good.

We can use all the help we can get,

but all of a sudden
she's taking meetings with the mayor

and calling in you all
without us knowing anything about it.

We're only here to help.
Think of us as a resource.

Okay, profile me.

What am I thinking?

It's never gonna happen.

No offense,
but we've had five murders.

I hope it gets better than that.

-You must be FBI. Lisa Bartleby.
-Penelope Garcia. May I?

I hardly ever get visitors.

You will hardly know I'm here.

What's your operating system?

Linux OS with six gigs of RAM.

And a dual quad-core
3 gigahertz processor,

with a GeForce 8800
ultra extreme vid card

and a Cisco ASA 5500 firewall.

-Yeah.
-Bitching. How many cameras?

4,468.

Not including the ones that only run
in the housing projects.

-And all the footage is stored?
-Cataloged and digitized.

Beautiful, because my boss-man
wants me to send him a file

so he can run
facial recognition software

on each of the crime scenes.

I've already enhanced
all the photos as much as I can.

No, I'm talking about using it on the
crowd immediately after the shootings.

This is icky but these creeps,
they sometimes like to come back

and watch the police
deal with their handiwork.

And voilà.

MALE ANNOUNCER ON PA:
14th Street...

HOTCH: Can I ask you a question?

When was the last time
you went home and got some sleep?

None of us are going to sleep
until this is over.

Who in the hell thinks
they can get away with murder

in the middle of the day
in New York City?

Someone patient.

He waits for the one
who gets separated from the flock.

Bang.

Is that the spot?

Yeah, thereabouts.

Are we boring you?

Look, I know you don't like SSA Joyner.
Fine, I get it.

But we're here to do a job.

Have any of you people
ever been cops?

-Chicago.
-Well, then you'll understand.

I take it real personal when
something like this happens in my city.

I was a beat cop during
the Son of Sam. This is worse.

He's not just going after one type.
He's going after everybody.

And I need everybody working
on this case, taking it personally.

-You have that.
-We'll see.

How long have you been doing this?

About six months.

I wish I could tell you it gets easier.

Yeah, well, I'm used to pulling footage
of muggings, maybe robberies.

But watching someone get shot
in the head?

You know what helps me?
You make it your own.

You know, you separate yourself
from what you see on the screen.

This isn't exactly regulation.

Well, then,
thank God it's only us in here.

Do you want to see a super fox?

What camera is on
the last crime scene?

Derek Morgan, Lisa Bartleby.
Lisa Bartleby, Derek Morgan.

Well, this guy's definitely not afraid
to get up close and personal.

JJ: Or be visible.

But you watch the tape,

he ducks his head
the second he steps off the train.

-So he knows when he's being filmed.
-Well, we've had glimpses,

but the descriptions
have been sketchy.

Some people said
he's a light-skinned black man.

Asian. Puerto Rican.

Basically, every homeboy in the city.

Ballistics were the same
for every shooting?

Well, we checked
the records back 10 years.

The gun's never been recycled.

.22s aren't exactly
the weapon of choice these days.

MORGAN: Unless you're
Israeli intelligence.

It's what Mossad uses
for all their political assassinations.

All I know is this guy's organized.

He studies the cameras.
Carries a gun that's easy to conceal.

He knows what he's doing.

MALE ANNOUNCER ON PA:
Please stay behind the yellow line

until the train comes
to a complete stop.

We're going to need records
over the last six months

for any arrests on gun violence
or gun possession

in every borough except the ones
where the shootings have taken place.

I don't get it.

He won't strike near where he lives.

-What makes you so sure?
-It's anti-geographical profiling.

Now it's anti-geographical profiling?
Come on.

Now you wonder
why we're so skeptical.

This UnSub's organized.
He strikes at the same time of day.

He knows where
the cameras are placed.

That means he's doing
his own pre-surveillance.

REID: A need-motivated killer operates
within his own comfort zone.

An organized killer
with some other motivation

would make sure to strike
outside that zone.

-Not where he lives.
-PRENTISS: Exactly.

Unfortunately, that means that
every other neighborhood in the city

has a reason to be terrified.

Excuse me.

Pretzel. No mustard.

(WHISTLES)

(GUNSHOT)

POLICEMAN: Stand back.
Out of the street.

Uniforms are rounding up witnesses.

Doesn't seem like
anyone got a clean look.

MORGAN: It's over in a flash.

He's probably gone before anyone
even realizes what's happening.

Is this what it felt like
during the Son of Sam?

First we realized that
if the violence was truly random,

there was almost no way of stopping it.

Seems like
these people have figured that out.

MORGAN: From the placement
of that camera,

odds are the only view they're going
to get is the back of his head.

Let's not be too quick to decide
what we do or don't have.

The Duchess of Work has spoken.

You mind telling me
why I'm catching attitude from her?

FBI brass has made it clear to her that
if she doesn't bring this case home,

she's going to be reassigned.

And you are at the top of the list
to replace her.

-You're kidding me.
-Why should you be surprised?

You're good at your job.
People notice that.

What happened to the Bureau
patting itself on the back

for stealing her away
from Scotland Yard?

I don't know. Politics here are different.

And you can see
she doesn't pull punches.

Six murders
and he's finally communicating with us.

-COOPER: What's that?
-That's a tarot card. "Death."

Isn't that a little on the nose,
even for a psycho?

So we think
this guy's into spiritual garbage?

HOTCH: Well, if he is,
he certainly doesn't know tarot.

The death card doesn't actually
signify physical death.

It's more of a transformation
from one place to another,

a job promotion or a marriage.

So if he's not telling us he's into
fortune-telling, what's with the card?

The D.C. Sniper left the exact same
card at one of his scenes.

So this UnSub must see himself
in that role.

He's thriving off creating a panic.

More important, he studies other cases.
He's telling us he knows we're here.

(PEOPLE CLAMORING)

-What have we got?
-PRENTISS: This is the latest shooting.

This was the previous murder.

Okay, do you see anything weird here?

Well, he sprints off in one
and walks calmly in the other.

It's two entirely different demeanors.

Six kills in,
his behavior should be set.

Look at this. Garcia, are you still there?

Would I ever leave you?
Okay, check it out.

I did a digital perspective
analysis rendering

on the shootings
where we have footage.

Now the first two were inconclusive

but the last two,
I found something très weird.

Your calm, walking type,
he is about 6'1".

But your sprinter,
he's like 5'9", 5'10" tops.

We've got more than one UnSub.

So we have more than one UnSub.
What does that tell us?

REID: Most teams stick together.

Ng and Lake, the Krays,
Bittaker and Norris.

They don't usually kill separately.

Could be some kind of gang initiation.

Well, gangs will kill you
if you encroach on their territory.

Not random people all over the city.

I'll coordinate with the gang task force

and make sure we have
an overview by morning.

Do you think we have enough
for a working profile?

Broad strokes.

HOTCH: Dave, you and Reid talk
to the agents here.

Morgan and Prentiss, brief the police

when each shift comes
on duty tomorrow.

I think we should get out on the streets.

I brought you here to create a profile.

Which we can give in the morning,

and then they can share it
with the afternoon shift.

KATE: We've allocated
every extra man we have.

This is New York City.

It's not like a few more people
is going to blanket the city.

I understand it's a long shot,
but these guys, they hit at midday.

We could target ingress and egress
to particular neighborhoods,

position us near express stops.

-14th, 42nd, 59th...
-Morgan. Morgan, it's not your call.

I'd like to join you in the profile,
if that's not stepping on your toes.

No problem.

Let's see it again.

Guys, look at this.
The late edition doesn't miss a beat.

JJ.

Will?

Hey, I took a shot and flew to D.C.,
but when it didn't work,

I figured a train ride to New York
was only a few more hours.

Detective.

Look, I'm sorry for showing up like this.
I know you're working,

but I can't stand you being
on this case and me not being near.

Not with what's going on.

Is there a problem?

I'm pregnant.

Oh, my God. JJ, congratulations.

I've asked JJ to marry me.

JJ: Will.

Well, we're working out some kinks.

We'll give you both some privacy.

Hotch.

-JJ, you could have told me.
-I know.

Because I understand
if you need to take some time.

No, I want to be here.

Okay. 7:00 a.m.

Are you crazy?

I told you I couldn't get
any personal time.

Come back to D.C. with me tomorrow.

You're not serious.

They know now. They'd understand.

Will, we're covering a case
with six murders.

Exactly. Your job is too dangerous now.

Yeah, exactly like yours.

What? Are you going to
give up your shield?

Look, I love the gesture.
And I love the romance.

But we're both going
to be parents, Will.

Neither one of us has,
you know, exactly a typical job.

Look, the first thing a cop does
when she gets pregnant,

is she takes herself out of the field.

Okay, you know what?
We only have until 7:00,

so can we just argue
about names and cribs?

Only if you let me win.

Not a chance.

MORGAN: Okay, let's start
with what we know.

For these UnSubs, it is not personal.

It's not about sex. It's not about greed.

PRENTISS: Which is why we think
there's something bigger at play here.

This isn't random.
There has to be a motive.

Now, our first theory is
that we're dealing with a team.

In the case of the D.C. Snipers,
there was actually one intended victim.

John Muhammad wanted
to kill his ex-wife,

but he knew if he did,
he'd be the prime suspect.

So he created a spree in order to mask
his primary motivation.

Muhammad and Malvo also left
a death card at one of their scenes,

just like this UnSub.

PRENTISS: We believe our UnSubs
have studied that case.

They're opening
a line of communication.

Hold on. So now we got
these guys playing games,

just because you're here?

We're just saying the UnSubs are
sophisticated enough

to study other crimes.

That doesn't answer the question.

Joe, easy. Hear them out.

Hey, I got requests for gun permits
up 200% in my precinct.

This whole city's about to go off
and we all need to deal with that.

Hey, listen. You're right.

If the card was left because of us,
then, yes, they are playing games.

But what that tells us is at least
one of them has some intelligence.

And like I said,
they know about other cases.

He's also studied the placement
of the surveillance systems

well enough to avoid detection.

REID: Most teams have a dominant
and submissive member.

Because of the relative intelligence
of these UnSubs,

and the fact
that they stick to a set time pattern,

we believe at least one of them
has a steady job.

We've asked the police
to canvass their precincts.

Check businesses that open and close
around the time of the shootings.

We're hoping someone
will be able to identify

a father-son or co-workers that fit
the dominant-submissive profile.

And what's the other theory?

It's less likely but it could be
some sort of gang initiation.

We've asked the police to put every
available undercover on the streets.

These are all known gang members
in Manhattan.

Most of them are out
of Chinatown and Clinton.

We'd like you to study these

and keep an eye out
for anyone who looks suspicious.

KATE: I'll also be detailing
a number of you as well.

Stay behind when the agents
are finished,

and I'll give you your assignments.

Like they said, we think there's
something bigger at play here.

So talk to the people on your beats,
see if something sparks,

and pray this thing ain't random.

How many undercovers do we have?

LISA: Over 80.
But it barely makes a blip.

Surveillance cameras aren't designed
to prevent crime.

They're supposed to help us catch
the perp after the fact.

I got one.

-Is there anyone nearby?
-Negative.

This is the surveillance
command center.

We have a possible murder suspect
at the subway platform

on 59th and Lex. Okay.

(PHONE RINGING)

Hotchner.

Does it look like it could be
one of our guys?

-What's going on?
-We've got eyes on one of them.

He's on the subway platform
at 59th and Lex.

59th, we could have been right there.

He's got a gun.

-Oh, my God.
-He shot her.

KATE: Where the hell are the police?

This is Kate Joyner with the FBI.

We have a murder suspect,
subway platform. 59th and Lex.

He's getting away.

Garcia, can you get eyes on him
above ground?

He's heading west on 59th Street.

If he makes it to the park,
we've lost him.

-We've lost the visual.
-ROSSI: Are the police on the scene?

Negative.

We could have had that guy.

Even if we were on that platform,

odds are he would have moved
onto someone isolated.

Maybe, but it was worth taking a shot.

I had every available man on the street.

And I suggested to you
that you use this team.

Morgan, second-guessing
doesn't do us any good right now.

Hotch, how am I supposed to
look these cops in the eye

and tell them
that we're actually here to help them?

We're here to present a profile.
That's what we need to do.

I said to put us at express stops.

14th, 42nd, 59th
and that's exactly where they hit.

It's not your place
to have this discussion.

-My place?
-You need to back off.

We've got seven bodies, man.

Which is exactly
why we need to stay focused.

Focused?

From where I'm standing,
all your focus is on her.

Take a walk. Now.

I know.

I was out of line.

You get too emotionally
involved sometimes.

I know the feeling.

I just felt like Hotch was
taking her side.

There are no sides here.

I know.

The word is they have an eye on you
if SSA Joyner gets canned.

People talk.

But if she were to get fired, it would be
because we didn't solve this case.

Rossi, I hope you're not saying
you think I want her to fail.

Of course not. But I've never seen you
push a superior like that before.

So would you take the job?

I don't know.

It might be nice to finally be
the one making the calls.

And dealing with the politics
of running a field office.

That doesn't seem like you.

The BAU wears people out, man.

Look at Gideon.

That man was the best and in the end,
he simply ran away.

I mean, Hotch hasn't even thought
about cracking a smile in over a year.

That man has to take a personal day

just so he can have
a conversation with his own kid.

And what about you,

how many times you been married?

I get it, but I'll make you a deal.

If I think you're losing it,
I'll pull you out myself.

But right now, I see someone
who wants to get back on the job.

Or is there another reason why
you haven't even touched that beer?

Listen, about before...

You spoke your mind. I respect that.

JJ, Reid and Prentiss went to
the crime scene with the detectives.

This is the first time
they've killed two days in a row.

They're speeding up.

Your analyst went
over the latest footage.

This is a different shooter
from the last two.

There's three of them now?

Who the hell are these guys?

I want you all
out on the street tomorrow.

ROSSI: What are we missing?

When we first saw this case,
what did it remind us of?

-Son of Sam.
-Same kind of UnSub,

random shootings, not need-driven,
no sexual component.

Except that Berkowitz admitted that

he would return to the scenes
of his crimes days later to masturbate.

Exactly.

So you're thinking, if the dominant
UnSub has a similar MO...

We get Garcia to study the footage

and see if the same person keeps
returning to the crime scene

in the days following the shootings.

All we've been looking at right now are
the immediate aftermaths of the crimes.

-It's worth a shot.
-Yeah, we'll hit the street tomorrow.

Dave, will you grab Reid
and go over the profile

and make sure we didn't
leave anything out? Thanks.

Okay, people. Talk to me.
Mouseketeer roll call. 59th Street.

Check.

Herald Square.

Check.

GARCIA: Chambers Street.
POLICEMAN 1: Check.

GARCIA: 72nd Street.
POLICEMAN 2: Check.

Detective. The Son of Sam.

This case still pisses you off
like it was yesterday.

Yeah, it does.

Well, there've been a lot of killers
in this city. Why him?

Well, he was laughing at us,
and we couldn't catch him.

The only way we grabbed him
was through a parking ticket.

What are you thinking?

He hasn't contacted us again.

-So?
-This doesn't fit.

These UnSubs are organized.

They use pre-surveillance.
They strike in the heart of the day,

and yet they haven't done anything
to seek out media attention,

and then this?

You said it was to tell you
they knew you were here.

We profiled that he was trying to open
a line of communication. Create panic.

But if that was the case,
his correspondence should escalate.

After they left their death card,

Muhammad and Malvo demanded
an ATM card

with $1 million in a bank account,
just to taunt the police.

Berkowitz wrote rambling letters

about hunting the city,
describing himself as a monster.

These UnSubs are more disciplined
than that.

The fact that they haven't contacted
the press tells me

that this was private. It's only for us.

So what does that mean?

They're ramping up to something

and they want us to know
that they're watching us.

If you saw all of these traits
completely out of context,

what would be the first profile
to pop into your head?

Who do we have out on the streets?

Talk.

Garcia, do you have eyes
on everyone in the team?

I can get them.

So if we're undercover
maybe we should,

you know, act like a couple.

Are you still working this tired
sexual tension angle?

I don't know. You're the fortune-teller.
You tell me.

Do you want to know
what profiling is, really?

Why do I have the feeling I'm going to
hear no matter what I say?

It's just noticing behavior.

And I'm about to hear about mine,
is that the deal?

Okay.

When we first met,
when your partner was sarcastic

and said, "Yes, ma'am,"

you instinctively reached
for your detective shield,

as if you were protecting it.

That tells me you don't like him
disrespecting the chain of command.

But you're also loyal,
so you didn't say something to him.

I'd say you were military,
probably an officer.

Praise in public,
censure in private, right?

You're right-handed, but you have
two different color pen marks

on your left hand.

I'd guess you have a toddler at home
just learning how to draw.

You don't wear a ring
and you were quick to flirt with me.

So you're happy to let people think
you are a player,

but if I took you up on it,
you would run for the hills,

because you love your wife and
you would never actually cheat on her.

Wow, we might just solve this case yet.

Okay, this is not good.

-What's going on?
-I'm doing what you asked.

I'm looking at the footage to see
if I see the same person

coming back to the crime scene
in the days after the shootings.

Right.

So I find the camera with
the widest angle on the scene.

So you don't have to
sift through hundreds.

Exactly, but...

Someone's hacked in.

(GUNSHOT)

-Garcia!
-I'm on it. I'm on it.

16th and Broadway.
He's running east on 16th.

He's headed our way.

COOPER: Move, move!

Get out of the way!

(GRUNTS)

Cooper! Garcia!

We got an officer down.
16th, west of Union Square.

Let me see. Okay.
You're going to be okay.

Garcia, can you see us?
We have an officer down.

Cooper, stay with me. Okay.
You're going to be okay.

Cooper, stay with me.

(POLICE SIRENS BLARING)

Are you okay?

-Is he going to make it?
-I don't know. He lost a lot of blood.

ROSSI: He's not going to live
to tell us anything.

-Any ID on him?
-Nothing.

This is not good.

I shouldn't have had to shoot him.

Emily, he shot a cop.
You did what you had to do.

No, no, not that.
I mean he was ahead of us.

He would have gotten away,
but he stopped and waited.

So he felt trapped.
He figured he'd shoot his way out?

I don't know.

Tell me about his behavior.

Was he acting panicked?
Was he winded?

His hands were steady.

His eyes were dead calm.

I mean, these guys have been
hyper vigilant. Organized.

They do pre-surveillance.
I mean, what are the odds

they would shoot somebody two blocks

from where me and Cooper
are standing?

What? You think he deliberately shot
someone where he could be caught?

What if he did?

What if they chose this spot
because we were here?

What are you thinking?

He had no ID on him.

He waited until we caught up to him.
He was strangely calm.

It's almost like suicide by cop.

Why? Why would he do that?

I don't know. Maybe to make us think
everything was finished.

We need to walk back
through this profile.

We think we might have
a serious problem.

-HOTCH: What is it?
-We have multiple UnSubs.

They're disciplined.
They're using counter-surveillance.

They know the FBI movements.
There's a hierarchy.

What does that usually equal?

Terrorism.

-MORGAN: So how does this work?
-The murderers simulate a bombing.

From there, they station someone to
watch and gauge police response time.

At which point they know when to bring
in a second bomb.

The goal is always to take out
a first round of civilians

followed by a second wave
of emergency responders.

REID: It's crazy, but it's ingenious.

They get a practice run
and if someone catches the shooter,

they think they just have a murderer.
The cell isn't compromised.

It's lo-fi. Smartest way to plan
for a terrorist event.

Creating panic ensures that they see
the most urgent response time,

short of a bombing.

So there's been
seven different shooters?

Having followers do the shootings
would ensure

they're willing to kill
or be killed for the cause.

PRENTISS: It fits the profile.

There is something larger at play.
It simulates a gang initiation.

HOTCH: Especially
if they're home-grown.

They haven't had a chance
to prove themselves.

I think they're targeting points of entry.

All the murders have taken place
near a bridge or a tunnel.

PRENTISS: Holland Tunnel,
Midtown Tunnel, Manhattan Bridge.

If bombs went off,
emergency response would shut down

any ability to get in or out of the city.

It's like people would be
trapped on the island.

Keep in mind it's still a theory,
just like any profile.

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-Talk to us, Garcia.
-GARCIA: We got a problem.

I went through
and checked all 4,468 cameras.

They hacked into
the surveillance system.

They've got footage
of every crime scene.

They've been watching
since the beginning.

-How could we not have caught that?
-GARCIA: They were smart.

It wasn't system-wide. You had to
check each camera individually.

And this is from every crime scene?

I'm afraid so. They hacked into
one camera at every scene.

Thanks, Garcia.

So much for theory.

We need to hit the ground running.

I'm going to head to the hospital.

I'll check on Cooper
and brief Detective Brustin.

Good. Dave, will you go
talk to the Commissioner?

And Morgan,
you brief Homeland Security.

JJ and I will talk to
the Port Authority police.

Kate and I will go talk to the mayor,

and we'll meet back here
as soon as possible.

One advantage that we have right now
is that they don't know

we know they're watching.

Agent Jareau.

Thank you.

Is it from Will?

He's going home
to New Orleans tonight.

You okay?

He doesn't want to be in the way.

He's quitting his job?

Do you need everyone in the field?

Reid, you can go brief
Port Authority police by yourself.

JJ, you run point from the office.

Why don't you go back to the hotel?

Tell Will what's going on
and then get back here straight away.

Yes, sir.

And, JJ. Congratulations.

PRENTISS: How's Cooper doing?

He's still in surgery.
It doesn't look good.

We think we know what this is about.

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