Criminal Minds (2005–…): Season 8, Episode 11 - Perennials - full transcript

Blessed are the leaves
of the forest

and the air
that we breathe.

Each day help me realize
the oneness that nurtures,

strengthens, and invigorates.

Allow me to honor you
each morning

as you honor
all of your creatures.

Accept these humble offerings

and give me the strength to--

[gasping]

Who are you?

Where did you come from?



It's been a long time, Patty.

I bet you didn't think
I'd track you down.

My name isn't P--
what are you talking about?

No. No. Wait.

What are you doing?

Lay down on your stomach.

Please. I'm only--

Your stomach.

Don't do this.

I'm just a humble servant.

Shh...

What is it you call
yourself now? Floressa?

No, you're making
a mistake.

Yes, okay, I changed my name
to Floressa when I came here.



But before then
I wasn't Patty.

I was Nina.
I was Nina Skinner from Joplin--

Bite that. Bite down.

There.

I always wondered what
Spencer Reid's grocery list looked like.

It's actually
Rieman's hypothesis.

Which is?

It's a mathematical
conjecture from the 19th century

that states that the Riemann zeta
function zeroes

all lie on
the critical line.

Yeah, I get it.

I noodle it
from time to time.

It sort of helps me
unwind, you know?

Well, since were on
the subject of unwinding,

how'd your date go?

Uh, had to cancel
at the last minute.

Oh? You did or she did?

Um, sort of both did.

But...it's fine.
I talked to her this morning

and things are good.

Round table's about to start.
We should probably get going.

Rossi: What have we got?

Nothing good. Okay, anyone
who's wandered through

a museum in Italy knows that
a chisel and a hammer

in the right hands
can be a beautiful thing.

But Michelangelo
this is not, my friends.

Okay, Floressa,
aka Nina Skinner,

was found yesterday,
murdered on the grounds

of Church of the First
Dawn, in Alabama.

Two days earlier,
100 miles away,

Charlie Clayton was taken
from his home in Gulfport, Mississippi,

he was brought to the woods,
he was also murdered.

Chisels to the brain.

And a lot of creepy-crawlers.

Forensics?

Mm-mmm. Neither crime scene
yielded much results

because of too many bugs
and critters.

The choice and placement
of the chisel is very specific.

Maybe the unsub
symbolically is destroying

the thoughts and memories
of the victims.

It looks like
they were facedown

when the chisel went in.
Remorse?

Could be the killer
knew the victims,

didn't want to see their faces
when he was killing them.

Was their a connection
between Clayton and Floressa?

Nothing's been found yet.

So right now, method of execution
and regional proximity

are the only two things
linking them.

It could be a spree
killer on the move.

A spree killer who's
careful and meticulous

and covers his tracks.

We've got a mobile unsub
with a significant head start.

We can't afford
to be playing catch-up.

Wheels up in 30.

[Buzzing]

♪ Criminal Minds 8x11 ♪
Perennials
Original Air Date on December 12, 2012

== sync, corrected by elderman ==

♪

Reid: "I have never yet
heard of a murderer

who was not afraid
of a ghost."

John Philpot Curran.

These first two victims
couldn't be more different.

Ethnicity, gender, age,
social and economic background.

Both were born and raised in
the deep south. But that's it.

Garcia, you said that the last victim,
Floressa, changed her name?

Yeah. Her name was Nina Skinner
and she changed it

when she joined
Church of the First Dawn 6 years ago.

What do we know
about this church?

Is it a legitimate
religion?

Ah, it's more like
religious adjacent.

It appears to be
a hodgepodge

of a bunch of different religious beliefs
plucked from here and there.

And Floressa lived
on the grounds of the church?

Yes. She and 15 other women.

It sounds like a convent.

You know, it sort of is.

The residents had to take
the same kinds of vows

as nuns--celibacy, poverty,

days spent in quiet
contemplation.

I would not be
a good candidate

for admission,
in other words.

Garcia, did the compound
allow outsiders?

Not usually, but it appears
that once or twice a year

they do let in non-members
for like a week-long retreat.

Are these non-members
men and women?

Apparently so.

Garcia, compile
a list of guests

for these retreats
for the last year, please.

Will do.

It says here that the first
victim, Charlie Clayton,

was a Seventh Day Adventist.

Could this be someone
harboring a grudge against religion?

Or the opposite.

Both victims gravitated
toward non-mainstream faiths.

This could be a zealot
wanting to punish those

who deviate from
strict orthodox beliefs.

Blake, you and Reid
go see the medical examiner.

Morgan and Rossi,
drive to Mississippi

and see what you can find out
about the first victim.

JJ and I will go to the compound
and see where Floressa was killed.

How long have you
been head of the church?

35 years.

I founded it.

And Floressa joined
6 years ago?

Yes.

How much contact would she
have had with the outside world?

None. The women who are
custodians of the faith

turn themselves over
to it completely.

And the people you allow
for the week-long retreats,

would Floressa have
interacted with them?

No. Guests are housed
in a separate area.

We provide them a quiet
space for contemplation.

Did this man ever go
to any of your retreats?

No. I've never
seen him before.

This is where
it happened.

I still can't
believe it.

Is there any sort
of screening process

before you accept a resident

studying the faith
like Floressa?

I don't understand.

Like a background check?

The killer may have known
her before she came here.

And if she'd
had a troubled past,

she might have seen this
as a refuge.

Floressa was a woman
of deep and sincere faith.

There was no need for us

to investigate
her previous life.

If a holy sanctuary
isn't immune from

a horrible act
like this, what is?

Uh, let me guess.

She don't know nothin'
about nothin'.

Practically a direct quote.

How did you know that?

Oh, it's a busy enough
street.

Broad daylight.

House is fully exposed.

Either this unsub
is really, really good,

or this is the worst
neighborhood watch program.

I already told the regular
police I didn't see anything.

Well, that's a shame.

Oh, by the way,

we couldn't help
but notice

all of these, uh,
empty jars.

I find 'em in the garbage cans
and turn 'em in for money.

Sanitized?

Huh?

My third wife,
she always said

I was part bloodhound.

All of those jars, they smell of...
Disinfectant.

I can vouch for
the bloodhound part.

He sniffed out
your mailbox.

Converted whiskey jars
hold their scent.

As do converted
moonshine jugs.

Only thing is,
making moonshine

is against the law, so maybe
my friend's nose here

is wrong this time.

Well, a weird guy came over
when I was out front

and started talking to me,
that's all.

Asked about Charlie.

Asking what?

Just wanted to make sure
that is where he lived.

Kept calling him Taylor,
though.

Taylor?

So maybe Charlie wasn't
who he was looking for.

Oh, it was. This guy
described Charlie to a "T".

The guy you talked to,
you remember what he looked like?

Sure. Heh. You might have
the nose, but I got the eyes.

In my line of work,
you'd best not forget a face.

Put on another shirt.

We're going for a ride.

Chisel severed
the brain stem.

Clean, quick,
right on the money.

Death was instantaneous.

Were there any drugs
in her system?

Nope. Tox screen was clean.

Hmm.

Yet she seemed
totally compliant.

To control her, the unsub
must have been armed.

Any evidence of torture
or sexual abuse?

None.

Except for the chisel
in her head,

the victim was
in tip-top shape.

Did find some wood
residue in the teeth,

back molars,
both sides of the mouth.

Killer might have somehow
used the stick as a gag?

It says here there was
excessive insect infestation?

Sure was.

And the wrong kind
and in the wrong place.

Blake: What do you mean?

The victim was only dead
a few hours.

There should have been adult flies
and unhatched eggs, maybe.

Certainly not third-instar
larvae.

And the maggots
were all over the place.

Flies don't lay their eggs
around the food source,

they squirt 'em out right there
in the blood and guts.

And icing on the cake--

I found a composite of animal hair
mixed in with the larvae--

turns out to be skunk.

Were these inconsistencies
present in the first victim,

the one from Mississippi?

Don't know about
the animal hair, but yeah.

Gulfport M.E. found the exact
same thing at his crime scene--

the mass insect infestation
not consistent with

the early stage
of decomposition.

This unsub is bringing fly larvae
to the crime scene with him.

Our unsub is skilled
at avoiding detection.

A man in this environment
would have stood out.

Have Garcia check for male
maintenance workers,

any city employees

that might have access
to this part of the compound.

[Cell phone rings]

What have you got,
Morgan?

Hey, we found a neighbor
who not only saw the unsub,

but he spoke with him, too.

The day of the murder?

Yeah. Unsub was trying to make
sure of Charlie Clayton's address,

but kept referring
to the victim as Taylor.

Neighbor give enough
of a description to get a sketch?

Yeah, I got it right here
in my hands.

It's a damn good one, too.

I'll text it right over.

[Indistinct chatter]

Top that off for you?

Need a menu?

No. But thanks
for asking, Carol.

You've got the wrong gal.

I'm Brianna.

I don't think so.

Recognize me yet?

I made it easy for you.

So just coffee, then?

The sign up there says I get
a free dessert if it's my birthday.

Uh-huh. And today happens
to be your birthday?

Yes, ma'am.

Well, I'm gonna need
some I.D. to verify that.

[Chuckles]

I have no reason
to lie to you, Carol.

Especially about the day
a person was born.

It's the most important
day there is.

You of all people
should realize that.

Molly's not gonna like
that you did that.

It shut the guy up, didn't it?

Seriously, how come
all the weirdoes

always sit in my section
instead of yours?

Oh, I don't know. Maybe
you have that special something.

Yeah, right?

Next job I get is gonna be
at a fire lookout station

way up in the mountains.

No dealing with
the public at all.

[Laughs]

JJ: A dead skunk?

No. Why?

Skunk hair was found in the larvae
at Floressa's crime scene.

Thought maybe there was one
laying around nearby.

I would have sniffed it out
had there been one.

Here's the police sketch.

This guy's brazen.

Chatting with the neighbor
about the person

he's on his way to murder.

He's too calm
to be on a spree.

Something else
is motivating him.

Okay, great. Thanks.

Two for two.
Gulfport M.E.

also found animal hair
on the first victim's larvae--

raccoon--and Charlie Clayton
had wood residue in his teeth

just like Floressa.

- Russell Smith.
JJ: Who?

A serial killer who was active
in this part of the country

from 1967 to 1987.

I remember.
Smith was a sexual sadist

who murdered 8 prostitutes before
being killed in a police shootout.

And he had his victims
bite down on a block of wood

before he killed them.

- Good night, Chris.
- Good night, Brianna.

Oh, my God.

[Muffled scream]

Bite down--hard.

Uhh!

A chisel
right in the skull.

20 years on the job,
you think you've seen it all.

The rest of the team
should be here within the hour.

Sheriff Mitchell,
Agent Rossi.

We're getting you folks
set up over

at the county sheriff's office.

Thank you.

You the one that found her?

Yes, sir.

I was making my rounds
about 4:00 in the morning.

I've never seen anything
like it.

The blood.
Bugs all over the place.

Doors and windows open
when you discovered the body?

No, sir. I checked.

Found this in the car.

Bite marks.

The co-worker's
ready for you.

Yeah, that's him.

You know who he is?

No, not yet.

There was a cut
on his jaw, though.

He had a bandage,
but it was bloody.

Fresh blood, like
it had just happened.

When he left, did he
get into a car or...

I didn't see him go.

I just thought
he was like, you know,

homeless guy or something,
he wanted free food.

He asked for food?

Yeah. He said
it was his birthday.

He got really weird
and intense

when Brianna asked him
for his I.D.

How so?

Well, he went on and on
about how nobody

would ever lie about
the day they were born.

I mean, Brianna
gave him the pie anyway.

Did this man at any point
refer to Brianna by another name?

Yeah. I completely
forgot about that.

He called her Carol.

Okay.

Well, we appreciate all
your help, Ms. Carson.

If you can remember
anything else,

please, give us a call.

[Buzzing]

So the unsub recognizes
his victims,

but he calls them
by a different name.

What's that about?

The guy's schizophrenic,
maybe.

No, the killings are too organized
and methodical.

These people are
probably surrogates.

Garcia can't find any
late-blooming Russell Smith

wannabes out there.

At least nobody
on law enforcement radar.

You know, using a stick
as a gag maybe have simply

been a convenience at
the first two crime scenes.

The unsub was in the forest
and they were handy.

But he specifically
brought a stick with him

to the most recent
crime scene.

It's a ritual that mirrors
Russell Smith's very closely.

Also, there's something
strange about the fly larvae

that was found in the car.

You mean besides the fact
that there was fly larvae in the car.

Well, that, and it was laid
by Lucilia mexicana flies.

Meaning what?
It's a species unique

to the southwestern
United States

and the dry desert climates
of Latin America.

There's no way it would be found
along the Gulf Coast

unless it was brought here.

I think I know
what's going on.

Enlighten us.

DNA from the maggot
stomach crop at both crime scenes

revealed not only
skunk and raccoon meat,

but traces of engine oil.

I think this unsub
is seeding his victims

with aged maggots
reared on animal remains.

Road kill.

[Doorbell rings]

Can I help you?

I'm looking for Ted.

Sorry. You must have
the wrong house.

Kyle.

Are you okay?

You must be Ted's wife.

[Gasps] Oh, my God!

No. Stop right there.

So far, the unsub's
not trying hard

to hide anything from us.

What if December 11th
actually is his birthday,

like he told the waitress?

The unsub's in his
mid- to late 20s.

It means he was born
between 1987 and 1992.

Reid, get Garcia on it.

Tell her to narrow the search
to those with a criminal background

who live in the
southwestern United States,

someone with a history

of vandalizing churches
or religious shrines

and someone
who's also worked with

or is at least
familiar with insects.

Who are you?

How do you know Ted?

You mean your husband?

We've known each other
for years and years.

And years.

How old are you?

Where is he?

My husband is dead.

What?

He died of--of cancer.

You're lying.

I'm not.

I live here alone now.
I rent rooms to college students

to help with expenses.

I'm going to give you
one last chance to tell the truth.

And I mean it better be
the truth.

When did he die?

Uh--um--
it was a long time ago.

I need to know
exactly when.

1999.

It was May 12, 1999.

Morning or night?

What?

Morning or night?

Night. It was night.

What difference
does it make?

Where? At home?

No, at the hospital.

Which one?

Um...

Tell me which hospital!

Escambia Memorial!

Do you have any idea
how many people are born

on earth every day?

358,197 approximately.

I did not like the answer
to that question. My point--

even if narrowed way, way down,

none of these fit
the profile of our unsub.

If December 11th
really is his birthday,

he's kept
his nose clean so far.

The unsub told Brianna
that there was no more important day

in one's life than
the day you were born.

It has to somehow be part
of his methodology.

How about the birthdays
of Russell Smith's earlier victims,

the 8 prostitutes?

You could be right.
Anniversary kills.

Selecting victims who share
the same birthdays

as those who went before.

What is it, Hotch?

The new wound
on the unsub's jaw--

it wasn't there when he spoke
to the neighbor in Gulfport,

and there's no evidence that any
of the victims put up resistance.

Well, it could be an accident.
Accidents do happen.

Or it was an interim victim
we don't know about yet

who did fight back.

Garcia, can you find
a file photo of Russell Smith?

Yeah.

Uh-oh.

I'm sending these pictures
to your monitors right now.

Reid: Our unsub's wound
was self-inflicted.

He's not trying to
emulate Russell Smith.

He's trying to turn himself
into Russell Smith.

You've all been given copies
of the sketch of the suspect.

They need to be distributed
to all law enforcement officials

in the tri-state area.

All of the unsub's
kills so far

have been in different cities
and different states.

We don't have to worry
about flushing him out.

He's operating in the open
with confidence bordering on arrogance.

We don't know why,
but he's been leaving

large amounts of insects
behind at his crime scenes.

Normally, that would be
a forensic countermeasure,

artificially accelerating
infestation of the corpse.

Or symbolically to degrade
and humiliate the victims.

But these larvae are serving
some other purpose to the unsub.

It's like an obsession.

They are an essential
component to his kills.

We believe he's slowly

turning himself into
the image of Russell Smith,

an Alabama serial killer
who's been dead for nearly 25 years.

The unsub recently
cut himself on the jaw

to replicate
a similar scar on Smith.

JJ: And he may continue
to alter his appearance.

Russell Smith had several
distinctive scorpion tattoos.

Parlors in the region should
be notified to be on the lookout

for customers requesting
these tattoos.

Curiously, the unsub seems to
know precisely who he's looking for,

but he refers to his victims
by a different name.

Which means he's either
delusional or he's using these victims

as substitutes for
someone else. Surrogates.

The larvae he's depositing
at the crime scenes

are indigenous to the
southwestern United States.

So be on the lookout
for suspicious vehicles

with either Arizona, Nevada,
or New Mexico license plates.

Russell Smith preyed
exclusively on prostitutes

and killed infrequently.

8 victims in a 20-year period.

But this unsub is killing at a rate
of one victim every other day,

and he's targeting
ordinary citizens.

No one is safe.

[Indistinct chatter]

Through all the birthdays,

no match between
old and new victims.

It looks like we've been
going down the wrong road.

It may have been the right road
in the wrong direction.

Garcia, what do the initials
T.L. stand for?

T.L. that would be

Taylor Lynn.

Rossi: The unsub kept calling
Clayton Taylor

and Brianna Carol.

When did Smith kill
Carol Hansen?

I need an exact date.

Killed? That would be
March 28, 1979.

That's it. The murder date
of the original victim

matches the birthdate
of the new one.

Garcia?

I'm all over it. Okay.

Taylor Lynn Grover,

killed February 5, 1985.

Were any of Smith's
original victims killed

the day Floressa was born?

Yes. Patty Johnson.

She was Smith's first victim.

She was murdered
on October 9, 1967.

What do you want to bet

our killer thought Floressa
was named Patty?

So this unsub thinks his new victims
are Smith's old victims.

Garcia, what about locations?

Where did Patty Johnson,
Taylor Lynn Grover,

and Carol Hansen die?

Okay. Okay. Hold on.
Give me a sec.

They were all murdered
in Alabama. In order--

Mobile, Birmingham, Gadsden.

And where were Floressa,
Clayton, and Brianna born?

Also in order--
Mobile, Birmingham...

and, oh, my God, Gadsden.

Exact same places,
exact same dates.

That's it.
Patty, Taylor, and Carol

were all killed
only to be born to live again.

This is about reincarnation.

What are you
going to do to me?

So, this killer believes that
Smith's victims didn't really die,

but hopped into a newborn life
and kept on living.

Exactly. Reincarnated
as Floressa,

Charlie Clayton, and Brianna.

So what's he doing now,
killing them all over again?

That's how it looks.

But...he believes
in reincarnation, right?

Who's to say that
these new victims

haven't just jumped into
somebody else's body,

the way he believes they did
the first time?

Well, maybe in his mind
they already have.

See, a fundamental tenet
of reincarnation

is that you can come back
in any life form, not just human.

That would explain
the larvae.

This unsub is introducing
a newly hatched life form

next to the victims
as he kills them.

It's a new life form
waiting right there,

ready to receive the spirit
of the one that just died.

He thinks that
the people he's killing

get reincarnated
as flies?

He's making sure they don't
come back in human form again.

Ensuring that this death
ends the cycle.

If he believes it about the victims,
he must believe it about himself.

Garcia, can you find out exactly
where and when Russell Smith died,

and then see who was born
in the same place at the same time?

Russell Smith died
January 19, 1988.

Tuscaloosa. Shot.

Taken to Hobson Regional
Medical Center.

Willie Kestler.

Born exact same day,
exact same hospital.

Do you have an address
for Kestler?

It is...it's not local.

Uh, 3088 Lakehawk Street,

Apartment 5,
Chandler, Arizona.

I'm sending it to you now.
You got a photo?

That's our guy.

Does Kestler have a vehicle?

Mm-hmm. He's the registered
owner of a Ford Bronco,

1989, green,

Arizona license plate MAQ3586.

Sheriff, put out an APB to all law
enforcement within a 200-mile radius.

I'm on it.

Thanks, Garcia.

How come you're doing this?

It's that voice
in your head.

The one you can't
figure out.

I don't have a voice
in my head.

You do.

Maybe it's not as loud
for you as it was for me.

For a long time
I didn't understand.

It was like...

There was me...

Then there was
another me.

Then a few years ago,

right before he died,

my grandpa told me something
that made it all clear.

It was about what happened
to me the day I was born.

[Screaming]

I was supposed to be born
two weeks before.

But I wouldn't come.

[Screaming]

And then when I did...

things got all...
tangled up inside.

They had to rip my mama open
to get me out.

But that was okay.

I had to wait to be born
for a reason.

There was a man who
got shot that very day.

A killer.

Russell Smith.

You can't explain
things like this.

It just happens.

It happened to me.

It could happen to you.

[Crying]

[Monitor flatlines]

My mama died when
I was 5 years old

and I had to go live
with that bastard.

Old man used to smack me
around all the time.

No reason.

Just mean.

My grandpa always said
I had the devil inside me.

The soul of a killer.

That's crazy.

No.

It wasn't crazy at all.

After I heard that story,
it all made sense.

The voice in my head.

The two mes.

There was only ever one
real me all the time.

Russell Smith.

That's who I am.

That's who I've always been.

[Cell phone rings]

What have you got, Garcia?

Chandler P.D. says Kestler's
apartment is empty,

but they found stacks and stacks
of books about reincarnation.

All right. Do the math with each
of Smith's other 5 victims.

Find out who was born
the same place at the same time

that each was murdered.

That's who Kestler will be
going after next.

Yes, sir. But this is gonna
take a while.

Please put on
your hat of patience.

Yeah.
Hurry.

We need to take
a ride now.

Don't hurt me. Please.

It's not that I want to.

Maybe I am Russell Smith.

But it didn't mean
I had to be a killer again.

What are you talking about?

I mean, the whole point
of reincarnation

is that you're supposed
to come back

and be better
than you were before.

Work on your karma.

What I'm doing now,

it's self-defense.

One of you found out
where I was,

and you tried to come and
cut off my brakes and kill me.

So I had to find you.

All 8 of you.

And then I'll be done.

Oh, let me go.

I promise I won't
tell anybody.

You're gonna scream
your head off, aren't you?

As soon as we open the door,

you're gonna make
a run for it.

No.

I don't believe you.

No...

Maybe we should just
do this right here.

No. No, don't.

No...

Bad, bad news.

What is it?

There are 22 possible people

our unsub
could be going after,

and they are scattered
everywhere.

I mean everywhere.

Nova Scotia to Hawaii
to Pennsylvania--

Any in the Pensacola area?

[Sighs] No.

There's a Ted Sissler,

who was born the same day
in the same place

as one of the older
victims from Pensacola,

but he died 13 years ago.

Well, that's good, then,
right?

One less person he's gonna
want to hunt down and kill.

No, that's bad.

Sheriff, check to see
if any 13-year-olds

went missing
in the last 24 hours,

and if Ted Sissler
has any family in the area,

put them into protective
custody immediately.

So, Kestler has
no criminal record,

but he has been on the
Chandler P.D. radar recently.

Why?
3 months ago

he was injured
in a solo car crash.

Claims someone
cut his brake lines

and he wanted the police
to figure out who did it.

And?

Investigation turned up
no evidence of foul play.

But the police said Kestler
was obsessed over it.

He kept showing up for weeks
saying someone was after him.

Well, that must have been
the trigger.

Reincarnation
cuts both ways.

Kestler thought
Smith's old victims

were coming back
to get him.

Rossi:
He's a psychopath.

Aidan Donahue,
13 years old.

Parents said he never
came home from school today.

[Text message beep]

Kestler's car was spotted
at a downtown motel.

Let's go.

[Gasps]

Come here.

No. No, no...

Aidan, it's all right.
We're the FBI.

We're the good guys.
Are you okay?

The man that was here,
where did he go?

I don't know.

He just...took off.

Did he say
where he was going?

No. Only that
this wasn't over.

He was gonna come back.

Here? He was gonna
come back here to this room?

No. The guy was crazy.

He said he was coming back
in 20 years.

He'd come back
and get me in 20 years.

I think I know
where he's going.

[Indistinct P.A.]

Can I help you?

Yes. I'm looking for
the delivery rooms.

Is your wife
having a baby?

Yes.

Patient's name?

Just tell me
where they are.

Sir, only family members
are allowed back in the delivery area.

Now.

Sir, I'm going to have
to ask you to leave.

[Screaming]

P.A.: Attention.
All hospital personnel

and visitors immediately

proceed to the nearest
exit in an orderly fashion.

Repeat--leave the building
immediately.

Do not interfere
with law enforcement.

It's gonna be okay.

Just breathe.

Ohh!

P.A.: Only authorized personnel
may transport patients.

Repeat--only authorized personnel
may transport patients.

Ohh!
You can't be in here.

The baby.

Where is it?

[Baby crying]

Get out.

Get out.

[Baby crying]

Hotch: Put the baby down
and drop your weapon.

[Baby crying]

Willie Kestler, it's over.

There's nowhere to run.

Ohh!
No!

Hotch: Agent down.
Get a doctor in here.

[Baby crying]

No.

No.

No.

No...

Rossi: "The doctrine of
the immortality of the soul

has more threat
than comfort."

Mason Cooley.

When did you get back?
No one told me you got back

and I've been worried
like crazy.

Because they said
you were shot, with bullets.

I'm fine.

I can't believe
you were shot with bu--

I got shot in my bulletproof
vest, baby girl.

It's just a couple bruises.
I'm okay.

Why don't they make better vests?
That's not bulletproof.

It's like when you fall in the pool
and your watch stops working.

That's water-resistant, not waterproof.
They should--

I'm just fine.
See? It's just a couple bruises.

How--how long do you
have to be taped up like this?

I don't know.
A couple days, maybe.

Oh. Okay.

Are you relaxed now?

Yeah. I'm relaxed.
Hey, if you need someone to

help you, you know,
put new bindings on,

rewrap or wrap, unwrap--

Hey, you guys--oh!

We... hey.

I hope I'm not
interrupting anything.

Hotch needs us
at the round table.

Why? We just landed.

He said it's important.

[Whispering] It was nothing.
I wasn't doing anything.

Yesterday while
we were in Florida,

a body was found
in the desert

outside Las Cruces,
New Mexico.

A man had his leg
amputated

and replaced with
the leg of someone else.

And, as you know, last month
a body was found in Dallas

with its mouth sewn shut,

like the silencer.

What looked then to be
a possible one-time copycat

now has to be examined
in a different light.

Someone's out there mimicking
the crimes we've solved.

That's how it looks.

This is now an active case,

which we'll be investigating
along with our other cases.

== sync, corrected by elderman ==