Criminal Minds (TV Series)

What Happens at Home... (2010)

Joe Mantegna: David Rossi

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Quotes 

• David Rossi : [voiceover]  "Children begin by loving their parents. As they grow older, they judge them. Sometimes they forgive them." ~~ Oscar Wilde

• David Rossi : What else is on your mind?

  Ashley Seaver : A dog... When I was seven years old, I found a puppy on my way home from school. I ran all the way home with this little ball of fur. I was so excited. And when I got to the house, my dad was the only one home. And I gave him the puppy to hold while I got him some milk. We didn't have dog food, but I thought, well, a puppy's like a baby, so milk, right? And when I got back, my dad was in the bathroom, and he turned and told me to put the milk away. I didn't understand. And he told me we didn't need the hassle of another mouth to feed, and I was never to do that again... And he tilted his head, and I started crying and I could swear he looked like he was having fun.

  David Rossi : He's a psychopath. Cruelty to animals is part of that.

  Ashley Seaver : I know. But what I don't understand... Mr. Jacobs asked me a question about my father, and... I don't hate him. I don't. I try, but I just don't.

  David Rossi : No matter what else he is, he's your father. Now, you're not responsible for the things he did. But you can't change the fact that to you... he's still your dad.

  Ashley Seaver : I just feel like he's winning if I don't hate him.

  David Rossi : No, kiddo. There's no winning. There's just living. Moving forward. And if you keep doing that, you'll be all right.

  Ashley Seaver : Is that true?

  David Rossi : It is for me.

  Ashley Seaver : Thank you.

  [Rossi holds her hand] 

• Dr. Spencer Reid : Has anyone vetted them?

  David Rossi : Garcia's doing a separate check on police and security staff.

  Ashley Seaver : Why?

  David Rossi : Law enforcement and security are the kind of jobs that would attract this UnSub.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Dennis Rader, BTK, was a compliance officer in Park City, Kansas. Kenneth Bianchi, one of the Hillside Stranglers, worked as a security guard in California and Washington.

  David Rossi : Psychopaths love official jobs and uniforms.

• David Rossi : This won't be easy, Ashley. It may trigger some extremely painful memories.

  Ashley Seaver : I appreciate the concern, but when your father kills 25 women before you're a teenager, painful memories don't need a trigger. They just are.

• Heather Jacobs : Daddy? Daddy, please.

  Ashley Seaver : I know how tired you are. I know how exhausting your life is. I watched him live it. I watched him fight it, and I saw how desperately he wanted to be different.

  Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner : [team arrives at Jacobs' house]  Prentiss and Morgan, take the back. Make noise. Let him know he's caught. It may be the only chance she's got.

  Ashley Seaver : ...I watched him try so hard to be a good father. But in the end, he just couldn't stop the other thing.

  Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner : [comes into house]  FBI!

  David Rossi : FBI!

  Heather Jacobs : Daddy, please, let's just leave!

  Drew Jacobs : Go downstairs, Heather.

  Heather Jacobs : Please, Daddy.

  Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner : FBI!

  Ashley Seaver : My father once told me the best day of his life was the day he got arrested, because he could finally stop.

  Drew Jacobs : Do you hate him?

  [Seaver gives her head a subtle shake] 

  Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner : Drop the knife.

  Heather Jacobs : Daddy!

  Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner : Drop the knife!

  Heather Jacobs : Daddy!

  Drew Jacobs : I'm sorry, baby. I'm sorry.

  [walks toward Hotch] 

• Penelope Garcia : I shall call you the moment I have anything to contribute, or an overwhelming desire to speak to my beautiful Derek Morgan, whichever comes first.

  David Rossi : Let me guess who'll win.

  Penelope Garcia : And you'd be right.