Criminal Minds (TV Series)

Big Sea (2011)

Joe Mantegna: David Rossi

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• David, Rossi : [voiceover]  The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness. -Joseph Conrad

• David, Rossi : Some years back, Morgan's cousin fled a stalker. She made it to South Carolina. She was never seen or heard from again.

  Ashley Seaver : Was it the stalker?

  David, Rossi : He killed himself two weeks later, so we never found out for sure. But Morgan's profile led straight to him. So whenever unidentified female remains turn up, he gets that call.

• David, Rossi : Think it's time to rethink Cindi?

  Derek Morgan : Rossi, the only connection right now is Charleston. It's weak.

  David, Rossi : Victim number five is an African-American woman in her twenties who died in 2004. That's not weak.

  David, Rossi : My aunt has spent years obsessing over Cindi's last few hours. She doesn't go out. She doesn't sleep. She forgets to take her medication. It's killing her, Rossi.

  David, Rossi : It hasn't been easy for you, either.

  Derek Morgan : But everything I've learned as a profiler has taught me that it's not about what I want to be true. It's about what I can prove.

• Dr. Spencer Reid : I don't think this was written under duress. You said Dr. Cormick wasn't taking medication for Parkinson's, right? Look at her handwriting. No indication of tremors or shaking. There's a drug called trilamide. In minute doses it treats Parkinson's, but its main use is for seasickness.

  David, Rossi : Something a fisherman would have access to.

  Derek Morgan : And criminals in South America. Intel reports say they figured out a high dose makes a victim totally compliant.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Yeah, they slip it in your drink or blow the powder in your face and nasodermal absorption's almost immediate. You're instantaneously susceptible to any suggestion. There have been reports of locals letting thugs into their apartments to rob them, even helping them load the getaway trucks.

• Blake Wells : [Morgan shows Cindi's photo]  I didn't dump her there, did I? She means something to you, doesn't she?

  Derek Morgan : They're all special to me, Blake. If you can't remember her, we can just move on.

  Blake Wells : I do remember her. You want to know, Agent Morgan, who she cried out for right before I made her slice her own throat?

  Derek Morgan : Go ahead. Tell me.

  Blake Wells : You. She cried out for you. Where were you when she bled out on the floor of my boat?

  Derek Morgan : You're a sick son of a bitch. But you didn't kill her.

  Blake Wells : I did kill her.

  Derek Morgan : No. You didn't. And I was very clear about the rules. Deal's off.

  [Morgan leaves the room] 

  Blake Wells : I did kill her. You said you wanted to learn from me, and now you won't listen! Hey, come back here! Agent Morgan! I did kill her!

  David, Rossi : How'd you know?

  Derek Morgan : He knows his victims' names. He didn't know Cindi's.

  Blake Wells : Agent Morgan, you get back here!