Criminal Minds (TV Series)

Gatekeeper (2013)

Kirsten Vangsness: Penelope Garcia

Quotes 

• Penelope Garcia : Do you know how many Ashleys are in downtown Boston? Too many Ashelys! That many Ashleys. And the only thing to track her down is that she has fancies for bunnies.

  [Ugh] 

  Penelope Garcia : . So I am pulling the receipts from local pet shop, nothing crosses. And anyway, even if she likes bunnies, it doesn't mean that she owns bunnies. I like unicorns, I don't have unicorns. I am looking for a trail of wild geese and bunnies.

• Penelope Garcia : If the name Ashley is on Scott's phone, I can't find it.

  Derek Morgan : Penelope, this is sounding more like cubic zirconia.

  Penelope Garcia : Bite your pretty tongue. I didn't stop at the first rejection. I did what you guys did; I profiled the guy. Scotty is a ladies' man, gets a lot of names and numbers, gotta keep track of 'em all. What's a playa to do, playa?

  Derek Morgan : He gave her a nickname.

  Penelope Garcia : "Baby Girl" was already taken. But "Bunny" wasn't.

• Derek Morgan : Talk to me, baby girl.

  Penelope Garcia : You better get ready to go down on one knee, because this BG boo just won herself one hell of a diamond!

• Penelope Garcia : You know what? Send me that broken cell phone. I may be able to pull data from the device itself.

  Aaron Hotchner : And in the meantime, forward Delfino's calls to us. If she tries him, we'll be able to talk to her.

  Penelope Garcia : Smart thinking, *sensei*. Routing it now.

• Penelope Garcia : His name is Tanner Johnson, and life has not been kind.

  Jennifer Jareau : He lost a child, didn't he?

  Penelope Garcia : Yeah, last year. Ten year old son Jeremy. According to reports, Jeremy was playing with a friend, they were, like, fake 'wrestling', when Tanner, a freelance photographer/night time doorman, got a call, left the room to take it; when he returned, his son was unconscious, the friend was trying to revive him from a chokehold gone horribly wrong.

  Aaron Hotchner : The son was strangled; that's why he uses a garrote.

  Penelope Garcia : Jeremy was on life support for a few days, but he died.

  Alex Blake : And Tanner blames himself. He stopped watching for a minute and he lost his son.

  David Rossi : He hasn't stopped watching since. The grief must have consumed him.

  Jennifer Jareau : That's a hell of a stressor, but what triggered the murders?

  Aaron Hotchner : Garcia, what happened to Tanner's wife? Did the marriage survive?

  Penelope Garcia : Uh... nope. She kicked him out two months ago. Right before the killings started.

  Jennifer Jareau : So he loses his child, then his wife and home. It's enough to make anyone unstable.

  Alex Blake : Add guilt to that, and it's all too much. He dissociated.

  David Rossi : Paternal transference. Claimed the residents of the apartment building as his family.

• Penelope Garcia : Beantown has turned into Chokeville. Three victims, all male, wallets stolen.

  Aaron Hotchner : The unsub uses a garrote to strangle his victims. He strikes at night, and there have been no witnesses.

  David Rossi : How much did he get?

  Aaron Hotchner : What's odd. Each of the victims' socio-economically is lower to middle class. It's doubtful there would have been much cash, and there have been no charge attempts on any of the credit cards.

  Alex Blake : So the murders might not be about money at all. Taking the wallets could be a forensic countermeasure to delay victim identification.

  Penelope Garcia : That could be the sitch with the first two victims, but the latest one, Scott Delfino, he was on the phone with his roommate when he was attacked; call cut out unexpectedly, repeated callbacks went straight to voicemail.

  Aaron Hotchner : And Delfino's body was found an hour later, indications were that he'd been blitzed.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Which speaks to the killer's prep work, but also his desperation. He chose a location to lay in wait, but wasn't capable of adapting to a target on the phone.

  Jennifer Jareau : Well, that could be arrogance getting in the way, making his organization appear mixed. To me, that screams false confidence.

  Derek Morgan : Which means the desperation is what's driving him. It's not about the kills, it's about what the murders represent.

  Jennifer Jareau : He's mission oriented. He doesn't want to kill them, he has to.

  David Rossi : Which suggests the unsub has no personal connection to his victims.

  Alex Blake : Except choking as a kill method is extremely personal. He feels each victim take their last breath.

  Derek Morgan : What if the wallets are a form of depersonalization? He's stripping his victims of their identities.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Which means he may feel stripped of his own. If the wallets are trophies, he could be seeking recognition for his work.

  Aaron Hotchner : And he may not stop killing until he gets that recognition. Let's go.

• Dr. Spencer Reid : Thanks. This night is not about me, though.

  [raises his glass] 

  Dr. Spencer Reid : To David Rossi.

  David Rossi : I still can't believe you guys did this.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : We wanted to make sure you had one last proper goodbye.

  Penelope Garcia : Mm. And I may or may not have posted on the Quantico message boards that all the drinks are on you tonight.

  David Rossi : And they are indeed, thank you very much.

  Aaron Hotchner : But that's not all. I don't believe that any of the members of this team have heard you sing.

  Helen : Next up is David Rossi.

  David Rossi : That was intentional.

  Aaron Hotchner : Next up is David Rossi.

  Helen : Dave, get your ass up here and sing us out already.

  Aaron Hotchner : And, look, it's your key.

  David Rossi : Yeah, Q squared.

  [Karaoke "piano man" starts] 

  David Rossi : All righty. To all the great memories that have happened within these walls, if you think I'm doing this without backup, you're nuts. Come on, JJ, Reid, let's go. Derek! Come on!