Criminal Minds (TV Series)

Luke (2018)

A.J. Cook: Jennifer Jareau

Quotes 

• Dr. Spencer Reid : You know, most assassinations are one and dones. Hit men acquire a target, execute them, and then disappear. Killing multiple victims without changing his M.O. exposes him and makes him trackable.

  Jennifer Jareau : The victims were seemingly-average people with normal, middle-class lives. Nothing here says they would be targeted by a hit man.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : Yeah, killing random people's just not what a hit man does.

  Luke Alvez : If they're moving this fast, they must be working off a list.

  Matt Simmons : What if all three victims are key witnesses to a federal crime? That would put them on a list.

  David Rossi : As would witness protection.

  Emily Prentiss : Garcia, start running through the WITSEC database. I'll reach out to them and the U.S. Attorney's office, see if there's any overlap.

• Dr. Spencer Reid : We should also consider that our unsub might not be a hit man, that he's operating off a list of victims based on their perceived transgressions.

  Jennifer Jareau : A moral enforcer.

  Emily Prentiss : Well, either way, we need to assume there are other targets. We'll run the case out of here until we can predict his next move. But based on his speed, we will have to work fast.

• Matt Simmons : Paul McEntee has a panic room.

  Jennifer Jareau : Why would an accountant with no family need a panic room?

  Matt Simmons : Well, if he was a witness in a key case or in WITSEC, he'd probably want to feel protected.

  Jennifer Jareau : Yeah. WITSEC wouldn't pay for something like this, and he couldn't afford this on his salary.

  Matt Simmons : Paul must have had a second income, likely discreet and paid in cash to keep him off any radars.

  Jennifer Jareau : Well, we need to follow that money trail. It could help us piece together the victimology connection we've been missing.

• Matt Simmons : JJ, just look around. What do you see?

  Jennifer Jareau : Well, except for that blood spatter, I'd have no idea a crime was committed here.

  Matt Simmons : Exactly.

  Jennifer Jareau : Heh. Yeah, this guy's not losing control. He's cold, calculated.

  Matt Simmons : He's simply doing a job. He's not trying to teach anybody a lesson here. It feels like we can take "moral enforcer" off the table.

• Phil Brooks : I don't know the others, but this guy, Paul McEntee, I recognize him. He was a middleman for the Martinez cartel. He greased the wheels that brought the product into the country.

  Jennifer Jareau : You think he's the CI who gave up Ramos?

  Phil Brooks : We never knew the identity of the CI, but it's possible.

  Luke Alvez : If this is an act of revenge for Ramos, I don't think it matters. Anybody associated with the cartel's guilty in his eyes. All right, not only because they ratted him out, they also abandoned him in prison. So he's gonna kill everyone involved, no matter how far removed from his arrest in Mexico.

• Dr. Spencer Reid : We profiled Grant as either a hit man or a moral enforcer, but he's actually both. He's a moral enforcer posing as a hit man. It's the perfect cover.

  Emily Prentiss : We need to find everyone associated with the cartel in this immediate area. That's where he's heading next.

  Jennifer Jareau : [entering]  The DEA's just given us three more suspected Martinez cartel contacts in the D.C. area. I just sent you all their info, Garcia.

  Penelope Garcia : On it. Ken Ronson, Steve Bagnis, Kathleen Jensen. I've sent you their home and work addresses.

  Emily Prentiss : Phil, do you recognize any of them?

  Phil Brooks : No.

  Emily Prentiss : Okay, then we have to assume all three are still in play. Let's split up and go.

• Emily Prentiss : Jeremy Grant has killed multiple people. Now that he's murdered a federal agent, he knows the full weight of every agency in the U.S. law enforcement machine will be looking for him.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : We know from his profile he's not suicidal.

  Jennifer Jareau : Exactly. So he'll go underground, which means he'll either flee the country or wait for the storm to pass.

  Matt Simmons : He's a sniper with resources on both sides of the border.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : Right. These guys are trained to have safe houses and backstops.

  Emily Prentiss : Okay, that's where we start. I want a full background on Grant's DEA history; missions, known associates, anyone or anything that would help keep him off the radar. JJ's right, he will try and go underground, but before he does, I have a feeling he's gonna wanna get in one final shot.

• Jennifer Jareau : There aren't many flights out this time of night. I've got one, maybe two possible options.

  David Rossi : Airport's risky, even for him. It's wall-to-wall cameras.

  Jennifer Jareau : Yeah, but he's arrogant enough to think he could beat 'em.

• Dr. Spencer Reid : Garcia compiled a list of buses and trains that pass through or originate in the area at this time of night. We have three good options, and I already have her pulling CCTV footage and passenger manifests.

  Jennifer Jareau : Okay, you know, we need to just step back a second and-and stop thinking about Grant like he's a tourist. We need to start thinking about this like he's, I don't know, trying to smuggle himself out.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : In that case, we should look at commercial trucking routes. It would take time and coordination, but it's a good way out of the country, although it does limit his destination options.

  Jennifer Jareau : Okay, now what about international waters? Once you're out there, all bets are off. You can pretty much go anywhere you want.

  David Rossi : There's smaller marinas off the Potomac, and there's the ports.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Well, Alexandria's the closest to D.C., but it's small. If Grant really wanted to blend with a crowd, he'd head down to Baltimore. By overall dollar value of cargo, it's the ninth-biggest port in the U.S.

  Jennifer Jareau : Airports, marinas, bus terminals. All right, let's get the rest of the team and get started.

• Matt Simmons : [alone with JJ]  They told us to go to the bedroom

  Jennifer Jareau : That's weird