His life was one torment after another. His teachers gave up on him, his classmates bullied him and his father blamed him while giving him access to guns. Given these condition,s you're actually quite fortunate.
DLDeputy Lawford
It sounds like you're saying these victims deserved this.
HotchnerWe're not. Nobody deserves this.
But you could have prevented it.
Hotchner
Reid, can I talk to you?
[They walk out into another room]
It's the truth! They could have done something, they work with his father, they knew Owen!
Hotchner
So what? All adolescents profile like sociopaths. There's a reason you can't diagnose them until they're 18.
Yeah, they could have seen the signs!
Hotchner
Nobody sees the signs, Reid! You know that! And making it their fault is not only unfair, it's dangerous. I want you to go back to the Savage house and I want you go through Owen's room.
Morgan's already doing that.
Hotchner
Yeah, and you're going to join him.
Hotchner
No, I'm using you. You know this kid better than anybody. Go find us something we can use!
Hotchner
You knowingly jeopardized your life and the lives of others. I should fire you. You're the smartest kid in the room, but you're not the only one in that room. You pull something like this again, you will be. Am I clear?
Yes, sir. It won't happen again. Thank you.
Hotchner
What were you thinking?
I was thinking that would have been, uh, the second time a kid died in front of me.
Hotchner
You're keeping score, just like Owen.
It was my turn to save one.
Hotchner
It doesn't work like that.
Hotchner
I know it's painful when the person you identify with is the bad guy.
Hotchner
Good at the job. I know it's none of my business, but when we land, I think you should go and catch the rest of that movie.
[Hotch is on the stand being questioned by the defense attorney, Lester Serling]
LSLester Serling
Fact is, behavioral analysis is really just intellectual guesswork. You probably couldn't tell me the color of my socks with any greater accuracy than a carnival psychic.
CHCece Hillenbrand
[standing] Objection.
LSLester Serling
Withdrawn.
[Not expecting an answer, Serling turns away from Hotch to head back to his seat]
Hotchner
Charcoal gray.
[Serling, surprised that Hotch provided an answer, turns around and lifts his pants to reveal his socks, at which he points]
LSLester Serling
[sarcastically] Well look at that. He got one right.
Hotchner
You match them to the color of your suit to appear taller. You also wear lifts, and you've had the soles of your shoes replaced. One might think you're frugal, but in fact you're having financial difficulties. You wear a fake Rolex because you pawned the real one to pay your debts, my guess is to a bookie.
LSLester Serling
I took this case pro bono. I am one of the most successful criminal attorneys in the state.
Hotchner
Your vice is horses. Your BlackBerry's been buzzing on the table every twenty minutes, which happens to be the average time between posts from Colonial Downs. You're getting race results, and every time you do it affects your mood in court, and you're not having a very good day. That's because you pick horses the same way you practice law: by always taking the long shot.
LSLester Serling
Well, you spin a very good yarn, agent, but as usual you've proven nothing.
Hotchner
[looking at his watch] If I'm not mistaken, the results from the fifth race should be coming through any minute.
[Serling's BlackBerry on the table starts to buzz]
Hotchner
Why don't you tell us if your luck has changed?
LSLester Serling
Your Honor, this is...
JJudge
What do you want me to do? Either show us your BlackBerry or cut him loose, counselor.
[Serling ponders the question for a second]
LSLester Serling
Nothing further.
Aaron Hotchner
Sometimes there are no words, no clever quotes to neatly sum up what's happened that day. Sometimes you do everything right, everything exactly right, and still you feel like you failed. Did it need to end that way? Could something have been done to prevent the tragedy in the first place? 89 murders at the pig farm; the deaths of Mason and Lucas Turner make 91 lives snuffed out. Kelly Shane will go home and try to recover, to reconnect with her family, but she'll never be a child again. William Hightower, who gave his leg for his country, gave the rest of himself to avenge his sister's murder. That makes 93 lives forever altered, not counting family and friends, in a small town in Sarnia, Ontario, who thought monsters didn't exist, until they learned that they spent their lives with one. And what about my team? How many more times will they be able to look into the abyss? How many more times before they won't ever recover the pieces of themselves that this job takes? [Hotch enters his apartment, pours himself a drink and raises it to his lips. He freezes as a hooded figure appears behind him with a gun in hand and turns around to see the barrel pointed at his chest.] Like I said, sometimes there are no words, no clever quotes to neatly sum up what's happened that day.
GFGeorge Foyet
You should have made a deal.
Sometimes, the day just... [the screen cuts to black as a gunshot rings out] ...ends.
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