Criminal Minds · Season 1, Episode 15
“Unfinished Business” · Season 1, Episode 15
In this episode: Dean Winchester (940), Damon Salvatore (715), Sam Winchester (665), Olivia Benson (637), Stephen Fry (608), Narrator (554), Clark Kent (523), Nate (486)
I know you framed Terry Colby.
I didn't.
Your father worked at Evil Corp before he died. That's a matter of public record. I'm not turning you in, if that's what you're thinking. I don't even have proof, and even if I did, I don't care. Just wanted to know your weakness. Now I do. Revenge. How ordinary. Just like our waiter. But even extraordinary people, and I believe you are, are driven by human banalities. And unfortunately, we're all human. Except me, of course.
[narrating] My father picked me up from school one day and we played hookey and went to the beach. It was too cold to go in the water so we sat on a blanket and ate pizza. When I got home my sneakers were full of sand and I dumped it on my bedroom floor. I didn't know the difference, I was six. My mother screamed at me for the mess but he wasn't mad. He said that billions of years ago the world's shifting and ocean moving brought that sand to that spot on the beach and then I took it away. Every day he said we change the world. Which is a nice thought until I think about how many days and lifetimes I would need to bring a shoe full of sand home until there is no beach. Until it made a difference to anyone. Every day we change the world. But to change the world in a way that means anything that take more time that most people have. It never happens all at once. It's slow. It's methodical. It's exhausting. We don't all have the stomach for it.
[narrating] I, Elliot Alderson, am flight. I am fear. I am anxiety, terror, panic.
[narrating] I suppose a bullet through the brain is peaceful in its own right.
Look, I know you think you were a shoo-in for CTO, and you're pissed... probably wishing I'd fall onto the subway tracks. So how about you cut the bullshit.
I'm afraid your paranoia has gotten the best of you but, nevertheless, please excuse me, I'll leave you to review your notes before Spencer arrives. Oh, and thank you for dinner. Entire evening was enchanting, the food, the wine, your lovely Sharon. Please tell her I say hello.
[pauses] Did you enjoy the view... what, do you think she wouldn't tell me?
I, I'm not sure what you're trying...
You wanna watch me piss, too? I've had several glasses of water.
Scott, a misunderstanding...
Happy to pull my dick out for you if that's your thing, watching the Knowles family urinate. [unzips pants] Hell, I could fly my brother in from Miami, he has the bladder of a small child. You'd probably bust a nut watching him take a leak.
I'm not sure what she told you, but if I were you I would tell her to find more appropriate ways of managing her imagination.
Tyrell, I want you to accept the hard truth, right here, right now in front of me. You are not going to be CTO. I want to see that look wash over your face. It's the only way I'll know you'll stop playing these silly, silly games.
Oh, I'm fully aware you're CTO, Scott. I'm not sure what more I can offer you.
[begins to leave the room]
Wait... here. [removes the expensive watch from his wrist, extends it towards Tyrell, and gestures with it as he continues to speak] I feel bad, after all you've got a child on the way, you need all the help you can get. In fact, this would probably pay off the rest of your mortgage. Aren't you still in that neat little two bedroom in Chelsea... There. [points at Tyrell] That's the look I was looking for.
[narrating] Remember when the panic would set in and we had a solution? Be honest, I miss that. Life is so much easier when you're numb.
[narrating] For all his insane and inhumane ideas, he does understand the world. The wild savagery of the world.
My own brother. That's what the universe asked of me. To be my brother's keeper. Like Cain after Abel, I'll be a fugitive and wanderer on the earth. Brave fugitive. Brave wanderer. Look how you helped me! That's the kind of bravery I've been talking 'bout! But--But now... now I want you to look at Isaac. [Grabs Elliot's face and tilts his head down] Look! Dead proof. My operation is over. So go on, crash it. Burn it to the ground. Doesn't matter. I'm gone. A spirit. One with all the heavens. All existence.
[a car pulls up and DJ and Fernando Vera walk over] Shayla. Where is she?
Keys, yo. [DJ throws him the keys and gets into the car] Told you you'd get her back, bro. You just didn't realize... [indicates the trunk of Elliot's car] she was with you the whole time.
Elliot? I wasn't expecting you.
I'm here for my appointment.
Well, you can slip in before my first patient.
You told me I should tell you the truth.
Yes.
Everything I say will still be protected and confidential?
[Beat]
I've been lying to you. I don't take my pills. But you don't either. Your refill frequency for Ativan doesn't match your prescription divided by the dosage. This morning... you bought a tall hazelnut latte. Paid for it on your Evil Corp card. By text, you justified the indulgence to your sister because Evil Corp gives you double rewards. But those points only accumulate on travel expenses. You're not good with money. On paper, your Thursday 2:00, Marilyn O'Brien, is your doppelganger. I think you're encouraging her to leave her husband... because you're tired of being dumped. You like porn, especially anal. Whether you like it yourself, I don't know. That's not relevant to me. You've told your best friend Jennifer that you wish your mom would die. I sometimes watch you on your webcam. You cry sometimes... just like me. Because you're lonely. I don't just hack you, Krista. I hack everyone... my friends, coworkers. But I've helped a lot of people. I want... a way out of loneliness. Just like you. Is that what you wanted to hear?
We're all living in each other's paranoia. You definitely can't argue that. Is that why everyone tries to avoid each other?
Have you ever considered which part of our scheme motivates you? When the Dark Army bailed, you didn't care if pushing a button would bring about an economic revolution. You want momentary anarchy. The others - Mobley likes palling around, Romero wants a whiff of fame. Those reasons depress me.
What's the part you want?
My parents were born in Iran. They came here like everybody else, for freedom. But my dad works 60hr weeks to determine tax loopholes for a millionaire art dealer. My mom ran up loans into five digits to get an online degree. They won't shut up about how great America is, but they're going to die in debt doing things they never wanted to do.
[narrating] Hackers. We inherently trust no one, including each other. I'll never be able to tell her there will always be this divide, my walls she can't look over...and she knows it.
Every hacker has her fixation. You hack people. I hack time.
[narrating] I hurt Krista. I don't feel good about that. I hope you're not mad at me, but you have to admit she is just like everyone else. Too afraid to peek over their walls for fear of what they might see. Not me. That's what I do. I look.
[narrating] You're gonna make me say it, aren't you? I am Mr. Robot.
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