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)
Crane! You gotta make more of that fear gas; we gotta get Merdon outta jail! Crane! [he opens the closet they locked Crane inside and sees him with his back turned] ...Crane?
...Jonathan Crane isn't here anymore. [sprays Grady with fear gas from a wrist launcher, causing him to scream] It's just the Scarecrow.
This place smells like death... which reminds me, there's a Thai joint near here if you wanna get something to eat later.
I cured myself, warden. See, I feared the Scarecrow... but now we are one.
Jonathan, please...
You're not listening to me, warden! Jonathan Crane is no more! Call me by my true name - The Scarecrow!
I'm sick and tired of not being taken seriously, of all those selfish guys out there who treat me like I'm stupid. Alone, I can't do much about it. With Barbara, maybe. But with you and Barbara? The three of us could give all those creeps a run for their money.
Lucius Fox's armor is bullet-proof; my mask is not.
Don't get shot in the face. Got it.
Do I detect a note of sarcasm, Master Bruce?
In anticipation of our partnership, I have been working on a few riddles.
Yes, riddles! That's exactly what I need. That's gonna make me feel like myself again. Fire away.
Okay. What's black and white and read all over?
Easy. A zebra with a gaping hole. Next.
Um... no, it's actually a newspaper.
That's ridiculous. There's nothing red in a newspaper. Next.
Well it makes sense if you...
Next!
I have a face and two arms, but no body. What am I?
A deformed baby. Come on! Surely you can do better than this!
The answer is a clock. Y'know, hands? [pause] I think there's something wrong with your brain, Ed.
There is nothing wrong with my brain! The problem is your riddles. Bring me a riddle that is worthy of my name!
Do you ever think about walking away from it all?
Gotham? Sometimes. But I can't.
Why not?
It's in my blood. My father spent his entire life fighting for the city. He never took the easy way out. Neither can I.
You know, your father taught me many things. Among them was to nurture a healthy paranoia. For example: when I took over, some of his old capos went underground. Now, perhaps they vanished for good... or perhaps they're waiting for Falcone to return and lead the rebellion. [laughs] Who knows? But I hear your father's voice whispering in my ear: "Be careful". Now, I need to know that you are not on some fool's errand to rebuild your father's empire. Otherwise... [gestures towards Zsasz]
[whispers] I'm gonna stab you.
I was 13 when my father first sent me away. He said that Gotham was too dangerous. This is my home. I wanted to come home. Is that enough?
Gotham - mother to us all. [smiles] I think we have nothing to worry about. Give your father my best, will you?
I don't know how you do it. You fought those men, and I... I just froze. Same as when that man killed my grandfather.
Fear is normal. in the alley where my parents were killed, I was terrified. I just stood there. There's nothing wrong with being afraid. Once you understand that it's normal, you can put it in its place, and you can act. Fight back.
I felt bad for you when that happened to your parents. You were all the kids at school talked about.
What did they say?
That you lived alone in a mansion. That you didn't go to school. That you flew around the world in a jet. They made you sound weird.
Maybe I am.
No, you're cool! I'm weird. [pause] You're a little weird too, I guess, but you're... weirdly cool.
You say this knife is important to your country. Please explain.
There is an ancient story amongst my people of a man who could not die. In his time, he committed terrible acts, raised a great kingdom, and then vanished.
What happened to him?
If the legend is to be believed, he walked away from his throne, vowing that one day he would return and complete his destiny. But that would require a particular knife.
This knife.
A story, as I said. But to my people, very meaningful. I hope that satisfies your curiosity.
Some. But you see, Minister, my chief concern is that there's a boy, the grandson of the curator. He's being hunted. Now, perhaps that's because of the knife. Or, perhaps, the killer thinks he saw something.
Did he?
No.
Well, then, he's safe.
Yes, but, you see, I would have to know that for certain before I would do anything that might effect the case... such as release the knife.
[cold] May I see the knife, Detective? It would so put my mind at ease.
Harper, if Mr. Pennyworth tries to leave, arrest him.
On what charge?
She'll think of something.
You people have pills for everything! Insomnia. Anxiety. You have to have something for me!
I don't know. A pill to reverse the effects of having your brain frozen and unfrozen? That's kind of specific.
Is it so hard to believe that someone would want to do something nice for you?
There was only one person who did things for me without wanting something in return, and that was my mother.
Then I envy you. My father never did anything for anyone unless it benefitted him. Eventually, it drove away everyone who loved him.
[visibly upset] Go. I'll decide what to do with you later.
Oswald, I only want to help you.
Oh, you wanna help? Try leaving!
[He sits and massages his leg]
Your foot...
It's just the weather.
[She kneels beside him and reaches for his foot]
What are you doing? Don't!
It's okay. I won't judge.
[She tenderly massages his foot]
When I was a child I broke my ankle while playing with my cousins. I was desperate, crying in pain. My father told me to put ice on it, toughen up, stop with the tears. My mother went with me to the hospital, and on the way she told me that cold actually increases the pain. What's needed is warmth.
Every moment of my life is agony. End my suffering.
Whatever your curse is, you deserve it for what you've done!
You're angry, Bruce. I understand. But unless you strike me down with that blade, you will never be free.
No! I won't!
Then allow me to tell you what will happen if you don't kill me. I will disappear, and let you live your life. You will follow the path of light, grow into a fine man. Become a husband. A father. There may be a day where you forget I ever existed. But then I will return, and I will kill everyone you love. Just as you watched your parents die, just as you watched me slice your friend's throat, I will slaughter your wife and children before your very eyes, and there will be nothing you can do about it!
[Bruce stabs him with the dagger]
Die!
Are you going to arrest me?
For what?
...For murder.
I don't know what I just saw in there... but as far as I'm concerned, Ra's al Ghul's men broke into Blackgate and he escaped.
... I betrayed myself, and my parents' memory. I took a life. I did exactly what Ra's said I would.
Just because you know you're capable of doing something, doesn't mean it has to happen again. Bruce, you and I have known each other a long time... since the night your parents were murdered. Now, you may not feel like you're that kid anymore, but I know that you are. One who believes in doing good, in fighting for what's right... who will do anything, to keep the people he loves safe. [claps Bruce on the shoulder] Nothing that happened today, changes that.
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