“Unfinished Business” quotes from Criminal Minds

Dr. Warner

First it was COVID, then the murder spike... No one's slept since March.

Maybe I don't always wear my mask, OK? Or stay 6 feet away. I went to bars, I danced, kissed guys, took them home, forgot them on the stairs. The world was dying. It made me feel alive.

I get it. I'm not judging you.

Yeah, you are.

[pause] Maybe I am. Because I have kids, and we've been cooped up for months. I'm ready for this to be over. For them to have a life.

Okay, leaks to the press, Brad turning on her after she slept with him. This is officially a witch hunt.

I just hate the double standard. They all slept together and she's the only one getting slut shamed.

Are they still gonna drop the ball?

Benson

Yes, of course.

[about the guardrails] If no one's gonna be here, then why are they putting those up?

Benson

Oh, just to close it off. [pause] Hey, Noah, we're gonna watch it on TV, just like any other New Year's.

No, it's not. I just want this year to be over.

Benson

Everyone does.

I have no intention of disrespecting Carisi, but... Mickey deserves a defense. Isn't that why you came to me?

Benson

I wanted you to cut him a deal! Listen, as the Chief said, we cannot send a message that it's okay to take the law into your own hands.

Well, that's Carisi's case to make. Luckily, I don't work for the D.A. I don't need to worry about messages. I just need to make 12 New Yorkers like my client... and me.

Benson

Barba, he's guilty!

[smiles] Is he? Depends on the jury.

When I was an ADA, this would be the moment where I would offer the defense a deal.

Sonny

Man-2 is still on the table. I can recommend the minimum.

That's exactly the offer I told Mickey you'd make.

Sonny

And what did he say?

Basically "no thank you," but more anatomical.

[raises his drink] Cheers.

Sonny

To what? Jury deliberates for 6 hours to find Mickey guilty of Man-2, and we are right back where we started.

To irony, then.

Zoey is worried the jury will see her as a crazy slut who tricked him.

Sonny

We always knew this was a risk.

She's a good person, just trying to pay her bills. He's the crazy one.

Sonny

I know that. My job is to make sure the jury knows it.

The whole point of camming is that the woman controls the narrative. No physical contact, no STDs, no violence. It's supposed to be empowering.

Benson

But it doesn't make it safe.

When you say that, it sounds like you're victim blaming.

Benson

Kat, it's not victim blaming. It's just...

Fin

Listen, from what Captain and I have seen, sex work is far more dangerous than people wanna believe.

Aren't you supposed to protect the victim?

Sonny

Actually, my job is to uphold the law. Is there a reason that you don't like me?

I just can't believe that you were ever a cop.

Sonny

So, your friend Rita, huh? I think she grew another dorsal fin during quarantine.

Benson

Oh, it was always there. I think that she just had it sharpened.

Sonny

Congratulations on the promotion. Head of the Civil Rights Unit, that's a big step up.

Well, after the riots, they needed someone who, how did my boss say it, checked every diversity box.

You people in Manhattan really live in a bubble, don't you? The world has changed. You have no idea what you're dealing with. You keep this up, I'll see to it you're disbarred. You get lucky, maybe the NYPD will take you back. You can do traffic stops on Staten Island.

Alright, we're done here...

Something they can't teach you at Fordham? How to belong. People on the eighth floor who nod at you in the elevator, they can smell the flop sweat and the garlic coming off your cheap suit.

Sonny

Keep goin', judge.

What do you wanna hear, you dumb dago? You wanna go?

Sonny

I'll take you out right here!

Benson

THAT'S ENOUGH! Let's go, Carisi.

No need. You're in so far over your head, you don't realize your career's dead and buried.

Judge Lewis

Are you ready to allocute, Judge Gallagher?

I am. Today I plead guilty to sexual misconduct. What I thought was consensual I now understand was perceived as coercive and hurtful actions.

Judge Lewis

I understand there's a deal?

We've agreed to the DA's offer of one year to be served under house arrest.

Judge Lewis

Mr. Carisi, are you comfortable with this?

Sonny

My office is satisfied, Your Honor.

Judge Lewis

Well, I'm not. Judge Gallagher, you come from a good family, a fine home, and yet despite all those advantages, upon achieving power, you abused it habitually. So in the interest of true justice for the women you've abused, I hereby order you to serve your one year sentence in a jail cell.

What?

It's fine.

You can't do that. We had a deal!

Judge Lewis

You did. And as you well understand, the bench has inherent powers in these situations. The long arm of the law can work both ways. You're remanded.

How long till he's out on appeal?

I don't care. It was worth it to see the blood drain out of his face.

Benson

He just got a taste of his own medicine.