“Unfinished Business” quotes from Criminal Minds

Everything all right, Sarge?

Fin

Well, this whole planet's floating in the middle of an explosion, so is anything ever all right?

Let me ask you something. You started out in Narcotics, right?

Fin

Yeah.

Why'd you make the move here?

Fin

I got tired of arresting people who weren't hurting anybody. Over here, the bad guys are the bad guys.

Yeah, I drove Kelsey and Austin last night. What, she called the cops on him?

Yeah. Any reason she might've done that?

She said she was assaulted in your limo, so that kinda makes you a witness.

I don't wanna get involved.

So they did get in a fight.

Look, they might be in their late 20s on the outside, but inside, they're just kids who can't handle their emotions. You add in money, fame, constant validation...

We get that. So what happened?

All I wanna say. They need a time-out.

These "he said/she said" celebrity cases are difficult to prosecute. He's gonna hire the best attorney that money can buy.

So we don't even try? She's a victim.

Benson

Rollins. No one said she wasn't victimized.

All I'm saying is, he's claiming to be a victim, too. This is gonna come down to a popularity contest just to get a jury to convict.

I want to do the right thing.

Benson

I appreciate that, Austin, I do. But it isn't up to you, or Kelsey, or me. It's up to the DA now.

I went to my first meeting today. I want to get sober.

Benson

You know, we all have choices to make. And the kind of change you're talking about, real change, Austin, is not so much about what you put in the glass, but emotional maturity. Now, I'm guessing you didn't have the greatest role models growing up. My advice to you is, whatever you were taught about being a man, do the opposite.

Opposites attract. Dysfunction attracts harder.

Everybody’s got monsters in their closet. The question is What do you want to do about it?

I want to evict the little bastard.

Look, I'm not a stylist. Why am I even here?

I told you, my brother's got a date.

Yeah, well, for all you know, I could've been on one, too.

Oh, yeah? With which hand?

Justice can be blind, but she's not entirely heartless. And you'll see how heartless I can be if this conversation comes back to haunt me.

Fin

Pay attention, Muncy. You're about to learn the difference between a bad lawyer and a good lawyer. You see, a bad lawyer can drag a case out for months. A good lawyer knows how to drag it out even longer.

The Duchess County DA wants an update on the case. I mean, certainly, Elias is guilty of a lot. Attempted murder, abduction, confinement... but patricide?

Fin

What are we, in ancient Greece?

Fin

[to Muncy] You ever heard of "The Policeman's Prayer"? Lord, get out of this one and I'll never do it again.

Benson

Paul Greco, you're under arrest for the rape of Daniela Cruz.

I have no idea who that is.

Benson

She knows you.

I am not the monster you think I am. I've devoted my entire career to saving lives, not destroying them.

Benson

You know, men like you become so good at lying they even start to believe the ones they tell themselves.

What does Greco have on you, Frank? Whatever it is, it's not on you. You know what he did to the other guys.

He's got pictures of me and him and a couple of the other guys doing... stuff. He sent them to me and he said if I didn't do what he said, he was gonna show them to everyone, my family, my girlfriend. He's right, what he said in there. He's the boss. He's got all the power.

So take it back.

The ocean is a wilderness. And men like me are the breakwater, the only single barrier, between a fun day at the beach, and some out-of-shape stupid person becoming a part of the food chain. And rarely, rarely do those life-or-death moments come down to a matter of seconds. Most of the time, it's IQ points and common sense.