"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Leo Tolstoy
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S1 E15Unfinished Business
(Brings beer and Brad from the bar) Ladies, this is Brad! A real FBI agent!
Really?
Really!
No way!
That's exciting! What's it like in Quantico?
BBrad
It's, eh, quite impressive!
What department are you in?
BBrad
That's classified.
Oh (winking at Garcia and Prentiss) it must be really tough keeping all those secrets.
BBrad
It's a skill like anything else. Carpenters are good at building stuff, measuring. FBI is good at keeping secrets and kicking criminal ass!
Well, somebody has to do it! Oh, do you have to carry your gun and badge with you everywhere you go?
BBrad
Affirmative.
Can we see it?
BBrad
See what?
Your badge.
Please.
BBrad
I am sorry, that's...
GJGarcia, JJ, and Prentiss
Classified, of course.
(takes out her badge) Tell me Brad, does it look anything like this?
(takes out her badge) Or, uh, this?
(takes out her badge) Or maybe this?
(Brad walks away)
Broken nose, and bark's embedded in his face; looks like he ran into a tree.
Now how do you miss a huge tree?
Too busy looking behind you.
"One man's wilderness is another man's theme park." Author unknown
Most hunters put animals out of their misery. The men we're looking for - they don't show any mercy.
These guys take pleasure in watching their casualties die a slow death.
British historian James Anthony Froude once said, "Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself."
What's this?
It's genius
You have Chaplin on film?
My great-granddad was an accountant at one of the first movie studios
He lived in California?
No, no, no, Chicago. Essanay Studios, closed 1920. Back then, 4 out of 5 movies made in US were made in Chicago. They closed down, they let my grandfather take a... , eh, a couple of extra prints home
They "let" him?
Well, that's a family story, we're sticking to it
"Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity, nothing exceeds the criticisms made of the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed." Herman Melville
What was it the Yorkshire Ripper said about his victims?
The women I killed were filth. Bastard prostitutes that were littering the streets; I was just cleaning up the place a bit.
[about the unsub] He's a house cleaner.
Mission-based killer who believes his murders are helping society.
I can't believe he did this.
Well Detective Mcgee is pretty sure that these people are missing, sir.
[Scoffs] No Detective McGee is...
A little obsessive-compulsive?
Oh, you noticed that, huh?
Doesn't mean he can't be a good cop.
I thought assigning him to keep an eye on Skid Row would be harmless. Well, most of those people only cause trouble for each other.
Look, I'm sorry he got you to travel all the way here.
Sir, we're happy to help with the problem.
What problem?
Sir, 63 people missing from a localized area is unusual.
Are you kiddin' me? Bums, whores, junkies. Can these people even be missing?
You seem hostile to the idea that these people could be in trouble.
No, what I'm hostile to is a member my command recruiting the FBI to handle a case that I don't even believe is happening.
You know, the note her received could be an Unsub reaching out. It's not uncommon.
Or it could be another cop who's pissed off that McGee got an award.
Sir, this type of Unsub is relatively easy to catch. Nobody else has to get hurt.
As far as I know no one has been hurt.
Sir, I have some experience in this field, and I believe that your problem's only going to get worse.
Oh, well, thank you. we'll keep an eye on that. You have a safe trip home.
What if they were cheerleaders?
Excuse me?
Or teachers, or mothers? How did you put it, "Can bums even be missing?" Well, sir, they can. They can be hurt, they can be scared, and they can be killed.
Hotch, it's federal.
What?
If we want this case, it's ours. It's federal. This letter came from across the river, from Kansas City, Missouri.
Interstate communication.
Puts it in federal jurisdiction.
[to Captain Wright] Sir, this is now a federal case. I would like to retain Detective McGee as a consultant.
Whoa, whoa. You're not opening any investigations in my jurisdiction.
I don't wanna fight with you, even though this is a federal case. If we develop any information, I will come to you and your men will make the arrest.
And why would you do that?
Because that's how we operate.
We're going to provide a psychological profile of the man we're looking for. It contains some unusual, specific personality traits that someone out there is bound to recognize.
Which will make him relatively easy to locate. Long-lasting, negative impression he leaves on anyone he might meet.
We have a term for the killing behavior this unsub displays: cleaning house. Fixing what's wrong with the world.
He's deeply rationalized this behavior, and while he certainly knows the killing is wrong, he truly believes that he's doing the world a great service.
Ultimately, this type of unsub becomes a loner. There won't be too many people that can still tolerate him. Now, if he does have a relationship at all, the person will not be his equal. It'll be someone subservient to him.
He'll be... fastidious, tending toward obsessive-compulsive disorder, and he'll have an overwhelming sense of indignation towards the things that he's judged to be wrong. He wouldn't even consider the reasons why someone might disagree with him.
ODetective One
He sounds like a real jagoff.
Exactly. Class "A" scumbag.
Detective McGee started noticing the disappearances a year ago. The Unsub probably had a stressor at this time. The death of a family member, or someone who had some semblance of control over him. Right now, no one has control over him.
It's probable that he isn't currently working after this many victims and the devolution that it brings, a job just wouldn't leave him time to practice his true calling.
Which is...?
A predator. A killing machine. By now, it's become all he thinks about.
[to Mona, a homeless woman] Be careful, you hear me? This world needs all of its beautiful ladies, and that means you, too, Mona.
[Mona smiles and walks away]
You're a good guy.
Ya think?
Yeah, you make the people around you feel good.
Well, he's no Charlie Chaplin.
Oh, again with the Chaplin.
How'd you guys do?
Well, Reid got propositioned by every prostitute we talked to, but we didn't find anybody who thinks they'd seen the unsub.
It's odd. If the Unsub were out here, he'd stand out. You know, people would recognize the description.
So where does that leave us?
Right where I thought we'd were.
Captain?
You said this guy would definitely be memorable. You were adamant. So if no one out here remembers him, according to you, he doesn't exist.
That's not exactly what we said.
It's what you implied.
What do you think happened to them, Captain?
I told you, I don't think anything happened to them.
Oh, that's right. You think they all got houses and jobs.
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