Criminal Minds (TV Series)

No Way Out, Part II: The Evilution of Frank (2007)

Jayne Atkinson: Erin Strauss

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• Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner : Modern furniture, strategically placed magazines, the framed diplomas, the art on the wall, are all in conflict with your family photos. You have three children but you favor the middle one, your son.

  Erin Strauss : What do you think you're doing?

  Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner : Of course you love all your children, but not like your son.

  Erin Strauss : That's enough.

  Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner : The bonsai you obsessively nurture is to compensate for feelings of failure.

• Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner : You've not seen what I've seen.

  Erin Strauss : You chose the BAU.

  Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner : True. I enjoy my work, even when in the pursuit to understand why a person feels the compelling need to brutally torture, murder, and dismember a child. Mother, father, entire family. The unsubs devoid of any morality, humanity, remorse, when caught often come to believe we're the only ones who understand them. And they're right, we do. Otherwise, how could we catch them?

• Erin Strauss : Your team is in trouble. They've lost sight of the big picture. I believe they are reckless and at times out of control. It's time for Agent Hotchner's career to come to an end. And if you want to stay in the BAU, Agent Prentiss, you're going to help me make that happen.