Criminal Minds (TV Series)

Scared to Death (2007)

Thomas Gibson: Aaron Hotchner

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Quotes 

• Aaron Hotchner : [closing quote, voiceover]  Eleanor Roosevelt once said "You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do."

• [last lines] 

  Derek Morgan : I, um... can't sleep.

  Aaron Hotchner : Want me to turn off the light?

  Derek Morgan : No. I wouldn't be able to sleep.

  Aaron Hotchner : What's the matter?

  Derek Morgan : What's the matter with you, Hotch? You're sitting here doing work when you'd normally take a break. Please don't tell me it's about Gideon leaving.

  Aaron Hotchner : You know, we made a deal a long time ago not to profile each other.

  Derek Morgan : Am I wrong? You know, Hotch, today was a huge, huge victory for all of us. I mean, I never thought I'd say this, but... we're doing just fine without Gideon. Hotch. What's keeping you up tonight?

  [pause] 

  Aaron Hotchner : Haley's left. And I don't know if she's coming back.

• Aaron Hotchner : [opening quote, voiceover]  The Taoist philosopher Lao Tzu once wrote "He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still."

• [Reid, Morgan, and Hotchner arrive at a victim's apartment building] 

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Wittman's place is on the 4th floor.

  [the elevator opens, then Morgan and Reid get into the relatively small car] 

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Can you get in there?

  Aaron Hotchner : [Looks into the small elevator car]  I'll... meet you guys up there.

  [He walks to the right and starts climbing upstairs] 

  Dr. Spencer Reid : [the elevator climbs slowly, then suddenly stops. Morgan jumps up a little to try and get it to move again]  . Don't do that.

  Derek Morgan : [continuing to jump]  Why isn't it moving?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : I don't know.

  [Morgan starts pressing control buttons randomly] 

  Dr. Spencer Reid : . Don't... stop it... don't...

  Derek Morgan : What? What's the problem?

  [presses buttons more] 

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Don't do that!

  Derek Morgan : Why not?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Because there are 6 elevator-related deaths per year, not to mention 10,000 injuries that require hospitalization. Chill out.

  Derek Morgan : That sounds like pretty good odds to me. Are you scared, Reid?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : I'm not scared. I don't want to be in an elevator with you, to be honest.

  Derek Morgan : [teasing Reid by pushing buttons again]  How about I push that? What if I push... .

  [elevator lurches and falls a bit] 

  Derek Morgan : Whoa. Whoa. OK.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Um.. hit the... hit the... yeah.

  [Morgan hits the red alarm button, sounding a bell] 

  Dr. Spencer Reid : [Hotch arrives on 4th floor, casually looks in the direction of the elevator, then walks away] 

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Push it! It might've...

  Derek Morgan : Push, pull, push, pull, I'm doing it! Nothing's happening!

  Dr. Spencer Reid : [panicked]  Pry... pry... pry the door open! Just...

  Derek Morgan : [Morgan tries to open the door by hand]  It's stuck, man.

  [elevator creaks, and falls a little more] 

  Derek Morgan : No, no, no, no. Not today. No, not today.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : [high pitched]  . Hotch?

  Derek Morgan : [yelling]  Hotch!

  Derek Morgan : [Hotch walks casually back to the elevator, just as Morgan manages to open the door and falls out]  . Hallelujah.

  Aaron Hotchner : Was that the alarm? You guys OK?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : [slowly emerging from the elevator]  . I'll get back to you on that.