Criminal Minds (TV Series)

25 to Life (2010)

Shemar Moore: Derek Morgan

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• Derek Morgan : [voiceover]  "There is no such thing as 'part' freedom." ~~ Nelson Mandela

• Derek Morgan : [voiceover]  "All truths are easy to understand, once you discover them; the point is to discover them." ~~ Galileo

• Erin Strauss : My office will handle the press from here on.

  Derek Morgan : That's unnecessary.

  Erin Strauss : You don't need any more distractions. He looks genuinely distraught. He's very convincing. I can see why you fell for it. I don't need to remind you that your reputation's on the line here.

  Derek Morgan : That's not what matters to me right now.

  Erin Strauss : It should.

• Erin Strauss : You want to arrest James Stanworth? Are you out of your mind?

  Derek Morgan : He's got motive. Mary Rutka had a tape. She was blackmailing him.

  Erin Strauss : It was a hooded figure. You can't prove it was him on that videotape.

  David Rossi : He fits the profile, Erin.

  Erin Strauss : Forgive me, but your profile sounds like a self-made man, not the psychopath you claim he is.

  Derek Morgan : We said he'd be destructive. In 1998 alone, he fired 6,000 people from one of his companies. Some of those employees took their own lives. That is the type of power and devastation that he enjoys.

  Erin Strauss : Hearsay. Slander if you're not careful.

  Derek Morgan : Ma'am, he got into politics to be hard on crime. He would have access to keep tabs on Don Sanderson.

  Erin Strauss : And now you're sounding as paranoid as Don Sanderson. You cannot accuse a man without a shred of physical evidence.

  Derek Morgan : Mary Rutka had skin under her nails. Maybe she left a mark.

  Erin Strauss : And you cannot arrest a man based on the possibility of a scratch.

  David Rossi : We can't arrest this man. That's what you mean. Don't pull any punches now, Erin.

  Erin Strauss : You don't understand what the politics are, do you, Dave? You never have.

  David Rossi : No, I do. I just don't care.

  Derek Morgan : Ma'am, all due respect, but we have an innocent man in our custody, and the killer is still out there. It just might be James Stanworth.

  Erin Strauss : You don't have enough proof. The BAU functions without you. Don't push it.