Criminal Minds (TV Series)

Magnum Opus (2013)

Shemar Moore: Derek Morgan

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• Derek Morgan : S'up, Reid?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Have the cornea or pupils been harmed in any way?

  Derek Morgan : No, no. Blake said it looked like a very sharp instrument was used.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : If he's taking care not to damage the eyes, then line of sight is probably what's important to him.

  Derek Morgan : So this guy wants them to see what he's doing. Hey, Reid? How are you?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : I gotta go.

  [hangs up] 

• Derek Morgan : What's up, baby girl?

  Penelope Garcia : I'm worried about Reid.

  Derek Morgan : I am, too.

  Penelope Garcia : What do you think he's doing?

  Derek Morgan : I think he's taking the time that Hotch gave him.

  Penelope Garcia : I get it. He's sad. He should be sad, but... I... I was so worried, and... and when someone I love is hurting, it's like I hurt, too, which I know is super co-dependent, but it's just how I roll, and I feel like I should be doing something and I... I don't know what it is.

  Derek Morgan : All right, slow down. All right? Just slow down.

  Penelope Garcia : Could you call him?

  Derek Morgan : I have. He's just not ready to talk to anybody right now.

  Penelope Garcia : I-I need to hear his voice. It's impairing my ability to work.

• Dr. Spencer Reid : I think Hughes may have his next victim. An Alan Archer just came in and reported his boss missing. Madison Riley owns an art gallery in the Mission District. Said there was blood, signs of struggle. Hughes even left a painting of his on the wall this time. It's the same signature and it's definitely made of blood, which got me thinking about Maeve's stalker. If this guy's a tortured artist searching for approval, in his mind there may be only one way to get it.

  Derek Morgan : Suicide. Thanks, Reid.

• Alex Blake : He removed the white blood cells. Plasma.

  David Rossi : Why would he take the plasma?

  Aaron Hotchner : It would make it thicker. Easier to use as a paint.

  Derek Morgan : What type of equipment would it take to do that?

  Alex Blake : You can easily buy a centrifuge online these days for couple hundred bucks.

  Aaron Hotchner : What other reasons would he have for separating the plasma from the blood?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : It's a habit.

  Aaron Hotchner : Reid.

  Jennifer Jareau : Spence.

  Aaron Hotchner : I didn't expect you back this soon. You sure you're ready?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : No, but I think I figured something out.

• Aaron Hotchner : We believe that this unsub is a white male in his 20s or 30s, and he thinks of himself as a painter or an artist.

  Alex Blake : The placement of the victims tells us a lot about who he is.

  Jennifer Jareau : Pamela Hurd was found near a painting done by a little-known San Francisco artist, Henry Floyd.

  Derek Morgan : Gary Porter was posed near a piece of graffiti art by a street artist named Cypher, who is currently wanted by the police.

  Aaron Hotchner : And the third victim, Lynn Stevens, was found near a mural painted by inner-city youths.

  Alex Blake : Finally, Amy Fortner was placed near the statue of St. Luke, patron saint of the artist.

  Jennifer Jareau : This is a compulsion; it's not accidental. He is obsessed with art.

  David Rossi : All of the works of art are neglected, ignored, cast aside. It's how he feels about himself.

  Aaron Hotchner : We believe it's also the reason that he's evolved into removing the victims' eyelids. He's forcing them to see what he sees.

  Jennifer Jareau : There's no sexual component with these murders, but that's because the blood and the use of the blood is his sexual release.

  Det. Lennon Miles : So, wait. What... what is he doing with the blood?

  Aaron Hotchner : Because he's so obsessed with art, we believe he's painting with it.

  David Rossi : He has a quick kill pace. More blood means more paint. The more paintings he does, the greater the chance someone will recognize his work.

  Aaron Hotchner : We think that because of his need for acceptance, he may be trying to sell the paintings, so focus your canvassing on places that might sell this kind of fringe art.

• Penelope Garcia : Ladies and gents, the Golden State awaits. Meet who is formerly Gary Porter. He was found dead outside a San Francisco nightclub last night, and Pamela Hurd, she was found near a cable car stop in San Francisco's Mission district.

  Jennifer Jareau : They were both found wrapped in clear plastic.

  Derek Morgan : It says here they were dead only a few hours before they were found, and that's not long enough for the elements to have made them that pale.

  Penelope Garcia : 'Cause that's where we enter the town of Weirdville on the corner of eww and icky icky. Both victims were almost completely drained of their blood. Less than a pint left.

  Alex Blake : He's exsanguinating them.

  Aaron Hotchner : While they were still alive.

  Derek Morgan : Well, it might be utilitarian. He needs them alive so they can pump out the blood themselves.

  David Rossi : Draining a body like that is extremely hard to do. Once the heart stops pumping, it's difficult to continue to extract the blood.

  Alex Blake : So the question is how is he doing it?

  Penelope Garcia : Oh, I wish you wouldn't ask that, 'cause now I've gotta show this picture.

  Aaron Hotchner : There are large bore holes in the femoral artery of each victim.

  Jennifer Jareau : Our unsub could have medical knowledge.

  Aaron Hotchner : It's possible. We'll know more when we get there. Wheels up in thirty.

• Derek Morgan : All right, so we got an unsub who's picking his victims at random, sedates them, then bleeds them dry. He's not drinking the blood. What the hell's he doing with it?