Criminal Minds (TV Series)

The Replicator (2013)

Thomas Gibson: Aaron Hotchner

Quotes 

• Aaron Hotchner : [closing quote]  Richard Bach wrote: "The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life."

• Aaron Hotchner : Dave, a figure 8?

  David Rossi : That's what it look like. I just sent you all a picture.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Maybe it's an infinity symbol.

  Alex Blake : Well, if it's infinity, he could be boasting "I'll go on forever"?

  Derek Morgan : Or if it's an 8. Strauss was his 8th victim.

  Jennifer Jareau : And the unofficial 8th member of our team.

• Penelope Garcia : I am all over the DOJ names including support staff. I have Kevin pulling files and photos. System is down, so it's hard to track entire career paths, but there were two agents in New York in 2001. Scratch that, Lehman died in October, that leaves Curtis.

  Alex Blake : Wait a second. John Curtis?

  Penelope Garcia : You know him?

  Alex Blake : I haven't seen him in a long time. He was a nice guy. We were first office agents together, but I thought he left the Bureau after Amerithrax case.

  Aaron Hotchner : Could it be him? Does he fit the profile?

  Alex Blake : He was quiet and a loner, but brilliant. He specialized in a lot of fields, but his passion was biochemistry.

• David Rossi : Her children want to meet me at Bethesda.

  Aaron Hotchner : How old are they now?

  David Rossi : Too young for this.

  Aaron Hotchner : You all right?

  David Rossi : She smells of booze, Aaron. You and I know it's because that bastard took away her dignity, but her children might not believe that. It's hard for them to trust anything to do with her drinking. She struggled with it all her life, and she was finally beating it.

• Aaron Hotchner : [phone rings, sees Erin Strauss on the display]  Erin?

  John Curtis : Not quite. Does it ever get confusing that whole Erin - Aaron thing?

• Aaron Hotchner : It doesn't show who else saw this.

  Kevin Lynch : [starts typing on the laptop]  Two other people read the report.

  Aaron Hotchner : Who?

  Kevin Lynch : You gonna need a tie.

• Aaron Hotchner : Where is she?

  John Curtis : Closer than you think, but she's not doing well. She looks a bit pale. Remember the last time you got a call like this? Remember? George Foyet, right? You were too late.

• Alex Blake : He said he used eight locks because there used to be eight of us.

  Aaron Hotchner : That's all he said?

  Alex Blake : About that, yes.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : There's only six keys. That mean two keys will be used twice. Each key is a letter, likely corresponds to a number on the locks. Seven, seventh letter of the alphabet's "g."

  Aaron Hotchner : What are the other letters?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Z, u, w... Zugzwang.

  [pause] 

  Dr. Spencer Reid : It's too easy.

• Penelope Garcia : He inherited a family compound in rural Virginia. Coordinates are on your phone.

  Alex Blake : What else do you have on Curtis?

  Penelope Garcia : Just like you thought. John Curtis was demoted in the FBI after the Amerithrax case. He was slated to take over the coveted New York field office, but then was shipped to the not coveted Kansas City one. He worked there for many years quietly before he was able to weasel his way back into the nation's capital. On paper, he is a rock star. He immediately transferred to the Department of Justice, the Intelligence Oversight section. He's a genius on multiple levels.

  Aaron Hotchner : What's his background?

  Penelope Garcia : Only child, parents died when he was 18. Never married. Total loner, just like Blake said.

  Aaron Hotchner : And all he's ever had to care about is his work.

  Derek Morgan : And when he lost that, he snapped.