Criminal Minds (TV Series)

Gatekeeper (2013)

A.J. Cook: Jennifer Jareau

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• Penelope Garcia : His name is Tanner Johnson, and life has not been kind.

  Jennifer Jareau : He lost a child, didn't he?

  Penelope Garcia : Yeah, last year. Ten year old son Jeremy. According to reports, Jeremy was playing with a friend, they were, like, fake 'wrestling', when Tanner, a freelance photographer/night time doorman, got a call, left the room to take it; when he returned, his son was unconscious, the friend was trying to revive him from a chokehold gone horribly wrong.

  Aaron Hotchner : The son was strangled; that's why he uses a garrote.

  Penelope Garcia : Jeremy was on life support for a few days, but he died.

  Alex Blake : And Tanner blames himself. He stopped watching for a minute and he lost his son.

  David Rossi : He hasn't stopped watching since. The grief must have consumed him.

  Jennifer Jareau : That's a hell of a stressor, but what triggered the murders?

  Aaron Hotchner : Garcia, what happened to Tanner's wife? Did the marriage survive?

  Penelope Garcia : Uh... nope. She kicked him out two months ago. Right before the killings started.

  Jennifer Jareau : So he loses his child, then his wife and home. It's enough to make anyone unstable.

  Alex Blake : Add guilt to that, and it's all too much. He dissociated.

  David Rossi : Paternal transference. Claimed the residents of the apartment building as his family.

• Aaron Hotchner : The unsub we're looking for is a dangerous voyeur, who feeds off the thrill of knowing his victims can't see him.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Typically, voyeurs are non-violent and content to remain bystanders. This one is different; he's on a mission that includes taking action.

  Aaron Hotchner : And in that mission, he didn't hesitate to kill a teenage boy. Anyone who stands between him and his goal is at risk.

  Alex Blake : We believe he's documenting his work. He's taking pictures and collects personal connections to his victims; their wallets and their hair.

  David Rossi : It's important to him to have proof of what he's doing.

  Derek Morgan : Voyeurs like to create fantasies in their heads of what the objects of their obsession should be like.

  David Rossi : He creates a character identity instead of a reality, and when a person steps outside of the parameters that the unsub has set for them, he strikes.

  Jennifer Jareau : This unsub appears to be triggered by males acting on what he perceives to be character flaws. Seemingly innocuous infractions to us are magnified in the unsub's psychosis.

  Aaron Hotchner : Based on the planning and sophistication of the kills, we believe that he's in his late thirties or forties.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : The geographic profile tells us this unsub is not only dumping his victims downtown, he's hunting there, too.

  Derek Morgan : So this is where we need to redouble our efforts. Go building to building, door to door. This guy's a fly on the wall; he's able to leanr secrets without anyone realizing he's there.

  Alex Blake : He'll have a job that involves very little social interaction, but that puts him in a position where he can observe others unnoticed.

  Jennifer Jareau : So we should look at service workers, groundskeepers, anyone paid to be invisible.

  Aaron Hotchner : And we need to move quickly. This unsub is approaching some sort of perceived deadline. The closer it gets, the more erratic and dangerous he'll become.

• Dr. Spencer Reid : Scotty must have been coming from the east. Otherwise, the unsub's position would have left him exposed.

  Jennifer Jareau : But...?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : That avenue offers three different directions to head in lieu of this alleyway. So how did the unsub know Scotty was gonna choose this particular one?

  Jennifer Jareau : You told the police he met a girl last night. So walking home this way wouldn't be part of his regular routine, right?

  Ben Harrison : No.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : When planning a blitz attack with varying avenues of approach, what do you do?

  Jennifer Jareau : Eliminate the variable. Strike as close as you can to the point of origin or destination.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : But Scotty was still miles away from home.

  Jennifer Jareau : The woman he met lives nearby.

• Penelope Garcia : Beantown has turned into Chokeville. Three victims, all male, wallets stolen.

  Aaron Hotchner : The unsub uses a garrote to strangle his victims. He strikes at night, and there have been no witnesses.

  David Rossi : How much did he get?

  Aaron Hotchner : What's odd. Each of the victims' socio-economically is lower to middle class. It's doubtful there would have been much cash, and there have been no charge attempts on any of the credit cards.

  Alex Blake : So the murders might not be about money at all. Taking the wallets could be a forensic countermeasure to delay victim identification.

  Penelope Garcia : That could be the sitch with the first two victims, but the latest one, Scott Delfino, he was on the phone with his roommate when he was attacked; call cut out unexpectedly, repeated callbacks went straight to voicemail.

  Aaron Hotchner : And Delfino's body was found an hour later, indications were that he'd been blitzed.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Which speaks to the killer's prep work, but also his desperation. He chose a location to lay in wait, but wasn't capable of adapting to a target on the phone.

  Jennifer Jareau : Well, that could be arrogance getting in the way, making his organization appear mixed. To me, that screams false confidence.

  Derek Morgan : Which means the desperation is what's driving him. It's not about the kills, it's about what the murders represent.

  Jennifer Jareau : He's mission oriented. He doesn't want to kill them, he has to.

  David Rossi : Which suggests the unsub has no personal connection to his victims.

  Alex Blake : Except choking as a kill method is extremely personal. He feels each victim take their last breath.

  Derek Morgan : What if the wallets are a form of depersonalization? He's stripping his victims of their identities.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Which means he may feel stripped of his own. If the wallets are trophies, he could be seeking recognition for his work.

  Aaron Hotchner : And he may not stop killing until he gets that recognition. Let's go.