Criminal Minds (TV Series)

Spencer (2017)

Kirsten Vangsness: Penelope Garcia

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• Emily Prentiss : Thanks, Cruz.

  [hanging up, to Rossi] 

  Emily Prentiss : This is bad.

  David Rossi : I know. It doesn't make sense.

  Jennifer Jareau : [seeing them approach]  What's wrong?

  Emily Prentiss : Reid is in jail.

  Penelope Garcia : Jail?

  Emily Prentiss : In Mexico.

  Jennifer Jareau : What the hell is he doing down there?

  Emily Prentiss : I don't know. I didn't talk to him. The call came into Cruz from their lead investigator.

  Luke Alvez : What's he being held for?

  David Rossi : Drug possession. With intent to distribute.

  Luke Alvez : What type of drugs?

  David Rossi : Cocaine and heroin.

  Jennifer Jareau : Oh, my god.

  Penelope Garcia : This can't be happening.

  Emily Prentiss : We need Lewis and Walker here ASAP.

• Dr. Tara Lewis : This has got to be Scratch. He was laying low. Now we know why.

  Luke Alvez : Crossing the border as a fugitive is a huge risk.

  Emily Prentiss : The reward is greater. He's been punishing the team. Now his target is Reid.

  Stephen Walker : Peter Lewis dropped off the map after attacking Tara's family. Maybe he's been hiding in Mexico this whole time.

  Emily Prentiss : We also have to consider this isn't related to him.

  David Rossi : Who else would it be?

  Luke Alvez : Drug cartels. Could have threatened Reid and used him as a mule.

  David Rossi : Agreed. This could simply be a case of bad luck. Reid was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

  Jennifer Jareau : Spence's mom is okay. The home nurse he hired said all is stable.

  Penelope Garcia : Oh, thank the stars.

  Luke Alvez : How long did he tell the nurse he'd be gone?

  Jennifer Jareau : Uh, three days.

  Emily Prentiss : That sounds reasonable. After the Palm Springs case, Reid said he had to get back to Houston to talk to his mom's doctor.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : Well, Houston is only a five hour drive from the border.

• Penelope Garcia : So, Monty tracked Reid's passport. Turns out he used his personal and not his work issued one, which makes sense, because he wasn't working, right? Say "right".

  Dr. Tara Lewis : Mm. Working or not, he should have been briefed before leaving the country and he wasn't.

  Penelope Garcia : So on a scale of one to terrible?

  Dr. Tara Lewis : It's terrible. The Bureau's gonna hold it against him. He violated security protocol. I mean, as a federal agent, he's a high-value target. You know this. The brass doesn't like it when you keep them in the dark.

  Penelope Garcia : Why did he keep us out of this? I didn't know he crossed the border once, let alone three times.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : Three times in the last three months? What was he doing down there?

  Penelope Garcia : Lying. He was lying. Every time he crossed the border, he lied to us, and he went all rogue, and got himself into all this damn trouble.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : Well, he was making decisions with his heart and not his head.

  Penelope Garcia : Which I am intimately familiar with, but none of this would have happened if he would have let us help.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : Well, Penelope, that's what we're gonna do now. Okay?

  Penelope Garcia : Well, I'm still mad at him.

• Jennifer Jareau : Usually I can read him. I can't believe I didn't pick up on any of this.

  Stephen Walker : He didn't want you to, and there's no way you would have guessed he'd end up in Mexico.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : The question is why did he go down there?

  David Rossi : And why does he have narcotics?

  Penelope Garcia : Yeah, exactly. That... that... he... he wouldn't... he wouldn't do that. You got... I'm not gonna share any secrets I'm not supposed to, but those... those drugs were planted on him.

  Stephen Walker : Absolutely, but there's something bigger in play. That's why he crossed the border and kept it a secret. There's something he didn't want to share with any of you.

  Emily Prentiss : Okay, so what would make him risk everything?

  Jennifer Jareau : His mom.

• Penelope Garcia : Cruz just sent me the arresting report. Hold, please. Translating now. O... kay. It says here that Reid was involved in a high-speed chase.

  Emily Prentiss : What? He hardly ever drives.

  Penelope Garcia : None of this sounds like him. It says he was wearing jeans, he was really confused. This... according to the arresting officer, he was really high on something.

  Jennifer Jareau : No. No. He wouldn't do that. Not after what happened with Tobias Hankel.

  Luke Alvez : Who's that?

  Emily Prentiss : An offender with D.I.D. who kidnapped and drugged Reid.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : When was this?

  Jennifer Jareau : Ten years ago.

• Penelope Garcia : Okay, I am obsessively refreshing the Mexican prison logs, and so far, Reid is staying put. But... but they could transfer him to Santa Adaladia or El Diablo, both of which make Matamoros look like a day spa. Like a who's who of bad guys. Crazy rough, really overcrowded. There's assaults and murders on inmates monthly.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : Look, he's an American accused of murdering a Mexican citizen. The government is well within their rights to keep him there.

  Jennifer Jareau : Well, they could do worse. They could lock him up and throw away the key.

  Stephen Walker : Look, the only thing we know Reid is guilty of is getting the vials for his mother. Now, maybe the drugs in those vials weren't illegal.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : Oh, I hate to say it, but they probably were. I mean, he couldn't get whatever it is stateside.

  Jennifer Jareau : Or let's say it wasn't an illegal substance, but whoever planted the heroin in the trunk...

  Dr. Tara Lewis : Put something crazy in the vials, as well.

  Jennifer Jareau : Right.

  Penelope Garcia : [her computer chirps]  Reid is going to El Diablo maximum security by they end of the day. They just put in the transfer.

• Jennifer Jareau : We know you didn't do anything wrong.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : But I should have told you guys I was going there. I never... never imagined in a million years it would have turned out like this.

  Jennifer Jareau : No one thought that this could have happened. Look, you're not in this alone anymore. Okay? No secrets.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Deal.

  Penelope Garcia : [moving to hug him]  My turn. Come here, you.

  [letting him go] 

  Penelope Garcia : Oh, my god. Your color's better. All I had to look at was that mug shot, and it had me really worried.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : Yeah, we all were.

  Stephen Walker : Glad you're back.

• David Rossi : What does the report say about the intent to distribute?

  Penelope Garcia : Uh, it says he was charged with constructive possession, and in the duffel bag there was cocaine, cash, and three bricks of heroin.

  Emily Prentiss : Okay, we'll be there in less than an hour. Dave, were you able to reach Jack Garrett?

  David Rossi : He's deep in a case, but he promised to do what he can.

  Emily Prentiss : Okay. We're gonna need all the help we can get.

• Stephen Walker : You know, we should check with Monty over at IRT to see how many times Reid has crossed the border.

  Penelope Garcia : Our smarts are on the same channel. I just IMed him.

  Stephen Walker : Where are you with the searches?

  Penelope Garcia : The scratch of it all, I am thus far coming up with nothing. For all we know, Peter Lewis could be in Mexico orchestrating this whole thing. We're talking about a dude who hacked into DMV records, and cross that with a cyber wall run by the Mexican drug cartel, which is an even scarier wall of cyber than I'm used to.

  Stephen Walker : What about Reid?

  Penelope Garcia : Oh, right. Well, luckily, he... he leaves more digital breadcrumbs than Mr. Lewis; i.e. I have info on Reid's flight to Houston. Looks like he checked in and out of a hotel there. But if he rented wheels to get to Mexico, there's no record of it.

  Stephen Walker : Well, maybe he has a contact down there; he could have borrowed their car.

  Penelope Garcia : He could have taken a bus. There's all kinds of ways to cross the border. I'll keep looking.

• Jennifer Jareau : Okay, so I dug around his desk, I found a whole lot of articles in medical journals; no big surprise.

  Stephen Walker : [flipping through the journal she hands him]  This is all about experimental medicine.

  Penelope Garcia : Okay, experimental medicine makes sense. I... I got an e-mail from a librarian friend of mine from the FBI library. It looks like our boy wonder has been processing a lot with that beautiful brain of his, all having to do with alternative medicinal procedures for fighting Alzheimer's.

  Jennifer Jareau : Well, he told me he was supplementing her meds with omega-3s and making sure she was eating a ton of leafy greens. But he said her prescriptions plus vitamins weren't enough. Maybe he took it to a new level.

  Stephen Walker : Because it takes years to pass the FDA guidelines, a lot of holistic medicine is practiced outside the United States.

  Jennifer Jareau : [her phone chimes]  Okay, they have landed and they are on the way to Spence. All right, well, let's start digging through these, see if we can find anything that can help.

• Jennifer Jareau : So, Emily said they're gonna try a cognitive, but she isn't very hopeful.

  Stephen Walker : Did they run a full tox screen?

  Jennifer Jareau : No. No, they only looked for cocaine and heroin because those were the drugs in his possession.

  Penelope Garcia : And?

  Jennifer Jareau : And he tested positive for both.

  Penelope Garcia : What?

  Stephen Walker : Well, there's gotta be some other sedative present for him to be missing so much time.

  Jennifer Jareau : Look, they're only gonna investigate what helps their case, and right now they have a dead Mexican citizen and a drugged-up American suspect.

  Stephen Walker : That's true. It's not up to the Mexican authorities to prove what we believe, which is Reid is being framed. They're only looking at who and what's in front of them.

  Penelope Garcia : Okay, but... but we can't let him get stuck there.

  Jennifer Jareau : Then we'd better hope they come up with something useful from this cognitive.

• Jennifer Jareau : Is he okay?

  Luke Alvez : Yeah. I mean, he's... he's in one piece. I mean, I'm not sure he recognizes us.

  Stephen Walker : That could be the drugs.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : Would a cognitive help?

  Luke Alvez : I really think we're a little far off for that right now. Um... he definitely didn't recognize Scratch's name. But he wrote the name of his local contact, Rosa Medina, on his arm. I just sent the pic to Garcia. He says that she's a doctor.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : So his short-term is coming back, but it's limited. It sounds like his long-term is still a mess.

  Penelope Garcia : Okay, this definitely reads chicken scratch, but it's... oh, there are a lot of Rosa Medinas in Mexico.

  Stephen Walker : Well let's start with women in Houston and Brownsville, and then cross them with Mexican citizens.

  Penelope Garcia : Got it.

• Jennifer Jareau : He told Emily he was gonna talk to his mom's doctor. If that was true, we all assumed it was the doctor from the clinic, but maybe it was this Rosa Medina.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : And she could be being cautious, which is why we haven't been able to find any communication between them.

  Luke Alvez : And why should she be cautious?

  Dr. Tara Lewis : Well, because in 2015, sixty holistic doctors across the United States died mysteriously. And some were accidents, others violent attacks, others were deemed suicide. Conspiracy theorists believe these doctors were targeted fatally by pharmaceutical companies for their belief in holistic practice.

  Stephen Walker : Well, then Rosa Medina might not be her real name.

  Penelope Garcia : You think she might have an alias?

  Stephen Walker : Look, I've seen it plenty of times. If she's afraid of consequences, maybe she used an anagram. How many holistic doctors with connections between Texas and Mexico?

  Penelope Garcia : [typing on her computer]  Uh... Sophia Flores. Ana Sorel. Nadie Ramos. Juliet Hernandez.

  Stephen Walker : [writing on his legal pad]  What's the story with Nadie Ramos?

  Penelope Garcia : Uh... uh, let's see. She specializes in experimental drugs that reverse brain degeneration.

  Stephen Walker : Have you got a photo?

  Penelope Garcia : Yup. Sending it to you guys right now.

• Emily Prentiss : Garcia, we've got some questions.

  Matt Simmons : Hey, Penelope.

  Penelope Garcia : Oh, my god. It's the dulcet tones of Matt Simmons. Are you there to save the day?

  Matt Simmons : I'm trying. Clara's here, too.

  Penelope Garcia : [with a sigh of relief]  Knowing we have you guys as backup is providing me with some much-needed hope and I work better this way.

• Clara Seger : Hey, lady. We're trying to catch up on a few things.

  Penelope Garcia : Shoot it at me.

  Clara Seger : Where is Nadie Ramos from?

  Penelope Garcia : Mm, she lives with her family just north of Matamoros.

  Emily Prentiss : That must be where she got the jimsonweed.

  Penelope Garcia : What's weird is she crosses the border, like, a lot.

  Emily Prentiss : Why?

  Penelope Garcia : Well, she works at that clinic in Houston. She also helps at a local healthcare center. I can't find a visa on her, which is double weird. And in finishing the weird trifecta, there's a Social Security number on her W-2 form.

  Matt Simmons : Social Security? She's an American citizen?

  Penelope Garcia : Yeah. She has dual citizenship. She was born in Houston, and her family had to move back to Mexico. She lives with them and she works in the U.S.

  Emily Prentiss : Well, this changes everything, and we need to talk to the consulate.

  Mario Casteneda : [entering]  It's time for his transfer.

  Emily Prentiss : We've had a break in the case. The victim was also American, and that calls for extradition.

  Mario Casteneda : I've got orders. Sorry.

• Stephen Walker : My old unit chief at B.A.P. has a call in to the best legal counsel the Bureau has to offer.

  Penelope Garcia : We need a dream team.

  Stephen Walker : That's what we'll get.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : [approaching]  Cruz said we need Reid's work history, performance reviews, commendations, and reprimands if there are any, and we need them in the next three minutes.

  Jennifer Jareau : Yeah, Garcia and I compiled the list just in case.

  Penelope Garcia : [on her phone]  It's done. It's sent.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : All right. Now we wait.