Criminal Minds (TV Series)

Assistance Is Futile (2017)

Matthew Gray Gubler: Dr. Spencer Reid

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• Jennifer Jareau : [visiting Reid and hearing other inmates' catcalling]  It's okay.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Hmm?

  Jennifer Jareau : It's not my first time in a prison. I can handle it.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Sorry. I don't want them looking at you.

  Jennifer Jareau : I know. I don't, either. But if that's the price I have to pay to see you, I'm okay with that.

• Dr. Spencer Reid : [closing quotation]  "Hope is being able to see that there is light, despite all of the darkness." - Desmond Tutu.

• Jennifer Jareau : So, listen. Um... there are some other things we should talk about. We got your full panel tox screen results. Um, they were negative for Scopolamine.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : [worried]  How are we gonna prove that Scratch is behind all this?

  Jennifer Jareau : We'll find another way. Look, it was too late by the time we took that blood test. You must have metabolized everything.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : He's gonna get away with it.

  Jennifer Jareau : Spence.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : He's gonna get away with it!

  Jennifer Jareau : We're not gonna let him. We're gonna get you out of here. I promise. And we are gonna get that psychopath and we are gonna clear your name. Just, please, keep your head down, and focus on that. Okay?

• Dr. Spencer Reid : [opening quotation]  "To go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand. I can do no other." - Martin Luther.

• Calvin Shaw : [after Reid speaks to a prison guard]  What was that?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : I was thirsty.

  Calvin Shaw : [knowing he's lying]  I helped you because I like you. You're interesting to me. But if you keep this up, keep thinking the normal rules apply in here, then I cannot help you. And that would be a shame, 'cause I think you're the only innocent man in here. Good luck, brother. You're gonna need it.

• Dr. Spencer Reid : [having noticed a scar on Delgado]  What happened?

  Luis Delgado : Welcoming committee.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : You okay?

  Luis Delgado : I am right now. It's later I'm worried about.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Anything I can do to help?

  Luis Delgado : Yeah. Give me some of that "don't touch the skinny white guy" pixie dust you got sprinkled on you.

• Jennifer Jareau : [visiting Reid in prison]  How are you doing?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : I'm okay. I, uh... I'm really happy to see you. I just... I kind of wish you hadn't come. It's not a good idea.

  Jennifer Jareau : Sorry. You're stuck with me. Garcia has us on shifts, and she of course took first dibs, but, uh, they needed her in the office for a case, so I was the lucky one.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : A case? JJ, you should not be here.

  Jennifer Jareau : The last time I saw you, I promised you would not be alone. I am just trying to keep up the best way I can.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : What's the case?

  Jennifer Jareau : What?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : The case. I'm assuming you stayed behind unless it's local. Is it local?

  Jennifer Jareau : No. New York. But... you really want to hear this?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Yeah. I'd... I'd love something to think about besides, you know, this.

  Jennifer Jareau : Okay. Um... last night, they found the latest victim, which is the third in the last six weeks. He dumps them in alleys. All female, in their twenties. Equal opportunity; he crosses race lines. Oh, and the media's having a field day. They're calling him the Bone Crusher.

• Dr. Spencer Reid : You know what, Calvin, you're right. I don't know prison. But I do know how to stop a psychopath.

  Calvin Shaw : That was out there. In here, we're all psychopaths, We have to be, 'cause it's predator or prey. Which one are you?