Criminal Minds (TV Series)

Wheels Up (2017)

Paget Brewster: Emily Prentiss

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• Emily Prentiss : Where am I? This isn't a hospital. I've been in enough hospitals. I know how they sound, how they smell. So where the hell am I?

• Emily Prentiss : Scratch got deeper into my head than I care to admit, and the only way I was able to stay sane was by repeating a mantra, two words. You know what those two words were? "Wheels up." It saved my life when I wasn't sure I was gonna make it because it reminded me that you were out there fighting, so take your rest - you've earned it - but when we get back, wheels up, Matt.

  Matt Simmons : Wheels up, Emily.

  Emily Prentiss : Wheels up, Tara.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : Wheels up.

  Jennifer Jareau : Wheels up.

  Penelope Garcia : Wheels up.

  Luke Alvez : Wheels up.

  David Rossi : Damn right, wheels up

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Wheels up.

• Peter Lewis : Well, hello, Emily.

  Emily Prentiss : Son of a bitch.

  Peter Lewis : It's nice to meet you, too, finally.

  Emily Prentiss : Did you grab all of us, huh? Are we all here? Luke! JJ!

  Peter Lewis : No. It's just you. Your team is fine, by the way. Excuse me. I take that back. The truck I drove into your team did kill SSA Stephen Walker; whiplash. Tragic. Leaves behind a wife and two children, I believe.

  Emily Prentiss : [crying]  No.

  Peter Lewis : That's good. Get it all out.

  Emily Prentiss : I will make sure you fry for this.

  Peter Lewis : Will you? Well, maybe you shook take a look at yourself first.

  [he pulls back the sheet, revealing her legs in braces with long pins poked into the epidermis] 

  Peter Lewis : Because from where I'm standing, you won't be doing much of anything for the rest of your life.

• Emily Prentiss : I've read your case file. I've read about how your father was killed when you were thirteen, and earlier, you said something about crossing a line when it came to stalking a child. I realized Hotch's son Jack, he's thirteen now, too.

  Peter Lewis : I'm not a pedophile. I'm insulted by your inference.

  Emily Prentiss : No. Your interest in Jack is clinical. You want to see what it will be like if he grows up without his father like you did. That's what I've been focusing on. After you kill Hotch, you'll never leave Jack alone. Am I right?

  Peter Lewis : You are.

  Emily Prentiss : Then let me tell you something, Peter. I've died before protecting a child. That was a child I barely knew. But Jack? I love Jack. I've watched Jack grow up. I will not betray him or his father, so it doesn't matter what you do to me. I will not break.

  Peter Lewis : Let me test that resolve.

  [picking up a scalpel, he advances on her eye, but she remains unflinching] 

  Peter Lewis : [lowering the scalpel]  You make an interesting point. I need a plan "B".

• Emily Prentiss : There are no words.

  Monica Walker : No. There are not.

  Emily Prentiss : Monica, I asked Stephen to join the BAU. I asked him to hunt Scratch. I got him killed, and...

  Monica Walker : Peter Lewis killed my husband. And I choose to believe Stephen can rest knowing he helped this team catch him.

  Emily Prentiss : Thank you. If there's anything the Bureau can do for you or your family, please...

  Monica Walker : I will. Right now, my kids need me. And your team needs you.

• Emily Prentiss : I wanted to thank you for all of your help.

  Matt Simmons : Well, it was good to be of help. Ever since the IRT went down, I've been sitting on my hands waiting for a new assignment.

  Emily Prentiss : We should sit down tomorrow. We can talk about that.

  Matt Simmons : I'd like that.

• Emily Prentiss : So, we all need to discuss what Peter Lewis' death means for this team.

  Penelope Garcia : It means that Hotch can come back.

  David Rossi : Yeah. We, uh, spoke to him. He was relieved that he and Jack were out of danger. They're out of witness protection, but, um...

  Jennifer Jareau : He's not coming back, is he?

  Emily Prentiss : He loves being a full-time dad. He never got to do that before, and, let's face it, in this job...

  David Rossi : There's always gonna be another Scratch. And he's lost enough.

• Emily Prentiss : We never get to say goodbye the way we want, and when we deal with a loss so sudden and cruel, our emotions can overwhelm us. Stephen Walker was a good agent, but he was a better man. He made the world a better place, and we can honor him by doing the work he never got to do.

• Peter Lewis : There is a certain dearly departed team member of yours that I would like to discuss with you.

  Emily Prentiss : Stephen.

  Peter Lewis : No, not Stephen. This one isn't dead, at least not yet. This agent and I had a little tête-à-tête, and I crossed a line I shouldn't have. I really couldn't help myself, and I started to stalk his son, and do you know what he did, that coward? He went into witness protection. And he has been very difficult to find ever since, so that's what I want to know. I want you tell me where he is, because I know you know.

  Emily Prentiss : [crying]  No. Oh, stop. No.

  Peter Lewis : Yes, Emily. Where is Aaron Hotchner?

• [in a dream state, Emily sees an open grave with a headstone reading "In loving memory Emily Prentiss Oct 12, 1970 - March 7, 2011 Sep 21, 2011 - ?"] 

  Emily Prentiss : Of course. I get it now. I get it.

• Dr. Spencer Reid : Where's Scratch?

  Emily Prentiss : He's upstairs. Tag in here. Simmons and Alvez can box him in.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : No, I need to go find him.

  Emily Prentiss : No, no, no, Spence. Please. I need someone I know is real right now, all right?

• Emily Prentiss : Look, I'm only alive because you want something. So what do you want?

  Peter Lewis : Information that only you have.

  Emily Prentiss : What are you waiting for, then? Dose me with your drugs, the ones that make me see whatever delusion you suggest, and I'll tell you what you want.

  Peter Lewis : Hmm. I would love nothing more than that. Unfortunately, in your current physical condition, the sevoflourine and scopolamine would send you into a stroke.

  Emily Prentiss : I guess we're at a stalemate, then.

  Peter Lewis : No. I still have drugs that can make you talk, just different drugs. This is morphine. This is what's making your life very livable right now. Without this, your body will be on fire, and then you really will tell me everything I want. No delusion necessary.