Criminal Minds (TV Series)

Killer App (2017)

Wallace Langham: Mr. X

Quotes 

• Mr. X : I don't often have the pleasure of hosting domestic law enforcement, given that our bailiwick is national security.

  Emily Prentiss : I only need one thing. The name of the drone pilot on the team that Tori Hoffstadt put together in 2016.

  Mr. X : That information is confidential.

  Emily Prentiss : I understand you administer pysch evaluations to your recruits.

  Mr. X : That's true.

  Emily Prentiss : The recruit I'm asking about would have tested as immature and unstable, with aggressive tendencies.

  Mr. X : We wouldn't employ such a person.

  Emily Prentiss : But if you did, that would make you liable for his actions.

  Mr. X : Let me be clear. We do not employ unstable individuals. However, even if we did, there's no liability that would attach to us. It's guaranteed by the government.

  Emily Prentiss : Have you ever pressed that guarantee when you've employed a serial killer?

• Mr. X : If the pilot you're looking for became unstable, it most likely happened after he left Peakstone.

  Emily Prentiss : Why would that happen?

  Mr. X : Sometimes, like discharged military personnel, they have difficulty processing their experiences.

  Emily Prentiss : Why?

  Mr. X : A variety of reasons, I suppose. Some of them have trouble with the letter.

  Emily Prentiss : What letter?

  Mr. X : The one they get thanking them for their service and providing them with statisitical information on their missions.

  Emily Prentiss : Statistical information? You mean body counts?

  Mr. X : Yes. Among other things.

  Emily Prentiss : Why would you give them that letter?

  Mr. X : It's protocol, designed to protect them.

  Emily Prentiss : From what?

  Mr. X : False information. Many of their missions are reported on in the media. We want them to have accurate statistics, and we don't want them blindsided by any information.

  Emily Prentiss : That kind of letter, in my line of work, we call that a trigger.

  Mr. X : You make it sound so sinister. It's not that at all. They're aware from the beginning that they'll be given those statistics at the end of their service. Those who can't handle it don't open them.

  Emily Prentiss : Not everyone has the self-awareness to make that decision. Now, if you add that trigger to an unstable individual, you get...

  Mr. X : You get what, Agent Prentiss? A serial killer? I highly doubt that you could prove that.