Criminal Minds (TV Series)

Neon Terror (2017)

Adam Rodriguez: Luke Alvez

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• Emily Prentiss : [watching Rossi on TV]  Oh, good. We didn't miss it.

  Penelope Garcia : Nope, it just started.

  Luke Alvez : [entering with Matt and JJ]  We're up to our eyeballs in cases. The guy never takes a vacation. I want to know when he'd find the time to write another book.

  Jennifer Jareau : Someone must have put his mandatory six weeks off to good use.

  Matt Simmons : Anybody heard from Tara?

  Emily Prentiss : Oh, she's finishing up with Floyd Ferell. She'll be back in D.C. soon.

  Penelope Garcia : I'm DVRing this for her and Reid. They didn't want to miss it, either.

• Emily Prentiss : We believe the unsub may be a member of the media.

  Luke Alvez : It's these credentials that likely allow him to easily blend in at the crime scenes, no questions asked.

  Emily Prentiss : We're currently sifting through all local TV, print, and digital journalists in order to build a suspect pool.

  Luke Alvez : But as you know, Miami's a big market; lots of media outlets, so it'll take some time.

  Emily Prentiss : Now, we aren't sure if he films the crime scenes immediately after the murders or is responding with other news crews.

  Luke Alvez : Now, we have to think of this unsub in two parts. Okay? The first part, the part he's probably not aware of, is who he's killing. Okay? We believe the victims represent a personal loss.

  Emily Prentiss : It's most likely a maternal figure or a caregiver. The hairclip is his symbolic way of remaking his victims into that woman.

  Luke Alvez : But the second part, the part that he's very aware of...

  Emily Prentiss : This unsub is obsessed with the media's representation of his murders. His dopamine levels rise when he's on the crime scene watching other people respond to what he's done.

  Luke Alvez : Right. And they spike later, when he's at home watching his footage on the evening news.

  Detective Michelle Wallenberg : Sounds like an addict.

  Luke Alvez : Very much so. He's masking the pain of a childhood trauma by escalating his risks, but that only adds to his power of control and excitement.

  Emily Prentiss : That's why the nickname is a problem. The media is feeding his ego directly, and he will respond in kind.

  Luke Alvez : Right now, he's planning for the biggest bang possible. Ratings, likes, shares on social media probably all matter to him, so he could be tracking them.

  Emily Prentiss : And because he's no longer focused on public crime scenes, we are asking all of you to cover as much ground as possible inside his hunting zone.

  Luke Alvez : It's very important that the information shared in this profile is not posted online or leaked to the media.

  Emily Prentiss : Doing so could further embolden him and cause him to escalate. Thank you all.

• Matt Simmons : She was parked when the unsub came up and shot her. She might not have even seen him coming.

  Emily Prentiss : Locals just sent over the details. They believe it's a series of robbery/homicides, but he only robbed the first victim.

  Luke Alvez : Robbery could be a forensic countermeasure to try and keep the cops from tying the cases together.

  Matt Simmons : Well, a big city like Miami, how do we even know they're related?

  Emily Prentiss : Ballistics match. He used a .44 caliber.

  Jennifer Jareau : Bold choice. That's a big gun.

• Luke Alvez : Five victims in one week, three in the last twelve hours. It feels like our unsub's on a spree.

• Luke Alvez : So Steven's standing here, Natalie's inside the car, bang and bang. It feels like they were saying good night, but we know Steven wasn't going home with her.

  Jennifer Jareau : The unsub wouldn't know that. If he's a jilted lover, he'd see Steven as a surrogate, the guy who stole his girl.

  Luke Alvez : If he had his heart broken recently, that could be the reason for the spree. Maybe his ex got engaged. Or pregnant. And that's why he's lashing out.

  Jennifer Jareau : So, time of death was just before they were found. It was like, what, five minutes?

  Luke Alvez : No, two.

  Jennifer Jareau : Jeez. This guy's cutting it close. Well, a .44 Magnum has got a big bang.

  [looking around] 

  Jennifer Jareau : Maybe that's the point.

  Luke Alvez : He wants the attention. Loud gun. Attracts a big crowd. Right? Adds to his thrill.

  Jennifer Jareau : Yeah. So would sticking around to watch his work.

• Jennifer Jareau : Don't think of him as a spree killer, think of him as a fire starter. That's why no one sees him flee the scene.

  Luke Alvez : Could be a first responder. But police, paramedics, witnesses, they'd have to give a statement.

  Jennifer Jareau : Yeah, if he was on more than one police report, he'd be on our radar.

  Luke Alvez : Well, maybe he sticks around to watch and just doesn't draw attention to himself.

  Jennifer Jareau : This guy hides in plain sight.

• Luke Alvez : [at a crime scene]  We've ruled out that he's a first responder, right? What if he's another kind of responder?

  Jennifer Jareau : The media.

  Luke Alvez : Yeah. When we thought the media might be stoking our unsub, we never considered he might be one of them.

  Jennifer Jareau : It checks some of the boxes. Risk-taking, ability to blend in. It explains why no one questions him at the scene. He's supposed to be here.

  Detective Michelle Wallenberg : If he is part of the media, do you think he's also filming it?

  Luke Alvez : I don't know. We'd have to go through all of the footage.

  Jennifer Jareau : Every station is covering this. It's gonna take a lot of time.

  Detective Michelle Wallenberg : We got all hands on deck. Whatever you need, we're here.

• Luke Alvez : How is she doing?

  Jennifer Jareau : Good, considering.

  Luke Alvez : What's her name?

  Jennifer Jareau : Alex Grayson. The latest victim, Nancy Jones, was her cousin. She was babysitting while Alex's parents were out.

  Luke Alvez : It's a little late to be in a mall parking lot with a kid in the car.

  Jennifer Jareau : Yeah, well, when a kid can't sleep, a car ride's often the best way to get them down.

  Luke Alvez : Yeah, but if Alex was asleep, why not drive back home?

  Jennifer Jareau : She pulled over to answer a text from a guy she was gonna meet.

• Luke Alvez : There's no way Nancy was chosen at random.

  Jennifer Jareau : Yeah, you're right. This guy's a planner. He doesn't do random. He must have stalked her.

  Luke Alvez : And if he did, then he knew there was a kid in the car. The question is - and I hate to ask - why is Alex still alive?

  Jennifer Jareau : I don't know. He's never shown a moral compass, so why now?

  Luke Alvez : Maybe the unsub's a dad. Or maybe something happened to him when he was little.

• Luke Alvez : Well, he liked his new nickname enough to bring his own neon