Criminal Minds (TV Series)

The Tall Man (2018)

Matthew Gray Gubler: Dr. Spencer Reid

Quotes 

• Penelope Garcia : I'd like to direct your attention to two oddities. Oddity number one is Ally Macready's medical exam.

  Emily Prentiss : Give us the headline.

  Penelope Garcia : Despite outward appearances, Ally had a sum total of zero wounds on her. So whose blood is on her clothes, you ask? DNA report is not back yet, but typing and matching points to the other girls.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : She could have escaped before the unsub got to her. Holding three girls takes a lot of control.

  Emily Prentiss : What's oddity number two?

  Penelope Garcia : That would be a text exchange between Bethany and Chelsea. Bethany says to Chelsea "What if we do it in the woods tonight?", to which Chelsea responds "We'd have to do it fast. Ally can't see us coming."

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Vaguely threatening. Although Ally didn't say anything like that in her interview.

  David Rossi : Two of the girls had some agenda besides the Tall Man. We need to see if it played a part in their disappearance.

  Jennifer Jareau : Chelsea's dad, Tom, he dated my sister in high school, so I can talk to him.

  Emily Prentiss : Good. Do that. We will divide and conquer when we land. We will investigate this as if Bethany and Chelsea are still alive, and we will not sleep until we find them.

• Penelope Garcia : The police recovered all three girls' phones in the woods. And you know how teens and myself spend way too much time on our screens? Well, the breakdown on the lab report from the girls' cell phones suggests a surefire way to get us all to stop. Please look at that report on your tablets.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Fentanyl, as in the opioid derivative?

  Penelope Garcia : Yeah, trace elements were found on all three screens. Now, the medical patch it comes in knocks you out instantaneously.

  Emily Prentiss : Wait, hold up. Full stop. Let's retrace the girls' timeline. They went to a party, then somehow the unsub manages to get his hands on all three of the girls' phones to lace them?

  Matt Simmons : He could have been at the party.

  Emily Prentiss : But then he'd have to time that out with when they went into the woods. No one's that good. Factor this in now: you're a teenage girl. You keep your cell phone on you at all times. Who would you maybe hand it over to?

  Dr. Tara Lewis : Your best friend.

• Emily Prentiss : I'm starting to think Bethany or Chelsea might be pulling the strings here.

  David Rossi : Whoa, slow down. All three girls' phones were drugged, and Ally had the other girls' blood on her.

  Luke Alvez : I'm with Rossi. I mean, if one of the girls was staging this, she would have had to have knocked herself out and let herself get cut. That's one hell of a gaslight.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : But not an impossible one, especially with a partner.

  Matt Simmons : Well, if that's true, I think we're missing the bigger picture here. Chelsea and Bethany are best friends. Why would one recruit a partner to terrorize the other?

  Jennifer Jareau : Okay, it has something to do with this. "Where is it?". That's what Ally heard. So they're looking for something they lost, something they think the other girl can find.

  Emily Prentiss : I think we need to take another look at their high school, see what we can find.

  Jennifer Jareau : I know a guy over there that could help us.

• Dr. Spencer Reid : I searched his car, his house, and the school. No sign of Bethany.

  Emily Prentiss : Dave, I think he'll respond to your authority. I want you to take the first crack at him.

  Jennifer Jareau : [handing over her gun]  Actually, I'd like to.

  [Prentiss glances at Rossi, who gives her a nod of approval] 

  Emily Prentiss : Okay.