Criminal Minds (TV Series)

From Childhood's Hour (2011)

A.J. Cook: Jennifer Jareau

Quotes 

• Dr. Spencer Reid : How about 10 pairs of shoes? I mean, that has to be enough, right? Ten?

  Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau : Spence, it's different with the ladies. We need them to match our belts, our handbags, our skirts, and the fashions change with the seasons.

  Penelope Garcia : Yes. Boys are so boring. Pants, shoes, out the door.

  Emily Prentiss : Although, it's not like men don't have their things. I dated a golfer once. He had 12 putters in his closet. But this conversation is reminding me I need new boots.

  Penelope Garcia : They're having a sale at DeMille's on those tall-shaft kitty heels. You like those. Do you want to go?

  Emily Prentiss : Yeah.

  Derek Morgan : You getting all this, kid?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : No.

• Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau : Mrs. Smith? I'm Agent Jareau. Jennifer. I'm with the FBI.

  Marlene Smith : Did you hear any more about my Bobby?

  Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau : No, ma'am. But our entire team is here, and we are the best at what we do. We're gonna need your help, okay?

  Marlene Smith : Okay.

  Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau : I have a boy of my own. He's almost three. I... can't even imagine what you are going through.

  Marlene Smith : He's so little.

  Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau : I know. Can you tell me what happened the morning you dropped him off?

  Marlene Smith : I was having one of my bad days.

  Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau : And what does one of your bad days look like?

  Marlene Smith : I wanted to hurt myself. I can't control it.

  Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau : Is that why you took him to his grandmother?

  Marlene Smith : Yeah. I have to protect him.

  Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau : And you had done this in the past?

  Marlene Smith : [near tears]  Yeah. I just had to get him out of the house. You know? I just had to get him out of the house. That's all I kept thinking about, was just get him out! Get him out!

• Aaron Hotchner : We're looking for a male unsub in his mid- to late twenties. Physically fit enough to subdue Marlene Smith, and carry out a vicious attack and sustained attack.

  David Rossi : We believe he sees himself as a rescuer, taking children away from unfit parents. He may very well have abandonment issues from his own childhood.

  Derek Morgan : The impulsive nature of committing the murder out in the open suggests that he's inexperienced.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : The violence on Marlene Smith went from precision to frenzy, which points to someone with classic psychopathic traits; quick to rage and quick to recover.

  Emily Prentiss : He also appears to have insider knowledge of the families in these cases, so we need to look for someone who was privy to what went on behind those closed doors.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Emergency personnel were called to the Smith house after both suicide attempts, and once to the Tanner house after the mother overdosed on prescription drugs.

  Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau : That means first responders, Child Service workers, ambulance personnel. Both missing children apparently went without struggle or protest. That makes us think that they had prior contact with the person we're looking for.

  David Rossi : Or they inherently trust who he is by the virtue of his job. The uniform he wears; doctor, mailman, policeman.

  Derek Morgan : So far, the violence has been directed to the offending parent, but we don't know what the unsub's endgame is.

  Emily Prentiss : We have written up a media release on precautions the public needs to take.

  Aaron Hotchner : And we've taken the second mother into protective custody, thus depriving him of his target. This will increase his volatility.

  David Rossi : That's why it's critical we find these kids. If they are alive, he may turn his violence against the children themselves.

• Marlene Smith : So when I was feeling better, I-I went to my mother's to pick him up, and... that's when they told me he wasn't there.

  Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau : You didn't call ahead before you dropped him off?

  Marlene Smith : Yeah. She didn't answer.

  Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau : She doesn't have an answering machine?

  Marlene Smith : Yeah, she does, but there wasn't time for that.

  Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau : Please help me understand, Mrs. Smith. It takes ten seconds to leave a message. Look, these... these bad days that you have, I understand. There... there must be times when...

  Marlene Smith : [sobbing, showing JJ the scars on her wrists]  Look. Bobby saw me do this before. Twice. I had to get him out of the house! Don't you understand?