Criminal Minds (TV Series)

Zugzwang (2013)

Jeanne Tripplehorn: Alex Blake

Quotes 

• Alex Blake : When you think of Maeve, what's the first thing that comes to mind?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Thomas Merton.

  Alex Blake : What about him?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : In her letters, she would always sign off with a quote from one of her favorite philosophers. Camus, Voltaire, Plato. When we had the near miss at the restaurant a couple of week ago, she left me a book with a quote by Thomas Morton written inside. It said, "Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone. We find it with another."

  Alex Blake : Then... Thomas Merton was her way of saying goodbye.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Yeah.

• Alex Blake : Did you guys ever compare lists, the different people you dated?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : November 4th, 3:46 p.m. I asked her if she dated a lot growing up.

  Dr. Maeve Donovan : [in Reid's recollection]  No way. Do you know how many Friday nights I had where it was just me and a microscope?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : I thought that was just me.

  Dr. Maeve Donovan : [laughs]  Oh, come on. Girls must have adored you in high school.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : I was twelve. It was kind of... confusing. Once I got a note from this girl I had crush on. She thought I was cute but would only meet me if I wore a blindfold. I did, and she took my shirt off. That's when I heard the laughter. Most of the senior class was in there.

  Alex Blake : Oh, sounds awful.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Maeve thought so, too.

  Dr. Maeve Donovan : When we finally meet, I'm going to make blindfolds fun again.