Criminal Minds (TV Series)

The Replicator (2013)

Jeanne Tripplehorn: Alex Blake

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• Penelope Garcia : [the team reminisces about Strauss]  Do you guys remember that one time that she called me, but I thought that it was somebody else?

  [indicates Morgan] 

  Derek Morgan : Oh, no.

  Jennifer Jareau : That... that was funny.

  Penelope Garcia : Oh, maybe to you. I was mortified.

  Alex Blake : What did you say?

  Penelope Garcia : [laughing]  I said "Talk dirty to me."

  Derek Morgan : Yes, she did.

  Alex Blake : [open-mouthed surprise]  Are you kidding?

• Aaron Hotchner : Dave, a figure 8?

  David Rossi : That's what it look like. I just sent you all a picture.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Maybe it's an infinity symbol.

  Alex Blake : Well, if it's infinity, he could be boasting "I'll go on forever"?

  Derek Morgan : Or if it's an 8. Strauss was his 8th victim.

  Jennifer Jareau : And the unofficial 8th member of our team.

• Penelope Garcia : I am all over the DOJ names including support staff. I have Kevin pulling files and photos. System is down, so it's hard to track entire career paths, but there were two agents in New York in 2001. Scratch that, Lehman died in October, that leaves Curtis.

  Alex Blake : Wait a second. John Curtis?

  Penelope Garcia : You know him?

  Alex Blake : I haven't seen him in a long time. He was a nice guy. We were first office agents together, but I thought he left the Bureau after Amerithrax case.

  Aaron Hotchner : Could it be him? Does he fit the profile?

  Alex Blake : He was quiet and a loner, but brilliant. He specialized in a lot of fields, but his passion was biochemistry.

• Alex Blake : What do you want?

  John Curtis : You're the profiler. You tell me.

• Alex Blake : He said he used eight locks because there used to be eight of us.

  Aaron Hotchner : That's all he said?

  Alex Blake : About that, yes.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : There's only six keys. That mean two keys will be used twice. Each key is a letter, likely corresponds to a number on the locks. Seven, seventh letter of the alphabet's "g."

  Aaron Hotchner : What are the other letters?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Z, u, w... Zugzwang.

  [pause] 

  Dr. Spencer Reid : It's too easy.

• Penelope Garcia : He inherited a family compound in rural Virginia. Coordinates are on your phone.

  Alex Blake : What else do you have on Curtis?

  Penelope Garcia : Just like you thought. John Curtis was demoted in the FBI after the Amerithrax case. He was slated to take over the coveted New York field office, but then was shipped to the not coveted Kansas City one. He worked there for many years quietly before he was able to weasel his way back into the nation's capital. On paper, he is a rock star. He immediately transferred to the Department of Justice, the Intelligence Oversight section. He's a genius on multiple levels.

  Aaron Hotchner : What's his background?

  Penelope Garcia : Only child, parents died when he was 18. Never married. Total loner, just like Blake said.

  Aaron Hotchner : And all he's ever had to care about is his work.

  Derek Morgan : And when he lost that, he snapped.

• Alex Blake : You don't want to know.

  John Curtis : Reverse psychology. I'm not gonna beg for your analysis.

  Alex Blake : You don't have to beg. I already know how desperate you are for it.

  John Curtis : I didn't remember you being so skittish.

  Alex Blake : No, you've never seen me in chains before?

  John Curtis : I've seen you with your hands tied, so to speak. Erin Strauss and the Bureau discarded us. We were the forgotten ones

  Alex Blake : They forgot you. I did all right.

  John Curtis : But they'll remember me now. You know, I admired you back then, leading the charge on the day it all changed, the day Erin Strauss ruined us. I sat next to you, borrowed your pen to sign my transfer. They put me in Kansas. Me. You know what I've been wondering? Why did Strauss change her mind about you?

  Alex Blake : Kept my head down and I worked hard.

  John Curtis : We all did, but you got my chance.