Criminal Minds (TV Series)

From Childhood's Hour (2011)

Joe Mantegna: David Rossi

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• Emily Prentiss : Morgan and I were joking around on the jet, but something is definitely up. Is there anything you want to share?

  David Rossi : It's nothing. Uh... I had breakfast with Carolyn the other morning.

  Emily Prentiss : Carolyn? Oh! Is that wife number four or five?

  David Rossi : Look, let's get our facts straight. I only had three wives. I mean, that's in the realm of reasonable.

  Emily Prentiss : [snickering]  Okay, I'm sorry.

• David Rossi : [voiceover]  All things truly wicked, start from an innocence." ~~ Ernest Hemingway

• David Rossi : A mother who wants to kill herself. What does that say to a child? That you're not worth sticking around for?

• David Rossi : You know, I'm really glad you called me. It would be nice if we saw each other more than once every three or four years.

  Carolyn Baker Rossi : Maybe we can.

  [pause] 

  Carolyn Baker Rossi : So, give me the update. Anybody serious in your life?

  David Rossi : Well, there are all those serial killers. They're pretty serious.

• [last lines] 

  David Rossi : Hey, what's going on with you?

  Carolyn Baker Rossi : Um... You know, I... I don't know how to say this, except to just say it.

  [pause] 

  Carolyn Baker Rossi : Last year, I was diagnosed with ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease.

  David Rossi : Carolyn...

  Carolyn Baker Rossi : Like you always said, nobody lives forever.

  David Rossi : Why didn't you call me earlier? I could have...

  Carolyn Baker Rossi : Please let me finish. Because if I don't get this out now, I don't know that I ever will. I've had this disease for over a year. To live 18 months is a gift. The last few weeks I've started noticing the signs. It won't be long now. I came to ask you when the disease reaches the point, and I'm too weak or too afraid, I want you to help me leave this world on my own terms. When it's time, will you help me end my life?

• 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.

• David Rossi : We got all the kids back safe. Think about it, Aaron. How often does that happen?

  Aaron Hotchner : Not often enough.

• Carolyn Baker Rossi : The Cioppino was delicious.

  David Rossi : You gotta love any dish that recommends the wearing of a bib.

• David Rossi : I am really sorry. I had to take that.

  Carolyn Baker Rossi : It's okay. Fruit plate? Whatever happened to the usual bacon and eggs, extra grease on the side?

  David Rossi : Well, I've changed. Okay, the cantaloupe is for your benefit. When we were married, you were always warning me about clogged arteries.

  Carolyn Baker Rossi : And you would always say to me...

  David Rossi : Nobody lives forever.