Criminal Minds (TV Series)

The Bittersweet Science (2011)

David Mazouz: Ryan Hall

Quotes 

• Ryan Hall : Is that you, Dad?

  Jimmy Hall : Yeah, It's me, buddy.

  Ryan Hall : What happened?

  Jimmy Hall : My fight didn't go too well.

  Ryan Hall : Did you win?

  Jimmy Hall : No, I got knocked out, kiddo. I got knocked out.

  Ryan Hall : But you always win.

  Jimmy Hall : Well, I couldn't, you know? I just couldn't.

  [pause] 

  Jimmy Hall : And when I was in that ring getting punched over and over again, I figured out something. Sometimes, I want to fight, but my body, it keeps telling me to stop. And it doesn't matter how hard I punch, it just... I can't do it. And... and when that happens, you know what I do? I let go, Ryan.

  [pause] 

  Jimmy Hall : And what I figured out is, letting go doesn't mean that you're a quitter. It doesn't mean that you lost. It just means that you realize in that moment that it's time to let go and move on.

  [pause] 

  Jimmy Hall : So, if it's time, Ryan, it's all right, 'cause you fought a hell of a fight. Your mother and I, we both love you. Don't you ever forget that.

  Ryan Hall : I love you, too, Daddy.

  [Hotch sheds one tear]