- Aaron Hotchner: [closing quotation, voiceover] "I have loved to the point of madness. That which is called madness. That which to me is the only sensible way to love." - Francoise Sagan.
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- Penelope Garcia: You guys choose this. Turning people over like rocks and looking at all their creepy-crawly things underneath. And I get it. I do. It's the only way to catch them. But... I want to see the good in people. I choose to see the good in people. And... getting into someone's mind and trying to find the God-awful thing that happened to them that made them do the God-awful thing to somebody else has seriously impaired my ability to giggle, and it makes my brain all wonky, and I don't like it.
- Aaron Hotchner: Garcia.
- Penelope Garcia: Yes, sir?
- Aaron Hotchner: I just wanted to thank you for your excellent work on this case. And I understand that what you did was, for you, very difficult. But your contributions are essential to the success of this team.
- Penelope Garcia: Thank you, sir.
- Aaron Hotchner: I know you see the good in people, Penelope. Always. And I would never want you to change that.
- Aaron Hotchner: [opening quotation, voiceover] Tennessee Williams said "We all live in a house on fire. No fire department to call, no way out."
- David Rossi: [about a serial arsonist] Whoever set these went from no victims to thirty-one in less than two weeks. That's a hell of an escalation.
- Emily Prentiss: Why didn't they call us in sooner?
- Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau: The local police and fire department knew they were dealing with an arsonist, but they had no idea he'd become a killer.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: Most arsonists don't. They just like setting fires; any deaths that occur are almost always accidental.
- Derek Morgan: Thirty-one victims is not an accident.
- Aaron Hotchner: Police chief knows he made a mistake. And he learned the hard way that even though not all arsonists are killers, they do have one thing in common: once they start, they can't stop.
- Derek Morgan: The bar matches his previous locations. It's another local hot spot.
- David Rossi: Only five victims this time. Why lower the body count?
- Derek Morgan: [pointing to a chain on the bar door] Rossi. There's something else that's different.
- David Rossi: The front and back?
- Derek Morgan: He really wanted to make sure nobody got out this time.
- David Rossi: But why bother? No one made it out of the other ones.
- Derek Morgan: Maybe he knew the fire department would show up sooner.
- Fire Captain Danny Wales: Yeah, we're faster now. Practice makes perfect. What the hell difference does it make? And what good are you guys doing us? You see chains, figure he didn't want anyone to get out? I could have told you that.
- David Rossi: We're not criticizing anyone. Our job is to look at the same things you do, but to try and see them from a different perspective.
- Fire Captain Danny Wales: Sure.
- Derek Morgan: Look, all due respect, captain, but you look at that chain and you say the killer wanted to make sure nobody got out, right? Well, we look at that chain and we see a little more. That chain is different than the first two fires. Now, either we're looking at an entirely new arsonist, or this unsub wanted to make absolutely certain that nobody got out. Now if this is true, that means something changed. Maybe his emotions changed. Maybe his agenda, but something. See, this chain tell us this is the fire that matters. This fire is gonna help us catch this guy.
- Aaron Hotchner: You're gonna have to start weeding out some of these Garcia. Third cousins and religious affiliations are probably not gonna help us. I need to know who had enemies? Who had secrets? Who was a target?
- Penelope Garcia: [sighs] With all due respect sir, my... my brain muscles are comfortable with being intuitive with information, not people. Looking at people like that is not part of my job description. I'm not a profiler
- Aaron Hotchner: Well, you're gonna have to be. We don't have much time
- Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau: Dr. Rawlings, when I spoke to the police chief, he said that you know everyone in Royal.
- Dr Rawlings: Well, pretty much. I grew up here. I inherited my father's practice. I delivered eleven of those people lying in there.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: Based on the limited population of Royal, the unsub is most likely a local male, between the ages of 17 and 30
- Penelope Garcia: What, arson is a sexist industry?
- Dr. Spencer Reid: Ah, for the most part, yeah. Only 12% of arsonists are female
- Emily Prentiss: Apparently women just aren't inclined to burn things