Criminal Minds (TV Series)

True Genius (2012)

Thomas Gibson: Aaron Hotchner

Quotes 

• [last lines] 

  Emily Prentiss : Hey, Reid. Hotch wants to talk to you. What's wrong?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : He probably wants to talk to me about why I've been kind of weird lately.

  Emily Prentiss : You are making a difference, you know, one person at a time.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Thank you. You know, I've been thinking a lot lately about why I stayed after Gideon left, why I didn't take any of those other offers.

  Emily Prentiss : Nothing is accidental.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : And I realized, I don't know, there's just something incredibly right about being here, with you guys.

  Emily Prentiss : Well, I'm glad to hear that. Otherwise this would have been really awkward.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : What would have been really awkward?

  Penelope Garcia : Surprise!

  Emily Prentiss , Penelope Garcia , Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau , Aaron Hotchner , David Rossi , Derek Morgan : Surprise! Happy birthday!

  Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau : Happy birthday!

  Penelope Garcia : Happy birthday!

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Thank you.

  Aaron Hotchner : Do you feel like 30?

  Derek Morgan : Happy birthday, old man. Happy birthday. Almost 40 now.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : I'm getting close.

• Dr. Spencer Reid : The spam had to be converted from matrix code to binary code, then switched to base eight before being translated back into letters. I can go into more detail if you want.

  Aaron Hotchner : No. How smart would a person have to be to write code like that?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Beyond smart. Profoundly gifted. An IQ of at least 160.

  Emily Prentiss : That changes the profile, then.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : The UnSub could still hold a menial or low-level job. Many believe that beyond an IQ of 120, success is determined by other factors.

• Aaron Hotchner : Reid, how is it going?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Computers slow me down, so I prefer paper, but I wasn't expecting all these comments. Where do people find the time?

• Penelope Garcia : [Picks up the phone]  Garcia's lair of knowledge and wisdom

  Aaron Hotchner : Garcia, you have the list of Zodiac case experts?

  Penelope Garcia : Yeah, standing by for you. I have everyone who has every written or blogged about it. FYI there are way too many people obsessed with this sicko

  Aaron Hotchner : Right, cross reference that with professional chess players

  Penelope Garcia : Oh, that totally helps, yeah. Okay, the list is getting smaller... and smaller... down to nothing!

• Aaron Hotchner : There have been two known copycats.

  Penelope Garcia : Correct. The first one was Heriberto Seda. He killed three and wounded four in New York City. And then, there was a 14-year-old in Japan named Seito Sakakibara. He killed two other children and left the sign of the Zodiac behind.

  David Rossi : The fact is the Zodiac was driven by a need for notoriety and control.

  Aaron Hotchner : He enjoyed the terror he spread through the city.