Criminal Minds (TV Series)

Persuasion (2014)

Kirsten Vangsness: Penelope Garcia

Quotes 

• [last lines] 

  Jennifer Jareau : I'm sorry you didn't get to see your mom.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : It's okay. I guess now I know what a parent feels like when their kid grows up. Someone who's depended on you for so long and then suddenly they're off living their own life and they don't really need you anymore.

  Jennifer Jareau : Except she's the parent, and that's how it should be.

  Penelope Garcia : Oh, hi. Welcome back. This came for you.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : No return address?

  Penelope Garcia : No, and it's really heavy. So what's inside it? Yes, that's me being nosy.

  [looking Reid opens the box] 

  Penelope Garcia : That looks like a pile of...

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Shale, limestone, and sandstone. It's a sculpture of the Grand Canyon from my mom.

  Jennifer Jareau : See? She didn't forget you.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : She said she was gonna mail the postcards, but then she decided to send the Grand Canyon instead. Here, listen to this. "You may have to commit me twice, Spencer, because not only I ride a mule on a tiny trail, with a 1,000-foot vertical drop, I paid for the privilege. Now, that's crazy." Can you imagine my mom on a mule?

  Jennifer Jareau : No.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : It's like Hotch at the beach.

  [all lough] 

  Dr. Spencer Reid : "The mules must do this all the time, because they seem very..."

• David Rossi : What'd you find Garcia?

  Penelope Garcia : Can someone let the Pope know about me? Because what I do is kind of a miracle!