Criminal Minds

Over here.

Take it easy. Take it easy!

Stop,

Get his limbs.

Epileptic?

Not that I know of.

Let's go.

So what was it?

Severe allergic reaction.

Hmm.

Probably did it on purpose.

He's suicidal?

He's homicidal.

I've found there ain't much difference.

I never have figured out why they call you in.

What's the point in saving a scumbag like this?

He's gonna kill somebody else the second he gets the chance.

That's above my pay grade.

Overcrowded anyway.

You think taxpayers want to save this idiot?

Put it down.

Don't you go do nothing stupid, boy.

'Cause I'll tell you what.

They will never let you out of that damn hole again.

Put... it... down.

Come on.

That's it.

Yeah.

That's it, boy.

That's it.

Okay, you never gave your vote on who should get what.

Give Reid the mug.

Reid? That means that JJ gets the double-decker bus?

I thought that was for Kevin.

No, we're not talking right now.

Garcia, you guys were just talking yest...

Never mind.

Wait. Where is everybody?

Don't tell me they're still in Seattle.

Hi. Hey, you guys are back. Hi.

- Oy, mates, give me a squeeze. - Oh.

Mm. Well, you guys look great.

- Very proud of you. - Cheers.

How's Emily doing?

Brilliant and lovely.

Her apartment's off the chain.

You mean, her flat.

You have to take a shaky old lift

to get to the top, but the view is brilliant.

- For my favorite bloke. - Great, I love it.

- Thank you. -Thanks. How was

- temporary duty? - Well, it was around the clock.

I thought I'd get a little more

- of a vacation, but... Did you watch

- the Olympics at all? -I did see a little track and field,

but the queen bee here- she saw everything.

Emily is for-real hooked up over there.

She sends her love and tea of the month.

It starts next week.

Oh, I miss her.

Don't even get me started.

Hey, how's the newb?

Is she nice?

- Yes, she is. - I'm just asking.

Reid, did you hear she was recruited when she was 24?

I've guest-lectured in her forensic linguistics

- class before. - Of course you have 'cause

she's a professor and an agent, which is so impressive.

- No. Really, she's great. - Mm-hmm, and driven, clearly.

Berkeley grad, double major,

Bureau star of the Una-bomber case,

and she teaches at Georgetown, and when she's not doing that,

she's not SSA-ing at Washington field office.

And she has her Ph. D.

Does that mean I have to call her doctor?

What? I did some research on her

'cause I couldn't sleep on the plane, and my point is...

...clearly, she is smart and capable, but is she nice?

GARCIA Oh, dear God, this is happening.

Where I talk, and the person is behind...

me.

The origin of nice is 12th century Middle English,

meaning foolish or stupid.

I hope you're referring to the modern use of the adjective.

You must be Penelope.

I'm Alex Blake.

Nice to meet you, really.

Actually, nice in the nicest of ways, nice.

I'm Derek Morgan.

Welcome back.

How was Seattle?

The UnSub made Ridgway look like a saint.

He even used his own kid to bait the victims.

Well, we've seen that before; no doubt we'll see it again.

Don't unpack.

- Garcia, the files. - Yeah.

Files. Oh, God.

A few hours ago,

there was a prison transfer to the county hospital

in Abilene, Texas.

The ambulance crashed, and the prisoner escaped.

He's wearing the EMT uniform, and he's armed

with the guard's weapon.

Aren't the U.S. Marshals

- on this? - Yes, they are,

but they need your help,

because this is what they found inside.

The EMT and the driver died in the accident.

The guard, however, suffocated.

What's on his mouth?

It was sewn shut.

So the prisoner

is The Silencer?

- Or this guy's a copycat. Forensics confirmed

it's the same unique double knot ligature

used in all three murders.

His last known victim was in 2004,

and he was never caught.

So he didn't go dormant by choice.

- He was locked up. -MORGAN: But why not just escape?

If he hadn't sewn the guard's mouth shut,

we would never know it was him.

He wants us to know he's back.

We've got his face.

What's his name?

John Doe. He was pulled over

in '04 for a traffic violation.

No registration, no tags.

He carried no ID.

No way he did eight years for that.

They searched the car and found a gun

- with a silencer. A silencer?

He was practically telling them who he was,

and no one made the connection.

It's a federal offense,

carries a 30-year minimum sentence,

but it was actually what he did inside

that, uh, guaranteed him life without parole.

- He killed two men while inside? And he never said a word.

Mm. He spoke with his fists.

Remaining silent for eight years

takes a hell of a lot of self-restraint.

Maybe it was a conditioned response.

Garcia's gathering all the files

from '04. We'll catch up on the plane.

Wheels up in 30.

Alex?

I'm sorry I didn't get a chance

to see you before the Seattle case.

Congratulations.

It took a lot of hard work

to get a shot here.

Wasn't easy.

It's been a long time.

I've got a plane to catch, Erin.

Good luck.

"As I grow older,

"I pay less attention to what men say.

I just watch what they do. "

Andrew Carnegie.

Did any of you work

on The Silencer case?

That was during

my extended sabbatical.

We all consulted, but nobody made the trip to Texas.

Why not?

Three women in four months.

That's textbook kill rate.

An undeniable signature.

Obvious surrogates.

We weren't invited by the local police.

Aren't you tired of that?

Welcome to our world.

The women he killed were beaten

and left in open ditches.

That physical representation

of his anger is missing this time around.

Well, he must do something else that satisfies him.

His signature is the same,

but his victimology couldn't be more different.

The guard was clearly a victim of necessity,

but if he has a need-driven behavior, such as

sewing mouths shut, how can he control that

and only do it to the guard?

But maybe he just ran out of time.

Well, he could want the guard

to suffer in silence.

Literally makes his victims shut up.

It seems obvious, but, uh,

there may be something to that.

Then the question is why?

Morgan, you and JJ go to the M.E.

Reid, you and Dave, check out

John Doe's jail cell. Blake and I

will head to the U.S. Marshals.

SSAs Hotchner and Blake.

Oh, Tilghman. Thank you for coming.

I got my whole team on this.

- Any leads yet? - Well, the wreck happened

out in the middle of nowhere after midnight.