Criminal Minds

Last season on Criminal Minds.

I believe you are no longer effective in your post.

I am questioning your ability to lead your team.

Sarah. Sarah, I'm so late.

I got caught up at the office.

He butchered her, hotch.

He came after me. He came in my home.

It's my fault.

It's time for agent hotchner's career to come to an end.

Agent prentiss, you're going to help me make that happen.

I knew it would be you who came to the cabin to check on me.

You must be frightened. I apologize for that.

I never meant to cause you any pain.

And I also never envisioned writing this letter.

I've searched for a satisfactory explanation for what I'm doing.

All I've come up with is.

a profiler needs to have solid footing.

I...I don't think I do anymore.

The world confuses me.

The cruelty, the indifference.

the tragedy.

When my dear friend sarah was murdered, it tore a hole in me.

And I truly believe the way I handled the pain

was to get back to our work as quickly as possible.

Get on to helping somebody else until I could handle sarah's murder.

Work through it.

Remember the first case we had after?

It was on a college campus.

FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA

Jim griffith.

Hi. Jennifer jareau. Thanks for meeting us here.

- Thanks for taking us on so quickly. - Yeah.

The faster we get here, the faster we can help stave off panic.

I hear that.

What can you tell us about the university?

It's small, tight-knit. Dorms are still single-sex.

Draws from all over the county, but students are mostly the arty type.

Have you increased uniform presence on campus?

Yeah. Doubled it.

Any other measures?

I got security shuttles running 24/7, and as of tonight, I've imposed a 10:00 curfew.

We need a corner of your precinct so we can set up shop.

You got it.

- You need to get to the hotel first? - No.

Spree killings in a confined area are a race.

He's racing to kill as many as he can.

We're racing to stop him.

hey, wait!

damn.

Ok, so talk to everyone on the floor and we'll hang out in my room tonight.

I'm gonna study for russian lit.

There's a maniac trying to kill us all. Don't worry.

They'll grade on a curve.

It helps me feel normal.

Ok, just be nice to her. Please.

She's making it worse.

She's scared.

And using it as an excuse to get into everybody's business.

Kate.

Ok, fine. You win.

Where have you been?

Uh, the library.

Curfew's in 5 minutes.

That's why we're here.

I don't want anyone drinking on the hall.

If you do, I'll write you up.

You see, I met sarah at college, on a campus just like that one,31 years ago.

Campuses are supposed to be places of life and excitement.

They're supposed to be about the future,

figuring out who you are and who you're gonna be.

They're supposed to be about dreams, not nightmares.

They're supposed to be about hope.

I just apparently don't understand the world anymore.

Season 03 Episode 01 Doubt

Original Air Date: 26 September 2007

All homicide scenes are tragic, but when the victim is someone young,

their life ripped away before they've even had a chance to live.

I've got men at every exit point on campus.

She had her mace out, but she didn't use it?

And it's well lit.

He's not afraid of being seen.

How often do the shuttles run?

Every 10 minutes.

Were all the other victims posed like this, with their arms crossed?

Yeah. Why?

It's a classic sign of remorse.

The unsub kills the victim, then immediately feels bad about it,

so he poses them like this so they'll rest in peace.

You can tell that just by the arms?

That's why you called us here, to build a psychological profile of your killer.

How long will it take your men to clear the scene?

A few hours.

Lucky there's a curfew, otherwise there'd be a mob scene.

Have hotch set up at the precinct. We'll run everything through him.

By the time this campus wakes up, I want a handle on this.

What the hell?

Dean suzanne cable, special agents morgan and gideon.

Thank you for being here.

Wish we didn't have to be.

I spoke to amy's parents.

Funeral services will be held on sunday in chicago.

They're arriving later today to bring her home.

They asked me to let you know that they will be staying downtown at the mainline hotel.

If any of you would like to visit or pay your

respects, they'd like you to feel free to do so.

How did you all let this happen?

What?

Everybody is thinking it.

You are the fbi, the campus is crawling with police,

and she gets murdered waiting for the security shuttle.

That's not helpful, katie.

Actually, it is.

The fact that your friend was killed in such a

well-lit area with a police presence indicates

that the killer is most likely part of this campus.

He's not an outsider.

He's someone who wouldn't raise alarm with the police or potential victims.

You should also be aware that the 3 victims were brunette.

- What? - At this point, we do consider it an intentional pattern.

So tell me, how am I supposed to keep these women safe?

I have security cameras being installed in virtually every corner of the campus,

and that's coming out of the city's budget.

It's not the school'S.

I want to shut down the school.

- That's a viable choice. - But?

If the killer is part of the campus, he may simply leave once the school shuts down.

When classes restart, there's a good chance he'll kill again.

What would you do in my place?

I can't say.

Shut it down.

I can't justify keeping these kids locked up in a pen while someone hunts them.

In this line of work, I was afraid I would lose the ability to trust.

But I realized I can't really look at anyone without seeing their death.

And as bad as losing faith in humanity seems,

losing your faith in happy endings is much worse.

Did the other victims have this much overkill?

Death was caused by a single, very forceful stab wound to the heart.

Yeah. He broke through the breastbone.

And after that, he just lashed out at random.

Well, no defensive wounds.

She didn't even hold her hands up to fight him off.

The first 2 victims were the same.

Did you run toxicology screens?

None of the others were drugged.

Considering that she was standing waiting

for a shuttle, my guess is she wasn't either.

I'm sorry about before.

I'm sorry about your friend.

Uh, your R. A. Told us that you guys were at the library last night.

Did you see amy there?

We didn't go with her, but we saw her there.

I thought she left before us.

Her bag wasn't in her cubicle, or else we would have waited.

Did you notice anyone she might have been talking to earlier?

Was it like her to be walking alone, even in a dangerous situation like this?

She wasn't the victim type.

It's almost impossible to pinpoint who's the most vulnerable.

That's why we're trying to teach you how to best protect yourselves.

I just mean that she was strong, and she was smart.

I don't know why she didn't at least mace him.

Are a lot of girls carrying mace?

Pepper spray, mace, switchblades.

If you can buy it online or find it at the army-navy store, we've all bought it.

Are you sure about who he's killing?

I mean, brunettes?

Pretty sure. Yeah.

Prentiss.

Good morning, emily.

Agent prentiss?

I'm here.

I'm just checking in.

Checking in?

On your case. The college girls.

Uh, we don't know that much yet, ma'am.

But you will let me know if there's anything to report, won't you?

I really have to get back to work.

Of course. You know where you can reach me.

Realistically, it'll take 2 or 3 days to empty campus.

I'm afraid that'll be our window for catching this guy.

What do you need from me?

You said you're installing security cameras?

Yeah, this afternoon.

Can they be functional by nightfall?

I'll make sure.

We'll need as many men as you can on duty.

If the unsub's part of campus life, he's gonna know it's about to shut down.

Next few days, that's his last chance to hunt.

Uniform presence helps, but it'd also be good to have some

of your younger officers go in plainclothes, try to blend in.

I can ask my men to work double shifts till we're evacuated.

I'll call campus security and have them do the same.

Good.

Good morning.

How many victims have we seen?

How many crime scenes?

Hundreds? A thousand?

Pictures, families, victims, both alive and dead.

I was always able to stay objective, to stay at arm's length.

Now all I see is sarah in them.

Have many days will it take to evacuate the students?