Criminal Minds

Previously, on “Criminal Minds”...

Reid is in jail.

He was arrested in Mexico

for illegal possession of drugs.

Now he's being charged with the murder of Nadie Ramos.

Your client presents a flight risk.

Bail is denied. Defendant will be remanded

to federal custody pending trial.

8361 in the yard.

Transport detail, stand by.

No. No, please.

Please don't make me.

I'm not... I don't want to go.

I don't want to go, please.

Please don't make me go.

Please...

Hey, man, shut it!

You're gonna give yourself a concussion

if you keep doing that.

Well, it beats what they'll do to me inside.

I'm Luis.

Spencer.

What are you in for?

I'm innocent.

Yeah...

Me, too.

Ok, ladies, listen up.

You will exit this bus in a neat and orderly fashion.

You will speak only when spoken to,

and you will do everything that you are told.

Follow these simple rules,

we'll get along just fine.

Let's go! Keep moving!

Hurry up!

Torres.

Driskill.

Reid.

Line up over there.

Hold up.

You, you, go.

You, back in line.

Something wrong with your hearing?

No...

Back in line!

Gate!

Let's go.

Left, left.

Gate!

You think Reid should have taken the plea deal?

Absolutely not.

Now that it's off the table, he's looking at 25 years to life.

So you think he should have?

No. I'm just saying, 25 years is a long time.

And as we know, juries are fickle.

I still can't believe the judge denied bail.

Did you guys see the look on his face

when they led him out of that courtroom?

What are we gonna do?

Oh, newbie, oh, newbie,

I'm gonna tell you what we're gonna do.

We're gonna send him letters every day,

we're gonna put money in his commissary account,

we are going to send him puzzles, magazines, books,

whatever we can think of to make sure

those gorgeous gears inside that boy wonder brain

are lubed up and in perfect working order to keep us on track.

I took the liberty of making a chart.

Good idea, Penelope.

Yes, I couldn't agree more. Also, if you've noticed,

there is a visitation schedule.

Why do you get to go see Reid first?

Because I made the chart.

And if anyone has any problem with that, tough noogies.

What's all this?

Uh, well, miss Penelope here is keeping track

of our correspondence and visits to Spence.

Very colorful, Penelope.

Thank you, sir.

Oh! And that reminds me,

I'm sending the first batch of letters

to Reid in jail today. I'm going to need you

to pen your upbeat, articulate missives

and give them to me no later than 3 p.m., sharp.

I'm afraid you'll need a new mailing address.

What's going on?

Early this morning Reid was moved

from the police precinct to the Millburn Correctional Facility.

He's in prison?

How is that possible? There hasn't been a trial.

You can blame overcrowding at the D.C. jail.

I know this isn't great news,

but his lawyer is doing everything she can,

and she promised to give us updates.

Right now, all we can do is put our faith in the justice system

and follow Garcia's chart and work the case we just got.

Oh, yeah, the case. Oh, boy, I'll go get the files.

It is with a heavy heart, I am telling you,

Philadelphia, aka, the city of brotherly love,

is in sore need of some lately,

because last night, two people

had acid thrown in their faces

in two separate attacks.

They are Colton Davis and Neela Travers.

Both are being treated at the burn center there.

Neela was attacked outside a gym

and has severe burns on her face, neck, and chest.

And 30 minutes later, Colton was ambushed

as he left a bar, and in addition to being disfigured,

he was partially blinded.

This comes on the heels of two other

acid attacks last week in Philadelphia.

That's right. Harley Macafee and Simon Wells.

Harley was attacked right outside of her apartment

and Simon while on a run.

Both happened on the same night about 20 minutes apart.

Simon is still hospitalized,

but Harley died from inhaling the toxic fumes.

This unsub has no gender or race preference.

Any witnesses?

No, but a surveillance camera

captured the attack on Colton Davis.

Oh!

The unsub didn't stick around to see the damage he'd done.

Hey, Garcia, would you mind backing up and freezing on the unsub?

Sure thing.

We're saying “he,” but it's hard to tell

if the unsub is male or female.

That could be a woman or a man with a slight build.

So are these coordinated blitz attacks

by multiple unsubs or the act of a lone wolf?

Either way, we could be looking at a spree in the making.

Wheels up in 20.

Guys, hold on.

I know it's gonna be hard not to think about Reid in prison,

but we'll get through this.

And more importantly, Reid will, too.

What's happening?

What up, homey?

When you hear your name, find a bed.

Archer.

Delgado.

Hill.

Lupo.

Morrone.

Reid.

Uh... excuse me, officer.

Um, I don't belong here.

Gee, I never heard that before.

No, I mean, I think there's been some sort of mistake.

I'm supposed to be in protective custody.

There's been no mistake.

This is exactly where you belong.

You recognize any of these guys?

You probably put some of them away, didn't you...

Fed?

“Strong men,

“men who are truly role models,

“don't need to put down women

to make themselves feel powerful.”

Michelle Obama.

The victim from the surveillance video,

Colton Davis,

moved to Philadelphia last year

to attend medical school at Temple.

Neela Travers works in social media marketing.

Simon Wells works at an ad agency.

And Harley Macafee, well, she worked as a trainee

at a brokerage firm in center city.

No obvious connection other than being 20-something and single.

Well, the primary motivators behind acid attacks

are rage, jealousy, and revenge.

And sexual rejection is often a trigger.

In South Asia, particularly

Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh,

acid attacks are used against women

for refusing sexual advances

and proposals of marriage.

The mentality being,

if I can't have you, I'll make sure no one will.

Neela is of South Asian descent.

Maybe she rejected the unsub.

Well, political and religious beliefs

are inciting factors as well.

Well, in some countries, young girls

have had acid thrown in their faces

as a punishment for attending school,

or women for wearing clothing that was considered immodest.

Hello, my...

Sorry, it appears my internal salutation generator

is broken due to this morning's gut punch.

All I can come up with is hello.

What do you have, Penelope?

The burn center says that highly-concentrated nitric acid

was used in all 4 attacks.

Well, the unsub could have access to it through his job.

I did some digging.

It turns out nitric and other corrosive acids,

of which there are, oh, so many nasty ones,

are readily available just about anywhere.

Well, there gotta be tons of DIY videos online.