Hotch: "Walter Derbin, age 52. His body was found in his cab in East Harlem. He was blindfolded and shot once in the chest. Death was caused by a knife stab through his ear. The unsub broke off the handle and put the blade lodged in brain."
JJ: "It's the same signature as two other murders. Rachel Holman, 24, found in her apartment 3 weeks ago in the lower east side. And Kaveh Surrani, 30. Police found him 2 weeks later in his painting studio in Hell's Kitchen."
Hotch: "Different locations, different victimology. It's possible we're looking for someone who'll hunt indiscriminately."
Elle: "NYPD have any leads?"
Hotch: "Guy's a ghost."
JJ: "He kills at night. There's no witnesses."
Gideon: "Is the NYPD feeling the strain?"
JJ: "Well, they've withheld details so the press hasn't sniffed out a link between the murders."
Morgan: "With no discernable victim patterns, the killer's practically impossible to stop."
Reid: "Did you know the original Zodiac killer actually continually changed his victims. Young, old, men, women, white, black."
Watson: "And he killed for 30 years without ever being caught."
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Gideon: W.H. Auden said: "Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures. So that society must take the place of the victim, and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness."
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Elle: "This is not how I planned to spend a few days home in New York."
JJ: "I'd kill for an afternoon at Barney's and dinner at Il Cantinori."
Reid: "I'm looking forward to seeing New York."
Morgan: "You've never been to New York?" he hums, giving Reid an incredulous look
Reid: "We've never had an unsub there."
Hotch: "I thought you were gonna talk to Reid about taking some vacation time."
Gideon: "What's vacation time?"
Morgan: "Reid, it's a one hour flight."
Watson: "Well, if we have some time, I'll show you around."
Morgan: "It's a 3 hour train ride, man." he scoffs, making the three women chuckle
Watson: "You know what's funny. We've basically been to every state in America and yet I can't tell you one single tourist site I've personally seen."
Morgan: "Unless you count the police stations."
Hotch: "Ok, here's what we know. Blitz attackers are almost always male."
Morgan: "Well, he got picked up in the pouring rain by a New York cabbie, so we definitely know he's not a brother."
Reid: "The fact that he kills in a major urban setting without detection indicates he's highly intelligent."
Elle: "How intelligent can he be? I mean blitz attackers are textbook disorganized killers."
Watson: "Yeah, but he brings along a murder kit. Blindfold, knife. How disorganized can he be?"
Gideon: "We'll split up. We'll take the last two crime scenes. In the meantime, let's talk about what we can agree on. A blindfold likely means one of two things."
