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017. a real rain

They're on the jet on the way to New York for their case. The three women and Spencer are playing cards.

"This is not how I planned to spend a few days home in New York." Elle comments.

"I'd kill for an afternoon at Barney's and dinner at Il Cantinori." JJ says, smiling.

"I'm looking forward to seeing New York." Spencer says.

"You've been to New York?" Derek asks.

"We've never had an unsub there." Spencer says.

"Reid, it's a one hour flight." Derek says.

"Well, if we have some time, I'll show you around." JJ offers.

"It's a three hour train ride, man." Derek says, Elle and Jessica quietly laughing.

"Okay, here's what we know." Hotch says. "Blitz attackers are almost always male."

"Well, he got picked up in the pouring rain by a New York cabbie, so we definitely know he's not a brother." Derek comments, him and Elle laughing.

"The fact that he kills in a major urban setting without detection indicates he's highly intelligent." Spencer says.

"How intelligent can he be? Blitz attackers are textbook disorganized killers." Elle says.

"Yeah, but he brings along a murder kit. Blindfold, knife. How disorganized can he be?" Hotch asks.

"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." Gideon says.

"The unsub might blindfold them initially if he's unsure of killing them and wants to avoid detection." Jessica says.

"Exactly. But since we know the cab driver couldn't have been blindfolded when he drove the unsub, we're looking at reason number two." Gideon says.

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Gideon is looking in the taxi while Jessica and Spencer stand to the side with a cop and detective.

"Blindfolding a victim suggests the unsub feels remorse. Doesn't want his victims to look at him... as he kills them." Gideon says. "What's in that building?" He nods to the building the taxi is facing.

"Nothing. It's been vacant for a couple of months." Detective Bennett says.

"This train goes express after midnight. It doesn't even stop here." Spencer says.

"He picked this spot beforehand." Jessica says.

"His last fare was logged in an address on Church Street. Do you have any idea what's there?" Spencer asks while Gideon inspects the cab.

"Church is an entry point for Brooklyn. There's a dive there where the cabbies stop for coffee before the overnight shift." Bennett informs.

"Explains how he got a cab." Spencer says.

"This guy's definitely not disorganized." Gideon says.

"Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris drove ice picks into their victim's heads and broke off the handle. It's possible our unsub is sort of a, uh, serial killer groupie." Spencer tells some cops and Detective Bennett.

"So is this guy an ex-con or some nut job with an Amazon account?" A cop asks.

"This particular unsub presents a mixed profile." Gideon says.

"No offense, then what good is it?" The cop asks.

Gideon is sitting in the backseat of the taxi.

"We now know he has a high degree of organization. That coupled with the fact he hunts at night means he probably has a steady job."