Caged~ Criminal Minds

Psychodrama

JJ: "Over the past two months, the L.A. Field office has been tracking a series of 4 bank robberies in the L.A. Metro area. It's one individual wearing a black ski mask. He's highly skilled. It's his unique M.O. that put him squarely in our court" she says pressing play on a video "This happened two days ago."

Hotch: "He's making them undress?"

JJ: "He takes their clothes and locks them in the vault, then he goes for the cash."

Morgan: "Smart. Nobody's going to run after him butt naked."

Reid: "It's also a psychological advantage. Make the captives feel exposed, intimidated, and much less likely to fight back."

Watson: "That, and the mac-10 he's waving around. Got a lot of firepower."

Elle: "But why is this case for us?"

JJ: "Because in the last robbery, two things changed. One, he beat the security guard nearly senseless, and two, after he made everyone undress, he forced two pairs of victims together at gunpoint, then he made them simulate sex with each other."

Elle: "Whoa." she says looking at the pairs JJ's talking about

Reid: "It's remarkable. By utilizing a practical M.O. The unsub has stumbled on to a psychological signature. It's fascinating."

Elle: "He's a sex offender now."

Gideon: "Fueled by violent rage. Only our unsub doesn't know it yet. If he did, he wouldn't be robbing banks anymore."

Watson: "So, he's a violent sex offender in denial."

Hotch: "And a sexual predator who's just escalated his crimes."

Gideon: "He's a serial killer in the making."

Hotch: "Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask and he will tell you the truth." Oscar Wilde."

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On the plane

Elle: "Stripping bandit." That's terrible" she says printing out a news article about the situation "That makes it sound like the bandit's doing the stripping."

Reid: "What would you call him?"

JJ: "Pervert."

Watson: "Scumbag."

Morgan: "I'd call him an ass-"

Hotch: "Hey, focus, please" he says interrupting him "We have the details of the 4 bank robberies to learn before we get to Los Angeles."

Reid: "At this point is he more a bank robber or a sex offender?"

Morgan: "Seriously. What's he going to do next, rob a bank or rape somebody?"

Watson: "I'd say we need to know more about how he robs the banks and who he chooses to victimize."

Hotch: "Why these banks and why these victims?"