JJ: "Ben Vanderwaal was killed in Commack, Long Island, last night, shot at close range, once in the heart, once in the head, .22 caliber shell."
Morgan: "They found hair and blood traces from Ben Vanderwaal's wife Heather."
Rossi: "But not Heather?"
JJ: "No, she's still missing, presumed dead. The caliber and placement of the bullets match that of two previous victims. The first, Rita Haslat. 8 months ago she went missing from her home in New Jersey. 4 weeks later, she was found in a trash bin."
Emily: "She went from that to this in under 3 weeks? She's totally emaciated."
Reid: "Ligature marks on her wrists and ankles indicate she was constrained."
Watson: "One in the heart, one in the head-same as Vanderwaal."
Hotch: "Sounds more like an execution."
Reid: "Then why cut off Vanderwaal's hands postmortem?"
Rossi: "What about the third victim?"
JJ: "Bill Levington. His appearance was certainly altered."
Watson: "His genitals were missing."
Hotch: "Though the method of mutilation is different in each crime, clearly there's a signature. The question is, what? Wheels-up in 20 minutes." he throws a file down onto the table at Reid
Reid: "What's this?"
Hotch: "You told me you were cleared to travel. You lied."
Watson: "Naughty boy." she mutters to him as she gets out her seat to walk out the room
Reid: "Uh, no, I didn't. I am a doctor, so technically, I wasn't a lie."
Garcia: "What was it, then?" she asks standing in the doorway
Reid: "Um...second opinion." he chuckles nervously
Garcia: "Hmm. You're my bitch now." she smirks at him as Morgan chuckles before walking out
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Rossi: "Justice without force is powerless. Force without justice is tyrannical." Blaise Pascal."
➰On The Plane
Emily: "In the Ben Vanderwaal case, his hands were taken. Uh, Bill Levington, his genitals. Only in the Rita Haslat case she was starved and tortured, then executed, and there's no sign of postmortem mutilation."
Hotch: "Why would he take Heather Vanderwaal and not simply kill her?"
JJ: "Maybe he hasn't and she's still alive."
Hotch: "The only thing concrete is the MO, which depicts an efficient no-nonsense murderer."
Morgan: "Well, then we need to figure out what each act of mutilation means to the unsub."
