Criminal Minds (TV Series)

Minimal Loss (2008)

Paget Brewster: Emily Prentiss

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• Emily Prentiss : [closing quote, voiceover]  "Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it." - Ayn Rand.

• Emily Prentiss : Hey.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : [looks up from his book]  Hey.

  Emily Prentiss : [pulls Reid's book down and takes his hands]  Hey, I need you to listen to me. What Cyrus did to me is not your fault. It was my decision. And I would do it again. Do you hear me?

  [after a moment, Reid gives an uncertain smile] 

  Emily Prentiss : Thank you.

• Dr. Spencer Reid : Tell us about the 911 call.

  Nancy Lunde : Um... I believe the "he" that they referred to is the church's leader, Benjamin Cyrus.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Benjamin Cyrus... no criminal record. No record at all, really. What else do you know about him?

  Nancy Lunde : It's rumored that he's practicing polygamy and forced marriages.

  Emily Prentiss : Any idea who the caller is?

  Nancy Lunde : Uh, Jessica Evanson is the one who the age fits, but... we can't be sure, so I negotiated interviews with all the children. It wasn't easy.

  Emily Prentiss : Well, considering their view on outsiders, it would be best if you didn't identify us as FBI. Just use our real names and introduce us as child victim interview experts.

• Benjamin Cyrus : How far from God's word must we have strayed for there to be the need to invent a job called "child victim interview expert".

  Emily Prentiss : We wish we didn't have to be here.

  Benjamin Cyrus : So do we. But you are welcome nonetheless.

• Jessica Evanson : We go to school. We do our chores. And we treat ourselves and each other with the respect God demands.

  Emily Prentiss : But you've never been off of the ranch?

  Kathy Evanson : I brought Jessie here when she was two.

  Jessica Evanson : You've talked to lots of children in your work. Tell me, are their lives somehow better than ours?

  Kathy Evanson : We devote ourselves to God. That doesn't mean we're not devoted to our children.

• Emily Prentiss : We are not here because of your religious beliefs.

  Jessica Evanson : Why are you here?

  Emily Prentiss : We received a phone call alleging that an adult male member of your church was having inappropriate relations with the younger women here.

  Jessica Evanson : You're talking about Cyrus.

  Emily Prentiss : What makes you say that?

  Kathy Evanson : Jessie, come on. Shh. Shh. Shh.

  Jessica Evanson : Is it inappropriate for a husband to share a bed with his wife?

  Emily Prentiss : You're married to Cyrus?

• Jessica Evanson : Cyrus is my husband, and a prophet. It's an honor to bear his children.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Jessica, you're fifteen years old. The, uh, State of Colorado requires parental consent.

  Emily Prentiss : [noticing Kathy's expression]  She gave consent.

• Benjamin Cyrus : Do not fear. We are on the side of the righteous.

  Emily Prentiss : Where's Lunde?

  Benjamin Cyrus : It wasn't us.

  Emily Prentiss : What? You can't shoot it out with the cops! You have children here.

  Benjamin Cyrus : I didn't start this.

• Benjamin Cyrus : We are celebrating. Everyone drinks. Everyone rejoices. Because today, we are one day closer to being with Him.

  Emily Prentiss : [quietly to Reid]  Look at Jessica's body language. The way she looks at him.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : She literally worships him. There's no way she made that 911 call.

• Benjamin Cyrus : Trust in God with all your heart. Lean not on your own understandings. Trust in mine.

  Emily Prentiss : [watching Kathy]  Look at how she comes between Cyrus and her daughter. She's inserted herself between them.

• Benjamin Cyrus : And God will wipe the tears from their eyes, and there will be no more death, nor sorrow nor crying. And there will be no more pain. For all of the former things have passed away.

  Emily Prentiss : What do we do?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Nothing.

  Emily Prentiss : We have to do something. These people just took poison.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : No, Cyrus just told them they did. I think he's bluffing.

  Emily Prentiss : Why do you think that?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Just after he told them about the poison, he waited for them to start to react. Then he nodded to Cole, and he started writing. Look. They're scanning the audience for reactions.

  Emily Prentiss : They're writing down the names of the people who are crying.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : It's a loyalty list.

  Emily Prentiss : So he knows who will follow him to the end.