Criminal Minds (TV Series)

Just Getting Started (2022)

A.J. Cook: Jennifer Jareau

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• David Rossi : Anything stand out compared to the first crime scene?

  Jennifer Jareau : Yeah, uh, Mr. Delaney's throat was slit versus being bludgeoned, and look at this.

  [indicating blood on the carpet] 

  Jennifer Jareau : He crawled as far as he could before he bled out. His instinct was to protect his children even as he was dying.

  David Rossi : Unsub's a quick learner. Took out the biggest threat first.

  Jennifer Jareau : He brought an efficient, aggressive weapon. But why is he abducting?

  Luke Alvez : Search and Rescue dogs lost the trail at the end of the block.

  Jennifer Jareau : We're gonna need all the eyes we can get. Traffic cams, the neighbor's security.

  Luke Alvez : Yeah, we need to get a tri-state search. Uh, media's gathering outside. We need to get Chrissy's picture on the news and social media.

  David Rossi : Issue an Amber Alert.

  Luke Alvez : We don't have a make and model yet.

  David Rossi : Well, then fucking get it! Chrissy's face has to be everywhere so I can tell her grandmother that we did everything we could! And if you can't make that happen, then you explain to her why we failed.

• Jennifer Jareau : Hey, uh, I'm so sorry Rossi blew up.

  Luke Alvez : It's nothing, all right? Look, once I was called a worthless piece of shit who was a disgrace to the Army uniform he was wearing.

  Jennifer Jareau : Basic training?

  Luke Alvez : My grandmother. Yeah, she was pretty bitter after Poppi died.

  Jennifer Jareau : Okay. Uh, yeah, that's... that's kind of my point, actually. We all wear grief differently, even Rossi. But it's almost been a year, and he still won't talk to any of us about it. It's not healthy. He can't keep it bottled up like this, and we cannot be the punching bags anymore.

  Luke Alvez : [his phone chimes]  Hey. About time. We got the neighbor's security footage. Took twice as long as it would've taken Penelope. No disrespect to the remote Garcias.

  Jennifer Jareau : We should call them by their names.

  Luke Alvez : It's been three years. Who are we kidding? We're not learning their names.

• William LaMontagne Jr. : Late night, huh? You wanna talk about the case?

  Jennifer Jareau : N-No. I-I don't. I want to talk about Henry's girlfriend? What? Who... who is it?

  William LaMontagne Jr. : I don't know.

  Jennifer Jareau : No. No. How do you not know?

  William LaMontagne Jr. : Well, there was, like, a dozen... dozen girls cheering on the team.

  Jennifer Jareau : Oh, I bet you it's Kaylen. They've always had little crushes.

  William LaMontagne Jr. : Well, he's not talking about it.

  Jennifer Jareau : Well, of course he isn't. This is how it starts. We're gonna blink and he's gonna be driving, and next thing we know, he's gonna graduate, and then he's... he's gonna leave us. This... you know that, right? He's... he's going.

  William LaMontagne Jr. : Well, it's his first girlfriend.

  Jennifer Jareau : Mm-mm.

  William LaMontagne Jr. : We have time.

  Jennifer Jareau : It's just... they were babies a minute ago.

  William LaMontagne Jr. : Yeah, it's true. It's supposed to happen. Yeah. Means we're doing our job.

  Jennifer Jareau : I know. It just... ah, hurts.

• Jennifer Jareau : Hey, uh, have you talked to Tara about her case?

  Luke Alvez : Mm, early days. Hard to say what's what. Unlike this case, which seems clear. Unsub chooses families with teenage daughters.

  Jennifer Jareau : Except first time, he killed the daughter, and now he's abducting. It's a big jump in skill set to control a hostage.

  Luke Alvez : That's assuming she's still alive. Has Rossi considered a team?

  Jennifer Jareau : Well, he ruled it out earlier, but now that the unsub has taken a living victim, maybe.

• Jennifer Jareau : Guy's full of rage. Unleashed.

  David Rossi : He's impulsive, but controlled. This isn't about invasion. It's about destruction of a family, a community, safety. Someone filled with equal parts brutality and patience. And he won't stop anytime soon.

• Luke Alvez : Look, uh, the Delaneys' security was offline, probably from a signal jammer.

  Jennifer Jareau : Unsub's organized, like we thought.

  Luke Alvez : Yeah, but it didn't wipe out wi-fi on the whole block, so the neighbors got this.

  [seeing the unsub stroll down the street] 

  Luke Alvez : 11:10 p.m. Let's fast-forward, see where he goes.

  [fast-forwarding] 

  Luke Alvez : 11:43.

  [a car drives past] 

  Luke Alvez : Wait, what's this?

  Jennifer Jareau : Well, he walked in, killed the parents, and abducted Chrissy in the family station wagon. This guy's bold. Garage is attached. Gives him all the privacy he needs.

  Luke Alvez : All right, look, I'll get a BOLO out on the Delaneys' car. Geography based on his lead time, we're gonna have to go two states in every direction that doesn't end in the Atlantic Ocean.

• David Rossi : What do you have in Silver Spring?

  Jennifer Jareau : Uh, I have a dead guy at a rest stop with a severed spinal cord. I'm gonna head back tomorrow, see if there's any precursor crimes. Maybe we can stop an unsub before he becomes full unsub.

  [a moment of silence] 

  Jennifer Jareau : Dave?

  David Rossi : Um, you know, forget it. It-it's late. I-I didn't realize. We'll touch base tomorrow.

  Jennifer Jareau : No, no. It-it's fine. We can... we can talk now. Are you okay?

  David Rossi : This case has me up.

  Jennifer Jareau : What are you working on?

  David Rossi : Westbrook family in Alexandria.

  Jennifer Jareau : Did it happen again?

  David Rossi : Not yet. I mean, call it a gut instinct, but it doesn't feel like a one-off.

  Jennifer Jareau : Do you want to send me the case file?

  David Rossi : I want you to get some sleep.

  Jennifer Jareau : Mm. Why start now?

• Luke Alvez : Parking lot cameras were offline. Signal jammer again. State police are taking witness statements. Nothing so far. I mean, it's like she just disappeared into a sea of cars.

  Jennifer Jareau : Unsub's either confident or stupid. Huge risk making that deal out in the open. He must have some kind of control over her.

  Luke Alvez : If she didn't know he'd killed her parents already, he could use that as a threat. You know, "Do what I say or I will circle back for them."

  Jennifer Jareau : Okay, now don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled he didn't hurt the toddler, but it does make me wonder why. Someone this violent usually destroys everyone.

  Luke Alvez : Could be that he saw himself in the little brother. Maybe he was one. Both families seemed really close. Maybe he's a neighbor who covets.

  Jennifer Jareau : Mm. Well, nowadays, social media gives you all the access you need.

  [checking on her tablet] 

  Jennifer Jareau : Mm. Only thing is, Chrissy Delaney isn't on any public platforms. Oh. She does, however, have a profile on SOAR. And so does our first victim, Jessie Westbrook.

  Luke Alvez : SOAR? As in "Safe Online Acquaintance Revolution"? What are the chances that both girls only use this platform?

  Jennifer Jareau : Well, it was created for teenagers to have a safe space online, so I can't say it's that big of a coincidence. Look, we... we both know it's a vault.

  Luke Alvez : Unless you have an insider. Maybe it's time we call our expert.

  Jennifer Jareau : Nope. Mm-mm. Nope. Ne. We... we promised we wouldn't.

  Luke Alvez : There's a very good chance this unsub virtually befriended both girls. And given I don't see any other connections... I'm just saying.

• David Rossi : We need to find someone on SOAR who spoke to both Chrissy Delaney and Jessie Westbrook.

  Penelope Garcia : Respectfully, way ahead of you, sir. We've been digging into family-issue boards. Jessie and Chrissy never connected directly. However, Luke, in a rare stroke of genius, recognized some communication on both accounts with someone looking to find his birth family. Username RJ2003 and 2003RJ, respectively. Both Chrissy and Jessie encouraged him to do it. He was born on Maryland's Eastern Shore, but says he doesn't remember anything about his family.

  Luke Alvez : There's a lot of farmland across the bridge. Uh, it's a good place to disappear. He doesn't mention any landmarks.

  Penelope Garcia : Nope, just pine trees, cornfields, and a creek.

  Jennifer Jareau : So he's probably been staying there, and if he's taken Chrissy, it must be remote enough that no one's seen her face all over the news.

  Penelope Garcia : [finding something]  Oh! It still feels good when I find a thing. Two dozen acres were taken over by the state 15 years ago. The owners ODed on Oxy. 4-year-old Rory James Gilcrest was the only survivor, hence the name RJ. Bounced around foster homes. He was in juvie. Records are sealed, but he's out now. So he's hardened and a definite loner, and he's 19.

  Jennifer Jareau : So he doesn't have any family, but he needs to find a place to disappear.

  David Rossi : Couple dozen acres would do it. Luke, meet us on-site. Thank you, Penelope.

  [to JJ] 

  David Rossi : Let's move.

  Luke Alvez : [kissing Garcia on the cheek]  You're the best.

  Penelope Garcia : You owe me lunch and no talk of awful things.

• Luke Alvez : Chrissy's gonna need a lot of help managing that trauma.

  Jennifer Jareau : Losing her parents and killing someone in self-defense is bound to leave some emotional scars.

  Luke Alvez : Ballistics says Rory Gilcrest shot himself.

  Jennifer Jareau : We didn't profile that he was suicidal.

  Luke Alvez : [as he shrugs, they look through the contents of Rory's car trunk]  Look at this stuff. It looks dated.

  Jennifer Jareau : And it's caked in mud, like it was buried. It's sophisticated for a 19-year-old kid. He wouldn't think of this all by himself.

  Luke Alvez : You said it earlier. I mean, it's like a how-to manual.

• Jennifer Jareau : Oh, my goodness. We are... we are so overdue for breakfast.

  Penelope Garcia : Ah, we are. I hear it's a hellhole there.

  Jennifer Jareau : Uh, yeah, I wouldn't say that.

  Penelope Garcia : [indicating Luke with her]  It's less annoying when he's not there, correct?

  Luke Alvez : You just couldn't wait to get started on me?

  Penelope Garcia : Mm-mm. And gosh, the room looks so much smaller from this screen.

• Jennifer Jareau : We've been trying to profile a family annihilator based on our past experiences, but this guy isn't textbook. Both sets of parents were killed, but I'm wondering, what if they were collateral damage because his true targets were... were always the daughters?

  David Rossi : He's not cooling off. Not relishing in the kill. Maybe it's because... he just doesn't enjoy it. What if murder is just a-a means to an end?

  Luke Alvez : That speaks to an immature offender, like Penelope said.

  Jennifer Jareau : Well, he might find the girls online, covet them, befriend them anonymously to see that they're everything he's craving.

  Luke Alvez : He uses that time to find things about their family.

  David Rossi : This is what bothers me. The Westbrook murders were near the daughter's bedroom. She probably screamed, got the parents' attention. Dad grabbed a baseball bat from under his bed, and found the unsub.

  Luke Alvez : The unsub fights the dad and improvises the kill. Um, it's rash, violent, disorganized. He didn't show up with the murder weapon.

  Jennifer Jareau : But with the Delaney family, he learned from his mistakes. He scrambled the security, killed the parents, then he went for his actual target, the only thing that truly matters, Chrissy. It's... almost like he... he read a manual on how to do it.