Criminal Minds (TV Series)

The Fight (2010)

Thomas Gibson: Aaron Hotchner

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• Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner : [voiceover]  Mother Teresa said, I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.

• Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner : You never were one for offices.

  Sam Cooper : A medical condition. I'm allergic to bureaucracy.

• Sam Cooper : [Answering his phone]  Oh? So, you're calling me directly now, huh?

  Erin Strauss : Don't be insolent! I still plan on reading you and agent Hotchner the riot act when you get back

  Sam Cooper : Well... It's something to look forward to

  Erin Strauss : You did good work. Now don't be an idiot! Get on that jet with his team and get back home. I have a pile of cases for you

  Sam Cooper : Yes, ma'am

  [hangs up] 

  Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner : So, what exactly did she say?

  Sam Cooper : She said, that she's gonna buy us some steak dinner when we get back

  Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner : Right

  Sam Cooper : Thanks for putting yourself on the line for me

  Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner : Anytime. Thanks for being right

• Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner : ...while your team tests the theory about the fathers and daughters.

  Sam Cooper : And if I'm right, both halves of the case help solve the other half.

  Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner : And you already asked the director, and she said no.

  Sam Cooper : She is not strong at thinking outside the box.

• Derek Morgan : So, he gets abducted off the street, quietly enough, that there's no witnesses, but then he fights for his life, only let the unsub shoot him execution style?

  Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner : In other words: What the hell is he doing with them?

• Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner : Cooper, listen. Your theory's right. We know he's killing homeless men as well as fathers and daughters. But let us work it. If you go back to D.C. now, the director won't know that you ignored her order.

  Sam Cooper : Look, I know you're sticking your neck out on this thing for me. I... I understand. I don't... I'm not trying to...

  Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner : This isn't about me. I want to protect you.

  [Cooper pulls a photograph out of his wallet and hands it to Hotch] 

  Sam Cooper : You remember him?

  Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner : Holby Holme. Of course.

  Sam Cooper : You remember we got that confession for those five child murders, but all we all had that gut feeling.

  Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner : We knew he wasn't good for all of them. The preference was too varied.

  Sam Cooper : Local cops shut the investigation down. The FBI brass, they told us to... to get our asses back home.

  Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner : I remember.

  Sam Cooper : Where were you when you heard they caught that second killer dumping this boy's body?

  Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner : I was in Denver working on a new case. You?

  Sam Cooper : I wasn't on anything yet. I could have still been there. I won't ignore my gut again. I don't care what it costs me.