Caged~ Criminal Minds

About Face

Hotch: "Erasmus wrote, what else is the whole life of mortals but a sort of comedy, in which the various actors, disguised by various costumes and masks, walk on and play each one his part, until the manager waves them off the stage?"

Reid: "I'm going to eat you!" he says scaring Morgan making Watson and Emily laugh at him 
Morgan: "Reid."
Reid: "Happy all hallows eve, folks" he says taking his mask off "To paraphrase from celtic mythology, tomorrow night all order is suspended, and the barriers between the natural and the supernatural are temporarily remooooved!" he says taking a head decoration and tossing it to Watson who laughs at him 
Morgan: "See, that right there is why halloween creeps me out."
Reid: "You're scared of halloween?"
Morgan: "I didn't say I was scared, I said I was creeped out. There's a difference there, youngster. You should look it up."
Watson: "What creeps you out about it?"
Morgan: "I don't know. People wearing masks. I don't like folks in disguises."
Reid: "That's the best thing about halloween. You can be anyone you want to be." he says tossing a piece of candy on his desk
Morgan: "Nah, I'm pretty good just being me."
Emily: "Yeah, why is it that neither of those points of view surprise me?"
Morgan: "You know what, though? On the flip side, it does provide a pretty good reason to cozy up with a scary flick and a little halloween honey." he says clicking his tongue and winking at her 
Emily: "Ew. Halloween honey."
Watson: "Now I'm creeped out." she mutters while looking back at the papers on her desk
Reid: "Guys, he's here." he says as they watch Strauss walk past them with David Rossi following behind

Hotch: "SSA David Rossi, this is SSA Emily Prentiss."
Emily: "Sir."
Hotch: "SSA Naomi Watson."
Watson: "Pleasure to meet you."
Hotch: "SSA Derek Morgan."
Morgan: "It's an honor, agent Rossi."
Rossi: "Please, just Dave."
Hotch: "And Dr. Spencer Reid."
Reid: "Sir, if I could talk to you later about your work with the Scarsdale Skinner. Psycho-linguistics is an incredibly dynamic field, and the fact that your profile of his reading habits ultimately led to his capture is something I find so incredibly intrig-- -
Hotch: "Reid, slow down. He'll be here for a while. You can catch up with him later."
Reid: "Sorry." he says smiling awkwardly 
Rossi: "No problem, doctor."
Hotch: "Maybe you guys can talk on the jet."
Reid: "Oh, yeah, that'd be great."
Rossi: "The jet?"
Hotch: "We have a jet now."
Rossi: "Are you serious?"
Hotch: "Yeah. It comes in pretty handy. Come on. JJ's waiting." he says as Hotch leads him to the meeting room and Morgan playfully pushes Reid face making Watson chuckle at them a little before they follow after them

JJ: "Carrollton, Texas, is a suburb just outside of dallas. 4 days ago, Michelle Colucci found this flier on her front door." she says showing an image of the woman's face on a missing persons poster
Watson: "She found it?" she asks in confusion 
Emily: "Meaning she wasn't actually missing?"
JJ: "Yet. She took the flier to a friend's husband, detective Yarbrough, at the Carrollton P.D. who told her it was probably just a halloween prank, and he sent her home."
Morgan: "Well, I don't blame him. Halloween brings out the fool in everyone." he says giving a pointed look to Reid 
JJ: "Still, he stopped by Michelle's house later to check on her. The door was open, and when he went inside, he found this" she says showing images of multiple posters saying that she's missing "He still thought maybe it could be some kind of a prank, until yesterday. Michelle was found floating in a small creek just outside of Carrollton. She had been sexually assaulted...and her face had been removed."
Rossi: "Removed? It wasn't animals or fish?"
JJ: "The Dallas county M.E. Say that the edges of the wounds were smooth, not torn. A very sharp instrument had been used. He also found water in her lungs."
Garcia: "Oh, my god! What is that?" she says coming into the room and shielding her eyes from the screen 
Hotch: "Technical analyst Penelope Garcia, this is SSA David Rossi."
Garcia: "Is it gone, JJ?"
JJ: "Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're safe."
Garcia: "Ok. Just to, um...Carrollton, Texas, has nearly 117,000 residents, a diverse population with a...it's all in there. I'm sorry. Very happy to meet you, sir. I'll be in my office. Sorry." she says handing Hotch a file before shaking Rossi's hand and walking out the room
Rossi: "She's different."
Hotch: "You have no idea."
Watson: "Uh, so, the unsub tells her she's going to go missing to psychologically torture her, then tortures her physically."
Emily: "Textbook sadist."
Hotch: "A sophisticated one. That's elaborate."
Morgan: "Number one." he says looking at a photo of a white mask with the number one painted on it 
Reid: "That particular mask is known as a false face. It's most commonly worn during halloween and Mardi Gras."
Morgan: "Creepy. I rest my case."
Hotch: "False face."
Emily: "Her face-he mocks it, then destroys it."
JJ: "Oh, and, Hotch-local media has the story. It broke big."
Hotch: "Tell Carrollton we'll be there first thing in the morning. Let's stop this one at one."
JJ: "Yes, sir."
Hotch: "If you want to take some time to get situated, maybe start on the next case?"
Rossi: "I'm not back to get situated, Hotch, I'm here to work."
Hotch: "Everybody get your things together. We're going to Texas."