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Season 8  "The Silencer"  8x1

Aired 12 years ago - Sep 26, 2012

When a Texas prisoner escapes during a transfer, he leaves behind victims with his unique trademark, sewing their mouths shut, a signature the BAU remembers as unique to the UnSub "The Silencer." While they investigate who he was and who he's become, the BAU also gets to know the newest member of the team.

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Brilliant and lovely.
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Berkeley grad, double major, Bureau star
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I'm Derek Morgan.
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What's on his mouth?
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carries a 30-year minimum sentence.
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It's been a long time.
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Obvious surrogates.
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Reid, you and Dave check out John Doe's cell.
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But if he's hiding, he's hiding.
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was to seek vengeance. Maybe he relates.
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Sure.
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and so far I've read 50,000 words. And?
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Why didn't he take that? He could have gone off road.
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Now that superwoman is on the case, you don't need me, huh?
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Where?
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His prior victims tell us a woman,
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as detailed as that are also proficient in sign language.
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We just don't know if that mission includes a person or a place.
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Well, how about the rest of us?
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I don't know where this scar came from.
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So getting into fights wasn't about his rage.
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Maybe he's obsessed with the nurture he didn't get.
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That was his message. He hated them.
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History of truancy. Child services lost track of them.
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The electronic pulses enhance natural sound.
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to use him as a guinea pig.
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Look at me.
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And if he can't find it, he'll kill again.
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you wait on something that's nearby.
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It was, but it's been sold. They're building a housing development.
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Danny! Danny!
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There's no other way.
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but the part of my job that I dislike the most is politics.
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Maybe it doesn't matter to you, but I am glad that you're here.
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