Paget Brewster: Emily Prentiss

True Genius

Emily Prentiss

Emily Prentiss: Hey, are you gonna tell me what's up? Reid, it's me.
Dr. Spencer Reid: Do you ever wonder if you lived up to expectations?
Emily Prentiss: I beat them. I figured I'd be a bored socialite by 25.
Dr. Spencer Reid: I thought I'd cure schizophrenia by the time I was 25. You know, when I was a kid, people told me that I could do anything.
Emily Prentiss: You're afraid you've let people down?
Dr. Spencer Reid: No, I'm afraid I let myself down.
Emily Prentiss: By not curing schizophrenia?
Dr. Spencer Reid: No, just because... I don't know why I'm in the FBI.
Emily Prentiss: I see. You're genius, but you have the same job as me, Morgan, JJ.
Dr. Spencer Reid: Yeah, exactly. No, that's not what I'm saying. It's just sometimes... sometimes, I kind of get this feeling like... Like maybe I should have done something more with my life.
Emily Prentiss: How old are you? 29.
Dr. Spencer Reid: I'm 30.
Emily Prentiss: No way. We missed your birthday? Well, why didn't you tell us? The fact of the matter is you're young. There's still time.
Dr. Spencer Reid: By the time Nicola Tesla was 30, he'd already invented the induction motor.
Emily Prentiss: You know what? You might be right. You don't hear that much about child prodigies once they grow up. In fact, most of them turn out average.
Dr. Spencer Reid: That's not true. Are you trying reverse psychology with me?
Emily Prentiss: I'm just telling it like it is.

[last lines]
Emily Prentiss: Hey, Reid. Hotch wants to talk to you. What's wrong?
Dr. Spencer Reid: He probably wants to talk to me about why I've been kind of weird lately.
Emily Prentiss: You are making a difference, you know, one person at a time.
Dr. Spencer Reid: Thank you. You know, I've been thinking a lot lately about why I stayed after Gideon left, why I didn't take any of those other offers.
Emily Prentiss: Nothing is accidental.
Dr. Spencer Reid: And I realized, I don't know, there's just something incredibly right about being here, with you guys.
Emily Prentiss: Well, I'm glad to hear that. Otherwise this would have been really awkward.
Dr. Spencer Reid: What would have been really awkward?
Penelope Garcia: Surprise!
Emily Prentiss, Penelope Garcia, Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau, Aaron Hotchner, David Rossi, Derek Morgan: Surprise! Happy birthday!
Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau: Happy birthday!
Penelope Garcia: Happy birthday!
Dr. Spencer Reid: Thank you.
Aaron Hotchner: Do you feel like 30?
Derek Morgan: Happy birthday, old man. Happy birthday. Almost 40 now.
Dr. Spencer Reid: I'm getting close.

Dr. Spencer Reid: The spam had to be converted from matrix code to binary code, then switched to base eight before being translated back into letters. I can go into more detail if you want.
Aaron Hotchner: No. How smart would a person have to be to write code like that?
Dr. Spencer Reid: Beyond smart. Profoundly gifted. An IQ of at least 160.
Emily Prentiss: That changes the profile, then.
Dr. Spencer Reid: The UnSub could still hold a menial or low-level job. Many believe that beyond an IQ of 120, success is determined by other factors.