Criminal Minds2005

Dr. Spencer Reid:
[Blake's phone beeps] You want me to...

Alex Blake:
No.

Dr. Spencer Reid:
You want to talk about what's bothering you?

Alex Blake:
No. Nothing's bothering me.

Dr. Spencer Reid:
Something's bothering you. I can always tell when you're bothered because you whisper lyrics to yourself. Hip-hop specifically. I thought it was odd at first, but then I remembered your dissertation was on the fluidity of metaphor. You seem to have a particular fondness for Nas.

Alex Blake:
Wow. How did you know?

Dr. Spencer Reid:
Morgan made me listen to him when we started working together. He said anybody that can't quote Illmatic is ignorant. So, do you want to talk about it?

Alex Blake:
Uh, the text, it's from my husband.

Dr. Spencer Reid:
Is that a bad thing?

Alex Blake:
He just wants to know if I've thought about his offer.

Dr. Spencer Reid:
What offer?

Alex Blake:
To teach with him at Harvard.

Dr. Spencer Reid:
How would you... Ah.

Alex Blake:
Yeah.

Dr. Spencer Reid:
Tough call. What do you think you're gonna do?

Alex Blake:
When we got married, part of the attraction was that we were both obsessed with our work, and for a while that was okay.

Dr. Spencer Reid:
Yeah, the last time we talked about it, you seemed to prefer it.

Alex Blake:
Oh, not anymore. I don't like going home to an empty house.

Dr. Spencer Reid:
May I offer some advice?

Alex Blake:
Sure.

Dr. Spencer Reid:
We need to turn around. You just passed the house.

Alex Blake:
Oh.

Dr. Spencer Reid:
[car arrives at the house] That's not the advice, though. Blake, for the last ten years, this job has been my life. And then, for a few months, I had a taste of what you have. So, work. There's always work, and there'll always be work. What's rare is finding someone who makes us happy.