Criminal Minds2005

Derek Morgan:
[searching for a clue to indicate the unsub's next target] You know, this is a lot of boxes. How are we supposed to narrow it down?

Jason Gideon:
Check and see if it ended in acquittal. If it didn't, toss it aside.

Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner:
It has to be a capital case. He's escalating. The more brutal, the better.

Elle Greenaway:
Why not go by most recent?

Dr. Spencer Reid:
Judging by his elaborate filing system, Doyle obviously has obsessive-compulsive disorder. People with OCD often finish tasks, and then go back to the beginning and start over.

Derek Morgan:
So he continually goes through the transcripts and the first one to trigger him becomes his next victim.

Elle Greenaway:
Here's one. This is a liquor store owner who was shot with his own gun.

Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner:
Flip to when they present the defense. Did the defendant testify?

Elle Greenaway:
No.

Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner:
Stick with the ones where the accused took the stand. This is personal. He hears their voices.

Jason Gideon:
Doyle's victims all claimed to be a type of victim themselves. The first two threw themselves on the mercy of the court, pleading alcohol and drug dependency. The priest said he was a victim, victim of recent hysteria.

Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner:
Look for key phrases: victim, mercy, anything that signifies they thought their crime wasn't their fault.

Dr. Spencer Reid:
I think I might have one, guys: Ted Elmore. He shot and killed both his parents after claiming self-defense for years of physical abuse.

Jason Gideon:
Doyle lost his own parents. Hearing someone get away with killing their own, that would haunt him.