Criminal Minds2005

[Blake's last scene]

Dr. Spencer Reid:
You're all right?

Alex Blake:
Yesterday touched a nerve when I saw you like that

Dr. Spencer Reid:
Who's Ethan?

Alex Blake:
My son. He was nine when he died. Doctors said it was neurological, but they didn't have a name for it, still don't. That drove me crazy, no word to put to this thing that took away my greatest love

Dr. Spencer Reid:
I'm sorry

Alex Blake:
He... he kept growing despite his disease. The last time I laid beside him he was almost as long as me. He was ready to go, but I was unready to say goodbye. Begged him to open his eyes. Well, the cruelest part was that I could see who he would be at twenty, but I knew he would never get there [sighs]

Dr. Spencer Reid:
Ethan is a great name

Alex Blake:
Yeah. It means enduring

Dr. Spencer Reid:
It's fitting. You and James never let go one another [Blakes shakes no and starts leaving the room] Have you ever had that feeling that your future is somehow behind you?

Alex Blake:
All the time

Dr. Spencer Reid:
I do too, but it isn't

Alex Blake:
Ethan would have been a lot like you

Dr. Spencer Reid:
Thank you for being there when I woke up. It meant a lot

Alex Blake:
Of course [and walks away, down the stairs]

Dr. Spencer Reid:
Bye, Alex