Criminal Minds2005

Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau:
This postmark.

Cal McGee:
Excuse me?

Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau:
Kansas City.

Cal McGee:
Right.

Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau:
Missouri. We're in Kansas City, Kansas.

Cal McGee:
Yeah, well, they're just across the river from one another.

Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau:
No, what they are is right across the state line.

[JJ and McGee enter Captain Wright's office]

Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau:
Hotch, it's federal.

Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner:
What?

Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau:
If we want this case, it's ours. It's federal. This letter came from across the river, from Kansas City, Missouri.

Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner:
Interstate communication.

Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau:
Puts it in federal jurisdiction.

Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner:
[to Captain Wright] Sir, this is now a federal case. I would like to retain Detective McGee as a consultant.

Capt. Wright:
Whoa, whoa. You're not opening any investigations in my jurisdiction.

Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner:
I don't wanna fight with you, even though this is a federal case. If we develop any information, I will come to you and your men will make the arrest.

Capt. Wright:
And why would you do that?

Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner:
Because that's how we operate.