Criminal Minds2005

Dr. Spencer Reid:
Morgan. You knew I didn't want you to tell Hotch about my nightmares.

Derek Morgan:
Reid, that's something they need to know about.

Dr. Spencer Reid:
What do you mean "they"?

Derek Morgan:
Hotch and Gideon.

Dr. Spencer Reid:
You told Gideon, too?

Derek Morgan:
Yeah. And it's okay, kid.

Dr. Spencer Reid:
Well, wh... what if they think I can't do my job? What if... what if they want to pull me off the team?

Derek Morgan:
They won't.

Dr. Spencer Reid:
Oh, yeah? How do you know that?

Derek Morgan:
[frustrated sigh] I just do.

Dr. Spencer Reid:
You had no right, man. I... I confided in you. This is... you know, this is exactly what I get when I trust someone. It gets thrown back in my face.

Derek Morgan:
Mine started six months after I got into the BAU. Yeah. Mine. We were working a strangler case in Montana. Four victims. Me, I was still pretty young at the time, so, you know, I was feeling myself. I was cocky, I was arrogant. The locals, they didn't have anything, so I stepped up. I said 'I can nail down a profile for you just as soon as I get what I need.'

Dr. Spencer Reid:
More victims.

Derek Morgan:
Mm-hmm. She was found the next day. So I went down to the scene to do my thing. And I was looking over the body, that's when I saw them. Her eyes, Reid. They were wide open. And there was something different about them, it was like they were looking right at *me*. Like she knew. I asked for a victim; well, here she was. That's when they started for me. Night after night, I would fall asleep, and I would see those eyes. They were dead eyes. Accusing eyes. And it got to the point where it was happening even when I wasn't asleep. Reid, everywhere I went, I saw those eyes.

Dr. Spencer Reid:
What'd you do?

Derek Morgan:
Gideon. He knew. I didn't tell him. I was like you, I didn't want anybody to know. He just... he knew. And he sat me down and he... he just kind of talked me through it. I still have the nightmares to this day, just not nearly as often. But when they come back, I know how to handle them better.