Criminal Minds, Season 7

Garcia:
Jake Shepherd saw the light, like literally. He spoke of a gentle light and a silhouetted figure bathed in warmth who welcomed him but told him it wasn't his time.

Jake's mom:
He woke up a changed man. He believed.

Hotch:
If this unsub is so obsessed with death, then Jake Shepherd was the perfect person to talk to. He'd been there and back again.

Morgan:
But come on, guys, gentle lights, shadowy figures? Those are the lights in the emergency room and the doctors hovering over the patients. And we all know that. No on actually sees the "afterlife".

Reid:
I did. ...Before Tobias Hankel resuscitated me, I had that exact experience, and I wasn't in an emergency room. I was in a shed.

Morgan:
Reid, you never told me that.

Reid:
I'm a man of science; I didn't know how to deal with it. There's no quantifiable proof that God exists, and yet in that moment I was faced with something that I couldn't explain. Still can't.

Hotch:
What if this unsub has had a similar experience and this is his way of looking for answers?

Rossi:
If that's the case, why kill Jake Shepherd? Why not just talk to him?

Prentiss:
He wanted to see if he had the same experience as before.

JJ:
Once isn't enough?

Prentiss:
Not if Jake didn't see the same thing the unsub did. He wants to know if the experience can change. I can relate to that. (everyone stares) ...Reid felt a warmth and saw a light. When I coded in the ambulance, all I felt was cold and darkness. And I would like to think that there's a different future waiting for me.

Reid:
(sadly) You actually died?

Prentiss:
(looks troubled, but does not respond)

Morgan:
All right, but resuscitation is hit or miss. He can't guarantee that he can actually bring anyone back, let alone that anyone will remember what happened in their moment of so-called death.

Rossi:
Reid, what's the best way to make sure his victims had an experience?

Reid:
...Keep them dead longer.