Criminal Minds (TV Series)

The Popular Kids (2005)

Michael McGrady: Sheriff Bridges

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• Dr. Spencer Reid : Melted wax?

  Jennifer "JJ" Jareau : Candle wax?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Candles are used in rituals.

  Jason Gideon : They're also used on birthday cakes.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Actually, they were originally used to protect the birthday celebrant from demons for the coming year. As a matter of fact, down to the fourth century, Christianity rejected the birthday celebration as a Pagan ritual.

  Sheriff Bridges : What kind of a doctor are you?

• Aaron Hotchner : Contrary to popular belief, there has never been a proven case of satanic ritual killing. Never a verified human sacrifice. Having said that, there have been isolated cases of animal sacrifice... and many, many cases of vandalism in the name of Satan.

  Derek Morgan : Now, that doesn't mean that ritual satanism is impossible. And more importantly, for our purposes, there have been cults that killed, just not in ritual fashion.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : The reverend Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple... his followers killed a U.S. Congressman and three people before committing mass suicide, leaving over nine hundred people dead. And, perhaps, the most widely-known of the killer cults: the Manson Family, under the direction of Charles Manson, killed nine people in a four day period in an attempt to initiate a race war.

  Elle Greenaway : Killer cults do exist, and they all have one thing in common: invariably, they're headed by charismatic megalomaniacs.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : You're looking for that leader. He's who will stand out. He'll be memorable to somebody; people who aren't in his group will see him as strange, weird, scary.

  Aaron Hotchner : Since we're dealing with professed satanists, which is often practiced by younger males, we may be looking for teenagers. Heavy metal music is often associated with satanism, and these kids and their leader may reflect that in their look.

  Derek Morgan : Most likely, there'll be sex, drugs, and alcohol. Now, the leader, he'll be older. It's part of his charm.

  Aaron Hotchner : And he is from this area. He's definitely local.

  Elle Greenaway : These woods are too thick and confusing for a visitor to get around in.

  Sheriff Bridges : You think one of our own people is doing this?

  Aaron Hotchner : We're sure of it.

• Jason Gideon : Are there any cults in the area that you know about? Secret groups, people you see you don't know much about, people who stay to themselves mostly.

  Sheriff Bridges : This is a very religious area, church on Sundays, fellowship on Wednesday, bible classes. If there was a secret group I'd probably know about it.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : That's an inherent contradiction.

  Sheriff Bridges : Excuse me?

  Jason Gideon : He means if there was a group being secretive you probably wouldn't know.

• Deputy #2 : You want me to get the crime scene folks down here?

  Sheriff Bridges : Yeah

  [Investigates the crime scene further] 

  Sheriff Bridges : Wait! Hold on! We're gonna need a whole lot more than the crime scene folks!