Criminal Minds (TV Series)

Minimal Loss (2008)

Luke Perry: Benjamin Cyrus

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• Benjamin Cyrus : Savages, they call us, because our manners differ from theirs.

  Nancy Lunde : We didn't come here to hear you cite scripture, Mr. Cyrus.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Actually, it's Benjamin Franklin.

• Benjamin Cyrus : No one had to follow. God could have stopped me.

  [Morgan comes in and shoots Cyrus down] 

  Dr. Spencer Reid : He just did!

• David Rossi : No one's going to try to force you out of here, trust me.

  Benjamin Cyrus : Trust is earned.

  David Rossi : It is.

• Christopher Cole : I don't understand. Why did you let them go?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : They weren't prepared to do what needs to be done.

  Christopher Cole : You're not one of us! You don't know what it takes to be prepared!

  Benjamin Cyrus : Listen to him.

  [to Reid] 

  Benjamin Cyrus : Tell him.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : They failed the test. They... they had a chance to prove their faith when Cyrus told them that they'd sacrificed themselves for God, but instead they showed they weren't worthy. That's why he wants the media to bear witness to your true final act of sacrifice.

  Christopher Cole : How do you know that?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : I'm always looking for signs of things to come.

  David Rossi : Reid's talking to us. He wants a sign when we're coming in. He's telling us this is it! Time has run out! We've got to go in!

• Benjamin Cyrus : Acknowledge Him in all things and He will guide your way. Drink to acknowledge Him and I will guide our way.

• Dr. Spencer Reid : You're using solar power?

  Benjamin Cyrus : Yeah, we're completely self-sufficient: electricity, food, water. Ben Franklin said, "God helps those that help themselves." You look surprised.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : No, uh, impressed, actually.

  Benjamin Cyrus : Thank you.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : For what?

  Benjamin Cyrus : For admitting that.

• Dr. Spencer Reid : Jeremiah 29.11: "'I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to bring you hope and a future.'" Is blowing yourself up part of the prosperous future that God wants?

  Benjamin Cyrus : You think you know the Word better than I?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : No, no. I'm just demonstrating that you can use the Bible to manipulate anything.

  Benjamin Cyrus : Matthew 10.24: "Do not suppose that I have come to the earth to bring peace. I did not come to bring peace but a sword."

• Benjamin Cyrus : How far from God's word must we have strayed for there to be the need to invent a job called "child victim interview expert".

  Emily Prentiss : We wish we didn't have to be here.

  Benjamin Cyrus : So do we. But you are welcome nonetheless.

• Nancy Lunde : What's going on?

  Benjamin Cyrus : We just got a very strange phone call from a news reporter. Is there anything you want to tell me, about a raid, maybe?

  [seeing Prentiss and Reid's looks of surprise] 

  Benjamin Cyrus : They don't know.

• Benjamin Cyrus : Do not fear. We are on the side of the righteous.

  Emily Prentiss : Where's Lunde?

  Benjamin Cyrus : It wasn't us.

  Emily Prentiss : What? You can't shoot it out with the cops! You have children here.

  Benjamin Cyrus : I didn't start this.

• Benjamin Cyrus : Distribute weapons and ammo. I prayed this day would never come, but it has. God will see us through.

• Benjamin Cyrus : This is Benjamin Cyrus. Who am I talking to?

  David Rossi : David Rossi. I'm an FBI agent. We sent the state police away. There's just us and the local sheriff. All we want to do is resolve this before anyone else gets hurt.

  Benjamin Cyrus : Then leave us alone.

  David Rossi : I'm afraid we can't do that, Benjamin. One of the police bled out on the way to the hospital. So let's just stop this before things get worse. Please, just put down your guns and come out.

  Benjamin Cyrus : We're believers, Dave. We believe that God says what He means and means what He says. His laws don't depend on what state you live in.

  David Rossi : I have no issue with your beliefs.

  Benjamin Cyrus : You don't, but the state does.

  David Rossi : I can't answer for other people.

  Benjamin Cyrus : Oh, God will answer for everyone in the final battle I've forseen.

  David Rossi : That's why I'm here. To make sure that this is not that battle.

  Benjamin Cyrus : We shall see.

• David Rossi : Now, the three Child Services workers.

  Benjamin Cyrus : One of them is dead. It wasn't us.

  David Rossi : I need a name to inform the family.

  Benjamin Cyrus : Her name was Nancy Lunde.

  David Rossi : Okay. Now, please, Benjamin, send out your wounded. I promise you they'll be well taken care of.

  Benjamin Cyrus : With enough supplies, we can tend to our own.

  David Rossi : Okay. I need a few hours to put it together. I'll bring them up myself at first light.

• David Rossi : I'd hoped you'd let me take the children.

  Benjamin Cyrus : Nah, they're our protection. I remember Waco. We all do.

  David Rossi : This isn't Waco.

  Benjamin Cyrus : They stay for now, while I pray for God's guidance. Please don't try to force us out.

• Benjamin Cyrus : We are celebrating. Everyone drinks. Everyone rejoices. Because today, we are one day closer to being with Him.

  Emily Prentiss : [quietly to Reid]  Look at Jessica's body language. The way she looks at him.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : She literally worships him. There's no way she made that 911 call.

• Benjamin Cyrus : Trust in God with all your heart. Lean not on your own understandings. Trust in mine.

  Emily Prentiss : [watching Kathy]  Look at how she comes between Cyrus and her daughter. She's inserted herself between them.

• David Rossi : Reid and Prentiss are okay.

  Derek Morgan : What about Cyrus?

  David Rossi : He's too calm. But, it... it's like he was waiting for this to happen. And now that it has, he feels vindicated.

  Techie : I got a signal. I'm getting a signal here.

  Benjamin Cyrus : [to his congregation]  We will be with Him soon. We have drank the poison together.

• Benjamin Cyrus : Mothers... fathers... children, though we walk through the valley of the shadow of death, we fear no evil, for thou art with us.

  David Rossi : [listening through the bugs]  This doesn't fit. I looked him in the eye. He was calm, lucid.

  Aaron Hotchner : They're committing mass suicide.

  David Rossi : We don't know that for sure.

  Derek Morgan : Rossi, he just said it.

  Dan Torre : We're ready to go.

  David Rossi : If we go in there, people are gonna die.

  Aaron Hotchner : People are already dying.

• Benjamin Cyrus : And God will wipe the tears from their eyes, and there will be no more death, nor sorrow nor crying. And there will be no more pain. For all of the former things have passed away.

  Emily Prentiss : What do we do?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Nothing.

  Emily Prentiss : We have to do something. These people just took poison.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : No, Cyrus just told them they did. I think he's bluffing.

  Emily Prentiss : Why do you think that?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Just after he told them about the poison, he waited for them to start to react. Then he nodded to Cole, and he started writing. Look. They're scanning the audience for reactions.

  Emily Prentiss : They're writing down the names of the people who are crying.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : It's a loyalty list.

  Emily Prentiss : So he knows who will follow him to the end.

• David Rossi : Jim Jones pulled the same stunt! They did a test run just like this years before they did the real thing.

  Aaron Hotchner : [to Torre]  Prepare your men to go in.

  Benjamin Cyrus : Be still. There was no poison.

  Aaron Hotchner : Dan.

  Benjamin Cyrus : Instead, a test of faith. Because your adversary, the devil, waltzes about as a roaring lion, choosing whom he may devour. Watch each other for signs of weakness. You are your brother's keeper.

  Aaron Hotchner : Tell 'em to stand down.

  Dan Torre : Yes, sir.

  [to Rossi] 

  Dan Torre : Nice call.