- Emily Prentiss: [soundover] "We are each our own devil, and we make this world our own hell." Oscar Wilde
- Aaron Hotchner: [voiceover] "All that we see or seem, is but a dream within a dream." Edgar Allen Poe
- Dr. Spencer Reid: The UnSub's not the first to do this. Poisoned garments actually have an incredibly long history, going all the way back to the shirt of Nessus, which killed Hercules.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: If someone's carrying on in Catherine's mission, then it's quite possible they both suffered from *folie à deux*, a shared psychotic disorder between two people who are extremely close, and that would mean it's most likely a family member.
- David Rossi: Maybe one or both of her kids.
- David Rossi: Emily, you asked earlier if she was going to a renaissance fair. There's something to that.
- Emily Prentiss: Based on the dress, there could be more of a connection to history than the occult.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: Renaissance fairs typically replicate 16th century England. They've surged in popularity since they began in the 1960s.
- Penelope Garcia: And it's not just a bunch of nerds in costumes eating turkey legs, you guys.
- Derek Morgan: Hey, baby girl, you're on speaker. Give me the lowdown.
- Penelope Garcia: Chocolate thunder, you can have the whole kit and caboodle. Just say the word.
- [first lines]
- Catherine Heathridge: [reads a book to James] And so, the white knight opened the door and saw more gold and jewels than he could ever imagine. The wizard said, 'Give me the princess and you shall have all the riches in the world.' The white knight gazed upon the wizard and saw it was the Devil, who had already banished the villagers' wives. I said, 'Give me the princess.' 'Never,' he cried, and slayed the Devil with his spear.
- [looks at the people coming in]
- Catherine Heathridge: Look after your sister.
- Emily Prentiss: According to the intake report, Catherine was an aspiring actress who went off her psychiatric medications when she was pregnant with her daughter. She had a minor part in *The Merry Wives of Windsor* 16 years ago when she became floridly psychotic. She was convinced the other actresses were the Devil's wives, so she stabbed one of them.
- Detective Gassner: Is that when she was admitted here?
- Emily Prentiss: No, not yet. It seems she had a son and a daughter. After fleeing the theater, she chopped off the left arm of her infant daughter.
- Jennifer Jareau: Why would she do that?
- Emily Prentiss: To make the child less appealing to the Devil. She believed that killing the Devil's wives was her mission on Earth, which is what our UnSub is doing now.
- Catherine Heathridge: My son. You've been so brave.
- James Heathridge: I have no fear.
- Catherine Heathridge: You will. The wives will be stronger.
- James Heathridge: It's an honor to be chosen defender.
- Catherine Heathridge: An honor and a curse for this family. Regardless, it is our sacred duty. Be vigilant. Never let your guard down. Send a warning. Show them our strength. Be ruthless and destroy them before they destroy us.
- James Heathridge: I will.
- [pause]
- James Heathridge: I promise.
- Lara Heathridge: Is she...
- James Heathridge: She's one of them. An innocent will die before the wise, but a devil's wife will surely rise.
- James Heathridge: Lara is beginning to question our mission. I can't control her anymore.
- Catherine Heathridge: She's 16, which means she's at a vulnerable stage. The Devil will take notice of her now.
- James Heathridge: What do I do?
- Catherine Heathridge: My poor noble James, you'll have to strike first if you want to save those you love.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: There's something else that's been bothering me. Why is he putting white face makeup on his victims after they're dead?
- David Rossi: Isn't that what they wore in the Elizabethan era?
- Dr. Spencer Reid: Yes, but only upper-class women wore white face makeup. It was a symbol of virginity and purity. But he's dressing them like characters out of *The Merry Wives of Windsor*, which is one of Shakespeare's rare plays about the middle class.
- Jennifer Jareau: So, it's inconsistent.
- Aaron Hotchner: The makeup could mean that he believes death is purifying them.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: What if this is like the Salem witch trials, where they test the girls by trying to drown them? If they died, it meant they were obviously innocent. If they somehow survived, they were considered witches and therefore hanged.
- David Rossi: Wonderful. A lose-lose situation.
- Jennifer Jareau: The UnSub didn't submerge the victims in water to torture them. It was some sort of a test?
- Dr. Spencer Reid: With death being the only possible outcome.
- James Heathridge: I murdered an innocent.
- Catherine Heathridge: Even white knights have their dark days. You're a vanishing breed, James. My son, a hero from a different time. Only one wife remains. I'm sure of it. If you don't kill her, who will?
- James Heathridge: No one.
- Catherine Heathridge: Kill her.
- [pause]
- Catherine Heathridge: Kill her.
- Penelope Garcia: [Rushes in] Oh my gosh! I am so sorry for the delay. The system was down. We overwork her and I had to go into the belly of the beast, who I affectionately nicknamed Persephone and do some machine whispering
- Dr. Spencer Reid: Guys, I think these numbers are dates. If you reverse them and chop off the 11 at the beginning and end...
- Aaron Hotchner: That's two days after each woman went missing.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: It's more than that, though. Look. March 1st is Saint Eichatadt day. March 21st is the spring equinox, and the 24th is the Feast of the Beast. All important holidays in the Satanic calendar for sacrifices.
- Derek Morgan: What about the 11 on the end?
- Dr. Spencer Reid: To many occultists 11 is symbolic of Lucifer.
- Jennifer Jareau: Okay, I thought we were moving away from Satanic killings.
- Aaron Hotchner: Apparently we need to reconsider.
- Dr. Spencer Reid: There's gotta be some sort of connection to the Devil here.
- Aaron Hotchner: Reid, what other upcoming dates are significant to Satanists?
- Dr. Spencer Reid: Good Friday, then Easter eve. Then preparations begin in mid-April for the most important holiday of all, Walpurgis Night on April 30th.
- [last lines]
- Lara Heathridge: [ding-dong] I'll get it.
- [opens the door]
- Devil: I've waited so long for you, Lara. It is time to come with me now.
- Jennifer Jareau: Where is she now?
- Penelope Garcia: Oh, I was hoping you would ask, because I have the answer!