"You can do it."
Their latest unsub, Robert Wilson, was sitting in the interrogation room with Rossi and Reid, calmly deflecting all of their attempts to goad him into a confession. They had enough circumstantial evidence to hold him, but they needed a confession and there was a very good chance that there were more bodies than the ones they knew about. With a heavy sigh that wasn't quite one of defeat, Hotch rapped gently on the glass of the two-way mirror to signal to his agents to come back into the viewing room.
"This guys not going to give us what we want." Rossi said once the door was closed behind him. "I thought he'd at least connect with Reid, but…"
"Take JJ in." Emily suggested, looking away from Robert drumming his fingers on the tabletop to face the team. "He was doing all of this because of his unrequited crush on our first vic, right?"
Hotch nodded along, picking up her train of thought. "JJ does fit the profile better than you do… And her ring may represent another woman unavailable to him. It might work. JJ?"
JJ shook her head slightly. "I don't know if I can,"
"You can do it." Emily cut her off gently. "You got this."
JJ nodded firmly and motioned toward the door. "After you." She told Rossi.