: Reid puts up a photo of Maeve along with one of inventor and electrical engineer Nikola Tesla. He later dated Kelly Parker for three years until she died in a car accident in 2004. They don't bring up the drug addiction for a while until he gets clean and attends a support group meeting for addicts in law enforcement in (Season 3, Episode 16) "Elephant's Memory". As the agent is about to become a dad himself, the paternal scenes are justified but the prolonged torture is not. Diana told Lou Jenkins (Brian Goodman), Riley's father, about the park incident. ", For u/Jess_1215 it was upsetting that Spencer got very little time with Maeve. Aaron struggles with being there for him while the whole ordeal brings back painful memories of how he had lost Haley. ", Meanwhile, u/whoooisthis had issues with the way the couple's story was written: "I think it would have been way more impactful if we saw more of their relationship develop throughout episodes. Cook) torture, and Garcia's (Kirsten Vangsness) shooting are just a few of the many traumatizing events that take place on the show. Dr. Spencer Reid is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds, portrayed by Matthew Gray Gubler. Addiction is, after all, a life-long struggle one that many people have intimate experience with. Her relationship with Reid lasted for a total of ten months. At some point, it's just unnecessary and gruesome. I understand. It's not fun, is it? You've always been the runner-up in this pageant. [22], Gideon is Reid's closest confidant on the team during the first two seasons, and often serves as a mentor to Reid. In "Somebody's Watching", with the team on a case to protect a TV starlet, Reid saves Lila from being harmed by a serial killer. Sorry. No romance comes of it, but they do develop a close, sibling-like friendship. This subplot comes to a nail-biting conclusion in season 8's Zugzwang. Can you feel it? Originally posted by pastanest-deactivated20221229. For the first time in his life, Spencer Reid was in love. Diane Turner Hotch counted at least nine packets before the boy was done. Your whole body beginning to decay. The BAU is a world-renowned team that's given dozens of widespread interviews. : | I did. : In season 12, Reid takes off to Mexico to find experimental remedies for his mother's worsening Alzheimer's. The actor later told Variety that the situation was a misunderstanding, but his removal from the show is telling. Reid becomes more and more distressed by the situation and discovers that her kidnapper is not Putnam, but his girlfriend, Diane Turner (Michelle Trachtenberg), who hates Maeve for rejecting her doctoral thesis. : After hunting her for ten months, after stealing her man, I had to stop and say, what is so freakin' special about her? Most BAU agents have a unique relationship with protocol, and while it yields results, the team goes too far on multiple occasions. Eating brought the pair back into silence, but it felt more comfortable this time around. Furious at having to let a predator walk, she takes the law into her own hands by shooting an unarmed suspect while he spews creepy, sexist rhetoric. Now you know how I felt, to be ignored, cast aside. Bobby Putnam Spencer Reid is a pretend person on the TV show "Criminal Minds" and an actor named Matthew Gray Gubler plays him. In (Season 7, Episode 2) "Proof", while arguing, Reid reveals to Jareau that he almost started taking Dilaudid again when he believed that Prentiss was dead.[28]. Maybe your theory could have had merit, but we don't know, because genius isn't just one good idea or one successful experiment, Diane. Reid later becomes close to Special Agent Alex Blake (Jeanne Tripplehorn), seeing her as a maternal figure, and occasionally guest-lecturing in her forensic linguistics class. Spencer nibbled at his quesadilla, slowly making a . Criminal Minds jumped into the TV fray in 2005, offering an in-depth look into the minds of serial killers. Why are you doing this? Who's Thomas Merton? Blake encourages him to meet her. [11] A cut line from the episode has David Rossi stating that Sammy and Reid are two of the most fascinating minds he has ever encountered. He's the one thing you can never take from us. However, in season six, after JJ's successful negotiation with serial killer Flynn is broadcast, the Pentagon recruits her and they don't take no for an answer. Filming & Production He attended Caltech, where he rode his bike to classes. During a savage torture sequence, JJ reveals herself as having been part of top-secret work in the MiddleEast, and that she lost her unborn baby when Askari had her tortured the first time. The episode ends with Reid and Maxine kissing. However, he calls her, warns her that he thinks her stalker might be inside, and tells her to leave. The case that's haunted him for years ultimately leads to his demise when the unsub notices Gideon poking around. Reid is a genius and autodidact. If you askCriminal Mindsfans who their least favorite BAU agent is, many will name Elle Greenaway. Despite its popularity, the crime procedural "Criminal Minds" gave its fans many things to dislike over the course of 15 seasons. : They discover that his death is the result of a serial killer he and Rossi failed to catch when they first formed the BAU. In "L.D.S.K. [25] It is not mentioned again until "Coda", when he is seen once again wearing sunglasses and is carrying a book on migraines. His first case in the field was serial killer Brian Matloff (Eric Lange), the "Blue Ridge Strangler". [2] He holds B.A.s in Psychology, Sociology, and Philosophy. Maeve appears in a dream, in which she sits and talks to Reid in a coffee shop located in a library, and then asks him to dance with her, stating that she wants him to feel her before she becomes a memory. I did read it. Dr. Maeve Donovan I know that I am one. [5], Due to his young age and genius IQ, Reid was a victim of severe bullying in high school. : Diane Turner [1] It has also been stated that he attended MIT, but episode writer Breen Frazier admitted the MIT line was a mistake,[7] although it was never corrected onscreen. "Here, " He said, placing it in front of Maeve. That's it, isn't it? You didn't even read the whole thing, did you? Of course, all of these are happening entirely within his head. Memoriam (S4 E7) It took Reid a long time to open up to his teammates at the BAU about his personal life and problems, and that included his mother. When Hotchner says he is sorry if he hurt him, Reid points out that he was a child prodigy in a Las Vegas public school implying that he had suffered worse and tells Hotchner, "You kick like a nine-year-old girl". This star-crossed relationship came to an abruptand tragicend when Maeve was kidnapped by a deranged ex-student of hers. Later on, Maeve proves to be a great source of help with the current case. Reid's reaction is to run out of the room, and he ends up sobbing into Jareau's shoulder, telling her that he "never got a chance to say goodbye. He is socially awkward and has a hard time dealing with his emotions. No. The horrifying scene shows Derek's tormentors frying his skin and displaying him on a makeshift cross. Stalking keeps her home-bound, and this is the only way they can get to know each other. : I remember you. At age 12, Reid graduated from high school. For the first time he has this person that seems to be perfect or him, and the first time he sees her, she gets murdered in front of him. Diane Turner While Reid is interviewing Jenkins, demanding to know how his father was involved, his parents interrupt and confess to their son the whole story. If done well, character arcs like this can really affect fans who are impacted by addiction in their own lives. : Cookadmitted toTV Guidethat the subject of Reid and JJ still gives her knots in her stomach "because that's such a big deal, and I protect JJ so much." No. Diane Turner Diane Turner "Baby Girl" Garcia and "Thunder God" Morgan have unparalleled chemistry from episode one. He is the youngest member of the FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU), has three BAs and three PhDs (in Mathematics, Chemistry, and Engineering), and specializes . He faces the urge to kill the serial killer Scratch, who the team originally pegs as the culprit. Some, on the other hand, hold the opposite view when it comes to Maeve's character and the way Maeve and Reid's story was written. : At the end of the episode, they go their separate ways, and Lila is not seen in further episodes. Dr. Spencer Reid : Hotch, we've known from the beginning she's on a murder-suicide mission, but we never stopped to ask why she's on that mission. Yet the pair doesn't discuss their true feelings until the final episode of the penultimate season when it's too late. : Criminal Minds fans will know that Spencer Reid birthday is celebrated by the BAU team. All right. i don't own anything!. It is revealed that she is in danger and doesn't want someone to know about her and Reid. One such opinion is about the otherwise admired tragic arc of Dr. Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler) and Maeve Donovan's (Beth Riesgraf) short-lived romance. Now, please, will you let us go? In "Elephant's Memory", he recounts one instance where he was stripped naked and tied to a goalpost in front of other students, remaining there for hours and when he got home his mother was having another schizophrenic episode and didn't notice he was late. : That's it. It was secret because she was engaged and wouldn't seek help to find her stalker. Yet that's what happens: The team learns that escaped killer Mr. Scratch is stalking Hotch's son, Jack, causing them to relocate. She ends the phone call by telling him that she loves him. Memories of his torture under Hankel later allow him to empathize with other victims. He is subsequently drugged and framed for murder. But they never, ever stop trying to take down the bad guys by getting into their heads. [31] While filming the pilot, the show's FBI consultant informed Matthew Gray Gubler that there was nothing realistic about his character. Spree killings, family . "I told you I built one." Reid said. Dr. Spencer Reid grew into a fan-favorite character very quickly, and his social awkwardness and brilliant mind made it all the more cute when he finally fell in love. Reid tries playing all possible chess moves in order to understand Gideon's motivations.[23]. It's obvious he loves her more than she loves him, and essentially begs her to stay with him when she wants to call it quits. Helping Reid After Maeve's Death . It was kind of confusing. : Their initial elevator meet-cute scene has enough unresolved sexual tension to fuel the BAU jet, but it's too much, too soon. Diane Turner : : Dr. Maeve Donovan Rating: Mature Warnings: Explicit language, violence, blood, serial killers. She loved nineties rom-drams and rom-coms and her favorite was. You can't see that I'm a genius! Official Sites It's an impossible physical structure. Did you guys ever compare lists, the different people you dated? While Reid remains at home, the team travels to another case. They're a welcome reprieve from the terror going on in reality, and provide much-needed closure for Derek, who watched his father die in the line of duty as a child. [1] When his father was leaving, young Spencer tried to convince him to stay by using a statistic that children of parents who remain together receive more education. Spencer has been honored more times than once, so there is a canon for his birthday. He tells her he feels betrayed because he came to her house "for 10 weeks in a row, crying over losing a friend" and "not once did you have the decency to tell me the truth." Background [ edit] However, his luck comes to an abrupt end in this episode centered around his love life, which is one of Reid's best Criminal Minds episodes. Diane Turner Dr. Spencer Reid : Not true. The Michaels incident had already started the rift, and as Diana's mental state continued to deteriorate, William left, refusing to take Spencer with him.