Sorry. )[20], During "Corazon", Reid begins to develop severe headaches and hallucinations. Go. After Reid gets back from the case, they plan to meet at a fancy restaurant until Reid sees a man gazing over at him. After Mandy Patinkin's departure, Gideon leaves the BAU with nothing more than a letter to his protege, Reid. This FBI agent especially likes famous science fiction, fantasy, and mystery novels. : (Season 3, Episode 16) "Elephant's Memory". (In reality, Gubler had injured his knee and the show's writers had written Reid getting shot into the show to explain why he spent subsequent episodes with his leg in a cast and using crutches. : [citation needed]. Sometime after "The Lesson", Reid continues calling Maeve, eventually getting to know her. A deadly game of chess ensues, culminating in Reid watching Diane kill herself and Maeve in one lethal blow. Yikes doesn't begin to cover it. It makes it easier to want to kill yourself. By using our Services, you agree to our use of cookies. They plan to go on their third coffee date when Adams intervenes, holding Maxine's sister and father hostage. By the end of the episode, Maeve's face is finally seen as she walks up to a restaurant where she plans to meet Reid. No. : Now, please, will you let us go? In "God Complex", Reid begins calling Maeve - whose face and identity he does not know - on a payphone and they talk about his progress with his headaches and sleep deprivation. Criminal Mindsteases a possible JJ-Reid relationship way back in the fourth episode. Reid obliges, and they dance before a curtain closes. If the writers didn't plan to give Reid's addiction any real attention, it shouldn't have existed at all. The actor later told Variety that the situation was a misunderstanding, but his removal from the show is telling. Redditors also called out Maeve's repeated refusal to take the BAU's help to track down her stalker, and the fact that she didn't tell Reid about her fianc. Bobby Putnam He was in love with the mind of a woman he had never met. Diane Turner I did read it. Zugzwang: Directed by Jesse Warn. When it becomes clear to her that her stalker has disappeared, Maeve informs Reid, and she then suggests that it is time for them to meet. "I didn't love Maeve," u/Runtyyy wrote. Reid is having trouble talking to the women in these clubs, especially since he is spouting facts about club-related deaths, but Morgan helps him out. 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. He's the one thing you can never take from us. Memories of his torture under Hankel later allow him to empathize with other victims. You just couldn't see. Dr. Spencer Reid Diane Turner She viewed the MRI scans of Reid's brain when he started suffering from headaches since the events of Season Six. That's it. U/jiffyfly6 said, "It's not even that it was kept secret because of a stalker. Don't hurt him. Dr. Maeve Donovan was a recurring character who appeared as SSA Spencer Reid's girlfriend in Season Eight of Criminal Minds. Little do they know that Prentiss staged her death, and only Hotch and JJ are in on the secret. Who's Thomas Merton? : The season 12 scene proves that his actions were common knowledge within the FBI, but Rossi faces zero consequences for his crime. Thinking him to be Maeve's stalker, Reid calls her to cancel while she is right outside. Spencer Reid is grieving the loss of Maeve Donovan. | I thought, whoever wrote this had suffered a tragedy, and I felt sorry for your loss, but you don't get a PhD just because something bad happened to you. : In the ongoing saga of Spencer Reid and Maeve, whom viewers finally saw a glimpse of in the Dec. 5 episode "The Lesson," the first attempt at meeting face to face was called off for fear of . This is provoked by a suspect sending him taunting messages and challenging Reid to find him. But all that changes following this trauma. Diane Turner The book contained a handwritten quote by Thomas Merton: "Love is our true destiny. : This goes unmentioned until Hotch is under investigation years later, and his interrogator brings it up. He has an IQ of 187,[2] an eidetic memory, and can read 20,000 words per minute. : The next time Adams emerges is in (Season 15, Episode 6) "Date Night", when she is about to be executed and wishes to see him. Michaels' body is found, and DNA confirms his killer was Lou Jenkins, who is arrested. Ultimately, she becomes a vigilante. Reid is 23 years old in the pilot episode,[29] having joined the unit when he was 22. However, he is usually seen as a backseat passenger during car scenes, and he commutes to work using the Metro,[9] and presumably the Virginia Railway Express. 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. No one wants to see the heart of the BAU hurt but of course, in the high-stakes world of prime-time television, that only ensures his suffering. [laughs] Wait! Fans are excited for the revival of Criminal Minds and are looking forward to seeing their BAU team back together. Reid joined the FBI when he was 20 years old. At the end of the episode, the team throws him a mini birthday party to celebrate. Diana told Lou Jenkins (Brian Goodman), Riley's father, about the park incident. Dr. Spencer Reid : In her letters, she would always sign off with a quote from one of her favorite philosophers. In the same episode, Reid bonds with a young autistic boy, Sammy Sparks. What began as a mere consultation grew into a. Even a decade after the show's debut, the team still sees Reid as a "kid." Sta stay back, stay back! Cook) wait months before telling Reid she's alive and . Reader x Spencer Reid | Spencer Reid x Maeve Donovan | BAU Agent! Reid and Lila kindle a short-lived romance, beginning when Lila pulls Reid, fully clothed, into her pool for a kiss. 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. "I told you I built one." Reid said. To be with you. : 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. Diane Turner That's why you're doing this? She calls Reid and they talk about his progress with his headaches and sleep deprivation. Their mutual trauma leads to them getting closer. Diane Turner Despite his attempts to save Maeve, the stalker killed her in front of Spencer. Dr. Maeve Donovan Dr. Maeve Donovan : Diane Turner While the show stands by the platonic nature of Morgan and Garcia's relationship,Vangsness toldParadethat Garcia was in love with Morgan, causing her to fight her future crush on his replacement, Luke Alvez. Upon failing his annual firearms qualification despite Hotchner's efforts to tutor him, he is relieved of his weapon and has to work unarmed during the team's newest case. Diane Turner Parker seems to disappear, and while Austin goes outside to phone Reid, he grabs her. Even Elle notices: She's quick to mention that the unit hardly cared when the Fisher King broke into her home and shot her. It is implied in "Plain Sight" that Reid has a crush on Jareau, and Gideon even prods him to ask her out after giving him Washington Redskins football tickets for his birthday. : : Despite being in a relationship, Reid has never met her nor seen her face. Bobby Putnam However, he calls her, warns her that he thinks her stalker might be inside, and tells her to leave. When Garcia hosts a Day of the Dead celebration, she asks everyone to bring a photo of a deceased love one for a shrine. : Dr. Spencer Reid [31] While filming the pilot, the show's FBI consultant informed Matthew Gray Gubler that there was nothing realistic about his character. Reid and Prentiss are inside when the state police show up, and a Branch Davidian-styled siege took place in one of Criminal Minds' best Spencer Reid episodes. By using our Services, you agree to our use of cookies. You can't build it. It's not fun, is it? In season two's "Revelations," SSA (Supervisory Special Agent) Dr. Spencer Reid is tortured and drugged for two days, barely surviving the ordeal. Cookies help us deliver our Services. But you didn't love me. Dr. Spencer Reid At the end of the episode, she and Reid are talking over the phone, and he opens a package at his desk that contains the card that he gave herwith a lipstick kiss on the back. [35], It is speculated that he may also have slight, "Fisher King (Part 1)", season 1, episode 22, "Sex, Birth, Death", season 2, episode 11, "Pleasure Is My Business", season 4, episode 16, "What Happens At Home", season 6, episode 10, "Nameless, Faceless", season 5, episode 1, Last edited on 11 February 2023, at 18:13. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Summary: Almost a year after Maeve's death, Spencer reaches out to the recipients of Maeve's donated organs to reconnect with his lost love. [32], Before Gubler was cast in the role, the character was envisioned as more like Data from Star Trek. The federal government doesn't make deals with people like me. Who's Thomas Merton? Sometimes they fail. : : While Reid is interviewing Jenkins, demanding to know how his father was involved, his parents interrupt and confess to their son the whole story. Or: I did. In "Truth or Dare", the Season 14 finale, Jareau confesses to Reid that she has loved him ever since they first met. Gubler tweeted that Reid is also germaphobic. But "Criminal Minds" fans have a particular incident that broke their hearts when it comes to Spencer's storylines. I read your thesis, didn't I? : : What began as a mere consultation grew into a beautiful relationship, albeit only over the phone Maeve was being stalked, and as a result, she refused to meet Spencer. Cat Adams (Aubrey Plaza), a serial killer who made her debut in Season 11, quickly becomes infatuated with Reid, seeing him as her only "worthy opponent". Alex Blake Dr. Spencer Reid During a case in Arizona, Blake confronts him about "phone booth girl". Working with the BAU meant that you saw the most horrific side of humanity every day for most of your adult life. Maeve returns as a vision in the series finale "And in the End" in Season Fifteen after Reid suffers from a brain injury. : At age 12, Reid graduated from high school. Her true assignment comes to light in season nine after writers tease an affair between JJ and the new BAU section chief, Cruz. : I never cheated on you. Diane Turner Spencer Reid, who is a reading machine, constantly mentions the books that he is reading, or has had his mom read to him. Him who? Although he had never laid eyes on her, he knew that she was the most beautiful woman in the world. Diane Turner Cook) profess her love for Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler) after he saved her life when she was shot in a parking garage. : Profiling is the only profession Reid ever considered, and he was groomed specifically for the BAU. And do you know what I thought after I was finished? She does, just as Reid realizes that it was a false alarm, with the man coincidentally being Bobby. Aaron struggles with being there for him while the whole ordeal brings back painful memories of how he had lost Haley. While there was "no psychological exam or test the FBI could put in front of him he could not ace inside of an hour",[1] he did struggle with the more physical aspects of his job, and ultimately received waivers for those requirements. This time say it to her face. Her primary role in Spencer's mind was convincing him to finally make a decision based not on what he thought others wanted but instead on what made him happy. Throughout the series, Reid shows a lack of interest when interacting with women. Reid is a technophobe, using neither email nor iPads. I didn't. By then, Reid has gone to several doctors, but no one has been able to diagnose what is wrong with him. All this and brains, too. : Though he is not injured, Reid struggles with guilt over "allowing" Prentiss' beating at the hands of Cyrus in "Minimal Loss". I don't know. Camus, Voltaire, Plato. Michelle Trachtenberg plays the unsub, Diane, abducting Maeve in an act of . 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. Bobby Putnam Technical Specs. Yet the pair doesn't discuss their true feelings until the final episode of the penultimate season when it's too late. Diane Turner [16] It is speculated that he may also have slight obsessivecompulsive disorder, particularly from a scene in "Out of the Light"[17] where Morgan slightly moves an item in the home of a suspect affected with OCD, and Reid immediately places it back to its previous spot.[speculation? I understand. Diane Turner Originally posted by pastanest-deactivated20221229. Diane Turner What is she talking about? Dr. Maeve Donovan Dr. Spencer Reid : : I don't know who she is. Your whole body beginning to decay. After getting headaches in Season. Dr. Maeve Donovan If done well, character arcs like this can really affect fans who are impacted by addiction in their own lives. Fans, less than pleased by his absence, started a"No Hotch, No Watch" boycott. By far the most heartbreaking episode for Reid, and one of the most tear-jerking episodes of the series, sees Reid's girlfriend, Maeve ( Beth Jean Riesgraf ), killed by her stalker. During the show's 11th season, Gibson allegedly kicked writer, Virgil Williams. : After. The science was sound. : Bobby Putnam U/Psychological_Bat865 wrote, "Honestly it's just the fact that Spencer watches her get shot that breaks my heart the most. You didn't even read the whole thing, did you? : In "Closing Time", after she is injured while arresting a suspect, Reid is seen counting her injuries as she sits in the ambulance and tells the paramedic that she should be going to get a CAT scan.