William later states that the reason he never returned was because he was too ashamed, and felt too much time had passed for him to re-enter Reid's life, although he did keep electronic tabs on his son. It was not flawed! : During a case in Arizona, Blake confronts him about "phone booth girl". 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. After Mandy Patinkin's departure, Gideon leaves the BAU with nothing more than a letter to his protege, Reid. : Following that revelation, the show does an admirable job having her work through the grief she kept hidden for so long. [1] Years later, Reid starts having nightmares about the incident, initially leading him to believe his own father was Riley's killer. To be honest, I was distracted by your thesis. : : Originally posted by pastanest-deactivated20221229. He's the one thing you can never take from us.Maeve's last words in "Zugzwang". However, she refuses because she doesn't want him to hurt Reid. Dr. Spencer Reid Maeve (Beth Riesgraf), a geneticist, first met Reid (only virtually) when she took a look at his MRI scans to discern the cause of his headaches. : Dr. Maeve . Not true. : It makes it easier to want to kill yourself. Prove it. You figured it out. Diane Turner In the list of traumatizing events, one of the original characters Dr. Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler) has been through some of the worst moments. Viewers follow the FBI's BAU (Behavioral Analysis Unit) as they create behavioral profiles used to catch cannibals and kidnappers alike. Dr. Spencer Reid or Spencer Walter Reid, is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds, portrayed by Matthew Gray Gubler. You're gonna get her to tell me about him. : Diane Turner 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. Some of these choices worked like gangbusters, some were merely mediocre, and some were outright disasters that have fans spitting mad to this day. Ah, a normal short haircut without weird bed hair. Reid starts a conversation with Austin, who works at the bar, and proceeds to do a magic trick in which he appears to jab a pen through the eye of a police sketch, but pulls it through, leaving the paper unscathed. The episode does, at least, set up Morgan's eventual departure from the BAU in a believable way. And what you have is very valuable. It also appears that Reid was fully aware of her stalker, which may have been why he spoke to her using a payphone. You see, when men cheat, it's below the belt, but when women cheat, it's above the neck. Thanks to her, they are able to find the unsub and save his latest victim. Ed Bernero, executive producer at the time,toldTV Guidethat it was "a very amicable parting." Adams makes Reid take her to his apartment, where Maxine is waiting and sees the two kiss. In the episode "Elephant's Memory", when approached by a fully armed suspect named Owen Savage (Cody Kasch), whom Reid identifies with, Reid gives Prentiss his gun and trusts her enough to back him up and not shoot at Savage as he tries to talk him down. By using our Services, you agree to our use of cookies. Hotch counted at least nine packets before the boy was done. After hunting her for ten months, after stealing her man, I had to stop and say, what is so freakin' special about her? Jenkins avoided arrest because Michaels "disappeared", and as he had a criminal history as a sexual predator, the police didn't look very hard into the case. This killer is particularly grotesque: Heessentially turns his victims into birds, breaking their limbs, shoving them in a nest, and feeding them worms. 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. Between the ages of 17 and 21, he completed two more doctorates (Chemistry and Engineering), and two more bachelor's degrees (psychology and sociology). "I think part of what makes [the episode] so hard is that the relationship between Reid and Maeve was so short-lived.". Reid finds out his father's address from Jenkins 17 years later, as well as the fact that his father never changed jobs. : Still relatively new to the field, the calamity has a profound impact on him, and he starts using the pain medication Dilaudid to ease his mental and physical suffering. Throughout its many seasons, the show has included several subplots that entangle a profiler's personal life with their professional. It's unclear if these interactions are spiritual in nature, or just Morgan's imagination coping with trauma but it doesn't matter. Diane Turner Spree killings, family . In the case of his girlfriend Maeve, it manages to be both. Kirsten Vangsness agreed, adding that Garcia is more extroverted and available emotionally, whereas Reid struggles with his emotions. The case that's haunted him for years ultimately leads to his demise when the unsub notices Gideon poking around. No, I turned you down because your testing was flawed. "A Penrose Triangle?" She said. They plan to go on their third coffee date when Adams intervenes, holding Maxine's sister and father hostage. He tells Prentiss that he has not told any of the team members because he is afraid that they will "make him feel like a baby. Doyle joins the "let's torture BAU members" bandwagon, but Prentiss won't break. [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? Coerced into a confession with a gun pointed at Reid, she admits that she's always loved him. Or: But you didn't love me. He gets a clue from Turner leading him to her location, where he tricks her into believing that he is in love with her. Although he had never laid eyes on her, he knew that she was the most beautiful woman in the world. Maeve returns as a vision in the series finale (Season 15, Episode 10) "And in the End" after Reid sustains a brain injury. Typically, the arc pops up throughout the rest of the show. He said, "We were looking for a way to shake the cast up a little bit, and she really wanted to go home.". The knife is truly twisted by interspersed scenes in which Morgan bonds with his dad. Spencer Reid, who is a reading machine, constantly mentions the books that he is reading, or has had his mom read to him. During a twisted game of Truth or Dare, proxy killer Casey Pinker forces JJ to reveal her deepest secret. Sometimes, however, even the popularly-loved plots were victim to unpopular fan opinions. He told me a story about how he tried to build one when he was eight. Later on, Maeve proves to be a great source of help with the current case. At the end of the episode, the team throws him a mini birthday party to celebrate. After undergoing hypnotherapy to recover his memories, Reid mistakenly believes he saw his father burning his own bloody clothes, not Diana's. Their initial elevator meet-cute scene has enough unresolved sexual tension to fuel the BAU jet, but it's too much, too soon. Ultimately, she becomes a vigilante. Most of the senior class was in there. Though all of this is only revealed in Season 8, when Maeve becomes Reid's girlfriend, and we learn she's in hiding because of a stalker. The storyline is executed brilliantly, but it was the last straw for Reid fans who just wanted to see him happy for five minutes. The two-hour premiere saw JJ (A.J. Dr. Spencer Reid Background [ edit] Reid is so traumatized that he develops an addiction to the narcotic painkiller Dilaudid. 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]. She said, "I think it was all handled really, really well in the long run." When we finally meet, I'm going to make blindfolds fun again. Filming & Production She tells Reid that her stalker might be gone and because of this, she wants to meet him. Diane Turner : And what do I have, Doctor? ][citation needed]. 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. [25] It is not mentioned again until "Coda", when he is seen once again wearing sunglasses and is carrying a book on migraines. Dr. Maeve Donovan 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. Why? Alex Blake "Baby Girl" Garcia and "Thunder God" Morgan have unparalleled chemistry from episode one. : Reid is a genius with an IQ of 187 and can read 20,000 words per minute with an eidetic memory. Camus, Voltaire, Plato. CBS Making Dr. Spencer Reid, played by Matthew Gray Gubler, the primary emotional focus of the first half of the Criminal Minds series finale was the answer to a very old and continuous call to. Maeve! [19] He is often left behind during arrests, has never given chase, and jokes that it is Morgan's job to kick down the doors. [32], During October 2012, series creator Jeff Davis tweeted that Reid was originally envisioned to be bisexual, but the network shut the idea down by the fourth episode when Reid develops a crush on his colleague, Jennifer "JJ" Jareau. Despite the shared love between the two, Jareau and Reid keep this a secret and remain best friends. Yet the pair doesn't discuss their true feelings until the final episode of the penultimate season when it's too late. Criminal Minds jumped into the TV fray in 2005, offering an in-depth look into the minds of serial killers. But according to an interview withPaget Brewster, it was actually due to a big-wig CBS executive wanting "new women." Diane Turner After a tumultuous relationship that ended abruptly - and tragically - when Maeve was kidnapped by a deranged ex-student of hers, her future was abruptly and tragically jeopardized. Maeve thought so, too. Despite his attempts to save Maeve, the stalker killed her in front of Spencer. 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. Criminal Minds Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. "Children of the Dark" Season 3, Episode 4. Diane Turner Bobby Putnam : BAU Supervisory Special Agents David Rossi (Joe Mantegna) and Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore) helped him investigate. According toHeavy, actress Lola Glaudini wanted to move back to Manhattan and pursue theater. Inside, she has written a quote by Thomas Merton; "Love is our true destiny. It's not fun, is it? Unfortunately, that means his love life tends to be either tragic or nonexistent. Little do they know that Prentiss staged her death, and only Hotch and JJ are in on the secret. He also has Ph.D.s in Chemistry, Engineering, and Mathematics, obtained from Caltech. Reid works for the FBI and is part of a team called the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU). : I did read it. Some Criminal Minds Fans Have Unpopular Opinions About Maeve. Barely making it past the first season, the newbie BAU teammate never fully vibes with the team. : : 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 . Go. Left shocked and speechless, he starts walking to his left but then turns around and walks to his right. She thought I was cute but would only meet me if I wore a blindfold. If done well, character arcs like this can really affect fans who are impacted by addiction in their own lives. Dr. Maeve Donovan I don't want to hear what she has to say. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Dr. Spencer Reid is the BAU's resident genius. 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. : The science was sound. [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. Diane Turner Cookies help us deliver our Services. Blake encourages him to meet her. That's why you're doing this? When we had the near miss at the restaurant a couple of week ago, she left me a book with a quote by Thomas Morton written inside. 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. It was kind of confusing. After getting headaches in Season 6, Reid seeks out Maeve, a geneticist, to help him find what's causing them. Dr. Maeve Donovan At age 12, Reid graduated from high school. Michelle Trachtenberg plays the unsub, Diane, abducting Maeve in an act of . What else do you want? [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. You turned me down because you couldn't handle the competition. : Reid and Lila kindle a short-lived romance, beginning when Lila pulls Reid, fully clothed, into her pool for a kiss. [4] He moved 10 miles away, and never contacted his son. 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. Her true assignment comes to light in season nine after writers tease an affair between JJ and the new BAU section chief, Cruz. Morgan's hard-to-watch torture is part of the hitman storyline that plagues season 12. After getting headaches in Season. Bobby Putnam He knows. The show never explains why the military required JJ's specific skillset for such a tactical and high-profile expedition. The moment haunts Reid's eidetic memory for the rest of the show's duration much to the disappointment of fans who wanted the storyline to disappear as quickly as possible. Reid refuses to believe this, afraid that he may have the same illness as his mother. Dr. Maeve Donovan : | [1][22] His fellow team members almost always introduce him as Dr. Reid. You can't build it. Until I saw him. : Diane Turner We find it with another.". In "Memoriam", a prostitute hits on Reid in a Las Vegas casino, but he is oblivious to her intentions. Maeve Donovan was a short-lived character on the show, and she didn't get much time to explore her long-distance relationship with Spencer Reid, but her death . I've already sent it to the NIH. He also has a talent with words and is the team's go-to linguistic profiler, as well as their unofficial discourse analyst. Hotchner reveals in the first season that Gideon insists on introducing him as Dr. Reid because Gideon fears that, because of his age, Reid will not be taken seriously as an FBI agent. Please! November 4th, 3:46 p.m. Dr. Spencer Reid The horrifying scene shows Derek's tormentors frying his skin and displaying him on a makeshift cross. The fun was just how fast you'd do it. : How? After. Apparently, that's all he needed to kick his addiction. Girls must have adored you in high school. No. Thinking him to be Maeve's stalker, Reid calls her to cancel while she is right outside. CBS. : They discover that his death is the result of a serial killer he and Rossi failed to catch when they first formed the BAU. [4] Diana still resides in the same institution, and Reid says that he sends her letters every day, in part because of the guilt he feels for not visiting her. You can't see that I'm a genius! The federal government doesn't make deals with people like me. Gubler tweeted that Reid is also germaphobic. This statement surprises Reid, causing him when he nearly heads the wrong direction before realizing it. : She watches as Diane kills Bobby, and then taunts her, stating that she could not commit suicide as she hopes to personally see Reid arrest her. Gideon should've lived the rest of his natural life in his secluded cabin instead of facing a cheap off-screen death. If the writers didn't plan to give Reid's addiction any real attention, it shouldn't have existed at all. Reid's life was going suspiciously well throughout season 8 as he develops a secret relationship with Maeve over the phone. Along the way you had picked up an internship doing pape. "I think it's because as someone with a medical background I find it wildly inappropriate that their relationship started with a health-professional-patient dynamic with Maeve viewing Reid's MRI scans and offering professional advice to treat his headaches, then ventured into more romantic overtones with Maeve still advising him on headache treatment.". When Garcia hosts a Day of the Dead celebration, she asks everyone to bring a photo of a deceased love one for a shrine. You read my thesis? We're looking at you, Morgan. He reluctantly had her committed to a psychiatric institution, Bennington Sanitarium. Gideon's sudden departure from the FBI after a case gone wrong affects Reid deeply. Spencer Reid is grieving the loss of Maeve Donovan. I said, every Penrose triangle has its thorns. Say it again. Dr. Maeve Donovan Former SSA Jason Gideon gets that (dis)honor in season 10. : He finished his undergraduate degree at 16, and received his first doctorate (in Mathematics) the following year. "Our hearts are still with Maeve . Let me take her place. In season two's "Revelations," SSA (Supervisory Special Agent) Dr. Spencer Reid is tortured and drugged for two days, barely surviving the ordeal. "Here, " He said, placing it in front of Maeve. Morgan and Reid have huge trouble dealing with the loss, with Reid crying at JJ's regularly and Morgan blaming himself. The book contained a handwritten quote by Thomas Merton: "Love is our true destiny. Dr. Spencer Reid : Dr. Spencer Reid is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds, portrayed by Matthew Gray Gubler. It's my theory that when you make a decision to give up that the cells in your body start to die. All right. 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." Reid's social standing as a child increased when he started winning games as the coach of his high school's basketball team, using statistics to break down the opposing teams' shooting strategies.[6]. After a grievous wound to the gut, she is taken to the hospital and apparently dies. : Of course, all of these are happening entirely within his head. (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. In a very uncharacteristic move, he doesn't push the subject, leading to awkward scheduled payphone calls he hides from his coworkers. She viewed the MRI scans of Reid's brain when he started suffering from headaches since the events of Season Six. Spencer is not really autistic because he is a made-up person on a TV show called "Criminal Minds.". Yikes doesn't begin to cover it. [14] In general, Reid dislikes shaking hands,[15] and becomes visibly uncomfortable when touched by strangers. At the end of the episode, they go their separate ways, and Lila is not seen in further episodes. Adams attempts to drive a wedge between Reid and Maxine, but, in the end, her plan fails. Dr. Spencer Reid Maybe. Diane Turner I know what's waiting for me outsides. : Reid finally meets Maeve face-to-face during the situation and is able to briefly subdue Turner, only to have her hold Maeve at gunpoint. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone. Not much is known about Maeve, except that she worked as a geneticist and had an ex-fianc named Robert "Bobby" Putnam. : : Yet, his on-screen persona frequently exhibits characteristics that are typically linked with Autism, such as social awkwardness, high intelligence, and challenges with communication and social engagement. Genius is work, thousands of hours of work. While the Maeve situation sent him plummeting into a deep depression, getting locked up forces Reid to come to terms with a darker side to his personality. Diana told Lou Jenkins (Brian Goodman), Riley's father, about the park incident. Why don't you just kill me? I just hope that I get the chance. The murder of Aaron Hotchner's (Thomas Gibson) wife Haley (Meredith Monroe), JJ's (A.J. I'm sorry, Bobby. The Spencer Moment That Breaks Criminal Minds Fans' Hearts. Reid is a genius and autodidact. "[4] Reid states that one way he gets back at his father is to collect more educational degrees. To be with you. 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