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. Maeve thought so, too. Rating: Mature Warnings: Explicit language, violence, blood, serial killers. She viewed the MRI scans of Reid's brain when he started suffering from headaches since the events of Season Six. Dr. Spencer Reid Yet the pair doesn't discuss their true feelings until the final episode of the penultimate season when it's too late. Official Sites "Every Penrose triangle has it's thorns." She looked up at Spencer, her eyes brimming with tears. Diane Turner The federal government doesn't make deals with people like me. Dr. Maeve Donovan No. He sees you as his equal. That's why you're doing this? He has an IQ of 187,[2] an eidetic memory, and can read 20,000 words per minute. 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. I was twelve. Why? : Dr. Spencer Reid While Reid is interviewing Jenkins, demanding to know how his father was involved, his parents interrupt and confess to their son the whole story. The two-hour premiere saw JJ (A.J. Michelle Trachtenberg plays the unsub, Diane, abducting Maeve in an act of . : 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]. At several points, the show's writers drew the ire of upset fans due to a plot or subplot, or characters being written off. 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. I couldn't see it. Adams attempts to drive a wedge between Reid and Maxine, but, in the end, her plan fails. In "L.D.S.K. Maeve returns as a vision in the series finale (Season 15, Episode 10) "And in the End" after Reid sustains a brain injury. Ah, a normal short haircut without weird bed hair. Reid eventually does get help and attends one NA meeting on-screen, but that's it. His intellect has led him to deliver some memorable quotes over Criminal Minds' 15 seasons. : Because of that stupid FBI agent? He tosses the gun back to the killer, goading him into picking up the weapon so Rossi can "legally" shoot him in "self-defense." : And though the agents almost always survive the unspeakable, it scars them and the viewers alike. 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. Gideon should've lived the rest of his natural life in his secluded cabin instead of facing a cheap off-screen death. The BAU is a world-renowned team that's given dozens of widespread interviews. ", 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. Dr. Spencer Reid : 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. Parker seems to disappear, and while Austin goes outside to phone Reid, he grabs her. While she faces no legal retribution for murder due to a lack of evidence, Hotch knows what happened and "suggests" she leave the team. : Bobby Putnam In "Truth or Dare", the Season 14 finale, Jareau confesses to Reid that she has loved him ever since they first met. : Dr. Maeve Donovan He later dated Kelly Parker for three years until she died in a car accident in 2004. A deadly game of chess ensues, culminating in Reid watching Diane kill herself and Maeve in one lethal blow. Nazi scientists were recruited for the Manhattan Project. The hits never stop coming for Spencer Reid, who arguably faces the most emotional trauma of anyone on the show. But the issues didn't stop there. This angered William: "We're not statistics. Bobby Putnam By using our Services, you agree to our use of cookies. [laughs] She then concludes their call by saying, "I love you." After several callbacks, he was hired. However, when the receiver of her heart, Reader, doesn't write back, Spencer goes on a poorly-motivated mission to find her. Hotch doesn't leave the BAU when serial killer Foyet kills his wife and very nearly his son as well it's a stretch that he'd hang out in protective custody indefinitely. Little do they know that Prentiss staged her death, and only Hotch and JJ are in on the secret. No. Not like that. Reid is a genius with an IQ of 187 and can read 20,000 words per minute with an eidetic memory. While on a case in New Mexico, Blake drops Reid off at a phone booth, unaware that he is going to call the mystery woman. When he contracts anthrax in "Amplification", he strictly refused to take any narcotic painkillers in an attempt to remain clean. Thinking him to be Maeve's stalker, Reid calls her to cancel while she is right outside. At the end of the episode, they go their separate ways, and Lila is not seen in further episodes. He is rarely seen behind the wheel one time when Morgan hands him the keys, Agents Jennifer "JJ" Jareau (A.J. This statement surprises Reid, causing him when he nearly heads the wrong direction before realizing it. 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. Their initial elevator meet-cute scene has enough unresolved sexual tension to fuel the BAU jet, but it's too much, too soon. Reid tells Blake that he's nervous to meet her because he already believes she's the most beautiful girl in the world, and he is afraid that she won't like him because of his looks. "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.". [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. [21] Upon graduation from the academy, he was placed in the BAU at age 22, and given the title Supervisory Special Agent. She calls Reid and they talk about his progress with his headaches and sleep deprivation. Jareau wakes up and eventually tells Reid that what she said was true, and that he will always be her first true love. Dr. Maeve Donovan I have to show her that I can take everything that she has. If you're gonna kill me, you kill me, but I am not jumping, because I want to live long enough to see Spencer arrest you. 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. We were broken up. While Reid remains at home, the team travels to another case. Does Reid have a kid in Criminal Minds? First introduced during a bizarre phone call in season eight's "God Complex," Maeve is a geneticist Spencer meets while seeking treatment for migraines. Camus, Voltaire, Plato. The horrifying scene shows Derek's tormentors frying his skin and displaying him on a makeshift cross. Flattery is not gonna get you out of this. That's when I heard the laughter. Diane Turner : After hunting her for ten months, after stealing her man, I had to stop and say, what is so freakin' special about her? Maeve reappears in the episode, in which she is abducted by her stalker, revealed to be a woman named Diane Turner. Throughout the series, Reid shows a lack of interest when interacting with women. By the end of the episode, Reid offers the BAU's assistance in tracking down her stalker, but once again, she turns down the offer. : Bobby Putnam To be honest, I was distracted by your thesis. Despite being in a relationship, Reid has never met her nor seen her face. He reluctantly had her committed to a psychiatric institution, Bennington Sanitarium. The two agents have a heated discussion, and he tells her the mystery woman is a geneticist he contacted about his headaches during season six, whom he believes can help on the case. Cook) and Emily Prentiss (Paget Brewster) exchange horrified expressions but in "Lo-Fi" he is seen getting into the driver's side of a vehicle and even driving that same vehicle in one scene, as well as driving to BAU Unit Chief Jason Gideon's (Mandy Patinkin) cabin in "In Name and Blood", and in "Nelson's Sparrow". Dr. Spencer Reid Criminal Mindscast Kirsten Vangsness as Penelope Garcia, technical analyst extraordinaire, with the intention of making her a one-off character. I didn't. The Analyst || Spencer Reid by kluv 179K 3.5K 18 You have just finished graduate school successfully double majoring in Criminal Justice and Forensic Psychology. : Although it is suggested by other people within and outside of the team that Reid is on the autism spectrum, it is never confirmed. Few things are considered more disrespectful than killing a character off-screen. After a grievous wound to the gut, she is taken to the hospital and apparently dies. 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 in statistics and geographic profiling. "A Penrose Triangle?" She said. : 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. Fans are excited for the revival of Criminal Minds and are looking forward to seeing their BAU team back together. Not true. Technical Specs. spencer reid being a nerd for 5 minutes straight bananachip 13.8K subscribers Subscribe 33K Share 1.2M views 2 years ago another reid video bc he's the love of my life. [1], At age four, Spencer was approached by pedophile Gary Michaels (Andrew Herlander) while playing chess at a local park. Diane Turner Her former associate Tivon Askari kidnaps her, and the team finally learns the truth about her days at "the Pentagon." All this and brains, too. If what you have is valuable enough, the federal government will work with you. The fun was just how fast you'd do it. 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". The book contained a handwritten quote by Thomas Merton: "Love is our true destiny. Sometimes they succeed. Reid choked back a tear as he said, "Goodbye, Emily." 6. Diane Turner However, the producers liked Gubler's softer interpretation, despite telling the actor he was wrong for the part. In this episode, he also reveals that the team missed his 30th birthday. By the end of the episode, Diane kills herself and Maeve, despite Reid's efforts to rescue her. The season 12 scene proves that his actions were common knowledge within the FBI, but Rossi faces zero consequences for his crime. But you didn't love me. U/jiffyfly6 said, "It's not even that it was kept secret because of a stalker. We're looking at you, Morgan. Dr. Maeve Donovanwas a recurring character who appeared as SSA Spencer Reid's girlfriend in Season Eight of Criminal Minds. I don't know. Reid is good at map reading and therefore does the geographic profiling and map-related activities for the team. I've arranged for your freedom. It is implied that they celebrate Spencer Reid birthday every year in the shows, likely because Spencer is the baby' of this team. Reid is so traumatized that he develops an addiction to the narcotic painkiller Dilaudid. : I finally see what he sees. Each explanation the cover and her mission itself clumsily unravel to excuse the actress' departure from the show. Dr. Maeve Donovan And I know that all your life the people you care about the most keep leaving. However, dangling the possibility to dedicated fans who shipped "Jeid" for 15 seasons at the 11th hour is savage. : Her true assignment comes to light in season nine after writers tease an affair between JJ and the new BAU section chief, Cruz. You included your parents. Diane Turner I just hope that I get the chance. You lied! : : When Reid was 18, he realized his mother's condition had deteriorated to the point where she could no longer take care of herself. 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. Following that revelation, the show does an admirable job having her work through the grief she kept hidden for so long. Bobby Putnam Background [ edit] Reid is close to Jareau, Morgan, and Prentiss. Really, any book that's a literary classic would qualify as a Reid-esque book. Dr. Spencer Reid : In her letters, she would always sign off with a quote from one of her favorite philosophers. 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." Dr. Spencer Reid is the BAU's resident genius. Dr. Maeve Donovan You've always been the runner-up in this pageant. Yet that's what happens: The team learns that escaped killer Mr. Scratch is stalking Hotch's son, Jack, causing them to relocate. Reid is very protective of her, and often blames himself if she is injured, even if there was nothing he could have done to prevent it. Spree killings, family . You would kill yourself for her? Diane Turner . He's the one thing you can never take from us. I did. : : I don't want to hear what she has to say. He finished his undergraduate degree at 16, and received his first doctorate (in Mathematics) the following year. Unfortunately, that means his love life tends to be either tragic or nonexistent. We know now it's because she wants recognition, the type of recognition she thinks Maeve gets, and I can give her that. 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. Dr. Maeve Donovan was a recurring character who appeared as SSA Spencer Reid 's girlfriend in Season Eight of Criminal Minds . Though catching him wasn't easy. Spencer Reid is grieving the loss of Maeve Donovan. Diane Turner Cookies help us deliver our Services. The episode does, at least, set up Morgan's eventual departure from the BAU in a believable way. No, I turned you down because your testing was flawed. : 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. "Now I'm giving it to you." Maeve touched the tip with her pointer finger. 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. When Garcia hosts a Day of the Dead celebration, she asks everyone to bring a photo of a deceased love one for a shrine. BAU Supervisory Special Agents David Rossi (Joe Mantegna) and Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore) helped him investigate. In "Memoriam", a prostitute hits on Reid in a Las Vegas casino, but he is oblivious to her intentions. Rossi adds his name to the list of questionable BAU "line of duty" killers when he avenges Gideon, his former partner's, death. "[26], In "Lauren", it is Reid and technical analyst Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness) who react most strongly to the news of Prentiss' death (they are unaware that she faked her death in order to enter the Witness Protection Program). If the writers didn't plan to give Reid's addiction any real attention, it shouldn't have existed at all. He is socially awkward and has a hard time dealing with his emotions. When she approached him she slipped therefore getting blood on her clothes. 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 in statistics and geographic profiling. His first case in the field was serial killer Brian Matloff (Eric Lange), the "Blue Ridge Strangler". Diane, Diane, there's still a way out of this. 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. However, the story is flimsy at best. 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. Dr. Maeve Donovan Left shocked and speechless, he starts walking to his left but then turns around and walks to his right. I was hoping you'd figure out my riddle. That's it, isn't it? Ew. : Spencer has been honored more times than once, so there is a canon for his birthday. I asked her if she dated a lot growing up. Let me take her place. Well, I'm here because I'm not going to leave you. I said, every Penrose triangle has its thorns. Diane Turner : i don't own anything!. Reid also has a brotherly friendship with Morgan. Yale University was Reid's "safety school". Criminal Minds Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. There was no real development or build-up to their relationship and that caused me to not feel very connected to her character.". Not much is known about Maeve, except that she worked as a geneticist and had an ex-fianc named Robert "Bobby" Putnam. Barely making it past the first season, the newbie BAU teammate never fully vibes with the team. Addiction is, after all, a life-long struggle one that many people have intimate experience with. [22], Gideon is Reid's closest confidant on the team during the first two seasons, and often serves as a mentor to Reid. Despite the shared love between the two, Jareau and Reid keep this a secret and remain best friends. : It is revealed that she is in danger and doesn't want someone to know about her and Reid. Bobby Putnam 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. Spencer Reid's middle name is Walter".[12]. Diane Turner I thought that was just me. Diana has paranoid schizophrenia and went off her medication during her pregnancy with Spencer. : No. He dumped one in, then another, and then countless more, stirring as he went. Their story came to a tragic ending when, in captivity, Maeve and Spencer saw each other for the first time. Who's Thomas Merton? The night you followed her, I followed you, and I saw him. Dr. Maeve Donovan Dr. Spencer Reid In Season 8, Dr. Spencer Reid began a relationship with a woman named Maeve, whom he had never met in person because she lived in fear of a stalker. Diana then followed Jenkins and witnessed him beat Michaels to death with a baseball bat. Thomas Merton. Contents 1 Background 2 Season Eight 2.1 God Complex 2.2 The Lesson 2.3 Zugzwang 2.4 Alchemy 3 Season Nine 3.1 In The Blood 4 Season Twelve 4.1 Red Light 5 Season Fifteen 5.1 And in the End. Reid and Prentiss are held hostage by a cult led by Benjamin Cyrus (Luke Perry). However, as their relationship grew, it became difficult for them to stay apart, and the stalker began unraveling. Although Reid offered once to help her, Maeve firmly denied his help, fearing the stalker would hurt him, even though she herself had no idea who her stalker was or if Reid was truly endangered. "Our hearts are still with Maeve . January 15, 2022. Season 15 opens up "Under the Skin" with Jareau being shot and clinging to life. Gubler tweeted that Reid is also germaphobic. It was later revealed that Cat was lying, and that her unborn baby was fathered by Lionel Wilkins instead. : Aaron struggles with being there for him while the whole ordeal brings back painful memories of how he had lost Haley. Following the executive directive to replace Cook and Paget with "new women," Brewster's agents managed to get Brewster 17 more episodes than planned, allowing for a much more thorough write-off than Cook received. You figured it out. He gets a clue from Turner leading him to her location, where he tricks her into believing that he is in love with her. Spencer Reid, however, conspicuously attended said soiree stag, despite the fact that just a few episodes ago (or a month-plus in on-screen time), his and Maxine's nascent romance seemed to. The hostess gives him a bag that she left for him. These are the books mentioned by Spencer Reid. 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. Do you know what genius is? 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. When we finally meet, I'm going to make blindfolds fun again. Filming & Production Cookies help us deliver our Services. I did, and she took my shirt off. : Reid tries playing all possible chess moves in order to understand Gideon's motivations.[23]. In (Season 8, Episode 12) "Zugzwang", Reid discovers that Maeve has been kidnapped by her stalker. Sometime after "The Lesson", Reid continues calling Maeve, eventually getting to know her. 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. 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. "Children of the Dark" Season 3, Episode 4. Sometimes they fail. Most long-running shows have at least one character who faces an addiction. During the show's 11th season, Gibson allegedly kicked writer, Virgil Williams. Stay back! )[20], During "Corazon", Reid begins to develop severe headaches and hallucinations. Criminal Minds Storylines That Fans Hated. Of course, all of these are happening entirely within his head. Reid is 23 years old in the pilot episode,[29] having joined the unit when he was 22. : They started dating but broke up after a few months. I want what they have. : She may have been his [Reid] intellectual equal but she was an idiot and made Reid less useful as well. : Shortly after JJ departsCriminal Mindsin season six, Paget Brewster's Emily Prentiss faces her own farewell from the show for a minute, at least. 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. He's super smart with an IQ of . Even a decade after the show's debut, the team still sees Reid as a "kid." Like Elle, he has clear intent to kill, but unlike Elle, he's smarter about it. You're gonna get her to tell me about him. No. Spencer Reid began dating a woman named Maeve in 2001, and she was terrified of a stalker at the time, so she was afraid to meet him in person. Dr. Spencer Reid Go ahead, prove my theory. This is provoked by a suspect sending him taunting messages and challenging Reid to find him. : There's a part of you that thinks it's because of that brain. And what do I have, Doctor? What else do you want? : Dr. Maeve Donovan Dr. Maeve Donovan From flimsy excuses forwriting several characters outto relationship teases that didn't end up culminating in anything, these are the Criminal Minds storylines that had fans reaching for the remote.