Bobby Putnam 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. Out of Reid's many tragic moments, him witnessing Maeve's death was undeniably heartbreaking. Maeve reappears in the episode, in which she is abducted by her stalker, revealed to be a woman named Diane Turner. 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. "Baby Girl" Garcia and "Thunder God" Morgan, managed to get Brewster 17 more episodes than planned. Please. 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 her safety. Stay back! I've arranged for your freedom. "Every Penrose triangle has it's thorns." She looked up at Spencer, her eyes brimming with tears. Spencer Reid, who is a reading machine, constantly mentions the books that he is reading, or has had his mom read to him. He also has Ph.D.s in Chemistry, Engineering, and Mathematics, obtained from Caltech. And I know that all your life the people you care about the most keep leaving. 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. He has an IQ of 187,[2] an eidetic memory, and can read 20,000 words per minute. He jokes to Hotchner afterward that he had been aiming for Dowd's leg, and Hotchner returns Reid's weapon and considers him to have qualified. Background [ edit] While Reid and Maeve's story ended horribly, fans were pleased to know that Reid, after several other tragedies, was eventually able to move past it. He dumped one in, then another, and then countless more, stirring as he went. Diane Turner A deadly game of chess ensues, culminating in Reid watching Diane kill herself and Maeve in one lethal blow. Maybe you do have that gift. She viewed the MRI scans of Reid's brain when he started suffering from headaches since the events of Season Six. Diane Turner Diane Turner This storyline is not of that category. Dr. Maeve Donovan The season 12 scene proves that his actions were common knowledge within the FBI, but Rossi faces zero consequences for his crime. I understand. 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. Spencer Reid : In her letters, she would always sign off with a quote from one of her favorite philosophers. 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. Criminal Minds jumped into the TV fray in 2005, offering an in-depth look into the minds of serial killers. She loved nineties rom-drams and rom-coms and her favorite was. 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]. : : Filming & Production By then, Reid has gone to several doctors, but no one has been able to diagnose what is wrong with him. 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. : In a very uncharacteristic move, he doesn't push the subject, leading to awkward scheduled payphone calls he hides from his coworkers. This killer is particularly grotesque: Heessentially turns his victims into birds, breaking their limbs, shoving them in a nest, and feeding them worms. Your whole body beginning to decay. However, she refuses because she doesn't want him to hurt Reid. You know, I think your writing could put you on the same plane as Jonas Salk. The science was sound. Well, I'm here because I'm not going to leave you. Sadly, the first time Reid sees Maeve also becomes the last. : It's unclear if these interactions are spiritual in nature, or just Morgan's imagination coping with trauma but it doesn't matter. [2] This was a genuine concern, both for in-universe and for audience acceptance, since in real life the minimum age to become an FBI Special Agent is 23,[30] with at least three more years to obtain Supervisory Special Agent status, and appointments to the BAU do not usually occur until after at least eight to ten years in the FBI. The team responds quickly and saves her before she is harmed. : Most BAU agents have a unique relationship with protocol, and while it yields results, the team goes too far on multiple occasions. Maeve dies in front of Reid Dr. Spencer Reid is a lovable, awkward genius, and fans adore him for it. 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. According toDeadline, the show originally chalked her leaving up to budget cuts. [citation needed]. Go. : No, I did. Don't hurt him. When Reid discovers that his girlfriend has been kidnapped by her stalker, he and the BAU team band together to find her before it's too late. I wonder if this might not be that bad thing we were expecting. Elle's PTSD surrounding the event leads to a complete disruption of her mental health, and no one on the team offers her much support. Until I saw him. I don't know who she is. Yale University was Reid's "safety school". Say it again. To be with you. Their story came to a tragic ending when, in captivity, Maeve and Spencer saw each other for the first time. The fun was just how fast you'd do it. Following that revelation, the show does an admirable job having her work through the grief she kept hidden for so long. Euclidean geometry. But they can't act on their mutual love, as JJ has a family. : Maeve Donovan - 2012 It was official. Viewers follow the FBI's BAU (Behavioral Analysis Unit) as they create behavioral profiles used to catch cannibals and kidnappers alike. ", 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. Aaron struggles with being there for him while the whole ordeal brings back painful memories of how he had lost Haley. In the season nine finale, it is revealed that he still carries a copy of The Narrative of John Smith in his bag. Diane Turner Later, while being held at gunpoint by murderer Phillip Dowd (Timothy Omundson), Reid grabs Hotchner's backup Glock 26 pistol and kills Dowd with a headshot. Did you guys ever compare lists, the different people you dated? Dr. Maeve Donovan I want him. During the show's 11th season, Gibson allegedly kicked writer, Virgil Williams. Oh, come on. Nazi scientists were recruited for the Manhattan Project. The actor later told Variety that the situation was a misunderstanding, but his removal from the show is telling. Chance at what? Him who? Yes. ). The BAU barely mentions him again, making the storyline even more awkward and forced. "I think part of what makes [the episode] so hard is that the relationship between Reid and Maeve was so short-lived.". After Reid gets back from the case, they plan to meet at a fancy restaurant until Reid sees a man gazing over at him. This angered William: "We're not statistics. 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. No. Never! There was no real development or build-up to their relationship and that caused me to not feel very connected to her character.". But they never, ever stop trying to take down the bad guys by getting into their heads. Reid works for the FBI and is part of a team called the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU). 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. [22], Gideon is Reid's closest confidant on the team during the first two seasons, and often serves as a mentor to Reid. Diane Turner He pursues his father as a suspect, even after it becomes clear that Michaels is the more likely perpetrator. Blake encourages him to meet her. Sometimes they fail. I said, every Penrose triangle has its thorns. No. : Spencer Reid's middle name is Walter #topsecretreidfact", "CM_SetReport Chat Transcript for Executive Producer Janine Sherman Barrois and Matthew Gray Gubler 12/15/2011", "Special Agent Frequently Asked Questions", "Full Transcript Live Chat with Writer, Sharon Lee Watson and Line Producer, Harry Bring", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spencer_Reid&oldid=1138801617, Maeve Donovan (significant other, deceased), This page was last edited on 11 February 2023, at 18:13. But you didn't love me. Really, any book that's a literary classic would qualify as a Reid-esque book. : [11], Gubler decided that Reid's middle name is Walter, but this was never mentioned in the show and is not canon. Spencer learns Maeve has a stalker, but Maeve refuses to let Reid enlist the BAU to help. Fans, less than pleased by his absence, started a"No Hotch, No Watch" boycott. What began as a mere consultation grew into a. 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. "Children of the Dark" Season 3, Episode 4. Once the case is complete, Reid asks Morgan, Garcia, and Jareau to help clean up his apartment. : Little do they know that Prentiss staged her death, and only Hotch and JJ are in on the secret. Despite the shared love between the two, Jareau and Reid keep this a secret and remain best friends. Thomas Merton. Dr. Spencer Reid Spencer Reid, a fictitious character on the television program "Criminal Minds," is not autistic in real life. Reid also has a brotherly friendship with Morgan. Reid is a genius and autodidact. Girls must have adored you in high school. The murder of Aaron Hotchner's (Thomas Gibson) wife Haley (Meredith Monroe), JJ's (A.J. Blake later returns and questions his motives. Dr. Maeve Donovan Though he is not injured, Reid struggles with guilt over "allowing" Prentiss' beating at the hands of Cyrus in "Minimal Loss". : Technical Specs. If done well, character arcs like this can really affect fans who are impacted by addiction in their own lives. [31] While filming the pilot, the show's FBI consultant informed Matthew Gray Gubler that there was nothing realistic about his character. Zugzwang: Directed by Jesse Warn. 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. : Reid meets Austin during an investigation of a serial killer who picks up his victims in bars. Yikes doesn't begin to cover it. : It is implied that they celebrate Spencer Reid birthday every year in the shows, likely because Spencer is the baby' of this team. I don't love you. Elle's departure from the BAU has less to do with the character and more to do with the actress herself, however. Dr. Spencer Reid Your sample was biased. : : He is rarely seen behind the wheel one time when Morgan hands him the keys, Agents Jennifer "JJ" Jareau (A.J. One of Criminal Minds' long-running subplots details how Dr. Spencer Reid's girlfriend, Maeve, is terrified to leave her house because of her stalker. Nazi scientists were recruited for the Manhattan Project. 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. 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. To be honest, I was distracted by your thesis. [1], When Reid was 10 years old,[3] William abandoned the family. She then concludes their call by saying, "I love you." Kirsten Vangsness agreed, adding that Garcia is more extroverted and available emotionally, whereas Reid struggles with his emotions. When she approached him she slipped therefore getting blood on her clothes. 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. Reid is a genius with an IQ of 187 and can read 20,000 words per minute with an eidetic memory. I've already sent it to the NIH. The night you followed her, I followed you, and I saw him. 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. Some Criminal Minds Fans Have Unpopular Opinions About Maeve. Her primary role in Reid's mind was convincing him to finally choose a decision based not on what he thought others wanted, but based on what made him happy. The two-hour premiere saw JJ (A.J. You would do that? Michaels' body is found, and DNA confirms his killer was Lou Jenkins, who is arrested. Spencer nibbled at his quesadilla, slowly making a . November 4th, 3:46 p.m. In season 12, Reid takes off to Mexico to find experimental remedies for his mother's worsening Alzheimer's. You have a brain that doesn't play by normal societal rules. : During a twisted game of Truth or Dare, proxy killer Casey Pinker forces JJ to reveal her deepest secret. Criminal Mindsteases a possible JJ-Reid relationship way back in the fourth episode. This is provoked by a suspect sending him taunting messages and challenging Reid to find him. [8] He worries about the fact that his mother's illness can be passed on genetically; telling Morgan: "I know what it's like to be afraid of your own mind". Bobby Putnam These are the books mentioned by Spencer Reid. Then she's going to remember me. Diane Turner 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. 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. Diane Turner Cook) wait months before telling Reid she's alive and . [25] It is not mentioned again until "Coda", when he is seen once again wearing sunglasses and is carrying a book on migraines. Maeve reappears in a vision of Reid's, following Cat Adams' claim that she arranged for Lindsey Vaughn to rape him in order to acquire his semen so that Cat could use it for self-impregnation. It was a stupid pun, but he laughed. Diane Turner I have to show her that I can take everything that she has. 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." She ends the phone call by telling him that she loves him. [4] He moved 10 miles away, and never contacted his son. I-I mean, I knew you would. There's no way someone wouldn't ID him, especially a dedicated killer. Reid and Prentiss are held hostage by a cult led by Benjamin Cyrus (Luke Perry). "[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). After hunting her for ten months, after stealing her man, I had to stop and say, what is so freakin' special about her? Adams makes Reid take her to his apartment, where Maxine is waiting and sees the two kiss. Oh, sounds awful. She tells Reid that her stalker might be gone and because of this, she wants to meet him. Dr. Maeve Donovan Stay back! I just hope that I get the chance. Once I got a note from this girl I had crush on. However, when the receiver of her heart, Reader, doesn't write back, Spencer goes on a poorly-motivated mission to find her. Not true. You're choosing me over her? At which he admits struggling with cravings as well as with traumatic memories, including a young adult suspect's shooting death in his presence. | Dr. Maeve Donovan ", BAU Supervisory Agent Aaron Hotchner (Thomas Gibson) is forced to kick Reid in order to allow him access to a gun in order to shoot a suspect. After the team disarms the unsub peacefully, Rossi waits until they're alone. He's the one thing you can never take from us.Maeve's last words in "Zugzwang". Unfortunately, that means his love life tends to be either tragic or nonexistent. Diane, how could it be anyone else? [5], Due to his young age and genius IQ, Reid was a victim of severe bullying in high school. Dr. Spencer Reid According toVariety, ABC ordered Thomas Gibson, who played Aaron Hotchner, to attend anger management classes in 2010 after a "violent outburst" with an assistant director. They started dating but broke up after a few months. Reid's addiction is mentioned one last time in the season 15 finale, when he has a seizure and has a hallucination of deceased serial killer George Foyet (C. Thomas Howell), who tauntingly calls Reid an addict. In season seven, he is comfortable enough to start a joke war with him, something that he probably would never do with anyone else, and he occasionally confides his secrets to Morgan. However, their adorable dynamic almost didn't happen at all. That's it. Diane Turner 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. I don't know. By the end of the episode, Diane kills herself and Maeve, despite Reid's efforts to rescue her. Sometimes they succeed. Not much is known about Maeve, except that she worked as a geneticist and had an ex-fianc named Robert "Bobby" Putnam. On a "Criminal Minds" subreddit discussing unpopular opinions about the show, u/Runtyyy pointed out the strange transition of Reid and Maeve's relationship from a professional to a romantic one. According to Cat, Lindsey accomplished this by convincing a drugged Reid that she was Maeve. The BAU team tries to help him, but he refuses to answer the door. Diane Turner Bobby Putnam : Diane Turner Why are you doing this? 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". Working with the BAU meant that you saw the most horrific side of humanity every day for most of your adult life. You never wanted me.

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