Dr. Maeve Donovan That's it, isn't it? Alex Blake ", For u/Jess_1215 it was upsetting that Spencer got very little time with Maeve. 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. She then concludes their call by saying, "I love you." Spree killings, family . Diane Turner Former SSA Jason Gideon gets that (dis)honor in season 10. 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. By using our Services, you agree to our use of cookies.
Is Spencer Reid Autistic In Real Life? Illness And Health Update He is socially awkward and has a hard time dealing with his emotions. I asked her if she dated a lot growing up. Although Spencer was unharmed, Diana insisted the family move because she believed her son was in danger. Dr. Maeve Donovan was a recurring character who appeared as SSA Spencer Reid 's girlfriend in Season Eight of Criminal Minds . Ultimately, she becomes a vigilante. 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. : 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. Diane, Diane, there's still a way out of this. The higher-ups took notice of Moore and Vangsness' incredible chemistry, however, and made Garcia a full-time staple. I did. He pursues his father as a suspect, even after it becomes clear that Michaels is the more likely perpetrator. [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. : There was a moment when you had him, and you knew you had him. Thomas Merton. : : You, however, are superfluous. [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. I'm getting bored. [32], Before Gubler was cast in the role, the character was envisioned as more like Data from Star Trek.
Some Criminal Minds Fans Have Unpopular Opinions About Maeve - Looper Cookies help us deliver our Services. Blake later returns and questions his motives. 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 is a poor shot with his service pistol, as seen in "L.D.S.K." : 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. [14] In general, Reid dislikes shaking hands,[15] and becomes visibly uncomfortable when touched by strangers. However, she refuses because she doesn't want him to hurt Reid. According to Cat, Lindsey accomplished this by convincing a drugged Reid that she was Maeve. He has an IQ of 187,[2] an eidetic memory, and can read 20,000 words per minute. You lied! : Bobby Putnam 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. And what do I have, Doctor? :
Criminal Minds: 10 Best Spencer Reid Quotes - ScreenRant I read your thesis, didn't I? 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 . The night you followed her, I followed you, and I saw him. Bobby Putnam Bobby Putnam Diane Turner Diane Turner To be honest, I was distracted by your thesis. Dr. Maeve Donovanwas a recurring character who appeared as SSA Spencer Reid's girlfriend in Season Eight of Criminal Minds. 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". 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. Say it again. Mafia Bosses are regularly put into witness protection. I was twelve. U/Psychological_Bat865 wrote, "Honestly it's just the fact that Spencer watches her get shot that breaks my heart the most. Diane Turner 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. You turned me down because you couldn't handle the competition. Spencer learns Maeve has a stalker, but Maeve refuses to let Reid enlist the BAU to help. She expresses interest in him, and he gives her his business card in case she hears something about the killer. Maeve! The team responds quickly and saves her before she is harmed. For many fans, Reid and Maeve's love story plot is the most heartbreaking in the series. 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. Blake encourages him to meet her. Dr. Spencer Reid Stay back! After the team disarms the unsub peacefully, Rossi waits until they're alone.
The Saddest Death In Criminal Minds Season 8 - Looper However, the story is flimsy at best. She calls Reid and they talk about his progress with his headaches and sleep deprivation. Viewers follow the FBI's BAU (Behavioral Analysis Unit) as they create behavioral profiles used to catch cannibals and kidnappers alike. No way. 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. Sadly, the first time Reid sees Maeve also becomes the last. : Despite his attempts to save Maeve, the stalker killed her in front of Spencer. But you didn't love me. I don't know. Even a decade after the show's debut, the team still sees Reid as a "kid." Prentiss is the only one who has beat Reid at poker, even correcting his statistic about her particular poker move. 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". Of course, all of these are happening entirely within his head. He said, "We were looking for a way to shake the cast up a little bit, and she really wanted to go home.". : Maeve dies in front of Reid Dr. Spencer Reid is a lovable, awkward genius, and fans adore him for it. 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. No. It's my theory that when you make a decision to give up that the cells in your body start to die. : "I didn't love Maeve," u/Runtyyy wrote. This statement surprises Reid, causing him when he nearly heads the wrong direction before realizing it. It . Maeve was also the focus of a dangerous stalker who had been following her around, prompting her to stay inside her house most of the time and keep the curtains drawn and the doors locked. Prove it. Bobby Putnam | Reid meets Austin during an investigation of a serial killer who picks up his victims in bars. But in the CBS procedural's return next Wednesday, the two will meet in the flesh. That's when I heard the laughter. 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. Eating brought the pair back into silence, but it felt more comfortable this time around. Aaron struggles with being there for him while the whole ordeal brings back painful memories of how he had lost Haley. Dr. Spencer Reid Once I got a note from this girl I had crush on. You would do that? 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. [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. Diane Turner (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. Coerced into a confession with a gun pointed at Reid, she admits that she's always loved him. Dr. Maeve Donovan No. In a surprising plot twist, hitwoman Cat Adams is actually behind the setup, and she uncomfortably tries to convince Reid that he fathered her child, despite them never having done the deed. But according to an interview withPaget Brewster, it was actually due to a big-wig CBS executive wanting "new women." It also appears that Reid was fully aware of her stalker, which may have been why he spoke to her using a payphone. The knife is truly twisted by interspersed scenes in which Morgan bonds with his dad. 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. In season 12, Reid takes off to Mexico to find experimental remedies for his mother's worsening Alzheimer's. He later dated Kelly Parker for three years until she died in a car accident in 2004. Unfortunately, that means his love life tends to be either tragic or nonexistent. : CBS. Morgan and Reid have huge trouble dealing with the loss, with Reid crying at JJ's regularly and Morgan blaming himself. Given the love "Criminal Minds" watchers have for the kind-hearted Spencer Reid, it comes as no surprise that the episode featuring Maeve's death is considered the saddest loss of the season. Michelle Trachtenberg plays the unsub, Diane, abducting Maeve in an act of . Criminal Minds Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. The episode ends with Reid and Maxine kissing. : I just hope that I get the chance. Do you know what genius is? Just let us go, damn it! [25] It is not mentioned again until "Coda", when he is seen once again wearing sunglasses and is carrying a book on migraines. Helping Reid After Maeve's Death . Your sample was biased. Gideon should've lived the rest of his natural life in his secluded cabin instead of facing a cheap off-screen death. 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. I've already sent it to the NIH. These are the books mentioned by Spencer Reid. I did, and she took my shirt off. )[20], During "Corazon", Reid begins to develop severe headaches and hallucinations. Dr. Spencer Reid After. If done well, character arcs like this can really affect fans who are impacted by addiction in their own lives. It turns out to be the very same book he was going to give to her by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The show, which ended in 2020, ran for 15 seasons before CBS pulled the plug. Spencer nibbled at his quesadilla, slowly making a . [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.
Spencer Reid From Criminal Minds Haircuts, Ranked - BuzzFeed Does Reid have a kid in Criminal Minds? You can't build it. : BAU Supervisory Special Agents David Rossi (Joe Mantegna) and Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore) helped him investigate. ", 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. When we finally meet, I'm going to make blindfolds fun again. What is she talking about? Sometimes they succeed. The Unknown Subject ("Unsub") in (Season 1, Episode 5) "Broken Mirror"[13] is the first person to mention this. Gideon's sudden departure from the FBI after a case gone wrong affects Reid deeply. We know now it's because she wants recognition, the type of recognition she thinks Maeve gets, and I can give her that. He's the one thing you can never take from us. Morgan's hard-to-watch torture is part of the hitman storyline that plagues season 12. Genius is work, thousands of hours of work. [5], Due to his young age and genius IQ, Reid was a victim of severe bullying in high school. No, I did. ", 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. 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. The show repeatedly features agents brutally and unnecessarily killing unsubs in cases that get too personal however, Elle is the only agent to face any real consequences. : Her former associate Tivon Askari kidnaps her, and the team finally learns the truth about her days at "the Pentagon." Instead of playing games as they have previously done, she wants to go on a date. Reid is a genius with an IQ of 187 and can read 20,000 words per minute with an eidetic memory. Their story came to a tragic ending when, in captivity, Maeve and Spencer saw each other for the first time. 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. Bobby Putnam Reid is so traumatized that he develops an addiction to the narcotic painkiller Dilaudid. Dr. Spencer Reid Spencer Reid is a pretend person on the TV show "Criminal Minds" and an actor named Matthew Gray Gubler plays him. At the end of the episode, Reid thanks her for her help and tells her that he and the BAU can help her in her situation. This FBI agent especially likes famous science fiction, fantasy, and mystery novels. You see, when men cheat, it's below the belt, but when women cheat, it's above the neck. Bobby Putnam Dr. Maeve Donovan 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. Company Credits In a very uncharacteristic move, he doesn't push the subject, leading to awkward scheduled payphone calls he hides from his coworkers. Ew. Now! 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. : Although not shown, it is implied Reid and Prentiss spend time together outside of work, along with riding the train home together when they return from cases. Sta stay back, stay back! At the hospital Reid admits to a sleeping Jareau that it does not matter if her feelings are true or not, he cannot imagine life without her. [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. It was secret because she was engaged and wouldn't seek help to find her stalker. Spencer Reid, who is a reading machine, constantly mentions the books that he is reading, or has had his mom read to him. : It makes it easier to want to kill yourself. 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]. : Reid choked back a tear as he said, "Goodbye, Emily." 6. Reid finds out his father's address from Jenkins 17 years later, as well as the fact that his father never changed jobs. Why don't you just kill me? We're looking at you, Morgan. The horrifying scene shows Derek's tormentors frying his skin and displaying him on a makeshift cross. Dr. Maeve Donovan Background [ edit] Reid carried a Glock handgun for the first three seasons but from season four and onward, he began carrying a Smith & Wesson Model 65 as he fares better using a revolver. Stay back! : Memories of his torture under Hankel later allow him to empathize with other victims. I don't know who she is. 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. "A Penrose Triangle?" She said. You didn't even read the whole thing, did you? 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. Diane Turner I said, every Penrose triangle has its thorns. He tosses the gun back to the killer, goading him into picking up the weapon so Rossi can "legally" shoot him in "self-defense." Reid and Maeve's love story plot is the most heartbreaking in the series. 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. Dr. Spencer Reid : Not true. : Ah, a normal short haircut without weird bed hair. The Spencer Moment That Breaks Criminal Minds Fans' Hearts.
Spencer Reid | Ultimate Pop Culture Wiki | Fandom However, he calls her, warns her that he thinks her stalker might be inside, and tells her to leave. How? 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. Dr. Spencer Reid established a connection with Maeve, a woman he had never seen in person because she was afraid of a stalker, in Season 8. When Garcia hosts a Day of the Dead celebration, she asks everyone to bring a photo of a deceased love one for a shrine. However, a waitress gives him a book, TheNarrative of John Smith, which was sent by her. Diane Turner Dr. Maeve Donovan I know what's waiting for me outsides.
Spencer Reid - Wikipedia : : Doyle joins the "let's torture BAU members" bandwagon, but Prentiss won't break. No. 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. I did read it.
This goes unmentioned until Hotch is under investigation years later, and his interrogator brings it up. Diane Turner :
Criminal Minds: 15 Best Spencer Reid Episodes - ScreenRant Go. 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. Season 12 permanently changes Spencer Reid, and though it makes him a stronger person, many fans believe that it came at too high a cost. And what you have is very valuable. 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. Like Elle, he has clear intent to kill, but unlike Elle, he's smarter about it. [1], At age four, Spencer was approached by pedophile Gary Michaels (Andrew Herlander) while playing chess at a local park.