Completed reidxreader cases spence +21 more # 4 Spencer Reid Imagines by Mrs. Jones 597K 9.1K 39 Who is he? By using our Services, you agree to our use of cookies. 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. Diane Turner Although Spencer was unharmed, Diana insisted the family move because she believed her son was in danger. After getting headaches in Season 6, Reid seeks out Maeve, a geneticist, to help him find what's causing them. Diane, Diane, there's still a way out of this. Even Elle notices: She's quick to mention that the unit hardly cared when the Fisher King broke into her home and shot her. RIP Jeid. Most BAU agents have a unique relationship with protocol, and while it yields results, the team goes too far on multiple occasions. You're choosing me over her? Reid is good at map reading and therefore does the geographic profiling and map-related activities for the team. 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. 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. You would kill yourself for her? The hostess gives him a bag that she left for him. Dr. Maeve . Sometime after "The Lesson", Reid continues calling Maeve, eventually getting to know her. Reid is so traumatized that he develops an addiction to the narcotic painkiller Dilaudid. Spencer Reid's middle name is Walter".[12]. And what you have is very valuable. Bobby Putnam Diane Turner Diane Turner 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]. When putting together a team to take down international terrorists, most people wouldn't immediately think to add a communications liaison. He faces the urge to kill the serial killer Scratch, who the team originally pegs as the culprit. First introduced during a bizarre phone call in season eight's "God Complex," Maeve is a geneticist Spencer meets while seeking treatment for migraines. Stalking keeps her home-bound, and this is the only way they can get to know each other. Each explanation the cover and her mission itself clumsily unravel to excuse the actress' departure from the show. No. "[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). Bobby Putnam You read my thesis? Memoriam (S4 E7) It took Reid a long time to open up to his teammates at the BAU about his personal life and problems, and that included his mother. Writer Sharon Lee Watson stated in a Twitter chat that Reid's Asperger traits make the character more lovable. Dr. Maeve Donovan No. : He attended Caltech, where he rode his bike to classes. : They call him for help a few times before he joins the team in person. But according to an interview withPaget Brewster, it was actually due to a big-wig CBS executive wanting "new women." But the issues didn't stop there. : "Here, " He said, placing it in front of Maeve. Reid searches for her, and even offers to take her place. But every now and then, the show takes a turn when particular criminals make it their mission to personally target a member (or members) of the Behavioral Analysis Unit. Later on, Maeve proves to be a great source of help with the current case. Kirsten Vangsness agreed, adding that Garcia is more extroverted and available emotionally, whereas Reid struggles with his emotions. 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. For many fans, Reid and Maeve's love story plot is the most heartbreaking in the series. Hotch counted at least nine packets before the boy was done. 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. Dr. Maeve Donovan No, I did. : It's an impossible physical structure. Diane Turner Morgan and Reid have huge trouble dealing with the loss, with Reid crying at JJ's regularly and Morgan blaming himself. 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." Barely making it past the first season, the newbie BAU teammate never fully vibes with the team. Dr. Maeve Donovan There's no way someone wouldn't ID him, especially a dedicated killer. Me for her. There's a part of you that thinks it's because of that brain. I'm sorry, Bobby. Apparently, that's all he needed to kick his addiction. However, the story is flimsy at best. Criminal mastermind Ian Doyle comes out of the woodwork to stalk Prentiss, his former fiance, who was undercover at the time of their coupling. I finally see what he sees. The only few exceptions are Jennifer "JJ" Jareau; Lila Archer (Amber Heard), a young actress he is assigned to protect; Austin (Courtney Ford), a barmaid he "woos" with magic tricks while showing her a sketch of a potential suspect; Maeve Donovan (Beth Riesgraf), a geneticist he first meets through correspondence, then later weekly phone calls; Maxine "Max" Brenner (Rachael Leigh Cook). Dr. Spencer Reid Dr. Maeve Donovan : Prentiss is the only one who has beat Reid at poker, even correcting his statistic about her particular poker move. Sometimes they succeed. : "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.". Dr. Maeve Donovan was a recurring character who appeared as SSA Spencer Reid's girlfriend in Season Eight of Criminal Minds. The show, which ended in 2020, ran for 15 seasons before CBS pulled the plug. Now you know how I felt, to be ignored, cast aside. : Jareau asks him to be godfather to her newborn son Henry, and is one of the only two people on the team who calls him "Spence." : Sorry. Right off the heels of Shemar Moore's departure, the arduous task proved impossible. After her introduction, though we don't see her face, things unravel quickly. He told me a story about how he tried to build one when he was eight. Dr. Spencer Reid : Not true. I have to show her that I can take everything that she has. Dr. Maeve Donovan 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. Reid choked back a tear as he said, "Goodbye, Emily." 6. Reid tries playing all possible chess moves in order to understand Gideon's motivations.[23]. Not true. [32], Before Gubler was cast in the role, the character was envisioned as more like Data from Star Trek. Diane Turner The case that's haunted him for years ultimately leads to his demise when the unsub notices Gideon poking around. According toHeavy, actress Lola Glaudini wanted to move back to Manhattan and pursue theater. 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. She ends the phone call by telling him that she loves him. It was not flawed! [25] It is not mentioned again until "Coda", when he is seen once again wearing sunglasses and is carrying a book on migraines. Go. November 4th, 3:46 p.m. During a twisted game of Truth or Dare, proxy killer Casey Pinker forces JJ to reveal her deepest secret. This storyline is not of that category. Aaron struggles with being there for him while the whole ordeal brings back painful memories of how he had lost Haley. Diana then followed Jenkins and witnessed him beat Michaels to death with a baseball bat. The science was sound. . That's it. No. You turned me down because you couldn't handle the competition. Spencer Reid's relationship with Cat Adams falls into the "It's Complicated" category CBS When Cat Adams entered the Criminal Minds landscape in the Season Eleven episode "Entropy," she became. Reid meets Austin during an investigation of a serial killer who picks up his victims in bars. However, he calls her, warns her that he thinks her stalker might be inside, and tells her to leave. I don't love you. All right. Bobby Putnam What was it? 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. Reader x Spencer Reid | Spencer Reid x Maeve Donovan | BAU Agent! I don't know. Bobby Putnam An old friend of Reid's in New Orleans is also aware that Reid suffers from "problems" in (Season 2, Episode 18) "Jones". Yikes doesn't begin to cover it. It's my theory that when you make a decision to give up that the cells in your body start to die. Their initial elevator meet-cute scene has enough unresolved sexual tension to fuel the BAU jet, but it's too much, too soon. If what you have is valuable enough, the federal government will work with you. Diana has paranoid schizophrenia and went off her medication during her pregnancy with Spencer. The relationship remains a massive part of the show's heart until Moore's season 12 departure. Who's Thomas Merton? She and Reid had been in contact with each other for six months during the events of Season Eight and the calls were intimate for some time. Dr. Spencer Reid Do you know what genius is? Diane Turner 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. Say it again. Despite his attempts to save Maeve, the stalker killed her in front of Spencer. You see, when men cheat, it's below the belt, but when women cheat, it's above the neck. 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. Reid and Lila kindle a short-lived romance, beginning when Lila pulls Reid, fully clothed, into her pool for a kiss. Criminal Mindscast Kirsten Vangsness as Penelope Garcia, technical analyst extraordinaire, with the intention of making her a one-off character. Cook) wait months before telling Reid she's alive and . Shortly after JJ departsCriminal Mindsin season six, Paget Brewster's Emily Prentiss faces her own farewell from the show for a minute, at least. We find it with another.". At which he admits struggling with cravings as well as with traumatic memories, including a young adult suspect's shooting death in his presence. I don't want to hear what she has to say. 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. I read your thesis, didn't I? [citation needed]. 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. : I did read it. Dr. Maeve Donovan [22], Gideon is Reid's closest confidant on the team during the first two seasons, and often serves as a mentor to Reid. You're gonna get her to tell me about him. To successfully run that long, writers had to come up with a myriad of plot twists, storylines, and character arcs. : However, when the receiver of her heart, Reader, doesn't write back, Spencer goes on a poorly-motivated mission to find her. And though the agents almost always survive the unspeakable, it scars them and the viewers alike. : Dr. Spencer Reid : : Reid joined the FBI when he was 20 years old. Dr. Maeve Donovan : I thought that was just me. Jareau wakes up and eventually tells Reid that what she said was true, and that he will always be her first true love. Their mutual trauma leads to them getting closer. Not much is known about Maeve, except that she worked as a geneticist and had an ex-fianc named Robert "Bobby" Putnam. According to Cat, Lindsey accomplished this by convincing a drugged Reid that she was Maeve. 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." I said, every Penrose triangle has its thorns. Genius? Fans are excited for the revival of Criminal Minds and are looking forward to seeing their BAU team back together. [1] Years later, Reid starts having nightmares about the incident, initially leading him to believe his own father was Riley's killer. Maeve returns as a vision in the series finale (Season 15, Episode 10) "And in the End" after Reid sustains a brain injury. : Maeve thought so, too. This killer is particularly grotesque: Heessentially turns his victims into birds, breaking their limbs, shoving them in a nest, and feeding them worms. Dr. Spencer Reid Release Dates 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 . Season 15 opens up "Under the Skin" with Jareau being shot and clinging to life. Her true assignment comes to light in season nine after writers tease an affair between JJ and the new BAU section chief, Cruz. Brewster originally asked to be killed off, and got her wish until she didn't. She may have been his [Reid] intellectual equal but she was an idiot and made Reid less useful as well. However, the producers liked Gubler's softer interpretation, despite telling the actor he was wrong for the part. She then concludes their call by saying, "I love you." No. 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. She said, "I think it was all handled really, really well in the long run." No. By the end of "Alchemy", Reid is able to complete the dream by accepting Maeve's request to dance with her. Dr. Spencer Reid No. 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". 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. Does Reid have a kid in Criminal Minds? Reid interrogates Adams, who says she is pregnant with his child. 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. Elle's departure from the BAU has less to do with the character and more to do with the actress herself, however. Dr. Maeve Donovan Wait! Reader. Diane Turner Reid is a poor shot with his service pistol, as seen in "L.D.S.K." Criminal Minds Storylines That Fans Hated. In the season nine finale, it is revealed that he still carries a copy of The Narrative of John Smith in his bag. At the end of the episode, the team throws him a mini birthday party to celebrate. 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. Profiling is the only profession Reid ever considered, and he was groomed specifically for the BAU. Reid is a technophobe, using neither email nor iPads. Later, she sees the killer, Robert Parker (Gabriel Olds), with another potential victim and intentionally spills her drink on the woman, pulling her away. : We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone; we find it with another.". Spencer Reid, who is a reading machine, constantly mentions the books that he is reading, or has had his mom read to him.