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. Does Reid have a kid in Criminal Minds? Maybe. [in Reid's recollection] What began as a mere consultation grew into a. Zugzwang: Directed by Jesse Warn. After getting headaches in Season. I-I mean, I knew you would. Between the ages of 17 and 21, he completed two more doctorates (Chemistry and Engineering), and two more bachelor's degrees (psychology and sociology). Dr. Maeve Donovan was a recurring character who appeared as SSA Spencer Reid's girlfriend in Season Eight of Criminal Minds. 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. Spencer Reid is a pretend person on the TV show "Criminal Minds" and an actor named Matthew Gray Gubler plays him. When we finally meet, I'm going to make blindfolds fun again. This killer is particularly grotesque: Heessentially turns his victims into birds, breaking their limbs, shoving them in a nest, and feeding them worms. Spencer realizes that the man is not the stalker, and Maeve has already left. Say it again. He sees you as his equal. However, when the receiver of her heart, Reader, doesn't write back, Spencer goes on a poorly-motivated mission to find her. Her relationship with Reid lasted for a total of ten months. He goes to see a doctor in order to find out the source of his headaches, but the doctor says there is no physical cause, and they may be psychosomatic. : Apparently, that's all he needed to kick his addiction. 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. An old friend of Reid's in New Orleans is also aware that Reid suffers from "problems" in (Season 2, Episode 18) "Jones". In the months following, Reid throws himself into his work when he is not able to sleep because of a recurring dream in which Maeve asks him to dance with her, but forces himself to wake up before he answers. : Bobby Putnam Girls must have adored you in high school. : Ew. [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. Maeve! Dr. Spencer Reid You know, I think your writing could put you on the same plane as Jonas Salk. He is rarely seen behind the wheel one time when Morgan hands him the keys, Agents Jennifer "JJ" Jareau (A.J. Dr. Maeve Donovan She thought I was cute but would only meet me if I wore a blindfold. However, dangling the possibility to dedicated fans who shipped "Jeid" for 15 seasons at the 11th hour is savage. Bobby Putnam 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. He knows. You lied! The night you followed her, I followed you, and I saw him. [22], Gideon is Reid's closest confidant on the team during the first two seasons, and often serves as a mentor to Reid. Background [ edit] I just hope that I get the chance. Diane Turner However, the story is flimsy at best. Diane Turner Your whole body beginning to decay. Bobby Putnam "[27] In season seven, when Prentiss returns and Reid discovers Hotchner and Jareau knew she wasn't dead, he is upset, especially with Jareau. . Hotch counted at least nine packets before the boy was done. U/jiffyfly6 said, "It's not even that it was kept secret because of a stalker. I was hoping you'd figure out my riddle. You can't see that I'm a genius! 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. Diane Turner : And what do I have, Doctor? "Children of the Dark" Season 3, Episode 4. : 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. Seriously, what is with Reid's thing for women being stalked by other women? Reid puts up a photo of Maeve along with one of inventor and electrical engineer Nikola Tesla. Throughout the entire episode, Maeve's face isn't seen, as it is shrouded in darkness caused by the drawn curtains. What began as a mere consultation grew into a beautiful relationship, albeit only over the phone Maeve was being stalked, and as a result, she refused to meet Spencer. He told me a story about how he tried to build one when he was eight. On the "Criminal Minds" subreddit, fans took to expressing why that was the most distressing storyline on the show. 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. Aaron struggles with being there for him while the whole ordeal brings back painful memories of how he had lost Haley. Reid works for the FBI and is part of a team called the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU). . Reid also has a brotherly friendship with Morgan. Diane Turner He attended Caltech, where he rode his bike to classes. Criminal Minds Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. I'm sorry, Bobby. 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. Once I got a note from this girl I had crush on. Dr. Maeve Donovan I couldn't see it. 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. Dr. Spencer Reid Following that revelation, the show does an admirable job having her work through the grief she kept hidden for so long. | 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." 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 asked her if she dated a lot growing up. More than one has hurt Dr. Spencer Reid ( Matthew Gray Gubler ): When Emily Prentiss (Paget Brewster) fakes her death, she and JJ Jareau (A.J. It also appears that Reid was fully aware of her stalker, which may have been why he spoke to her using a payphone. : Please. : It turns out to be the very same book he was going to give to her by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. 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. From being held captive by Tobias Hankel (James Van Der Beek) to being a victim to Cat Adams' (Aubrey Plaza) relentless quest of destruction, Reid went through a lot. Her former associate Tivon Askari kidnaps her, and the team finally learns the truth about her days at "the Pentagon." I understand. During a savage torture sequence, JJ reveals herself as having been part of top-secret work in the MiddleEast, and that she lost her unborn baby when Askari had her tortured the first time. Wait. 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. Unfortunately, that means his love life tends to be either tragic or nonexistent. [34], Gubler has commented on the differences between Reid and the similarly eccentric character Penelope Garcia: "She represents everything he's not, she's very tech-oriented and I would like to imagine he is more like 1920s smart, books and reading etc". 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. : If done well, character arcs like this can really affect fans who are impacted by addiction in their own lives. However, the producers liked Gubler's softer interpretation, despite telling the actor he was wrong for the part. Despite his attempts to save Maeve, the stalker killed her in front of Spencer. Me for her. She tells Reid that her stalker might be gone and because of this, she wants to meet him. Spencer Reid is grieving the loss of Maeve Donovan. And what you have is very valuable. Reid is a genius with an IQ of 187 and can read 20,000 words per minute with an eidetic memory. 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.