The two-hour premiere saw JJ (A.J. 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. Throughout the entire episode, Maeve's face isn't seen, as it is shrouded in darkness caused by the drawn curtains. Fans sometimes find themselves cheering for the agents in these moments, but all too often, it crosses a line. But you didn't love me. Bobby Putnam We know now it's because she wants recognition, the type of recognition she thinks Maeve gets, and I can give her that. No romance comes of it, but they do develop a close, sibling-like friendship. The case that's haunted him for years ultimately leads to his demise when the unsub notices Gideon poking around. : "Here, " He said, placing it in front of Maeve. ", For u/Jess_1215 it was upsetting that Spencer got very little time with Maeve. The team responds quickly and saves her before she is harmed. : Stay back! Nevertheless, Gubler tweeted, "in celebration of the first day back on CM season 8 I am inventing reid facts. Despite the shared love between the two, Jareau and Reid keep this a secret and remain best friends. [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. And what you have is very valuable. But in the CBS procedural's return next Wednesday, the two will meet in the flesh. Their story came to a tragic ending when, in captivity, Maeve and Spencer saw each other for the first time. 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. Ultimately, she becomes a vigilante. Diane Turner 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. You turned me down because you couldn't handle the competition. Reid puts up a photo of Maeve along with one of inventor and electrical engineer Nikola Tesla. : Few things are considered more disrespectful than killing a character off-screen. : Sometimes they fail. "I told you I built one." Reid said. 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. A deadly game of chess ensues, culminating in Reid watching Diane kill herself and Maeve in one lethal blow. For the first time in his life, Spencer Reid was in love. 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. Don't hurt him. : In the case of his girlfriend Maeve, it manages to be both. 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. Dr. Maeve Donovan Background [ edit] Each explanation the cover and her mission itself clumsily unravel to excuse the actress' departure from the show. Dr. Spencer Reid is the BAU's resident genius. Maeve thought so, too. At which he admits struggling with cravings as well as with traumatic memories, including a young adult suspect's shooting death in his presence. Absolutely loving this cut on Spencer. : He picks up The Narrative of John Smith (given to him by Maeve) with the Thomas Merton quote and places it on the bookshelf. 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. ][citation needed]. At the end of the episode, they go their separate ways, and Lila is not seen in further episodes. Although Spencer was unharmed, Diana insisted the family move because she believed her son was in danger. [to team] But the issues didn't stop there. She watches as Diane kills Bobby, and then taunts her, stating that she could not commit suicide as she hopes to personally see Reid arrest her. : ", 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. He later dated Kelly Parker for three years until she died in a car accident in 2004. There's no way someone wouldn't ID him, especially a dedicated killer. By the end of "Alchemy", Reid is able to complete the dream by accepting Maeve's request to dance with her. By the end of the episode, Diane kills herself and Maeve, despite Reid's efforts to rescue her. Ed Bernero, executive producer at the time,toldTV Guidethat it was "a very amicable parting." At some point, it's just unnecessary and gruesome. : Diane Turner I'm getting bored. Me for her. Your sample was biased. [laughs] : "This is for you." Maeve looked down on it with a sad smile. He knows. Apparently, that's all he needed to kick his addiction. In the investigation, he meets Maeve's former fianc Bobby Putnam (Jay Hayden), the man he believed to be her stalker. Inside, she has written a quote by Thomas Merton; "Love is our true destiny. 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. Reid then suggests that the two meet up personally, but she turns him down, fearing that her stalker will hurt Reid. I have to let him see that I'm on your level. Shortly thereafter, Spencer's six-year-old neighbor, Riley Jenkins, was raped and murdered. Stalking keeps her home-bound, and this is the only way they can get to know each other. No. Why don't you just kill me? However, the story is flimsy at best. Reader x Spencer Reid | Spencer Reid x Maeve Donovan | BAU Agent! [1] Reid and his mother have a very close relationship despite her condition. This time say it to her face. "Every Penrose triangle has it's thorns." She looked up at Spencer, her eyes brimming with tears. In order to protect his wife, William burned Diana's clothes, which Spencer inadvertently witnessed. : : Dr. Maeve Donovan He gets a clue from Turner leading him to her location, where he tricks her into believing that he is in love with her. Prior to his death, Gideon catches wind of the dormant kidnapper for the first time since he was a young agent. While Reid is interviewing Jenkins, demanding to know how his father was involved, his parents interrupt and confess to their son the whole story. Twice. He discovers that Turner wants attention from him and to be seen as an equal. 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. Hotch counted at least nine packets before the boy was done. They discover that his death is the result of a serial killer he and Rossi failed to catch when they first formed the BAU. 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. Wait! No. : No. If the writers didn't plan to give Reid's addiction any real attention, it shouldn't have existed at all. Although it is suggested by other people within and outside of the team that Reid is on the autism spectrum, it is never confirmed. 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. We were broken up. Spree killings, family . 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. : What is she talking about? Cookies help us deliver our Services. 6 Notes 7 Appearances Furious at having to let a predator walk, she takes the law into her own hands by shooting an unarmed suspect while he spews creepy, sexist rhetoric. Writer Sharon Lee Watson stated in a Twitter chat that Reid's Asperger traits make the character more lovable. By using our Services, you agree to our use of cookies. While the show stands by the platonic nature of Morgan and Garcia's relationship,Vangsness toldParadethat Garcia was in love with Morgan, causing her to fight her future crush on his replacement, Luke Alvez. Spencer has been honored more times than once, so there is a canon for his birthday. Most long-running shows have at least one character who faces an addiction. I want what they have. Diane, I offered you a deal, and you can still take it. 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. 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. Dr. Spencer Reid In "L.D.S.K. : You just couldn't see. Reid searches for her, and even offers to take her place. : After. (Season 3, Episode 16) "Elephant's Memory". : Although he had never laid eyes on her, he knew that she was the most beautiful woman in the world. : Maybe you do have that gift. Reid also has a brotherly friendship with Morgan. In. 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 lied! In between late nights in the office, stressful cases and late night, Indian take out they find comfort in each other. 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. While there was "no psychological exam or test the FBI could put in front of him he could not ace inside of an hour",[1] he did struggle with the more physical aspects of his job, and ultimately received waivers for those requirements. To successfully run that long, writers had to come up with a myriad of plot twists, storylines, and character arcs. Who's Thomas Merton? Some of these choices worked like gangbusters, some were merely mediocre, and some were outright disasters that have fans spitting mad to this day. At several points, the show's writers drew the ire of upset fans due to a plot or subplot, or characters being written off. Elle's departure from the BAU has less to do with the character and more to do with the actress herself, however. 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]. 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. Bobby Putnam I don't want to hear what she has to say. 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. U/Psychological_Bat865 wrote, "Honestly it's just the fact that Spencer watches her get shot that breaks my heart the most. : However, their adorable dynamic almost didn't happen at all. Diane Turner "[4] Reid states that one way he gets back at his father is to collect more educational degrees. But all that changes following this trauma. : 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." Bobby Putnam I don't know. Dr. Spencer Reid If what you have is valuable enough, the federal government will work with you. 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. Jareau wakes up and eventually tells Reid that what she said was true, and that he will always be her first true love. 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. Bobby Putnam | 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. An old friend of Reid's in New Orleans is also aware that Reid suffers from "problems" in (Season 2, Episode 18) "Jones". It's not fun, is it? You've always been the runner-up in this pageant. Her former associate Tivon Askari kidnaps her, and the team finally learns the truth about her days at "the Pentagon." He's super smart with an IQ of . Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! In "True Genius", Reid doubts his reasons for being in the BAU and wonders if he should be doing more with his intellect. CBS. I've arranged for your freedom. When putting together a team to take down international terrorists, most people wouldn't immediately think to add a communications liaison. Michaels' body is found, and DNA confirms his killer was Lou Jenkins, who is arrested. 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]. Derek Morgan is about as beloved as Criminals Minds characters get. Then she gets pregnant in season three, and he proposes; their son, Henry , is born in season four, and JJ names Reid his godfather (! Diane Turner I did, and she took my shirt off. Oh, come on. The actor later told Variety that the situation was a misunderstanding, but his removal from the show is telling. I was hoping you'd figure out my riddle. Reid tries playing all possible chess moves in order to understand Gideon's motivations.[23]. Dr. Maeve Donovan This goes unmentioned until Hotch is under investigation years later, and his interrogator brings it up. In a very uncharacteristic move, he doesn't push the subject, leading to awkward scheduled payphone calls he hides from his coworkers. [21] Upon graduation from the academy, he was placed in the BAU at age 22, and given the title Supervisory Special Agent. 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. In "God Complex", Reid begins calling Maeve - whose face and identity he does not know - on a payphone and they talk about his progress with his headaches and sleep deprivation. Diane Turner : And what do I have, Doctor? Dr. Spencer Reid : Now, please, will you let us go? 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. The higher-ups keep her real mission a secret, naming her a Department of Defense liaison. Diane Turner : 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. Please don't hurt him. In "Somebody's Watching", with the team on a case to protect a TV starlet, Reid saves Lila from being harmed by a serial killer. Not like that. The BAU barely mentions him again, making the storyline even more awkward and forced. Former SSA Jason Gideon gets that (dis)honor in season 10. Reid finally meets Maeve face-to-face during the situation and is able to briefly subdue Turner, only to have her hold Maeve at gunpoint. Fans, less than pleased by his absence, started a"No Hotch, No Watch" boycott. Maeve returns as a vision in the series finale (Season 15, Episode 10) "And in the End" after Reid sustains a brain injury. It was kind of confusing. I did read it. Spencer wasted no time in grabbing a handful of sugar packets. Dr. Spencer Reid Spencer realizes that the man is not the stalker, and Maeve has already left. Dr. Spencer Reid : In her letters, she would always sign off with a quote from one of her favorite philosophers. Maybe. 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. : Diane Turner What else do you want? At age 12, Reid graduated from high school. Genius is work, thousands of hours of work. : : But they can't act on their mutual love, as JJ has a family. Mafia Bosses are regularly put into witness protection. I remember you. That's when I heard the laughter. )[20], During "Corazon", Reid begins to develop severe headaches and hallucinations. No. She calls Reid and they talk about his progress with his headaches and sleep deprivation. He laughed. [18] Even after a year in the field, Reid still struggles to pass his firearm qualifications. Maeve thought so, too. I didn't. : Dr. Spencer Reid : Not true. RIP Jeid. Viewers follow the FBI's BAU (Behavioral Analysis Unit) as they create behavioral profiles used to catch cannibals and kidnappers alike. Michelle Trachtenberg plays the unsub, Diane, abducting Maeve in an act of . : That's it, isn't it? The Spencer Moment That Breaks Criminal Minds Fans' Hearts. Criminal Mindscast Kirsten Vangsness as Penelope Garcia, technical analyst extraordinaire, with the intention of making her a one-off character. Ew. : Diane Turner You see, when men cheat, it's below the belt, but when women cheat, it's above the neck. Bobby Putnam But seriously: Has anyone ever platonically called someone their "God-given solace"? First introduced during a bizarre phone call in season eight's "God Complex," Maeve is a geneticist Spencer meets while seeking treatment for migraines. : Some, on the other hand, hold the opposite view when it comes to Maeve's character and the way Maeve and Reid's story was written.
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