Does Reid have a kid in Criminal Minds? In "Closing Time", after she is injured while arresting a suspect, Reid is seen counting her injuries as she sits in the ambulance and tells the paramedic that she should be going to get a CAT scan. I've already sent it to the NIH. Jareau wakes up and eventually tells Reid that what she said was true, and that he will always be her first true love. 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. "Now I'm giving it to you." Maeve touched the tip with her pointer finger. In the case of his girlfriend Maeve, it manages to be both. The show never explains why the military required JJ's specific skillset for such a tactical and high-profile expedition. 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. I remember you. 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. I finally see what he sees. After a tumultuous relationship that ended abruptly - and tragically - when Maeve was kidnapped by a deranged ex-student of hers, her future was abruptly and tragically jeopardized. : Diana then followed Jenkins and witnessed him beat Michaels to death with a baseball bat. Alex Blake Reid is a poor shot with his service pistol, as seen in "L.D.S.K." Sorry. Yes. There's no way someone wouldn't ID him, especially a dedicated killer. Diane Turner 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. [22], Gideon is Reid's closest confidant on the team during the first two seasons, and often serves as a mentor to Reid. 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. Cookies help us deliver our Services. You never wanted me. [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. Maeve thought so, too. Diane Turner Thinking him to be Maeve's stalker, Reid calls her to cancel while she is right outside. : She doesn't say anything.[28]. Diane Turner After several callbacks, he was hired. : 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. Jenkins avoided arrest because Michaels "disappeared", and as he had a criminal history as a sexual predator, the police didn't look very hard into the case. You turned me down because you couldn't handle the competition. I'm getting bored. 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). Reid finds out his father's address from Jenkins 17 years later, as well as the fact that his father never changed jobs. Thanks to her, they are able to find the unsub and save his latest victim. Morgan's hard-to-watch torture is part of the hitman storyline that plagues season 12. Working with the BAU meant that you saw the most horrific side of humanity every day for most of your adult life. I did. Eating brought the pair back into silence, but it felt more comfortable this time around. 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. 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. They discover that his death is the result of a serial killer he and Rossi failed to catch when they first formed the BAU. Not much is known about Maeve, except that she worked as a geneticist and had an ex-fianc named Robert "Bobby" Putnam. After getting headaches in Season. : Season 15 opens up "Under the Skin" with Jareau being shot and clinging to life. Once I got a note from this girl I had crush on. You, however, are superfluous. [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. Dr. Maeve Donovan [11], Gubler decided that Reid's middle name is Walter, but this was never mentioned in the show and is not canon. The fun was just how fast you'd do it. The show, which ended in 2020, ran for 15 seasons before CBS pulled the plug. : Ed Bernero, executive producer at the time,toldTV Guidethat it was "a very amicable parting." Bobby Putnam Diane Turner After Mandy Patinkin's departure, Gideon leaves the BAU with nothing more than a letter to his protege, Reid. As the agent is about to become a dad himself, the paternal scenes are justified but the prolonged torture is not. : In (Season 2, Episode 15) "Revelations", Tobias Hankel (James Van Der Beek), a psychotic serial killer, kidnaps Reid, drugging and torturing him over the course of two days before he is rescued. [5], Due to his young age and genius IQ, Reid was a victim of severe bullying in high school. 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. Filming & Production Bobby Putnam He's the one thing you can never take from us.Maeve's last words in "Zugzwang". I wonder if this might not be that bad thing we were expecting. She does, just as Reid realizes that it was a false alarm, with the man coincidentally being Bobby. 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. Reid meets Austin during an investigation of a serial killer who picks up his victims in bars. 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. 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. Even the team ships it. Maeve Donovan was a short-lived character on the show, and she didn't get much time to explore her long-distance relationship with Spencer Reid, but her death . She viewed the MRI scans of Reid's brain when he started suffering from headaches since the events of Season Six. He dumped one in, then another, and then countless more, stirring as he went. To be honest, I was distracted by your thesis. Viewers follow the FBI's BAU (Behavioral Analysis Unit) as they create behavioral profiles used to catch cannibals and kidnappers alike. "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.". The team responds quickly and saves her before she is harmed. . No romance comes of it, but they do develop a close, sibling-like friendship. "Here, " He said, placing it in front of Maeve. I have to show her that I can take everything that she has. "I told you I built one." Reid said. "I think part of what makes [the episode] so hard is that the relationship between Reid and Maeve was so short-lived.". His first case in the field was serial killer Brian Matloff (Eric Lange), the "Blue Ridge Strangler". Dr. Spencer Reid Diane Turner Maeve! [citation needed]. | Dr. Spencer Reid ][citation needed]. Bobby Putnam : In season two's "Revelations," SSA (Supervisory Special Agent) Dr. Spencer Reid is tortured and drugged for two days, barely surviving the ordeal. Who's Thomas Merton? Dr. Maeve Donovan was a recurring character who appeared as SSA Spencer Reid 's girlfriend in Season Eight of Criminal Minds . No way. 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. (Season 3, Episode 16) "Elephant's Memory". : Reid is a genius with an IQ of 187 and can read 20,000 words per minute with an eidetic memory.