Matthew gray gubler is an emmy award winning actor, director, producer, painter, and voice over actor from las vegas. Spencer reid is one of criminal minds most longstanding characters. In canada, the eighth season airs one day earlier on ctv than on cbs in the united states. Entropy spencer returns from 34 episodes of being absent and we find out his mother has dementia and there is a possibility that it will happen to him to. Spencer spence reid is a supervisory special agent with the bau.
The 10 best episodes of criminal minds, according to fans. This said, lesser episodes of seasons 14 with possible exception of machismo are better than the lesser episodes of season 6 onward. The series began with jason gideon mandy patinkin, aaron hotchner thomas gison, derek morgan shemar moore, elle greenaway lola glaudini, spencer reid, matthew gray gubler and jennifer jj jareau a. Through the ups and downs, the onscreen deaths and dramatic offscreen exits, reid has remained the same fasttalking genius that fans of the series are still obsessed with years later reid s reallife counterpoint, matthew gray gubler, is just as polarizing. Video criminal minds season 8 spoilers reids mystery. Marion kerr as donna sullivan on criminal minds marion kerr as donna sullivan. Joe mantegna as david rossi shemar moore as derek morgan matthew gray gubler as spencer reid a. Spencer reid was arrested by the mexican police on the usmexico border, facing drug and murder charges. With criminal minds, some seasons are better than others and every season has a mixture of outstanding, great, very good, good, average, mediocre and bad episodes. Spencer reid original character s emotional hurtcomfort. Even though criminal minds is down to its last two episodes after a fantastic run, the show leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to spencer reid s well being. Want to catch up on criminal minds before the final season premiere. Celebrities whove guest starred on criminal minds insider. Spencer reid began a relationship with a woman named.
Fans are furious that the writers dont let reid live like a normal person even. As a direct result of what he went through last season, spencer reid takes some time off every now and then in order to do teaching. In criminal minds final season premiere, a tearful jj played by a. With joe mantegna, shemar moore, matthew gray gubler, a. Spencer reid, played by matthew gray gubler, the primary emotional focus of the first half of the criminal minds series finale was the answer to a very old and continuous call to put. That is where he is this week, but we figure that there is going to be an opportunity to see him at. These are just a few of the spencer reid centric episodes i can remember from the top of my head. A major question looming over everyone going into season 15 was what would happen between jennifer jj jareau a. Season 4 is a contender for the best criminal minds season, with so many fantastic episodes and even lesser episodes such as demonology and catching out not being bad at all. Do you remember these pivotal relationship moments on criminal minds. As for how criminal minds is choosing to write gublers absence into the show, theyve made it fairly clear. Criminal minds recap season 15 premiere reid loves jj. This wednesday on cbs criminal minds, reid breaks away to make a phone call not from the office, not from a land line and not from his cell, but from a.
When reid discovers that his girlfriend has been kidnapped by her stalker, he and. He relates to prentiss that he feels that he hasnt lived up to expectations. Meanwhile, morgan attempts to convince reid to join the bureau softball team and. The twoepisode premiere aired on feb 19, 2020 starting at 8 p. Can the show leave spencer reid alone for 30 seconds.
Fans of criminal minds are wondering what happened to one of their favorite characters. It was revealed that the final season had been held for mid season and would premiere on january 8, 2020, in its original time slot with a twohour season premiere and the season will wrap up with a twohour series finale. After 15 seasons and 324 episodes, criminal minds took its final bow on cbs on. Criminal minds was renewed for a twelfth season with an episode order of 22 episodes on may 6, 2016. Jj and reid are fighting because she didnt tell him the truth about emilys death. Reid graduated from high school at the age of twelve. Spencer reid is a fictional character on the cbs crime drama criminal minds, portrayed by. Until season twelve, she resided in that same mental institution and reid had stated that he sent letters to diana every day because of the. Season eleven is the eleventh season of criminal minds. Why is spencer reid missing on criminal minds season. Spencer reid, played by matthew gray gubler, the primary. Amplification is up there with the fantastic episodes of the season, and almost up there with the best of the show overall. Fanfavorite character spencer reid matthew gray gubler plays a. Cook after cheating death, but having her life saved by spence matthew gray gubler made clear that what she.
Spencer reid criminal mindswe cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except the memory. From season 6 it did become hit and miss, with the odd gem, but a lot of average episodes and some stinkers. Cbs criminal minds this week not only served up nonfaint praise alert. The series was officially renewed for an eighth season on march 14, 2012. Joseph bell, sir arthur conan doyles inspiration for sherlock holmes.
With just 10 episodes left, ever, fans are soon going to have to say goodbye to reid, j. In his youth, his father william left him and his mother diana as he could no longer deal with her paranoid schizophrenia, among other things. Criminal minds season 8 episode 6 softball game scene. Not much is known about maeve, except that she worked as a geneticist and had an exfiance named robert bobby putnam. Spencer reid will be back for the final season of criminal minds on wednesday, january 8, 2020, at 9 p. Maeve donovan was a recurring character who appeared as ssa spencer reids girlfriend in season eight of criminal minds. In season 11, gublers reid was absent for several episodes during 2015s fall season.
God complex 2012, reid calls maeve and, while waiting for. In criminal minds series finale, why was reid s girlfriend maxine missing from farewell party. In the investigation, he meets maeves former fiance, the man he believed to be her stalker. Criminal minds season 8 jump to navigation jump to search. Criminal minds isnt the same without matthew gray gubler, the actor who plays genius spencer reid on the cbs series. Season 15 of criminal minds will be here before you know it, and its hard not to imagine how its all going to end. Going with the perfect medium between his signature long hair and his cropped tresses from seasons past, reid started season 12 with a short feathered cut with bangs.
All rights belong to cbs criminal mind season 8 episode. All goes to cbs, for the production of this fantastic tv show. The hit crime procedural criminal minds came to an end after season 15. Reid on criminal minds matthew gray gublers age, dating. A technicality allowed the fbi to take him back into. She made a miraculous return in season 12 for two episodes as the mastermind behind yet another ploy against reid, before her final defeat in the season finale. Donovan was a recurring character who appeared as ssa spencer reids girlfriend in. Criminal minds returns to cbs for its 15th and final season on january 8 at 98c. Ashley seaver was an fbi agent, going through training, who joined the b.
In its prime seasons 15, with season 4 to me being the best and most consistent season with a lot of classic episodes and even the weakest episodes being far from awful criminal minds was one of my favourite shows. When reid discovers that his girlfriend has been kidnapped by her stalker, he and the bau team band together to find her before its too late. Criminal minds 2005 is an american television show, airing on cbs, about an elite squad of fbi profilers that analyzes the countrys most twisted criminal minds and anticipates their next move before they strike again. The eighth season of criminal minds premiered on cbs on september 26, 2012.
Her story centered around spencer reid as plaza played trained assassin cat adams, who had a standoff with the bau agent in season 11 that ended in her arrest. Do you remember these pivotal relationship moments on. Reid mentions that when he and maeve talk, they address each other by pseudonyms, and reid s is dr. Criminal minds was renewed for a fifteenth and final season with an episode order of 10 episodes on january 10, 2019.
He was shot in the knee while protecting a doctor in season 5, in the left arm while trying to save maeve in season 8, and in the neck while protecting ssa blake in a shootout in season 9. Hopefully, fans will get to see reid get the conclusion he deserves in season. Spencer reid and ashley seaver while there is nothing particularly negative about this duo, there was a loss of opportunity. Fans will hopefully get some answers when it comes to jj and will when the final season of criminal minds premieres on wednesday, january 8, 2020, at 9 p. Many fans questioned his prolonged absence before his character surfaced in the season 11 midseason premiere. Reid once mentioned that he was a victim of bullying in school where he was stripped.