When “Criminal Minds” returns to CBS next week, Dr. Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler) will take center stage on the show. A.J. Reid finds out his father's address from Jenkins 17 years later, as well as the fact that his father never changed jobs. However, the producers liked Gubler's softer interpretation, despite telling the actor he was wrong for the part. In order to protect his wife, William burned Diana's clothes, which Spencer inadvertently witnessed. 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." He discovers that Turner wants attention from him and to be seen as an equal. She apologizes to Spencer and tells him that soon Alzheimer's will make her forget who he is and not remember loving him.
Matthew Gray Gubler: The Unauthorized Documentary, Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal, Jason Ritter/Dr. Blake encourages him to meet her. No romance comes of it, but they do develop a close, sibling-like relationship. Spencer gets upset with her, stating that the medicine cannot be replaced. While investigating a case in Las Vegas, Spencer has a dream in which he is among those attending the funeral of the recently-murdered Riley Jenkins. Hotchner reveals in the first season that Gideon insists on introducing him as Dr. Reid because Gideon fears that, because of his age, Reid will not be taken seriously as an FBI agent. Occupation Reid had Diana tested and the doctors diagnosed her as having early-onset dementia and would most likely progress into having Alzheimer's disease. Diana Reid
In (Season 7, Episode 2) "Proof", while arguing, Reid reveals to Jareau that he almost started taking Dilaudid again when Prentiss faked her death: “What of I started taking Dilauded again?” JJ said “But you didn’t!” and his response was “I thought about it”. Between the ages of 17 and 21, he completed two more doctorates (Chemistry and Engineering), and two more Bachelor's degrees (psychology and sociology). Diana has paranoid schizophrenia and went off her medication during her pregnancy with Spencer. While holding Diana captive, Lindsey gets a call from her accomplice Cat Adams to put Diana on the phone. In the investigation, he meets Maeve's former fiancé Bobby Putnam (Jay Hayden), the man he believed to be her stalker. 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. She is involved in real-estate and is "just the most loveliest mom." She went off of her medication while pregnant with Spencer; she was terrified every day but said it was worth it. #Repost @loudmouthmuch with @repostapp ・・・ Pretty excited to perform at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC!! Blake later returns and questions his motives.
In "Truth or Dare", the Season 14 finale, JJ confesses to Reid that she has loved him ever since they first met. He meets a woman named Maxine Brenner (Rachael Leigh Cook) in (Season 15, Episode 4) "Saturday". He attended Caltech, where he rode his bike to classes. Inside, she has written a quote by Thomas Merton; "Love is our true destiny. After undergoing hypnotherapy to recover his memories, Reid mistakenly believes he saw his father burning Riley's clothes, not Diana's. At the hospital Reid admits to a sleeping JJ that it does not matter if her feelings are true or not, he cannot imagine life without her. (Season 15, Episode 10) "And in the End...", "Do You Read Fast Enough To Be Successful? [3] He holds B.A.s in Psychology, Sociology, and Philosophy. 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. Reid is close to Jareau, Morgan, and Prentiss. According to Gubler, his mother is "a rancher" and "a jack of all trades." She’s known for her roles on Angel from Hell (deviant angel Amy), Glee (Sue Sylvester), Two and a Half Men (Charlie’s therapist Dr. Linda Freeman), and The L Word (Joyce Wischnia), among many others.
Reid is a poor shot with his service pistol, as seen in "L.D.S.K." He also has a talent with words, and is the team's go-to linguistic profiler, as well as their unofficial discourse analyst. Diana has paranoid schizophrenia and went off her medication during her pregnancy with Spencer. by 2Paragraphs in Criminal Minds, Culture | January 31, 2017, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jane Lynch on Criminal Minds, 2017 (CBS photo). Diana Reid is portrayed by Jane Lynch. In the season nine finale, it is revealed that he still carries a copy of The Narrative of John Smith in his bag. [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". Reid and his mother have a very close relationship despite her condition. Reid tells Blake that he's nervous to meet her because he already believes she's the most beautiful girl in the world, and he is afraid that she won't like him because of his looks. She isn't seen for the rest of the episode. Reid and his mother have a … Despite the shared loved between the two, JJ and Reid keep this a secret and remain best friends. The Michaels incident had already started the rift, and as Diana's mental state continued to deteriorate, William left, refusing to take Spencer with him. She doesn't say anything.[28]. Maeve returns as a vision in the series finale (Season 15, Episode 10) "And in the End..." after Reid suffers from a brain injury. She raised Spencer as a single mother after her husband William left her due to her schizophrenia (among other things). However, she refuses because she doesn't want him to hurt Reid. While investigating Riley's murder, Spencer decides to interrogate Diana, but when he asks her of Riley, she dismisses the fact of him knowing Riley, stating that Riley was a figment of Spencer's childhood imagination.