The team uses psychological profiles to analyze both victims of crimes and the unknown subjects who commit them.
Whenever a Reid-centric episode arrived, fans knew they were in for something special.
What is great, however, is how involved Reid is in this particular story.
The episode is a crossover with the shortlived spinoffCriminal Minds: Beyond Bordersas it is set in Mexico.
The episode ends on a cliffhanger, leaving the audience invested in Reids future and freedom.
He skips a flight that hes supposed to take to help investigate a lead in Texas.
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This isnt the only time he struggles, but this episode really set the stage for him.
Its Reid who figures out that her father gives away toys as gifts to the patients he assaults.
Max and Reid hit it off and end up spending the day together, which is unusual for Reid.
Criminal Minds follows an elite team of FBI profilers from the Behavioral Analysis Unit as they analyze the nation’s most complex criminal minds, led by experienced agent David Rossi. The team works to anticipate and prevent crimes by understanding the behavior of these dangerous individuals.
In “The Instincts,” that relationship hits one of his biggest breaking points.
Morgan helps him understand this better when he reveals that Riley was a real missing child.
This episode works as a great hint at what’s to come with Reid.
This episode fills in some of those gaps for Reid.
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It is quirky moments like this that made Reid such a fan favorite.
The case isn’t what makes it a good Reid story though.
The first time came in Season 2 whenthe terrifying serial killer Tobias Hankel kidnapped and tortured Reid.
Tobias had Dissociative Identity Disorder, with one of his manifesting personalities being the violent one.
He forcibly injected Reid with the drug Dilaudid, which Reid ended up addicted to after his rescue.
Reid’s empathy shines through in this episode despite all the things done to him.
Even if he did, he demonstrates quick-thinking and a persuasive nature that he hones later in the series.
He finally snaps and starts to kill the people who pushed him for so many years.
For starters,its The Fisher King that provided the audience with their first big dose of Reid backstory.
Diana was a person with schizophrenia who was institutionalized.
Reid had a fear that he would develop the same symptoms due to genetics.
This lasted for a long time.
It built up an air of mystery for her that would eventually pay off in an incredibly tragic way.
While Plaza is primarily known as a comedic actress, she plays the cold and calculating Cat very well.
Entropy is the first time that Cat challenges Reid, but not the last.
In “Red Light,” it turned out that Reid’s old enemy Cat Adams set him up.
This led to theCriminal MindsSeason 14 premiere.
The team works to anticipate and prevent crimes by understanding the behavior of these dangerous individuals.
