Reid spoilers from EW

[klutzy-girl.livejournal.com]

Criminal Minds scoop, please! — Rosie

There’s much more to the story about Dr. Reid’s headaches…except you won’t find out until next season, according to EP Erica Messer. “That’s something that we’re talking to Matthew [Gray Gubler] about and the writers are all trying to figure out what stories we’ve dropped. Honestly, that storyline, that whole idea behind that, started before we lost A.J. [Cook] and Paget [Brewster]. There was a chance that we were fearing to lose Matthew just because of contract negotiations, and that storyline kind of got implanted and then never truly paid off in this season, but we want to sort of conclude that next season. That’s the plan.” Thank goodness the Gubler told me he’s all set for next season and exited about it. Can you imagine a Gube-less CM? Hells to the no! This team is magic!

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[thecowboycliche.livejournal.com]

Also the S5 opener when he got shot.. I don't think he took meds. Unless I'm just imaging that lol.

[x-forgetromeo.livejournal.com]

You're imagining. ;) They don't actually show him with the EMTs. He pretty much immediately gets down to business telling the team about Hotch.

[thecowboycliche.livejournal.com]

I thought JJ asked about him or mentioned something though...

[x-forgetromeo.livejournal.com]

At the end of the ep, she says, "I just talked to Spence. He's gonna be fine. He'll be on crutches for a while, but he said kickin' down doors is Morgan's job, anyway."

I just rewatched both scenes (when he gets shot / when they're talking about it near the end), and it's not mentioned. It's a really common thing in fic, though. It took me a moment to separate ginny214's fic about it from actual canon, ha.

[thecowboycliche.livejournal.com]

Gotcha lol. I guess fandom just assumed. XD

[x-forgetromeo.livejournal.com]

I'm sure it actually happened! It just wasn't specifically shown in that instance like it was in "Amplification"--probably because "Nameless, Faceless" was more about Hotch than Reid, and Reid immediately shifted the focus back to Hotch.