I agree with what calanthe_b and beatriceeagle said--the plotline still gets occasional references, but it's been mostly background and handled as a subplot in the way CM does subplots--they kind of show you the effects and occasional high points, and leave the rest to the viewer's imagination. (Like JJ's relationship with Will, Hotch's divorce, Garcia's relationship with Kevin, Morgan's struggles with intimacy and Emily's with loneliness, and so on.)
Prentiss bulldogged Reid on the issue for a while without ever making what she was talking about explicit (as shown in two episodes) and tried to get Gideon to intervene, and the reason is I think revealed in the S4 episode in which we find out about her friend Matthew (coincidence of names? Or broad hint?); Gideon confronted him and extracted a promise that Reid wouldn't let it affect his work--but nothing else. Late in S3, we see Reid looking for help, and in that same episode we see him trusting Emily again. Since then, their friendship seems to be in pretty good repair.
My personal feeling is that Reid went after Emily so viciously because she was trying to intervene in his addiction at a time when he didn't want the help.
Hotch quite obviously knew what was going on (He mentions it to both Prentiss and Gideon, in terms that allow a certain amount of plausible deniability.) and by S4 it's evident that the team knew Hankel drugged Reid (as well they should, because there'd be no way for him to conceal that).
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Date: Aug. 23rd, 2009 12:06 pm (UTC)Prentiss bulldogged Reid on the issue for a while without ever making what she was talking about explicit (as shown in two episodes) and tried to get Gideon to intervene, and the reason is I think revealed in the S4 episode in which we find out about her friend Matthew (coincidence of names? Or broad hint?); Gideon confronted him and extracted a promise that Reid wouldn't let it affect his work--but nothing else. Late in S3, we see Reid looking for help, and in that same episode we see him trusting Emily again. Since then, their friendship seems to be in pretty good repair.
My personal feeling is that Reid went after Emily so viciously because she was trying to intervene in his addiction at a time when he didn't want the help.
Hotch quite obviously knew what was going on (He mentions it to both Prentiss and Gideon, in terms that allow a certain amount of plausible deniability.) and by S4 it's evident that the team knew Hankel drugged Reid (as well they should, because there'd be no way for him to conceal that).