Reid's addiction

[infinitycluster.livejournal.com]

Hey everyone, I hope its ok to ask this here. I recently started going back and watching earlier episodes that I missed several seasons ago, and just saw Revelations. I am very interested in the addiction sub-plot, I've been looking for episodes where the team actually catches on to what is happening with Reid. I don't want to sift through regular episodes because I'm dying to know what came of it. So, to make a long story short, can you guys tell me which of the episodes are Reid-centric, or have relevant info regarding his addiction?

Thanks:)

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[msorange21.livejournal.com]

If I remember correctly, here are some that cover that: Season 2, The Big Game, Revelations, Distress and Jones; Season 3, Elephant's Memory; Season 4, Conflicted. If I'm mistaken, or left any out, let me know!

[infinitycluster.livejournal.com]

thanks <3

[britt-m-89.livejournal.com]

I would watch these three:
2x17 Distress
2x18 Jones
3x16 Elephant's Memory

They tend to deal with Reid and his drug addiction. You should also watch 3x12 because in 3x16 Reid talks about an event that happens in 3x12.

[britt-m-89.livejournal.com]

Also Conflicted! Forgot about that!

[infinitycluster.livejournal.com]

thank you. I wish I knew the ones I have seen by name, I'm pretty sure I watched Jones because I thought the name was a drug reference.

[innerslytherin]

Jones was the New Orleans episode. :)

[coffeeem.livejournal.com]

Also 2x16, "Fear and Loathing," which has some pretty explicit stuff about Reid's response to the events in "Revelations."

[beatriceeagle.livejournal.com]

Reid's addiction is also alluded to in scenes (though not the focus) in 2x19, "Ashes and Dust," and 3x15, "A Higher Power." And although the scene in question does not have Reid in it, 3x02, "In Name and Blood" contains a scene in which other characters directly reference his drug use.

[gypsytonijane.livejournal.com]

Whats the scene in 3x02? I just watched the episode two or three days ago, and can;t place a scene where the team talk about it...

[beatriceeagle.livejournal.com]

Prentiss and Hotch, talking in Prentiss's kitchen. Hotch mentions that she knows that "one of my agents may have a serious drug problem, which I haven't reported, and if Strauss knew, she'd have my job."

[ladymalchav.livejournal.com]

The silent conversation between Reid and Gideon in Ashes and Dust is one of my favorite things about this series. That was the first episode of Criminal Minds I ever saw, and it went right over my head. Then, when I saw the episode again recently, there was just so much more there!

There's all this undercurrent going on with the characters and writing, and yet, it doesn't alienate the first-time viewer. It's almost completely episodic, but if you do watch it all through, you are rewarded with those added layers of meaning.

It's got layers, like an onion!

[infinitycluster.livejournal.com]

thanks I'll try In Name and Blood next.

[be-themoon.livejournal.com]

It's implied he kicked the habit during Distress and Jones, though it may have carried over into Ashes and Dust a little.

[ladymalchav.livejournal.com]

You never really 'kick' a drug habit. You can stop using, but there's always the possibility of relapse. That's what's explored in Elephant's Memory.

[grapefruits.livejournal.com]

I think they dealt with it alright, but... I would've loved for them to show more of it. I'm always interested in addiction storylines.

[kelachrome]

On an entirely unrelated note,
THAT ICON. ♥ Where is it from?

♥,
Your friendly neighborhood knightstemporal mod

[infinitycluster.livejournal.com]

I made it the other day. I love it, its my favorite one I ever made. I know Reid is a trekkie, and it occured to me he would probably be a Dr. Who fan too. It just sounded like something he would try to tell the team and then Morgan would tell him to shut up.

[ladymalchav.livejournal.com]

then Morgan would tell him to shut up.

More like just stare at him like ._. until he shut up on his own. XD

[infinitycluster.livejournal.com]

I was thinking about the astrophysics speech and Morgan walking away saying he was taking the last five minutes of his life back.

[be-themoon.livejournal.com]

2x16, 2x17, and 2x18 all deal directly with Reid's reactions to what happened to him. 2x19, 3x02, 3x12, 3x15, 3x16, and then 4x20 all have mentions of it in them as well. Honestly, I'd just keep watching straight through - it worked really well for me.

3x16 is actually the only episode where it is directly said that Reid did have a drug problem. It's done obliquely mostly.

[infinitycluster.livejournal.com]

Ok, I was just wondering (hoping) that there was one that really dealt with it, or had one of the team call him out that I could skip to. I saw one where he was at an NA meeting, and thats what gave me the idea that I'd missed something important.

[britt-m-89.livejournal.com]

The one with NA meeting is Elephant's Memory (3x16)

[techbychance.livejournal.com]

Try 4x24 (Amplification) as well - Reid refuses to take narcotics to relieve the pain of his anthrax symptoms. And if you squint really hard, you could also count the cookies/lollipop scene in 5x02 (Haunted) when he tells Garcia that his leg hurts all the time which might indicate he’s not taking any painkillers after being shot in the leg.