Regarding Elephant's Memory

[gershwhen.livejournal.com]

Hey, just finished watching a rerun of Elephant's Memory and I have a question and then a point for discussion.

1.  Who is the guy who gives Reid his one year coin?  Are we supposed to know who he is as a character?  Or was he a guest cameo?

2.  Does anyone else get the feeling that the team was too hard on Reid in this episode?  I sometimes think that Morgan is allowed to get upset and punch doors, Hotch can go back to work with a hearing impairment or after he is almost murdered and they are cut a lot of slack.  Yet Reid is considered in the wrong every time he tries to define what this kid has been through and points out the that the adults should have done more.  Is it just me?

Comments

[runriggers.livejournal.com]

There was one episode early on ... it might have been Fisher King since the team, or at least Garcia, learns that Reid's mom is in a santitarium ... where Reid mentions that there's only a thin line between schizophrenia and genius (obviously not the quote, but the gist of it) ... I think he's afraid that his mind will turn him into a schizophrenic and he will become an unsub. I also think that's why he can identify with the 'outsider' unsubs ... Adam, Owen, the guy from Sex, Birth, Death ... people with brilliant minds, or young lives just starting, that 'except for the grace of God' could have been Reid's fate.

[ladymalchav.livejournal.com]

Yep, that was Fisher King. In the same conversation, he also casually mentions that schizophrenia can be genetic, it's actually how he breaches the subject. That's why I included it on the short list.