They never actually explain the headaches. At the beginning of "Coda" (6.16) we see him leaving a cafe/bookstore with a copy of a book on migraines, and in (6.17) "Valhalla" he confesses to Prentiss that he's having them. In...6.19 -- "With Friends Like These" he admits them to Morgan. Beyond that, we've got nothing.
I pray to God that it isn't schizophrenia, because there's no way he could remain a part of the BAU; he'd have to have a not!evil!Hannibal Lecter-esque role, which has already been done in one of my other favorite crime dramas (Bones, wherein a supporting character who'd been on from the bginning and was one of my favorites turns out to be apprenticed to a cannibal and legitimately kills somebody, but guest stars in a couple of eps afterwards), and I got pissed off there. I get the feeling a lot of fangirls would quit watching if they couldn't get their weekly dose of Spencer Reid. I'm hoping it's a minor form of epilepsy, because I have epilepsy and that would just be cool, and it could be completely controlled by
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As much as I've come to love all the new ones replacing Zack, I hated that they did that. It also didn't make much sense to me. He was smart, sweet and worked solving murders. I don't see someone like that getting into what he did. It wouldn't make sense to me if they did something similar to Reid either. I'd most likely stop watching if Reid left the show.
I totally agree on every count here. When we got the teaser/summary for "Corazon" and everyone was running around like headless chickens, I had a "holy shit ZACK" moment, because my mind went like this:
~ Both characters had significant changes in hairstyle ~ Both were hugely beloved by me ~ I never saw it coming (despite all of the little "welp, it's genetic" moments for Reid) in either case.
I had to reassure myself repeatedly that there was no way CBS was dumb enough to start in on a schizophrenic!Reid storyline.
I hope they don't either, but if they did it would really up the angst....and that would lead to more viewers? Maybe? Don't they sometimes use a real emotional story line to draw in more viewers?
a kleptomaniac. Except I'd only steal books, because I'm lame like that. This is normally called either a Bibliomanic or a Bibliokleptomaniac. If you're truly intrested in the subject I can give some amazing sources (and tales) to go read about this largely unknown disorder :)
Here's my question on it - and related to Corazon - did Reid have on the bracelet the rest of the season? I noticed he WAS wearing it in the doctor's office at the end of the episode, but didn't notice it later on.
Did anyone notice or will I just have to rewatch all the eps?
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I pray to God that it isn't schizophrenia, because there's no way he could remain a part of the BAU; he'd have to have a not!evil!Hannibal Lecter-esque role, which has already been done in one of my other favorite crime dramas (Bones, wherein a supporting character who'd been on from the bginning and was one of my favorites turns out to be apprenticed to a cannibal and legitimately kills somebody, but guest stars in a couple of eps afterwards), and I got pissed off there. I get the feeling a lot of fangirls would quit watching if they couldn't get their weekly dose of Spencer Reid. I'm hoping it's a minor form of epilepsy, because I have epilepsy and that would just be cool, and it could be completely controlled by ( ... )
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~ Both characters had significant changes in hairstyle
~ Both were hugely beloved by me
~ I never saw it coming (despite all of the little "welp, it's genetic" moments for Reid) in either case.
I had to reassure myself repeatedly that there was no way CBS was dumb enough to start in on a schizophrenic!Reid storyline.
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Second, no we have not yet found out what was wrong with Reid. I think we know it is not schizophrenia, but other than that we know nothing.
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Ok cool, so it's probably not schizophrenia. I wasn't sure if headaches are a symptom of Schizophrenia or not.
I hope they bring it back up and we get answers. I hate it when something like that is introduced and then never gets resolved.
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This is normally called either a Bibliomanic or a Bibliokleptomaniac. If you're truly intrested in the subject I can give some amazing sources (and tales) to go read about this largely unknown disorder :)
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Kleptomaniac was the closest word I could think of to describe what I wanted to say.
Thanks for telling me the more precise term. I'm going to use it to stump people at work tomorrow.
And some sources would be cool, thanks.
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Did anyone notice or will I just have to rewatch all the eps?
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