Criminal Minds (TV Series)

True Genius (2012)

Matthew Gray Gubler: Dr. Spencer Reid

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• Dr. Spencer Reid : [voiceover]  There is no greater sorrow than to recall in misery the time when we were happy. -Dante

• Emily Prentiss : Hey, are you gonna tell me what's up? Reid, it's me.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Do you ever wonder if you lived up to expectations?

  Emily Prentiss : I beat them. I figured I'd be a bored socialite by 25.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : I thought I'd cure schizophrenia by the time I was 25. You know, when I was a kid, people told me that I could do anything.

  Emily Prentiss : You're afraid you've let people down?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : No, I'm afraid I let myself down.

  Emily Prentiss : By not curing schizophrenia?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : No, just because... I don't know why I'm in the FBI.

  Emily Prentiss : I see. You're genius, but you have the same job as me, Morgan, JJ.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Yeah, exactly. No, that's not what I'm saying. It's just sometimes... sometimes, I kind of get this feeling like... Like maybe I should have done something more with my life.

  Emily Prentiss : How old are you? 29.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : I'm 30.

  Emily Prentiss : No way. We missed your birthday? Well, why didn't you tell us? The fact of the matter is you're young. There's still time.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : By the time Nicola Tesla was 30, he'd already invented the induction motor.

  Emily Prentiss : You know what? You might be right. You don't hear that much about child prodigies once they grow up. In fact, most of them turn out average.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : That's not true. Are you trying reverse psychology with me?

  Emily Prentiss : I'm just telling it like it is.

• [last lines] 

  Emily Prentiss : Hey, Reid. Hotch wants to talk to you. What's wrong?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : He probably wants to talk to me about why I've been kind of weird lately.

  Emily Prentiss : You are making a difference, you know, one person at a time.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Thank you. You know, I've been thinking a lot lately about why I stayed after Gideon left, why I didn't take any of those other offers.

  Emily Prentiss : Nothing is accidental.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : And I realized, I don't know, there's just something incredibly right about being here, with you guys.

  Emily Prentiss : Well, I'm glad to hear that. Otherwise this would have been really awkward.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : What would have been really awkward?

  Penelope Garcia : Surprise!

  Emily Prentiss , Penelope Garcia , Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau , Aaron Hotchner , David Rossi , Derek Morgan : Surprise! Happy birthday!

  Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau : Happy birthday!

  Penelope Garcia : Happy birthday!

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Thank you.

  Aaron Hotchner : Do you feel like 30?

  Derek Morgan : Happy birthday, old man. Happy birthday. Almost 40 now.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : I'm getting close.

• Dr. Spencer Reid : Can I get a physical copy of the online version of today's paper?

  Agent Rebecca Lin : You want a printout of the online version?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Yeah. With all the comments printed out as well, if possible, thanks.

  Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau : Don't ask.

• Roger Smith : [Reid is walking up to a press conference]  The dates match, eh, when Zodiac stopped killing, my cousin was put in mental hospital in Mexico. He was released two month ago

  Reporter : Do you have anything more specific?

  Roger Smith : He was, eh, working on a production The Mikado in '68. Zodiac talked about The Mikado in a letter

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Excuse me. I'm Dr. Reid with the Behavior Analysis Unit. Was your cousin by chance a fan of Wagner? Because, eh, a CD of the Tragic Overture was sent to the police this morning

  Roger Smith : He loved Wagner, specially the Tragic Overture. It's him!

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Oh, yeah. Well, for the record: a CD was not sent to the police this morning and the Tragic Overture was written by Brahms, not Wagner. So luckily, I guess it's not your cousin!

  [Into the TV camera] 

  Dr. Spencer Reid : The FBI would greatly appreciate if people would stop making false claims to get their 15 minutes of fame. Thank you. Thank you very much

• Dr. Spencer Reid : The spam had to be converted from matrix code to binary code, then switched to base eight before being translated back into letters. I can go into more detail if you want.

  Aaron Hotchner : No. How smart would a person have to be to write code like that?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Beyond smart. Profoundly gifted. An IQ of at least 160.

  Emily Prentiss : That changes the profile, then.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : The UnSub could still hold a menial or low-level job. Many believe that beyond an IQ of 120, success is determined by other factors.

• Dan Feinberg : Dr. Reid? Hey, you were fantastic up there!

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Thank you

  Dan Feinberg : Yeah, I... I loved the names of those paraphilias. I have a new list to memorize

  Dr. Spencer Reid : You like memorizing lists?

  Dan Feinberg : I'm weird that way

  Dr. Spencer Reid : That's not weird at all! I do it all the time

• Patricia Cornwell : In the end, I just write about violent crime. The real heroes are the people here beside me. Now, give a warm welcome to our next speaker, Dr. Spencer Reid of the BAU.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Thank you. Thanks. Patricia Cornwell, ladies and gentlemen. Ms. Cornwell will be signing books at the end of the session.

  [microphone howling occurs] 

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Sorry. Uh. Hi. I am here today to talk to you about paraphilias and their relation to violent crime. Does anybody know what dendrophilia is? Yes, a fetish for trees.

• Aaron Hotchner : Reid, how is it going?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Computers slow me down, so I prefer paper, but I wasn't expecting all these comments. Where do people find the time?

• Derek Morgan : What's he doing?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : We've been thinking about this case too linearly. Based on the complexity of the code, it's obvious this UnSub is operating on several different levels, so we need to start thinking in multiple dimensions.