Jeff Davis sold a hit series “Criminal Minds” to CBS television in 2005, Davis has done work as script reader, editorial assistant, writer for computer software manuals and computer support specialist in Los Angeles, yet he had a difficult time selling his own work, In the Television series “Criminal Minds” he created a character by the name of Spencer Reid. Reid was an intelligent child born to his parents William Reid, a lawyer, and Diana Reid, a former professor of 15th Century Literature, Diana was a paranoid schizophrenic, who went off her medication during pregnancy. When Reid was ten years of age his father left home The ten year old Reid tried to convince his father to stay; William still left refusing to take Reid with him. Seventeen years later he found his father and found out that he left because of Diana’s paranoid schizophrenic.
William told Reid that he was too ashamed and much time had passed for him to come back into Reid’s life. Reid later puts his mom in a home and vists every now and then, Dr.Spencer Reid portrayed by Matthew Gray Gubler. Reid is the youngest member of the Behavioral Analyst Unit of the FBI (profiling team) on “Criminal Minds’i He entered the BAU at age 22; there was not a one test that they put in front of him that he could not ace within one hour. He received waivers for the physical part of the training which he struggled with. Reid took a little over a year to pass his gun qualifications. Reid is a genius who graduated from a public high school at the age of 12. He then went to Caltech with Yale being his safety school. Reid has an IQ of 187, an eidetic memory and could read 20,000 words per minute.
Reid holds a PHD, In Mathematics, Chemistry, Engineering, and also a B.A.s in psychology and Sociology, Drr Reid is one who is known to be socially awkward. The character has a slight case of Autism called Asperger’s Syndrome, Reid is often out of tune with the world, of a conversation is taking place and the subject is switch at times he fail to realize He fixates on thing and others have to snap him out of his fixations, Neither does he make eye contact with people. He could also point out signs of Autism and schizophrenic. Reid is more books smart, not up to par on technology. Reid does not really stick out from the rest of the crew. Due to his kidnapping were he had been tortured and drugged over the course of two days. This led him to be an addict to the pain killer Dilaudid.
Criminal Minds” was created by Jeff Davis, who is a different individual from the one you mentioned. Jeff Davis, the creator of Criminal Minds, is an American television writer and producer. He developed the show, which first aired in 2005, and served as its showrunner and executive producer for several seasons. Davis left the series after its second season to focus on other projects. Since then, the show has continued under different showrunners. It’s important to verify information before stating it as fact, as inaccuracies can lead to misunderstandings.
