By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
The special agents of the
FBI’s
Behavioral Analysis Unit –
BAU – on
CBS’
CRIMINAL MINDS have had a rough time of it lately, what with their colleague
Emily Prentiss, played by
Paget Brewster, going to work in England when
Brewster left the series at the end of
Season 7 and
Assistant Director Erin Strauss (
Jayne Atkinson) being tortured and murdered by the evil
Replicator at the end of
Season 8. However, arguably
Dr. Spencer Reid, played by
Matthew Gray Gubler, has had the rockiest year of all. In
Season 8, it took him ages to work up the nerve to ask
Dr. Maeve Donovan (
Beth Reisgraf), who he'd courted over the phone, to meet him face to face. Their first date was disrupted by a stalker and
Maeve was eventually murdered right in front of
Reid. With help from his friends and co-workers,
Reid has pulled himself together, though he may still be somewhat fragile at the beginning of
Season 9, which premieres Wednesday at 9 PM.
In contrast to his character, actor
Gubler seems like he couldn't be happier. The actor, who hails from Las Vegas, Nevada (as does
Reid), has so far directed five episodes of
CRIMINAL MINDS and reveals, “I'm doing two more this year, so seven.”
Gubler, who also works in feature films and does animation voice work – he’s
Simon in the
ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS movies and spoke for
Jimmy Olsen in
ALL-STAR SUPERMAN – is at a
CBS party for the
Television Critics Association. Asked if he has a moment, he grins, says, “Howdy!” and talks enthusiastically about what's happening for him professionally.
ASSIGNMENT X: Is Reid going to get any kind of a social life this season?GUBLER: I hope so. He deserves it. He's had a hard couple of decades. The girlfriend getting shot in front of him. It's been a hard one for
Reid, but hopefully he'll find some happiness.
AX: Would you have liked to see the Reid/Maeve Donovan relationship play out a little longer?
GUBLER: ...
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