Criminal Minds 5.01 - Spencer Reid

Show: Criminal Minds

Episode: S5E01, "Faceless, Nameless"

Character: Spencer Reid

Whump Factor: 2

One of the two plots of "Faceless, Nameless follows Agent Spencer Reid as he attempts to profile a killer targeting an emergency room doctor and his son.

Though the whump is significant, it is brief and occurs towards the middle of the episode. Reid, having finished the profile just in time, follows Dr. Barton outside to find the unsub standing on the front lawn weilding a gun. Reid is shot in the leg while protecting Dr. Barton.

The scene ends with Reid non-fatally shooting the unsub and his fellow BAU agents arriving; though they are concerned for Reid, he advises them to let the medics take care of him and meanwhile to help fellow agent Emily Prentiss search for their missing supervisor, Aaron Hotchner.

Reid is seen in approximately ten subsequent episodes walking with crutches; he is restricted from travelling for several episodes as a result of his injury and spends some quality time bonding with fellow agent Penelope Garcia.