▁Chief ▁A aron ▁Hot ch ner ▁in ▁the ▁pilot ▁episode ▁(" Ext reme ▁Ag gress or "), ▁is ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁respect able ▁first ▁impression ▁of ▁Sp encer , ▁def lect ing ▁jud g ments ▁about ▁his ▁age . ▁His ▁mother , ▁D iana ▁Re id ▁( J ane ▁Lyn ch ), ▁suff ers ▁from ▁sch iz op hren ia ▁and ▁is ▁currently ▁committed ▁to ▁a ▁mental ▁institution . ▁In ▁season ▁ 6 ▁Re id ▁starts ▁suffering ▁from ▁cluster ▁head aches ▁and ▁when ▁do ctors ▁can ' t ▁diagn ose ▁why , ▁Re id ▁thinks ▁he ▁might ▁be ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁stages ▁of ▁sch iz op hren ia ▁himself . ▁Re id ▁takes ▁SS A ▁Em ily ▁Pr ent iss ' ▁death ▁very ▁hard ▁and , ▁when ▁it ▁was ▁revealed ▁the ▁death ▁was ▁f aked , ▁was ▁dist rust ful ▁of ▁both ▁Pr ent iss ▁and ▁SS A ▁Jenn ifer ▁J are au ▁( who ▁helped ▁in ▁the ▁cover - up ). ▁During ▁season ▁ 8 , ▁Re id ▁becomes ▁involved ▁with ▁a ▁woman ▁who ▁was ▁being ▁st alk ed . ▁In ▁the ▁episode ▁" Z ug zw ang ", ▁her ▁st alk er ▁ultimately ▁kid n aps ▁her ▁and ▁k ills ▁her , ▁dev ast ating ▁Re id . ▁In ▁season ▁ 1 1 ▁he ▁is ▁deeply ▁affected ▁by ▁D erek ▁Morgan ' s ▁decision ▁to ▁leave ▁the ▁B AU ▁but ▁understand s ▁and ▁supports ▁his ▁reasons . ▁Initial ly ▁Re id ▁had ▁a ▁cr ush ▁on ▁J J , ▁even ▁going