Criminal Minds (TV Series)

Today I Do (2011)

Matthew Gray Gubler: Dr. Spencer Reid

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• Dr. Spencer Reid : It's a common theme in self-help books. I read twenty-two today.

• Dr. Spencer Reid : You know, this phrase doesn't seem to have a particular source or author. It's found pretty much every self-help book, I read 22 of them today, all touting the same, basic three-part plan.

  David Rossi : Let me guess, phase one is positive thinking, visualizing goals.

  Emily Prentiss : That's to work up the courage to get to phase two, taking real steps to achieve said goal.

  David Rossi : Gail committed to school, got grades like never before.

  Emily Prentiss : Molly gave up her obsessive food journal and started eating better.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : It's hard to believe motivational sayings alone would allow her to make these type of strides.

  Emily Prentiss : Maybe that's why the UnSub moved in with them. She could offer support and encouragement day and night.

  David Rossi : She'd be around to watch Molly's diet or Gail's study habits.

  Emily Prentiss : At first her methods worked. She gets to be the hero, the savior.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : She's a pure narcissist, so helping her victims is only about gaining their appreciation and dependence.

  David Rossi : The more her victims gain confidence, the less they need a full-time cheerleader.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : And that's when her motivational plan goes completely off the rails. Phase three is normally about maintaining the tenets of the program independently.

  David Rossi : But her program doesn't end. She holds them captive, destroys them physically.

  Emily Prentiss : She's the motivational speaker from hell.