Reid plays the piano

[@dustincb1196]

"I can't..I..I never have before but, its essentially all math" while i'm half way through a fundamentals of music theory video taking notes and losing my shit.

[@baileyhanes8125]

MEEEEE. Dear Lord music theory is awesome and interesting and fun but when you hit snags it makes you tear your hair out.

[@lunarfeather1574]

XD I feel you right there

[@TribuneAquila]

Reid- it’s essentially just math. Beethoven literally rolls over in his grave

[@nytestar4035]

Meeeeeee

[@rp8339]

my brother (a lifelong classical pianist) would have thrown something at the screen when Reid said that.

[@pandoraavatar9901]

This scene is so sweet, the way Reid and Sammy bond through the music and Sammy voluntarily touches Reid’s hand to help him play.

[@Abigailk59]

This scene is the sweetest. The way Sammy grabs Reid's hand to play the piano with him us so special and Reid is so patient with him it made my heart melt.

[@vex6517]

Unus Annus

[@Abigailk59]

@@vex6517 Unus Annus

[@vex6517]

@@Abigailk59 memento mori

[@pennyyyparkin2627]

MEMENTO MORI

[@whitticanna]

@@vex6517 9p99oooo7 7yo u 99 I 989 8th I'm 9⁸I to Island ⁹you[ok 98999099 I id 9r I L

[@alexweber9899]

Incredible scene. Speaks to Reid’s emotional intelligence and ability to apply logic to something so artistic and beautiful

[@dreamsyns]

My dude Sammy went from “playing” yes to playing a whole f***ing song

[@DLH1964-y9g]

It's likely, that if Ried really listens to the music, and knows the lyrics, if there are any lyrics, what the boy is trying to tell him, is likely in the of the song. If the boy communicates with music, please, listen to it.

[@DeathnoteBB]

I’m supposed to be going to sleep but now I’m watching Reid clips

[@Lynn1109]

Same 😂

[@mariaida2986]

stop calling me out like that lol

[@fox_soul8278]

M E T O O

[@lizkid6313]

But actually tho

[@abbigailconaway3311]

Me right now

[@emmaro6303]

Getting through to a child with special needs especially to the extreme that Sammy is like reid did is amazing. It’s a once in a life time experience that is probably one of the best feelings in the world

[@avrilslittlesis]

Tldr: People with high support needs deserve a life with human connection, not just a "once in a lifetime experience". I agree that forging that connection, especially with a child still finding their voice and means of communication, is enxhilirating when you make a breakthrough. I just hope you realize that people like Sammy will have to "breakthrough" to most people they meet in their life and that is an exhausting experience. By romanticizing moments like these makes it easier to forget that people with high support needs are still people. Its harder for them to connect with a world that wasnt built for them. People often seem determined to misunderstand those who think and see the world differently. These moments are often "once in a lifetime" events bc people do not spend their lives with differently abled people. When you have to take the time to unlearn your standards of communication and learn what the high support person wants, feels, and needs and how they individually communicate, it is so much easier to think of them as a child and blame and isolate people like sammy bc of things they cant control. Reid connected with sammy bc he was open and honest and listened to sammy. He asked sammy if he understood and believed him. Reid told sammy when he didnt understand and didnt blame sammy for not communicating in a way he could understand. When you see people as people and genuinely connect with them, no matter their individual needs, you learn to stop dehumanizing them by realizing that treating them as obstacles and objects you fail to acknowledge that while it can be difficult to work with them for reasons beyond their control, they can be assholes entirely on purpose and you can still love them anyway.

[@bebo5558]

On the TV show "House", he did it twice!

[@emily95824]

He did actually buy a piano after that case

[@marsmontufar6319]

But sadly the show never addressed it again

[@cait812]

@@marsmontufar6319 Basically the shows approach to everything.

[@garystribling8579]

GeeeeehgBJnnnnnnnxBnGssssy

[@GrayShadowOfNight]

@@cait812 yep. My thoughts exactly. Reid had so much shit thrown at him so far. But they just. Poof. And the plot line is gone. I know this happens with big ensemble shows.... But so much wasted potential

[@boppityboopy114]

@@GrayShadowOfNightI mean what’s the potential story line there? That Reid has a new hobby? I don’t disagree that there were some storylines that could’ve been stretched out but Idt this is one of them

[@Kaoss134]

Reid: *plays the simpliest major scale* I didnt know you could play...

[@Finians_Mancave]

He didn't just play "the simplest major scale". He played with one hand and the proper thumb-under crossover, which means the person has had lessons or taught himself -- so, it's a reasonable assumption that he plays the piano. In this case, Reid claims to not play, but somehow picked it up because it's mathematical. In reality, it's obvious the actor playing Reid has had at least a few years of piano lessons.

[@hannahharding2706]

fr!!

[@theuzumakikay8647]

@@Finians_Mancave are you sure ? Cause I essentially learned a full song after watching someone play it twice on piano and had never even touched one before that. I wouldn’t say it’s “mathematical” but this guy seems to represent a person with Aspergers and has a photographic memory and in that case it isn’t far fetched at all that he would learn very quickly

[@HEY-gn5lx]

@@Finians_Mancave you don't have to have had a few years of lessons to do a c-major scale with thumb-under-crossover and a few chords. Takes maybe half an hour to learn, maybe an hour if you're untalented. (Doesn't mean that it's impossible that he did have lessons though). Besides that the fingering of the downward scale was wrong. He crossed over with his index finger instead of the middle finger.

[@caelanraegn]

I know. I used to be able to play A Thousand Miles and River Flows in You but I don't really play. I just imitated the ones shown in KZbin tutorials. XD

[@elyanguerin2317]

0:50 Every music teacher ever who said "Come on its not as hard as math" about music theory: 👁️👄👁️

[@soaringvulture]

I'm a musician and an engineer. Music is based on math but engages your emotions. So it's harder than math.

[@mallorimullins]

Reid’s so good with kids 🥺

[@bobbyoldhead4198]

And then in real life, Matthew tells kids to get the hell away and asks if the network sent the little baby

[@jayxfrost8987]

@@bobbyoldhead4198 these documents are a joke XD Matthew isn't actually like this, lol

[@lunarfeather1574]

My dude just mathed his way outta music lessons, smdh. XD

[@toki7111]

he even statistic his way into flirting 👁👄👁

[@havokA33L]

I love this scene! Reid is so patient with Sammy and the way they bond through the song on the piano is so heartwarming. Sammy voluntarily grabbing Reid's hand to place it in the right spots was a great surprise :)

[@HeartAngel1796]

I found this episode fascinating with how Sammy's mind works and how the team cracked his clues. Also, this song on the piano is lovely.

[@fiver2543]

He turned "yes" into a whole song

[@gaabi_p.g.]

This scene is definitely one of my favorites of the whole show

[@pennyyyparkin2627]

memento mori

[@lexieharvie9994]

I nearly cried at this scene , it so cute the bond between Reid and sammy that sammy trusts him enough to touch him

[@dropthetext2995]

This is one of the reasons Reid is my favorite character

[@amberwatts3248]

Reid actually bought a keyboard in the end of this episode

[@jessicadrury156]

The scene is really sweet, though Reid can clearly play the piano a little, it usually takes a little bit of time building up the finger strength and control for clear notes like that. I'm just being pedantic though as a pianist. It is a beautiful way to get through to the child though

[@Shamelessweb]

As someone who is autistic I feel like Reid is on the spectrum also I like to remind people it’s a spectrum everyone reacts differently to it I feel it helps him with his work along side his brain power he definitely has traits of autism in my opinion

[@TheTaintedRelic]

I’m pretty it’s confirmed he’s on the spectrum in one of the earlier episodes of season 1, I can’t remember which one tho

[@shampoo_foryourhead8326]

@@TheTaintedRelic yes I can confirm they did say that in one of the first episodes in the first season. The one with the twin blonde girls and the obsessed stalker

[@Teds_personal_assistant]

Broken Mirrors, S1, E5. The Unsun begins to list characteristics about all of the bau agents, and for Reid's, he says something along the lines of, "You're a team of profiles but somehow nobody's addressed the undiagnosed autistic." (That's definitely not exact, don't quote me.)

[@catalinrosu6358]

Guess I'm rewatching this episode tonight🤷‍♀️ It's way too sweet💞

[@Thejlwt]

What episode

[@catalinrosu6358]

@@Thejlwt season 6 episode 16

[@Thejlwt]

@@catalinrosu6358 thanks

[@coelhinhhasasa]

10 years ago & i will always remember the moment i fell in love w this piece.

[@lcollins2154]

The little boy who played Sammy was amazing.

[@kenziekorp349]

reid is so good with connecting with kids🥺💕

[@FrankWolenczak]

He was playing "The Smile of a child" by Paul Reeves

[@dustymedlock]

“I don’t play, but essentially it’s just math.” Funny, and true.

[@lilianjones7751]

the piece at the end of this makes me feel like some super secret passageway is going to open up and reveal the secrets of the universe

[@isabeller5542]

this is the scene that made me fall in love with reid

[@aliyahirene8610]

hello for everyone looking for the correct name of the piece it is called Smile of a Child

[@Okipullup6103]

Criminal Minds had such an amazing cast. I honestly miss them.

[@ninjanibba4259]

Season 1-7 had the best clear cast, the strongest one, 8-10 had Blake and she was ok but didn’t feel like family, Kate had potential but never came back

[@Itsjustkatieok]

I've been trying to find the song my nana played on the piano before she died, we used to have a beautiful piano when I was little and when she would baby sit me she would play. .....she died a few years and I heard this song at one of my friends house and I recognized it and I went home and heard it on criminal minds......and I remembered that moment with her. And this song reminds me of her.....thank you....thank you so much....I wouldn't of found the name without you. This song means everything to me now

[@vrohtoniceplayz8853]

What’s the song called

[@gythajager]

@@vrohtoniceplayz8853 "Brother" by Road Hawgs

[@davidizasian4life788]

The title of the music is coda i know cuz i was watching the piano of it

[@simtsan2504]

It also goes by "Brother" or "Sammy's song" by road hawgs. That's the sheet music you can find.

[@ysdjene]

that’s also the name of that episode. season 6 episode 16

[@geiiger]

Aliyah Irene 7 months ago hello for everyone looking for the correct name of the piece it is called Smile of a Child

[@YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen]

Oh my goodness. I can't believe you broke it off there! I MUST see the rest of this scene!

[@megfletcher6923]

this is beautiful, LOVELOVELOVE it!

[@carolinegrous]

one of the best scenes of this amazing show imo. honestly now thinking about it there are so many good scenes i cant choose

[@gadsdenrose]

This is the only episode of the entire series that I cannot rewatch. I hurt for Sammy and his parents.

[@PerceptivePear7]

Out of everything scene in Criminal Minds ever, this one is my favorite.

[@brendenferland6602]

With both Spence and Sammy having trouble with touching this scene really opened my eyes how well this specific ep got me

[@Kartracer95]

That was beautiful how he reached Sammy on his level

[@thomasstokes9526]

Love the communication skills 😄

[@josephperkins4391]

I always got chills during this episode

[@soph1e_card0na]

do you remember the episode number i forgot

[@bluebados2179]

@@soph1e_card0na 6x16

[@SpringTrap-4ever]

Every time I hear the song it gives me flashbacks and I think in a way that's what's happening to Sammy. I think when he plays this song he sees what happened to his parents and in a way that's what he's trying to tell Reid. This conversation sounded a little better in my head so if this sounds stupid I'm sorry...

[@scdl-m2z]

reid: **asks a question** sammy: **plays a whole fucking song**

[@terryslade6240]

One of the characters in my Christmas novel that will be published has autism, and this movie helped me understand what AS is like! Thank you!

[@gurglequeen433]

I recentlynrewatched this episode, and I rmemeber at the end we see Reid walking home with a brand new Keyboard. His connection with Sammy was so strong that he took up piano as a hobby.

[@marioz2332]

I learned it when I first saw this episode!!!

[@Stuff_And_Things]

It was such a sad episode for such a beautiful piece to come out of it.

[@YaoiFan22]

I love this one! 😍💖

[@sharonhoyt2133]

One of the sweetest moments in Criminal Minds.

[@rhemorse]

Ok but why does this kid not have a communication ipad or something. Like clearly he understands how to answer questions, he just is non verbal.

[@RayRayTheBent]

Because the town was small, so limited economy, and the parents spent everything they had beyond basic necessities on what few enrichment aids they could afford.

[@tatsuyaokabayashi1929]

This is my favorite Criminal Minds episode.... !!!!!!

[@vrxti.5251]

What episode is this

[@acc7343]

@@vrxti.5251 not sure if you still need it but its season 6 episode 16, its in the description :)

[@vrxti.5251]

@@acc7343 I don’t but thank you

[@Rj-ov7zd]

Reid needs his own show

[@Vindidcteo]

This scene makes me feel like wanting too cry.

[@alexaccount102]

I was finna turn up when they started playing Coda

[@MNTayler]

sorry to be stupid what is Coda!? K I looked it up. But what is this music? It really got to my heart. I could listen to it a lot

[@cait812]

@@MNTayler Brother, Road Hawgs

[@edie9805]

i think it’s called ‘Smile of a Child’

[@cait812]

@@edie9805 It is not

[@leonorcrafts9877]

@Eunoia it is, it’s the smile of a child by Paul Reeves

[@bbb8182]

I love the song the boy plays. It haunts me.

[@rebeccaabraham8652]

That makes me think about the piano bits in Battlestar Galactica….

[@gabbielogan9271]

I love this episode

[@emilynorris4263]

This solidified in my mind that I want Spencer Reid's babies. YES I KNOW HE'S FICTIONAL

[@bryanho8938]

yo any of you guys know what's this piano song? I'm actually interested to listen to it

[@lunarfeather1574]

Coda Piano, or The Smile of a Child by Paul Reeves. I believe

[@christineegan465]

That's not how autism works, but I still love this scene because Reid always brings a gentle presence when needed.

[@Ren4YourLives]

For some people, it is. ASD is so varied that there are definitely people who communicate this way. Now, getting a Spencer Reid who can “talk” back to you so quickly would be nearly impossible, which could be why it’s not seen very often, but as someone who’s autistic, I can say that this IS how at least an aspect of ASD works for some people on the spectrum.

[@MissMiserize]

The spectrum is very diverse. Both Reid and Sammy are equally autistic, they're just have different support needs.

[@svensonable]

this video has moved me very much

[@nayell7679]

I just watched this seen!!

[@emilyallen409]

what season?

[@김수연-f4c5e]

Nice jobs,thanks share

[@TheGundeck]

1:33 The kid's hands get freakishly big... once you see it you can't unsee it.

[@arliamcilroy1469]

Song is: The Smile of a Child by Paul Reeves

[@makleake6156]

Reid: Sammy, would it be alright if I sat here? Sammy:… Reid:(sits down)

[@Bixfan78]

Reminds me of the space creatures communicating with the earth folks through music in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."

[@someone7773]

I love this

[@mosinnagant3162]

Yes or no answers only please Kid: 1:26

[@paigej]

Cry laughing at the kids CGI hands. Once you see it you can’t unsee it

[@cormon4154]

At 1:34 Sammy turns into an alien with giant man hands, it seems his forearms are longer than his torso, strange green screen effect here lol.

[@lissetterivera3045]

Beautiful

[@bryanho8938]

And also if anyone could please tell me what did the piano scene means in the end? That would be nice too thank you

[@bryanho8938]

actually I got the answer for this question, thanks tho, now I just need that piano song cover

[@danna5048]

@@bryanho8938 what’s the answer if you still remember 😭

[@bryanho8938]

@@danna5048 Damn sis, it's been 8 months but I'll do my best. Ok, so the piano scene, in the end, represents a story. The kid is not playing music for entertaining purposes, he's doing it to communicate with Reid.

[@bryanho8938]

@@danna5048 And here's an article that explains in-depth: Sammy communicates through symbols, not words. Ergo, the “L” that he’s been repeatedly drawing isn’t a letter -- it’s a representation of the clock hands for three o’clock, which is the time he arrives at his parents’ music store after school each day. Prentiss and Seaver examine the surveillance tape from the music store for three o’clock on the day of the kidnapping. On it, Sammy enters the store and immediately starts playing the piano. Bill Thomas arrives shortly thereafter and delivers packages to Charlie and Alison. The team makes a few of their customary wild leaps in logic, which as usual turn out to be 100% correct, and accurately peg Bill as the unsub.

[@floralzero]

@@bryanho8938 "The team makes a few of their customary wild leaps in logic, which as usual turn out to be 100% correct, and accurately peg Bill as the unsub." what a beautiful summary of Criminal Minds

[@lucyk5087]

Is that an actual song ta the end

[@hsmacaraig]

Yep! It’s called either Coda, Brother, or Sammy’s song. It has another name too but I forgot it.

[@jaycee5198]

Working on learning this song now becasue of this episode.

[@thesparechannel6580]

My friends and I (all autistic) had a fuckin blast watching this episode. I do find it funny how Reid is pretty much textually autistic but seems to have the same approach as me most of my life, just "Yeah probably but maybe if I don't look at it won't be there".

[@RiverLaozu]

I havr no idea what this is from or what it really means but this scene resonated with me for some reason

[@mariacortes911]

What song is?

[@mounireaddevil]

The boy acting is better than the acting of the substitute actors in the following seasons

[@cathgriffiths9066]

Love this scene. Is that an actual piece of music and if so, hat is it? Thanks.

[@atadbitahistory9660]

It is either called the smile of a child, or the cry of a child, but we often call it 'coda'. You can KZbin 'coda piano tutorial' and it'l come up, I'll send a link.

[@atadbitahistory9660]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpmVkqupj9WEb5I

[@maddyrohrer670]

learning to play sammy's song on piano! so far so good

[@jackiepaper6464]

Let me start by saying I love Criminal Minds. However in the scene when I the camera pans up and they show the backing landscape I promise there isn’t a land mass in all of Louisiana that is that high. I live in Lake Charles Louisiana about 70 miles west of Lafayette. The highest point in Louisiana is only a little over 6 hundred feet. I don’t know we’re this was filmed but it wasn’t in South Louisiana.

[@yazminamacias4000]

Can anyone tell me what that piece of music is from? It's Beautiful.

[@harlequin6119]

what is piece of music played by the boy????

[@nathanaelvalville9191]

And it's DOCTOR REID!!!

[@misskate60]

I dont know this tune but it is so soothing...

[@heyitamezara]

Does anyone know the name of the song he's palying

[@anniegao9105]

Yess Reid taught Sammy how to play piano very well

[@mono6421]

does anyone know what's the name of this piece of music?

[@JenFlit]

The Smile of a child

[@emi_heart20]

I do not know this but my guess he tryna communicate by piano

[@danieleasterling5325]

Anyone know the name of the song the kid is playing?

[@stevecharters8965]

Oh dear, is there nothing original anymore? The duelling banjos scene near the beginning of "Deliverance".

[@mockingbird6808]

what is the title of this music please ?

[@saulodesouza6026]

Coda piano

[@amyearley2505]

Look up the smile of a child by Paul reeves :)

[@michaelahofferova2007]

@@amyearley2505 you are just an angel 🙏🏻 thank you

[@ryno6040]

What film is this?

[@atadbitahistory9660]

A series called criminal minds season 6 episode 16

[@NomadicCreatorMY]

From this scene, it sounds like he was happy someone took his parents away...

[@geiiger]

Thats wasnt my interpretation of the playing

[@therandomazer.r.4422]

Which episode was this I wanna see it

[@sharathkrishna3186]

You people made me curious. What is this? Movie? Series?

[@thebatperson7530]

criminal minds, it’s a tv show with the first ten or so seasons on netflix

[@stormwildthing5321]

What's the name of the series?

[@franirisventura3514]

Criminal mines

[@mosswerbowy3303]

What movie?

[@atadbitahistory9660]

Criminal Minds, season 6 episode 16

[@sierraayanna4334]

Dang it now I have to watch the show.

[@sierraayanna4334]

I’m on the episode !!! Season 6 Episode 16