This Dawson's Creek Actor Played An Important Role In Criminal Minds

If you're a fan of "Criminal Minds," you'll definitely remember this early episode featuring Tobias, as the events that occur have a lasting effect on Reid's mental and physical state. While investigating a serial killer who calls himself "Raphael" and murders people who he believes have sinned, broadcasting their deaths on the internet, Reid and JJ track the videos to a supposed witness to a previous crime named Tobias. After confirming that he's the killer, Reid and JJ split up, and Reid ends up kidnapped by Tobias, a man with warring personalities. The first personality is kind, yet submissive Tobias, while the second is his dead, abusive father, Charles, and the third the archangel Raphael, a personality formed to deal with Tobias's traumatic past with his father. 

Throughout his time in captivity, Reid is subjected to extreme torture at the hands of the Charles personality, who even forces Reid to choose between two people for Raphael to kill. When the Tobias personality takes over again, he attempts to "help" Reid escape the pain caused by Charles by dosing him with the drug Dilaudid, which Reid in turn becomes addicted to. Thankfully, Reid is eventually rescued and Tobias stopped, but Reid is in no way out of the woods yet. In the aftermath of the encounter, Reid suffers from drug addiction, while also facing anxiety and other emotional distress due to reliving his own childhood trauma during his time under the effect of Dilaudid. Reid's recovery is a major storyline throughout Seasons 2 and 3, and it leads into a lot more personal storylines in the years afterwards.