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Mary Mays
| “ | I was protecting my son. What else was I supposed to do? | „ |
| ~ Mary justifying her actions. |
Mary Gwathmey Mays is a minor antagonist from the crime drama TV series Criminal Minds. She is the mother of spree killer Eddie Mays and a kidnapper who appears in the season one episode "Blood Hungry".
She was portrayed by Lindsay Crouse, who also played Professor Maggie Walsh in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dr. Diane Meade in Law & Order, and Dr. Joan Allenby in Columbo.
Biography[]
Mary Mays is the mother of spree killer Eddie Mays, who abducts young Wally Brisbane and murders his grandmother. She came from a wealthy, prominent family, and put enormous pressure on Eddie to "preserve the family name". To that end, she was an extremely manipulative and controlling parent, calling Eddie three times a day to make sure he was living up to her strict standards; at one point she even ordered him to break up with a girl she disapproved of. Mary's controlling behavior drove Eddie to rebel by using drugs, which led to a substance-induced psychotic break. She cut off all contact with Eddie after he was institutionalized, feeling that his illness would disgrace the family.
Mary feigns ignorance when she learns that Eddie abducted Wally, but it is soon revealed that she had seen Eddie and known about his crimes when he brought Wally to the Mays home. Fearing scandal, Mary cleaned up the crime scene to conceal Eddie's crime, and even hid Wally in a storage shed. After her crimes are exposed, Mary claims that she was trying to protect her son, but BAU Agent Aaron Hotchner replies that she was really protecting herself. Mary is later arrested for her crimes.
External links[]
- Mary Mays on the Criminal Minds Wiki
