Instead, Prentiss gets dramatic lines that remind the audience of the humanity inherent in her job.
Most of her best lines are actually more dramatic ones.
Prentiss Doesn’t Like Playing Politics
“I think politics makes people distrustful.
I think it makes them hate themselves.
I think it tears families apart and damages people.”
Prentiss remarking on the darkness of an unsub’s obsession is one of those moments.
While she might be fascinated by the case, it’s another reminder of how dark humans can be.
It’s just so clear they didn’t know how short their time would be."
She wants him to shut up and listen."
As a woman in a male-dominated field, Prentiss experiences plenty of misogyny in the series.
So do the rest of her female coworkers.
Prentiss says this particular quote as a way to explain just what it means to vent to someone.
We just don’t know it at the time.
I’d like to believe that’s true."
The nature of the job means that Prentiss and her colleagues see a lot of people come and go.
Jobs change, people are injured or even killed in the field, and families grow.
All of those circumstances can lead to a lot “endings” in the life of an FBI agent.
As Prentiss points out in the series, endings can be treated as new beginnings as well.
She tries to embrace the change in her life and find something to look forward to.
I’m just a civilian knocking on a little boy’s door."
Whether Prentiss is considered an active FBI agent or not, she knows her way around an authority figure.
She never misses the chance to find a way to bend a rule instead of break it.
When she bends the rules so that do the right thing, it makes an impression.
Nobody deserves to have that taken away."
It’s in those times that the team demonstrates their capacity for empathy very well.
Prentiss knows her teammates inside and out.
Remaining impartial, however, isn’t always possible with human beings who have emotional reactions to cases.
That’s part of what makes the series so good.
The team all have very human reactions to the cases they work.
Prentiss Finds The Perfect Partner
“He is the perfect man.
He doesn’t hog the covers, and he poops in a box.”
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