<P> After Spencer Reid returns to work following his abduction by serial killer Tobias Hankel, Prentiss experiences a falling out with the young agent due to his harsh behavior toward her (a function of the irritability resulting from Reid's use of narcotics to cope with his recent trauma). However, the agents eventually gain a mutual respect and even share light - hearted moments . Prentiss sometimes joins in with Morgan in good - natured teasing of Reid's genius . She also amazes Reid when she beats him at poker even though he is from Las Vegas and never loses . Another turning point in their relationship is when Prentiss and Reid are held captive by a cult group and Prentiss admits she is the FBI agent, causing her to suffer a beating from the cult leader . As a result, Reid feels guilty, but Prentiss reassures him everything is all right and that is not his fault . Prentiss is also the only one Reid tells about his recurring headaches . Reid is one of the most affected by Prentiss's death, sobbing on JJ's shoulder because he never got to say goodbye, and even thought about giving up since he felt the BAU had failed at protecting a member of their team . Later, when Prentiss comes back, Reid feels betrayed by Prentiss for not telling him the truth, but Prentiss confronts him and they eventually reconcile . </P> <P> Prentiss is often seen hanging out with Jareau and Technical Analyst Penelope Garcia outside of work . Garcia looks up to Prentiss and never fails to vocalize her admiration, whether it is for Prentiss's fluency in Arabic, wit or the fact she took up salsa dancing classes . Garcia also notes that after four years with the team, Prentiss is a part of the "BAU family;" they hold a close friendship . </P> <P> Prentiss is shown to be an extremely competent, level - headed agent . She is not as affected by the nightmares that come with the job and manages to keep her cool in hostile confrontations . She is also shown to put herself in the line of fire, for example, volunteering to enter into the unsub's house to rescue his young boy, and sacrifice herself for her teammates, as she did for Spencer Reid once in the season 4 episode, "Minimal Loss ." She does not act rashly and there was only one rare occasion where she allowed her personal feelings interfere with investigations . It has been mentioned by Morgan that she has problems trusting others, preferring to handle things independently instead of asking others to help, but it was revealed that this reluctance is due to her long background as an undercover agent . </P> <P> In the sixth season, Agent Prentiss is notified by her former superiors at Interpol that a man named Ian Doyle has escaped from prison in North Korea . Later, after returning home from work, Prentiss receives several hang - up calls on her home phone from an unknown caller . Upon her return home on a subsequent night, she finds an anonymous gift on her doorstep, containing a single purple flower . She experiences a flashback to a past undercover job in Italy, during which she was acting as his girlfriend and surveiling Doyle . Recognizing that the gift of the purple flower means Doyle knows where she lives, Prentiss flees . In "Coda", Prentiss enlists two former Interpol colleagues in hunting Doyle . Tsia Mosely, one of her Interpol colleagues, gets shot in the head by Doyle while visiting someone . At the end of that episode, Prentiss sneaks out of a meeting in order to save her BAU colleagues from Doyle . </P>

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