▁at ▁its ▁field ▁offices ▁in ▁the ▁Mid west ▁before ▁coming ▁to ▁the ▁Be havior al ▁Analysis ▁Unit ▁( BA U ). ▁Pr ent iss ▁is ▁extremely ▁well ▁travel led ▁due ▁to ▁her ▁up br ing ing ▁as ▁an ▁amb assador ' s ▁daughter ▁and ▁her ▁previous ▁assign ments ▁while ▁at ▁Inter pol . ▁She ▁is ▁fl uent ▁in ▁Arab ic , ▁Spanish , ▁French , ▁Italian , ▁Russian , ▁and ▁Greek . ▁ ▁Pr ent iss ▁first ▁appeared ▁in ▁the ▁season ▁two ▁episode ▁" The ▁Last ▁Word ." ▁Her ▁appearance ▁surprised ▁both ▁SS A ▁A aron ▁Hot ch ner ▁and ▁Jason ▁G ide on , ▁as ▁neither ▁super visor ▁had ▁signed ▁off ▁on ▁the ▁transfer . ▁Hot ch ner ▁was ▁immediately ▁susp icious ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁agent , ▁but ▁Pr ent iss , ▁ins isting ▁that ▁her ▁mother ▁had ▁not ▁pulled ▁any ▁strings ▁for ▁her ▁to ▁get ▁the ▁assignment , ▁convinced ▁him ▁to ▁let ▁her ▁join ▁the ▁team ▁on ▁a ▁prob ation ary ▁basis , ▁and ▁eventually ▁proved ▁her ▁compet ence ▁and ▁gained ▁the ▁team ' s ▁trust . ▁ ▁Pr ent iss ▁was ▁originally ▁written ▁as ▁a ▁les bian ▁and ▁had ▁a ▁story line ▁where ▁she ▁w oke ▁up ▁in ▁bed ▁next ▁to ▁a ▁woman , ▁which ▁the ▁cre ative ▁team ▁and ▁B rew ster ▁were ▁on ▁board ▁for , ▁but ▁CBS ▁reported ly ▁n ixed ▁the ▁idea . ▁In ▁a ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁interview , ▁following ▁B rew ster ' s ▁return ▁to ▁the ▁show , ▁she ▁stated ▁that