Dr. Tara Lewis (Aisha Tyler) - Criminal Minds

We'll find out tomorrow for how her character will be. :) :) :)

My biggest irk about the interview was how Tara is supposed to be both badass and super intelligent. So it sounds like she will be a blend of Morgan or JJ and Reid. I personally was hoping for a more intellectual character, like Alex, so she could an intellectual kinship with Reid. It's why I didn't mind that she has similar skills as Reid, because that could have formed a basis for some good scenes with Reid (just like most of the best Reid scenes in seasons 8 and 9 involved Alex-at least in my opinion). Now it sounds like she is likely to bond with Morgan more, if they are going to emphasize her badass, physical side. Of course, it raises the question of how did she quickly acquire such tactical skills. Sure she received that training during the FBI Academy, but that was over a decade ago, and she's been in a brain job since. So is she going to be this physical badass right out of the gate, or will there be some sort of explanation?

And while the BAU SHOULD be thinking along the same lines as Tara, half of the team is used more in an action role rather than cerebral these days, and only Reid has an actual education in forensic psychology. And their focus is more on catching the criminals rather than evaluating them afterward. Sure they get involved with the serial killer research program, but I think their focus is a bit different than Tara's. So she sees the criminals in a different light than the BAU. I get her different perspective, and even Hotch points out that her skill set is different than what the BAU uses on a daily basis. 

 But again, we will see how this all plays out. 

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