Retconning aspects of Emily Prentiss

So I'm doing another rewatch and while watching Season 2, I just realized something. They retconned aspects of Emily in later seasons.

When we're first introduced to her, she was SMART. Not Reid smart but definitely smarter than some of the team. She knows multiple languages, could tell that Gideon was going to beat Reid at chess in 3 moves just by looking at the board, and brought up something obscure that caused everyone to look to Reid for confirmation. However in later seasons we never see that talent again. She ends up relying heavily on Reid for anything not behavior related like everyone else and ends up confused by stuff he says that Season 2 Emily would understand.

In the Open Season episode she talks about spending a lot of time in the French Alps and was at ease in the wilderness yet in a much later season, when asked if she would like to spend an extended period in the woods, she looked uncomfortable at the thought and said "I'm a city girl, margaritas and taxis."

I know its not a huge deal in the long run, there were a few characters that had their personalities greatly altered *cough, cough* Derek *cough, cough* but I'm just surprised I didnt notice it with Emily.