Again Iirc There ARE Inconsistencies Re: How Good His Auditory Recall Is - Tumblr Posts

1 year ago
Standing in an office is Morgan, a man with close-cropped dark hair wearing a white patterned button-up and tie. He gestures at Garcia, a blonde woman wearing dark clothes gathering things together in the background. Reid, a seated brunette man also wearing a white patterned button-up, looks up at him as he speaks. White subtitles at the bottom of the image read: "Hey, what's that new tech girl's name?"
Reid furrows his brows, mouth open, then speaks. Yellow subtitles at the bottom of the image read: "Uh...Gomez, I think."

I see Reid not remembering Garcia's name in this flashback cited as a plot hole a lot, but it makes perfect sense to me. Reid specifically recalls everything he's seen/read, not everything he hears, and as Garcia is brand new to the team here, it's entirely plausible he's only ever heard her name. The fact that he doesn't have perfect recall of auditory information is even a bit of a plot point in 1x22, where he initially struggles to recall the Parliament of Fowls because it's only ever been read to him.

I think there is some inconsistency on how good Reid's auditory memory is, but usually when I see this moment cited as a plot hole it's because Reid has an eidetic memory—which is visual.


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