In discussing his departure from Criminal Minds with People , Gibson attempted to explain what happened during the altercation that ended his tenure on the show. Gibson said he then returned to the set where he was talking with castmates when Williams entered the room. As he brushed past me, my foot came up and tapped him on the leg," Gibson explained. We had some choice words, for which I apologized the next day, and that was it.
It was over. We shot the scene, I went home — and I never got to go back. Gibson's sudden exit from Criminal Minds didn't offer fans much closure. His character, Hotch, joined the Witness Protection Program to protect himself and his son from a serial killer known as Mr.
Several months after the on-set altercation, Criminals Minds showrunner Erica Messer weighed in on having to write Gibson out of the story during an interview with TV Guide. I really wanted to be able to send him off in a way that felt believable for that character. I think for all of us who love Hotch, we would say he was an amazing team leader, but he was also an amazing father. Hotch's transfer is later stalled in the system by Garcia, who then gets him brought back into the current case.
After receiving a call at home, Hotch and Haley argue about his two commitments. Later, Hotch makes the decision to join the team in their case as it was pointed out to him that his transfer isn't in the system yet and he is still bound to the BAU. Along with Prentiss, who resigned, he rejoins the rest of the team, minus Gideon, in Milwaukee to solve the case. Hotch ends up being the one to disarm the unsub's son, who had gotten a hold of Morgan's gun from Prentiss.
He later tells Strauss that the team needs to be left intact and that what makes her think he would ever consider leaving the BAU. Upon returning home, Hotch discovers Haley has left him and taken Jack with her. In " Birthright ", he was served with divorce papers as he was leaving the office; he is seen signing them in a later episode.
In " Doubt ", it was revealed that Hotch had previously worked as a prosecutor. In " Tabula Rasa ", while Hotch is testifying against a serial killer , the unsub's defense attorney tries to discredit him by questioning the legitimacy of profiling with previous cases in which profiles that were incorrect. However, Hotch instead proves its accuracy by profiling the attorney and his gambling habits exactly in front of the entire courtroom. His hearing had been damaged as a result of a car explosion at the beginning of Season Four.
The doctor warns him that if he isn't careful, he will go deaf, but instead, he goes along with the rest of the team to investigate a case. When a Sheriff fires his gun near Hotch's ear in order to kill the unsub, it nearly causes him to lose his hearing permanently.
In " Paradise ", he started to doubt himself when a suspect he previously interviewed turned out to be the unsub. In " Pleasure Is My Business ", a female unsub develops respect for Hotch for trying to be a good father to his son and for not abandoning his family, despite his divorce, unlike the unsub's father. He stays with her during her final moments and covertly exposes her father, as well as the others who have abandoned their families.
In " House on Fire ", Hotch praises Garcia for her effects during a case , knowing Garcia wants to see the good in people and would never want her to change.
In " Omnivore ," Hotch travels to South Boston to visit an old colleague, Tom Shaunessy , who is dying from an unspecified disease. Upon arrival, Shaunessy informs him that he made a deal with an uncaught serial killer called the Reaper , whom they both pursued eleven years ago. The deal was that if Shaunessy stopped hunting for the Reaper, he, in turn, would stop hunting victims. However, the contract will expire when Shaunessy dies. Immediately after Shaunessy's death, the Reaper reappears, murdering a young couple.
When Hotch and his team arrived at the crime scene, Sergeant Mike O'Mara informs them his belief that the unsub is a copycat killer, but Hotch notices that the young male victim is wearing glasses that belonged to the only man who survived an attack by the Reaper, George Foyet.
After the Reaper kills another couple, Hotch admits that he has been profiling the case alone for the last ten years. The rest of the BAU listen to the profile and decide to release it.
When Garcia tells Hotch that she cannot track Foyet, he gets a journalist named Roy Colson to give him Foyet's location, since he had previously interviewed Foyet for a book about the Reaper. When Hotch and Rossi visit Foyet, they tell him that the killer isn't a copycat, which Foyet claimed he already knew. Foyet then refuses to accept police protection, citing that nobody can protect him.
Later, Hotch receives a call from the Reaper, who offers Hotch the same deal that he offered Shaunessy, but Hotch refuses to accept. In response, the Reaper boards a city bus and murders everyone on-board. When Hotch and Rossi arrive at the scene, they find a series of numbers written in blood on the bus windows as well as the words "No deal", causing Hotch to believe the massacre was his fault.
After the BAU realized that the numbers left behind matched the apartment numbers of Foyet's addresses. A search of all three residences leaves O'Mara dead and Morgan wounded after an attack by the Reaper, as well as the discovery of huge amounts of blood belonging to Foyet. However, Garcia finds that one of the aliases Foyet used held a charge for sexual harassment, from which Hotch deduces that Foyet was the Reaper, then remembers that Roy was going to see Foyet.
Tracking both down, Hotch and the others hold Foyet at gunpoint as he holds Roy hostage. Foyet is eventually goaded into lowering his gun and is taken into custody. However, by the end of the episode, Foyet escapes from prison. When Garcia asked if the police are going to find Foyet, he replies, "No, they're not.
Hotch is confronted by The Reaper in the Season Four finale. In " To Hell and Back, part 2 ", Hotch comes home to find that Foyet is in his apartment, waiting for him. Foyet, dressed in full regalia, points his revolver at Hotch stating, "You should have made the deal" [1]. The episode ends with the sound of a gunshot.
Prentiss and Rossi look on as Morgan stops Hotch from continuing his post-mortem beating of Foyet. In the premiere, " Nameless, Faceless ", Hotch is found at a nearby hospital, bloodied and unconscious, but alive.
He had been held captive by Foyet and tortured for several hours. Foyet had stabbed him nine times and dumped him off at a local hospital with Morgan's credentials. It had become clear in " Haunted " that Hotch was obsessed with capturing Foyet, an obsession which had his teammates concerned with his sanity and work conduct.
In " Cradle to Grave ," Hotch had come under fire from his superiors, who were now requiring him to justify all of his tactical decisions. This has caused him to put pressure on his subordinates, which is gradually creating tension among the team members.
At the end of the episode, Hotch announces that he is stepping down as Unit Chief and promoting Morgan to temporarily take his place. Hotch is pleased with Derek's abilities to lead.
Rossi offers the hypothetical question as to whether Morgan will be willing to step down if asked. While Derek is shown to his new office, Hotch is seen mulling over Foyet's criminal file. In " Outfoxed ", Hotch and Prentiss visit Karl Arnold in prison to ask for his input on a current case.
After the interrogation, Karl reveals that he has received communications from Foyet and that he is planning to return to make a final stand against Hotch. Karl reveals several notes featuring Foyet's signature symbol, The Eye of Providence. In " ", Hotch and the BAU concentrate all of their efforts on catching Foyet after getting a break in the case.
During a stakeout at Foyet's apartment, the team realizes that Foyet had already fled and is after Sam Kassmeyer , the U.
Marshal protecting Haley and Jack. The BAU go to Kassmeyer's house and find him critically wounded. Kassmeyer reveals that Foyet ambushed him and demanded to know the location of Hotch's family. Though Kassmeyer refused to talk, Foyet spotted his cell phone, which contained Haley's number. Reaching her, Foyet was able to convince Haley that he was another U. Marshal and that she should meet him at an unknown location. Kassmeyer apologized to Hotch for failing him before dying of his wounds.
Garcia manages to get into Kassmeyer's cellphone, and Foyet answers Hotch's call to it; he reveals that he is watching Haley and Jack, then hangs up. Then, Haley calls Hotch's cellphone and quickly realizes that Foyet tricked her. Hotch attempts to calm her down, but Foyet continues his taunts and reminds Hotch that if he had taken his deal, none of this would be happening.
As Hotch apologizes for everything, Foyet kills Haley, but not before Jack is instructed by Hotch to "work the case with him", which gets him to leave the room.
Hotch pulls up to the house and charges inside, gun drawn. He follows bloodstains upstairs and discovers Haley's corpse. Hotch then notices a shape behind a curtain and shoots at it repeatedly. Foyet falls forward, apparently dead, but Hotch realizes he is wearing a bulletproof vest.
The two engage in a fistfight, which eventually ends when Hotch violently beats Foyet to death in sheer rage as the rest of his team arrives, witnessing him pummeling an already dead body. Hotch then runs into his office, where he finds Jack hiding. After the event, Strauss interviews the entire team to see if Hotch's actions were justified. When Strauss asks him why he killed Foyet, Hotch replies, "I know that he would have tried to kill my son, too.
He had spiritually told Haley that he would come back to the BAU, and when Rossi asks him if he "told her yet", Hotch replied, "I don't have to. She already knows. Hotch says that he has known all along that he will never give up and his place is "fighting the bad guys.
In " Retaliation ", he returned to duty, his former sister-in-law, Jessica Brooks , taking care of Jack while he's away. Towards the end of the episode, Hotch approaches Morgan at his desk and lets him know he appreciated what he did for the team as Acting Unit Chief, complimenting his natural leadership and initiative.
Morgan finishes his paperwork for Hotch, letting him know that he knows how precious time a child needs with a single parent. In " The Uncanny Valley ", Hotch is seen giving the orders to the team while on board the teams plane, signifying his return as Unit Chief. In " 25 to Life ", Hotch does not appear in the episode and is taking some time off. According to Rossi and Strauss, he sounds like he hadn't slept and Jack's having some problems due to the anniversary of Haley's death in the hands of Foyet.
When it's announced that Prentiss has died at the hands of Doyle, Hotch is one of the few people aware that Prentiss' death was faked, glazing at JJ at the hospital and at Prentiss' funeral. In " Hanley Waters ", Hotch walks into a hostage situation, connecting and talking down an unsub who has lost her son, relating to her as the team deals with their feelings about Prentiss' death. In " Supply and Demand ", before discussing the case, Hotch announces that the Bureau will be facing a lot of changes, potentially the unit as well, and the team will be asked if they would like to stay with the unit.
In " It Takes a Village ", it was revealed that Hotch was assigned to temporary duty with an investigative task force in Pakistan during the period between Season Six and Season Seven. He returns to the team in order to help them investigate a case. In " Painless ", Hotch finds out that Jack is having trouble with a classmate from his teacher and after asking him, he learns how Jack is trying to solve it by himself. In " The Bittersweet Science ", Hotch meets a woman named Beth Clemmons while training for a triathlon and they start a conversation.
She then invites him to go on a bike ride with her. However, Hotch is conflicted. Although he likes Beth, he believes it is too soon after Haley's death. However, Rossi eventually convinces him to go. In " Closing Time ", Hotch and Beth are still training together for the triathlon and, during their last training session, Hotch finally asks her out.
When they return from the case , Hotch is told by Morgan that it was Valentine's day and went to Beth's house with flowers to ask her out that day. Design Ideas. Home Maintenance. Country Living Shop. Shopping Guides. United States. Type keyword s to search. Today's Top Stories. Makeover Takeover: Colonial Comeback. Treat Your Family to Homemade Cupcakes. Thomas Gibson was fired from Criminal Minds in His character, Hotch, has not appeared on the show since season 12—but it's possible he could return for the season 15 finale.
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