Criminal Minds 5.01 - Aaron Hotchner

Show: Criminal Minds

Episode: 'S5E01, "Faceless, Nameless"' 

Character: Aaron Hotchner

Whump Factor: 4

After a cat-and-mouse chase in Canada with prolific killer the Boston Reaper, Aaron Hotchner returns to his home alone to find George Foyet (the Reaper) waiting for him. Foyet threatens him briefly, and the sound of a gunshot is heard, but nothing is seen. Later, fellow Agent Emily Prentiss goes no his apartment, finds signs of a struggle, and realizes his absence. About halfway through the episode she and a few teammates find Hotch at a hospital under the name of a teammate.

Though most of episode sees Hotch in the hospital on strict bedrest, Hotch has several flashbacks to his fight with Foyet. After a brief resistance, Foyet subdues Hotch and stabs him methodically nine times in the chest while lecturing him on profiling. Hotch is seen in distress at the hospital as he remembers.