<P> After being misled for a time , Hotch and the team finally identified the Reaper as George Foyet , the only one to have supposedly survived the Reaper by injuring himself . Hotch and the team arrested Foyet but he escaped from prison shortly afterward , going on the run . In the season four finale , `` ... And Back '' , Hotch was confronted in his apartment by the Reaper ( identified by his trademark mask ) . Foyet stabbed Hotch nine times and tortured him with a knife before delivering him to the hospital . Although Hotch survived , Foyet took Haley 's and Jack 's address from Hotch 's apartment , requiring them to be placed in protective custody and unable to contact Hotch while Foyet was at large . Following the encounter with Foyet and subsequent loss of contact with Hotch 's family , there was concern within the Bureau , and also on the part of Agent Morgan , that Agent Hotchner was suffering the effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder , and Hotchner 's actions were analyzed more closely . In season 9 , Hotch is hospitalized due to complications from the old stab wounds after collapsing in the team 's conference room . </P>
<P> After being misled for a time , Hotch and the team finally identified the Reaper as George Foyet , the only one to have supposedly survived the Reaper by injuring himself . Hotch and the team arrested Foyet but he escaped from prison shortly afterward , going on the run . In the season four finale , `` ... And Back '' , Hotch was confronted in his apartment by the Reaper ( identified by his trademark mask ) . Foyet stabbed Hotch nine times and tortured him with a knife before delivering him to the hospital . Although Hotch survived , Foyet took Haley 's and Jack 's address from Hotch 's apartment , requiring them to be placed in protective custody and unable to contact Hotch while Foyet was at large . Following the encounter with Foyet and subsequent loss of contact with Hotch 's family , there was concern within the Bureau , and also on the part of Agent Morgan , that Agent Hotchner was suffering the effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder , and Hotchner 's actions were analyzed more closely . In season 9 , Hotch is hospitalized due to complications from the old stab wounds after collapsing in the team 's conference room . </P>
which episode of criminal minds does hotch get stabbed
which episode of criminal minds does hotch get stabbed
the season four finale
the season four finale