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Season: 3 Episode # 19 Original Air Date: May 14th, 2008


Tabula Rasa


Synopsis:
The team uses brain fingerprinting to see if a suspected serial killer who wakes up after four years in a coma really doesn't remember any of the crimes he supposedly committed.


Best Moments Between Characters:
  • (2004 flashback) Morgan followed the unsub to the roof, where he attempted to evade capture by jumping across the alley to the next building's roof. The unsub did not make it, and was barely holding onto the ledge. Morgan then went back to get a running start so he could go help the man. Hotch arrived on the roof at that time and argued with him not to jump like the unsub did, Morgan did so anyway, landing ontop the other rooftop. He then reached down to help the unsub but the unsub slipped and fell to the pavement.
  • While on the stand, Hotch profiled the defense attorney. He indicated that he was in debt due to an addiction to horse racing, and that his Blackberry went off every 20 minutes with the race results.

Best Lines:
  • (2004 flashback) Morgan is first meeting Garcia. He wants her to dig up some files for him.
    He asks Reid her name and he says "Gomez, I think."
    Morgan: Excuse me, Gomez. [she doesn't answer] Hey! Babygirl.
    Garcia: Babygirl?
    Morgan: Ah, forgive me. I just didn't know...
    Garcia: I've been called worse. Now, what do you need?
    The nickname has stuck ever since.

  • [About a photo]
    Reid: It's remarkable. Something like this makes you question everything you thought you knew.
    Garcia: Yeah. Like the monolith in 2001.
    Reid: So there was actually a time when something like this was socially acceptable?
    Garcia: Oh, you're young. The eighties left a lot of people confused. This is especially sad, though.
[The photo is revealed to be of Prentiss in high school, dressed in punk clothing]

The turning point in the investigation:
When Hotch saw the tear stain on the unsub's notepad; he realized the unsub was getting his memory back. UNSUB


Whodunit?
Brian Matloff, the UNSUB from the flashback. The team track him to nearby parkland after he escapes from police custody. There, they find him clutching the previously-undiscovered remains of his first victim.

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    #1hotchfan Tabula Rasa (page: 1 2 3) 42 Apr 2 2009, 3:51 PM EDT by SSA_Babycakes
    Thread started: May 14 2008, 10:07 PM EDT  Watch
    Wow. I really liked this episode. Hotch did an outstanding job on the stand. I died laughing when he profiled the defense attorney in the middle of the courtroom. It was priceless! Go Hotch! Reid did a fantastic job as well. He handled and read the grieving father well. It was nice to see that connection they'd made years earlier continue and Reid was able to provide the father the closure he needed. It was a nice touch at the end when they stopped at the father's house.

    I realize the writer's don't have to "lighten" it up by having romance, babies, etc. What they have been doing with the final scenes these last few episodes is adding just the right touch! It's personal and it completes the episode. As usual, the quotes were dead on.
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    #1hotchfan Episode 3.19 Tabula Rosa (page: 1 2 3) 54 May 21 2008, 12:10 PM EDT by s9amill1
    Thread started: Apr 25 2008, 12:58 AM EDT  Watch
    If your interested in the images for this episode, I just uploaded them onto this page. They were just released this week. :)
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