So what happened to "Criminal Minds" character Hotch? Witness Protection.... Fans had mixed reviews.

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So what happened to "Criminal Minds" character Hotch? Witness Protection.... Fans had mixed reviews. 30% of the people who took the poll on how we would depart got it right! The episode was directed by cast mate Mathew Gray Gubler. In the final scene of the episode the team made a toast to "New Beginnings". Thomas Gibson, who plays Hotch was fired from the show a few weeks prior due to allegedly kicking one of the show's writers.

Criminal Minds Reveals Hotch's Fate — and 30 Percent of You Guessed Right
Criminal Minds this Wednesday revealed why we won’t be seeing Thomas Gibson in the role of Aaron Hotchner again, in the wake of the original cast member being fired in mid-August from the CBS…