Criminal Minds, Season 3, Episode 19: “Tabula Rasa” The episode opens with a serial killer named Chester Hardwick, who was captured by the BAU years earlier after Hotch spotted key inconsistencies in his story during court questioning — including the famous moment where Hotch correctly identified the color of the lawyer’s socks to demonstrate the killer’s unusually sharp memory. Years later, Hardwick wakes up from a coma and is scheduled for trial again. However, his lawyer argues that because o