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Criminal Minds Mega Buzz: Here's Why Hotch Is Getting Arrested

Who's setting him up?

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Joyce Eng

Hotch (Thomas Gibson) will get arrested on Wednesday's Criminal Minds finale, and no, it's not a fake-out.

Catch up on all this week's Mega Buzz

Hotch gets taken into custody by the Department of Justice after getting framed for making a terrorist threat. Obviously, our BAU chief is innocent, so who is targeting him? Both Peter Lewis (Bodhi Elfman) -- aka Mr. Scratch -- and Antonia Slade (Frances Fisher) are back in the episode, but neither is behind the whole thing. The mastermind is actually someone from Hotch's past who has a much larger -- and more explosive -- plan in play that involves an unsub you've already met this season.

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Thomas Gibson, Criminal Minds Darren Michaels, CBS

And yes, this is all part of the cliff-hanger that will lead into a still-unannounced Season 12.

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