Favorite Agent Hotchner interactions

can I pick more than one?:

Revelations, where Reid give the bible chapter and verse, and Hotch figures out immediately what Reid's trying to tell him. The rest of the team has that little confab in the cabin and Hotch asks them all what's his worst fault, and they answer honestly: you're a bully, you don't trust women as much as men, he himself says he has no sense of humour but they all agree that he would never not put the team first and that Reid wouldn't get the verse wrong unless he *meant* to. And they read the verse Reid cited and realise he's telling them he's in a cemetery. And at the end of that episode, we get another lovely Reid and Hotch moment, after Reid's been found, he hugs Hotch, who returns the hug and Reid says "I knew you'd understand," meaning both the bible verse clue and the fact that when he was forced to 'choose one to die' choosing Hotchner was because he KNEW Hotch would figure out the clue.

and, the rest of the episode was stupid as hell, but I adored the fist bump scene in the jet :) in Forever People

From Tribe
Hotch, Reid and Gideon are in a classroom, the teacher is asking questions and getting children to answer, Reid is muttering the answers, before the kids answer, then the teacher asks one of the kids and Reid answers loudly, Hotch turns to him and says "Reid is your name Samuel?"

Homer: "Knightboat, the crime-solving boat."

The Hotch/Reid fist bump will always be gold for me!!! But here are a few others:

-No Way Out II, Hotch profiles his whole team, and Strauss.

-House on Fire, Hotch returns to Quantico and Garcia tells him about trying to get into people's head is something she's not good at. But he thanks her for doing a good job and that she's an asset to the team.

-100, well...the whole damn episode, but specifcally how he told Jack to "work the case". He knew he couldn't save Haley, so he chose to save Jack.

-JJ, Hotch is apprehensive to let JJ go, knowing 1) she didn't want to leave and 2) she's important to the team. He even told her he's not replacing her and will try to get her back.

-Mr Scratch Mr Scratch Mr Scratch!!!

I love trolls, they taste like chicken.

I pretty much love all the ones everyone has already mentioned.

My list of ones mentioned so far:

1. The scene the OP mentioned when JJ brings Henry to the BAU and Morgan is holding him. JJ says Hotch is smiling and Hotch says "Gas" because all the women just teased Morgan that Henry was smiling because he had gas. I just thought it was a nice scene between JJ and Hotch and how the two parents stepped back to watch the team interact with the baby

2. When he tells Reid and JJ to "remind him to have Garcia drug tested"

3. The Hotch-Reid fist bump!

4. The Hotch-Reid hug in Revelations

5. When Reid gives misquotes the bible verse in Revelations and Hotch immediately picks up on it and then asks the team to tell him his worst qualities.

6. "Reid, is your name Samuel?" from The Tribe

7. When Hotch profiled the team in the season 2 finale

8. 100 when Hotch is saying goodbye to Haley and has Jack "work the case with him"

9. Hotch not wanting JJ to go and saying goodbye to her in JJ


Some that haven't been mentioned yet:

1. In season 6, when Garcia tries to take over media liaison after JJ left and she has a hard time, Hotch comes to talk to her in her office after and talks about how she turned in her resume on pink stationary. He says he knew at that moment that she was special and that he wouldn't want her to ever change who she is.

2. In the season 6 premiere when Morgan was complaining about Garcia not being professional, Hotch fires back and says "But she gets the job done". Not only was Hotch trying to calm Morgan down and get him back on track, but he also defended Garcia at the same time and I think deep down knew that Morgan of all people didn't dislike Garcia's personality.

3. Morgan and Hotch talking on the plane in "Scared to Death". When Morgan says he can't sleep, Hotch asks what's wrong, and then Morgan counters by asking what's wrong with Hotch. Hotch brings up the whole "we promised not profile each other" thing that they had agreed on a long time ago. Morgan then goes on about how they'll be fine without Gideon and then Morgan once again asks Hotch what's keeping him up and Hotch tells him that Haley left and he doesn't think she's coming back.

I just thought that was such a nice scene between Morgan and Hotch. They were both worried about each other and then Hotch opened up to Morgan. Morgan was the first one Hotch told about Haley leaving. I thought this was big especially since Morgan and Hotch weren't always on the same page or best buds. And I also think Morgan and Hotch were an underappreciated relationship on the show


4. Morgan and Hotch at the hospital with Morgan's son. Again, another nice scene between these two and Morgan says he finally understands what Hotch (and JJ and Rossi) have been talking about for all these years about being parents. And Hotch is so happy for Morgan and tells him about Jack and is playing with Hank's finger.

5. In season 9, when the team is at Rossi's favorite bar that is closing down, Hotch set it up so that Rossi would sing karaoke.
Hotch: "I don't believe that, uh, any of the members of this team have heard you sing."
Bar lady: "Next up is David Rossi."
Rossi: "That was intentional"
Hotch: "Next up is David Rossi"
Bar lady: "Dave, get your butt up here and sing us out already"
Hotch: "And, look, it's in your key."
Rossi: "Yeah, Q squared."

 We got to Hotch joking around and show that lighter side to him. And then when the team is up there being terrible singers, Hotch pulls out his phone and films them and is smiling.

Fun fact: I read somewhere that it was Thomas's idea to pull out the phone and film them because he said it was something that people would do in real life


6. When Reid is doing physics magic in season 2, and all the girls are gathered around him and the thing lands right in front of Hotch. All the girls freeze up and scatter and Hotch walks up to Reid and asks if Reid is doing physics magic and Reid replies yes. Hotch says "I thought we talked about this" and Reid apologizes and then Hotch tells him he's starting to get some distance with it and then Reid smiles and Hotch walks away smiling 

Here's the clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np64u3vQAQ0

Everyone's mentioned a lot of great Hotch moments. I don't think these have been mentioned:

I like his sweeter moments with Jack e.g. when Jack dressed up as him for Halloween

I also like his protective, kick ass side like in "Minimal Loss" when Hotch just tells the officer to get off his crime scene. It's so awesome. Or in the episode where the kid in Alaska is shooting people and Hotch confronts the parents and yells "sit down and shut up"

I also like at the end of the season 4 bombing storyline, that even though Morgan and Hotch haven't been getting along they still drive home together, and Hotch tells Morgan that he trusts him with his life. Lovely moment.

And of course just "100" in general. Thomas was amazing throughout that whole episode, especially the final showdown with Foyet. Like others have mentioned, its such a pivotal moment, he has to stay on guard even though he's following his wife's blood trail up the stairs to her dead body, not knowing if his son could also be dead. So friggin intense! And the way Morgan has put his arms around him to stop him punching Foyet!!!!

I know people have talked a lot about Hotch & Reid moments (fist bumps, Revelations) but another moment I liked is after Maeve dies and Hotch tells Reid he didn't have to come back so soon that he could take all the time he needed. And Reid asked "how much time?"
It was a brief but important moment because out of everyone who understands what Reid went through losing Maeve right in front of him powerless to stop it, it's Hotch and his parallel situation with Haley.

When they were in Alaska, and Hotch orders the unsub's abusive father to "sit down and shut up". That scene really stuck with me.

"How am I a whore?"

To Reid after his haircut.

"What, did you join a boy band?".