Tabula Rasa - 1. a. The mind before it receives the impressions gained from experience. b. The unformed, featureless mind in the philosophy of John Locke. 2. A need or an opportunity to start from the beginning. Syn: a clean slate. From Latin: tabula (tablet) + rasa (erased)
Spoilers/Timeline: Hot Zone
Radek sat in his quarters, alone. He stared at the bottle of alcohol before taking another deep drink. Maybe it would drown out the screams Johnson made as she died in his lap, erase the image of blood leaking from her nose and mouth. If he was lucky it would purge what everyone believed to be Rodney's last words and the certainty that he would outlive his friend by mere minutes. Maybe, if he was very lucky, he would forget Carson's look of helplessness and despair. Radek took a deep drink hoping peace was in the bottom of the bottle.