[to Mason Verger] Each of us who intercepted Dr. Lecter lost something. A limb here, a lung, a few feet of intestines. The dead... the dead at least have the luxury of being done with what they lost. You and I, we both still itch.
“Unfinished Business” · Season 1, Episode 15
In this episode: Dean Winchester (940), Damon Salvatore (715), Sam Winchester (665), Olivia Benson (637), Stephen Fry (608), Narrator (554), Clark Kent (523), Nate (486)
He knew exactly how to cut you.
They said it was surgical.
He wanted you to live.
I've always enjoyed the word defenestration. Now I get to use it in casual conversation.
I'm visiting old friends.
You're not tempted to forget?
I don't wanna forget. I'm building rooms in my memory palace for all my friends.
Friendship with Hannibal is blackmail, elevated to the level of love.
A mutually unspoken pact to ignore the worst in one another in order to continue enjoying the best.
After everything he's done, can you still ignore the worst in him?
You know, I thank God for what happened. It was my salvation. Have you accepted Jesus, Dr. Bloom? Do you have faith?
I was raised in a religious atmosphere, Mr. Verger, but whatever that left me with, it's not religion.
It left me with more. You see, I'm free now. I'm right with the Risen Jesus, and it's all okay now. And nobody beats the Riz. [winks] He will rise me up and smite mine enemies, and I will hear the lamentations of their women. That was once you, I'm told. Dr. Lecter got deeper inside you than he did any of us.
Cordell, I have known you to be absolutely reliable and capable of almost anything, is that true?
It is not untrue.
I pay you a large salary to be responsible for my care and feeding.
And all that that entails.
[chuckles] "And all that that entails." I would like you to begin arrangements for Dr. Hannibal Lecter to be eaten alive.
Do you have a preference for how you would like him prepared?
Oh, Cordell. If I had lips, I'd smile.
[to Alana about Hannibal] He likes music, he likes wine, he likes food, and he likes you. How do you taste, Dr. Bloom? Sweet, I bet. I bet you got a taste of him, too. Spitters are quitters, and you don't strike me as a quitter.
[Hannibal shows Pazzi an etching of Pazzi's ancestor, Francesco]
It's hard to see, but here's where the Archbishop bit him. Eyes wild as he choked, the Archbishop sank his teeth into Pazzi's flesh. On a related subject, I've been giving very serious thought to doing the same. [attacks Pazzi]
[Alana calls Pazzi as Hannibal is preparing to kill him]
Pronto.
Inspector Pazzi, my name is Alana Bloom. You don't know me, but I know your benefactor.
Hello, Alana. I'm afraid the inspector is rather preoccupied at the moment.
[pause]
ABAllana Bloom
Is he dead?
There's nothing I'd like more than to chat with you, Alana, but I'm afraid you caught me at a rather awkward moment. Nice to hear your voice. [hangs up] So, Commendatore, what do you think, bowels in or bowels out? Out, I think. [disembowels Pazzi]
I brought Bella back from death, and now you've returned her to it. Is that where you're taking me, Jack?
[Jack beats Hannibal to a pulp, and appears ready to kill him]
How will you feel when I'm gone?
Alive.
You had him, Jack. He was beaten. Why didn't you kill him?
Maybe I need you to.
Hands are how we touch the world. They're tactile. Remove a patient's arm and he will still feel phantom digits. Imagine how Dr. Lecter will feel when he watches you nibble on his fingers.
Oh, poetry, Cordell, poetry!
Were you there? Did you see the beast within him turn from the teat and out into the world?
I met the beast. I watched him grow.
What do you want?
I want to cage him.
I thought that Will Graham was Hannibal's biggest mistake. I wonder if it isn't you.
[upon reuniting with Will] If I saw you every day, forever, Will, I would remember this time.
Strange seeing you here in front of me. Been staring at afterimages of you in places you haven't been in years.
Where does the difference between the past and the future come from?
Mine? Before you and after you.
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