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Then you're aware of what Will is accusing Hannibal Lecter of?
Oh yes, I am aware, and I am grateful that I have trouble digesting animal proteins, as the last meals I have shared with Hannibal Lecter have all been salads.
You believe it?
Hannibal once served me tongue and then made a joke about eating mine. It would be narrow to not at least consider it.
You tried to kill me Will. It's hard not to take that personally. However, if I were Beverly's murderer I'd applaud your effort.
I'm no more guilty of what you've accused me of, than you are of what I've accused you of.
I don't expect you to feel self-loathing or regret or shame. You knew what you were doing and you made your own decisions, decisions that were under your control.
Oh, you think I'm in control?
I think you're more in control now than you have ever been. You found a way to hurt me. I wonder how many more people are going to get hurt by what you do. I'll give Alana Bloom your best. Goodbye, Will.
You were determined to know the Chesapeake Ripper, Dr. Gideon. Now is your opportunity.
You intend me to be my own last supper.
Yes.
How does one politely refuse a dish in circumstances such as these?
One doesn't. The tragedy is not to die, Abel, but to be wasted.
[With some discomfort, Gideon eats his own flesh]
My compliments to the chef.
You and I are part of his design. He wanted you to be free, wanted me to be free too.
Neither of us are really free. He's not done.
[Will comes up behind Hannibal pointing a gun at him.]
Our last kitchen conversation was interrupted, by Jack Crawford. I'd like to pick up where we left off. If memory serves you were asking me if it would feel good to kill you.
You've given that some thought.
You wanted me to embrace my nature, doctor. I'm just following the urges I kept down for so long, cultivating them as the inspirations they are.
You never answered my question. How would killing me make you feel?
Righteous.
I have the same profile as Hannibal Lecter, same medical and psychological background. We are both doctors of note in our field. Of course it would be me. Hannibal was never going to kill me, I'm his patsy. I... I have to leave the country, I am leaving the country.
No, if you run you look guilty.
You did not run and you looked plenty guilty. Abel Gideon was half-eaten in my guestroom, I have corpses on my property! You just threw up an ear!
I have to deal with you and my feelings about you. I think it's best if I do that directly.
First you have to grieve for what is lost and what has changed.
I've changed, you changed me.
The friendship that we had is over, the Chesapeake Ripper is over.
Had to be Miriam, didn't it? She was compelled to take his life so she could take her own back.
How will you take your life back?
I'd like to resume my therapy.
Where shall we begin?
I’m a good fisherman, Jack.
You hook ‘em, I’ll land ‘em.
[To Will Graham]
With all my knowledge and intuition I could never entirely predict you. I can feed the caterpillar, I can whisper through the chrysalis, but what hatches follows its own nature and is beyond me.
I don't want to kill you, Dr. Lecter. Not now that I finally find you interesting.
[To Will Graham]
Must I denounce myself as a monster while you still refuse to see the one growing inside you?
[To Hannibal Lecter]
I used to be afraid of losing my memory. What I wouldn't give to forget a thing or two now.
Memory gives moments immortality, but forgetfulness promotes a healthy mind.
Therapy only works when we have a genuine desire to know ourselves as we are. Not as we would like to be.
Typhoid and swans. It all comes from the same place.
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