Episode 13 is the climax of season 1 and it certainly didn’t disappoint. The episode opens with Will dreaming only to wake up with muddy feet. After taking some painkillers he vomits up what we assume is Abigail’s ear, as we know she had died between the end of the last episode and the beginning of this one. In shock, Will calls Hannibal, he tells Hannibal that he doesn’t remember coming home or going to bed and he knows that Abigail didn’t come back with him. Hannibal’s reaction solidifies the fact she is dead, and he tells Will they have to call Jack.
As Will is taken away to be processed it seems like Hannibal has gotten away with convincing Will he killed Abigail. As he is processed the scratches on his arms and the blood underneath his fingernails adds another nail in his coffin and not even Will himself can deny the evidence stacking up against him. If we had any doubts whatsoever about the depth of the game that Hannibal has been playing, of the sheer scope of his machinations, then Savoureux would definitely quell them. I’m not sure we’ve ever seen Lecter, in any of his incarnations, devise something as complicated or downright thorough as this. His pièce de résistance, of course, is the flies. This last nail in Will’s coffin is a stroke of mastery not only by Lecter but by Bryan Fuller.
More evidence is found as pieces from all the copycat killer’s victims are found in Will’s fishing lures and we can only assume that Hannibal planted these while he was taking care of Will’s dogs. This sparks something in Will as he knows he wasn’t sick when the first two murders happened, and he claims that someone is framing him, but Jack won’t even entertain the idea. Despite all this, episode 13 is very emotional, one of the most emotional scenes is where we see Hannibal in a session with Bedelia and he is crying over losing both Will and Abigail. While he was the person behind both of their demises, he seems genuinely upset by the fact he had to do these things. It appears, on some level, that his emotional reaction to the outcome of his game is real. And certainly, we are getting more and more evidence that he has little to hide from his own shrink: between the discussion about the nature of veal and Du Maurier’s warning over their meal, “You have to be careful, Hannibal. They’re starting to see your pattern.”, it seems obvious that she knows a great deal about Lecter’s true nature, thus leaving him little need to hide much from her. The most interesting thing about this is Bedelia is more unreadable that Hannibal has been all season and it makes me very wary of her motives and intentions.
There are also two very emotional scenes with Alana, the first is between her and Jack. Her scene with Jack is emotional for her and emotionally fulfilling for us. She stands in for much of our own frustration over the fact that Crawford, against Bloom’s repeated reproofs, has continued to put Will in harm’s way and she blames Jack for this, however, she does question how Hannibal didn’t notice anything beforehand when Will was seeing him so frequently. However, it’s the wordless scene in the car, five short cuts in twenty seconds with atmospheric music in the background as particles whirl in the foreground, that tells us all we need to know about the one character who truly cares, as we do, about Will. The second is a scene with Will, as Jack from the other side of the glass learns of their romantic ventures. Alana tells Will she will take care of his dogs until whenever and she actually begins to cry. However, when Will asks her if she is going to make him draw a clock, she is intrigued and she begins to uncover the real reason behind Will’s unstable nature.
She works tirelessly to get Will treated and Hannibal appears to be working alongside her, but when Will escapes transport and ends up in Hannibal’s office, he still sees him as a friend. Will tells Hannibal to take him to where Abigail died and he obliges, however, in doing so he allows Will to put the final pieces of the puzzle together and points the blame right at Hannibal. During this scene, we can see the tears in Will’s eyes and the shaking in his hand as he points his gun right at Hannibal. We also get small cutaway scenes showing Jack entering the house and before Will can kill Hannibal, he is shot by Jack. After ending up in the hospital again, Hannibal is at his bedside as Will is treated for the inflammation in his brain. The next time we see the pair Hannibal is visiting Will in prison to say goodbye, this scene is hard to watch as we see Will’s lifeless eyes as Hannibal says hello, and Will responds with “Hello, Doctor Lecter” and Hannibal smiles knowing he has won. Overall, season 1 was dramatic and emotional and I can’t wait to jump into season 2 as soon as I can.
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