Hannibal/Futamono

Futamono
Season 2, Episode 6
Airdate	April 4, 2014
Teleplay by	Andy Black and Bryan Fuller & Scott Nimerfro & Steve Lightfoot
Story by	Andy Black
Directed by	Tim Hunter
← 2x05 Mukōzuke	2x07 → Yakimono
Hannibal — Season Two

Futamono is the sixth episode of the second season of Hannibal, and the nineteenth episode overall.

Starring: Mads Mikkelsen (Dr. Hannibal Lecter), Hugh Dancy (Will Graham), Caroline Dhavernas (Dr. Alana Bloom)

and Laurence Fishburne (Jack Crawford)

Also Starring: Scott Thompson (Jimmy Price), Aaron Abrams (Brian Zeller)

Special Guest Star: Eddie Izzard (Dr. Abel Gideon)

Guest Starring: Raúl Esparza (Dr. Frederick Chilton)

Co-Starring: Anna Chlumsky (Miriam Lass), Ted Ludzik (Male Nurse), Jamaal Grant (Guard)

Plot Overview

As everyone tries to come to terms with the accusation that Will tried to have Hannibal killed, several bodies are gathering in the morgue. They all bear resemblance to the Chesapeake Ripper and coincide with Hannibal throwing a dinner party. One particular body leads Jack to make a discovery.

Notes

Locations

• Baltimore, Maryland

• Quantico, Virginia

• Somerville, Virginia

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• Hannibal operates as the Chesapeake Ripper to provide for another dinner party.

• After being hospitalised following an attack by guards that leaves him paralysed, Gideon is abducted by Hannibal and is fed his own leg.

• Hannibal ties the copycat's killing with the Chesapeake Ripper and in turn exonerates Will.

• Jack finds that Miriam Lass is still alive.

Characters

• The attempt to have Hannibal killed outs that Will remains suspicions of him.

• Hannibal admits applauding Will's effort to have him killed.

• Hannibal and Alana begin a romantic relationship.

• Jack gives in to Will's accusations and has food from Hannibal's party tested.

Trivia

Behind the Scenes

• In the script, the scene between Jack and Alana mentions that Alana got a new dog to add to Will's.

Allusions and References

• Hannibal's mention of being awoken early a census taker is a nod to a line from The Silence of the Lambs in which Hannibal mentions eating the liver of a census taker who tried to quantify him with a big Amarone. A slightly altered version was uttered in the film adaptation and arguably became one of the film's most famous lines.

Memorable Moments

• Jack's rummaging through the building and making his discovery, paralleled to Hannibal performing his finished composition.

Quotes

• Will: If the Ripper's killing, you can bet Hannibal Lecter's planning a dinner party. You and I probably sipped wine while swallowing the people to whom we were trying to give justice, Jack. Who does he have to kill before you open your eyes?

• Hannibal: (to Jack) I can't help Will. I can't trust him. He's in a dark place where the shadows move and it's not safe to stand with him anymore.

• Will: You should've let him die.

Gideon: Shoulda, coulda, woulda.

Will: He's gonna kill you, you know.

Gideon: Can't get me in here.

Will: No, here is exactly where he'll get you, Abel. The moment I convinced the chief of staff to put you in a cell next to me, you were stamped with an expiration date. Anyone who gets too close gets got. He's the devil, remember? Smoke.

• (Chilton plays a recording of Gideon describing Lecter's home)

Jack: Abel Gideon is a lunatic.

Chilton: He is psychotic, not psychic.

• Chilton: There has not been a word exchanged between those two men in my hospital that I have not heard.

Jack: Then you're aware what Will is accusing Hannibal Lecter of?

Chilton: 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.

• Chilton: Hannibal the Cannibal. That is what they'll call him, you know.

• Hannibal: Last time someone rang my doorbell this early, it was a census taker.

• Hannibal: Shall I carve?

Gideon: I think you already have.

Hannibal: Your legs are no good to you anymore. You've got a T4 fracture of the vertebra. This is a far more practical use of those limbs.

• Gideon: You intend me to be my own last supper?

Hannibal: Yes.

Gideon: How does one politely refuse a dish in circumstances such as these?

Hannibal: One doesn't. The tragedy is not to die, Abel, but to be wasted.

Gideon: (slowly takes a bite as Hannibal watches) My compliments to the chef.