
Hannibal
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Criminal profiler Will Graham is tasked by FBI agent Jack Crawford, the head of Behavioral Sciences, to help investigate the disappearances of eight young girls across Minnesota. Graham and Crawford's team investigate several subsequent murders, while also trying to catch the Chesapeake Ripper. With the investigation weighing heavily on Graham, Crawford decides to have him supervised by psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter, who, unbeknownst to them, is the Chesapeake Ripper himself, actively seeking to derail the investigation.
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- 01
SavoureuxWhen Will returns from Minnesota without Abigail, Hannibal turns Will in, and Jack and the BAU team find strong evidence of Will having killed not only Abigail, but possibly being the Copy Cat Killer. Jack and Alana begin to accept that Will is indeed capable of murder. Will is arrested, plans a desperate escape, and takes Hannibal back to Minnesota to clear his name and prove he's being framed. But before he can, the situation takes another ugly and unexpected turn. - 02
SorbetWhen the BAU investigates a murder involving organ removal Jack believes that the Chesapeake Ripper may have resurfaced, but Will determines that the victim's murder is the result of illegal organ harvesting accident. Meanwhile, Will suffers from nightmares where he is Abigail's father, and Hannibal slowly starts to seduce Alana Bloom and begins to visit his own therapist, Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier. - 03
FromageThe BAU investigates a murder in which the killer exposes the victim's vocal cords to literally play them like a cello. Meanwhile, Hannibal discovers that the killer, Tobias, murdered the victim as an attempt to gain Hannibal's attention but then makes an attempt to take Lecter's life. Will is driven to distraction by strange noises in his head and turns to Alana, in a romantic way, seeking peace and stability. Hannibal describes his relationship with Will to his therapist, Dr. Bedilia Du Maurier.
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Episodes by season
Season01Best season
- S01E01
ApéritifApril 4, 2013When the FBI takes on a case of disappearing college girls, Jack Crawford recruits Will Graham, a gifted criminal profiler with a unique vie - S01E02
Amuse-BoucheApril 11, 2013Will Graham, now an official special investigator with the FBI, helps Jack Crawford and the BAU unit search for a murderer who buries his vi - S01E03
PotageApril 18, 2013Jack theorizes that Abigail may have aided her father, Garret Jacob Hobbs in his serial killings. Against Dr. Alana Bloom's advice, but at H - S01E04
ŒufApril 26, 2013Will investigates a string of family murders. Meanwhile, Hannibal releases Abigail from the hospital, then uses frightening psychiatric prac - S01E05
CoquillesApril 26, 2013Will Graham and the BAU team track a serial killer whose bloody ritual includes cutting the victims' back flesh and stretching it to look li - S01E06
EntréeMay 2, 2013Jack & Alana are contacted by a former colleague, Dr. Chilton, who believes he has The Chesapeake Ripper in custody, but then one of his - S01E07
SorbetMay 9, 2013When the BAU investigates a murder involving organ removal Jack believes that the Chesapeake Ripper may have resurfaced, but Will determines - S01E08
FromageMay 16, 2013The BAU investigates a murder in which the killer exposes the victim's vocal cords to literally play them like a cello. Meanwhile, Hannibal - S01E09
Trou NormandMay 23, 2013The BAU team hunts a serial killer who digs up his victims, creating a totem pole of their bodies as a macabre trophy. When Nick Boyle's bod - S01E10
Buffet FroidMay 30, 2013Investigates a murder in which two victims' faces are similarly mutilated; given a "Glasgow Smile." For the first time, Will contaminates a - S01E11
RôtiJune 6, 2013When Dr.Gideon escapes from police custody, he seeks to kill psychiatrists who have profiled him. Will and the BAU team try to track him dow - S01E12
RelevésJune 13, 2013After Georgia Madchen dies in an explosion, Will asserts that the copy cat killer is still alive. The BAU team links Abigail to the Minnesot - S01E13
Season's bestSavoureuxJune 20, 2013When Will returns from Minnesota without Abigail, Hannibal turns Will in, and Jack and the BAU team find strong evidence of Will having kill
Season02
- S02E01
KaisekiFebruary 28, 2014Will is determined to fight for his innocence as Hannibal and Jack try to wrap their heads around the fact he's behind bars. Meanwhile, Alan - S02E02
SakizukiMarch 7, 2014The case of the human soup becomes clearer when a victim that has escaped from the killer's clutches washes downstream after a deadly fall, - S02E03
HassunMarch 14, 2014Will Graham's trial begins and he must watch as those closest to him are forced to take sides. Jack Crawford scathing report about his condu - S02E04
TakiawaseMarch 21, 2014Our team is called in when a body is found in a meadow, the cranial cavity converted into a beehive. Meanwhile, Beverly Katz continues to wo - S02E05
MukōzukeMarch 28, 2014When one of the team's own is found in a grotesque tableau, Will volunteers to assist with the profile and informs Jack that it's the work o - S02E06
FutamonoApril 4, 2014When a city councilman's body is found in a parking lot, intertwined with a tree, the artistry and missing organs suggest the work of the Ch - S02E07
YakimonoApril 11, 2014When Jack Crawford's star pupil Miriam Lass is found alive, she becomes the FBI's best hope to identifying the Chesapeake Ripper, but her fo - S02E08
Su-ZakanaApril 18, 2014When a young woman's body is discovered inside of a horse, Hannibal suggests to Jack that Will be brought in to help crack this peculiar cas - S02E09
ShiizakanaApril 25, 2014The FBI is called in to investigate the discovery of a truck driver's body, seemingly torn apart by two separate species of animal working i - S02E10
Naka-ChokoMay 2, 2014The bond between Hannibal and Will grows after Will demonstrates his willingness to go to dark places, a shift that does not go unnoticed by - S02E11
Kō No MonoMay 9, 2014The truth of Freddie Lounds' disappearance is discovered by Jack and his team. Alana expresses her concern over Will's mental state, but he - S02E12
Tome-WanMay 16, 2014In a therapy session, Will imagines how he would kill Hannibal, honestly sharing his visions, and oddly bolstering their co-dependency. Late - S02E13
Season's bestMizumonoMay 23, 2014Hannibal prepares for his imminent departure with, he believes, Will. Will prepares for a departure of another sort, tying up loose ends, no
Season03
- S03E01
AntipastoJune 4, 2015Having successfully escaped FBI capture, Hannibal Lecter is moving through the European landscape, with Bedelia Du Maurier in tow. But Dr. L - S03E02
PrimaveraJune 11, 2015With his wounds now healed, Will Graham heads to Europe eight months after the horrific event that almost took his life, in search of closur - S03E03
SecondoJune 18, 2015Will Graham continues his search for Hannibal Lecter, making his way to Hannibal's childhood home in Lithuania. Once there he meets the myst - S03E04
AperitivoJune 25, 2015After surviving a disfiguring gunshot, Dr. Fredrick Chilton is now focused on rallying support to capture Hannibal, using Will as bait. Jack - S03E05
ContornoJuly 2, 2015Jack Crawford and Inspector Pazzi search for clues that will lead them closer to Hannibal Lecter's location in Florence, but the promise of - S03E06
DolceJuly 9, 2015Sensing their time in Florence is coming to an end, Bedelia Du Maurier and Hannibal consider their parting as Hannibal plans for his final s - S03E07
DigestivoJuly 18, 2015Captured in Italy by police on Mason Verger's payroll, Will Graham are delivered to Muskrat Farm to await Mason's revenge. Alana, distressed - S03E08
The Great Red DragonJuly 25, 2015Dr. Hannibal Lecter has been under lock and key for three years at the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, when a new villai - S03E09
And the Woman Clothed with the SunAugust 1, 2015The FBI's search for elusive serial killer Francis Dolarhyde intensifies as Will Graham begins envisioning himself in Dolarhyde's tormented - S03E10
...And the Woman Clothed in SunAugust 8, 2015Carvings symbolizing the Great Red Dragon, retrieved from crime scenes, help Will Graham and the FBI shed light on Francis Dolarhyde's distu - S03E11
...And the Beast from the SeaAugust 15, 2015Will Graham and Jack Crawford are certain that Francis Dolarhyde will strike again with the approaching full moon, but without a solid lead, - S03E12
The Number of the Beast is 666August 22, 2015Will Graham and the FBI enlist the expertise of Dr. Fredrick Chilton in the hopes of luring Francis Dolarhyde into an ambush, using Freddie - S03E13
Season's bestThe Wrath of the LambAugust 29, 2015In a desperate bid to slay Francis Dolarhyde, Will Graham engineers a cunning ploy utilizing Hannibal Lecter. Upon learning of his plan, Bed
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