Will to Jack: "You don't want me in a classroom. You want me to wrap my head so tight around the Ripper I won't go back to class until he's caught."
(German: "You don't want to see me in a lecture hall. You want me to become one with the Ripper and not teach any more until he's caught.")
Franklyn: "I tried to get your attention. I knew that you were aware, even though you were pretending that you weren't. (...) I really don't know who you are outside this room."
Hannibal: "I'm your psychiatrist."
Franklyn: "I want you to be my friend. (...) And we like the same things. I think that we would make good friends. It makes me sad that I have to pay to see you."
Hannibal: "I am a source of stability and clarity, Franklyn. I'm not your friend."
Bedelia: "One of us has to be honest."
Hannibal: "I'm honest."
Bedelia: "Not perfectly."
Hannibal: "As honest as anyone."
Bedelia: "Not really. I have conversations with a version of you and hope that the actual you gets what he needs."
Hannibal: "A version of me?"
Bedelia: "Naturally, I respect its meticulous construction, but you are wearing a very well-tailored person suit. (...) Maybe it's less of a person suit and more of a human veil. That must be lonely."
Hannibal: "I have friends. And the opportunities for friends. You and I are friendly."
Bedelia: "You are my patient and my colleague, not my friend. At the end of your hour, I will pour you a glass of wine. Nevertheless, you will be drinking it on the other side of the veil."
Hannibal: "Why do you bother?"
Bedelia: "I see enough of you to see the truth of you. And I like you. Red or white?"
Hannibal: "I think something pink, don't you?"
Hannibal: "I have an unconventional psychiatrist."
Will: "Well, we have that in common."
Hannibal: "Am I your psychiatrist, or are we simply having conversations?"
Will: "Yes I think is the answer to that."
Hannibal: "Then having a glass of wine before seeing a patient, I assure you, is very conventional. Especially for evening appointments."
Will: "Huh. How long have you been seeing a psychiatrist?"
Hannibal: "Since I chose to be a psychiatrist."
Will considers that a moment, then (deleted line): "So these are just conversations."
Hannibal (deleted line): "With your friend, the psychiatrist. We do have a higher level of intimacy than the common Doctor Patient relationship. Almost as though we have a daughter together."
Doctor: "Any other infections?"
Hannibal: "You seem convinced I'm diseased."
Doctor: "I was asking a broader question. A disease is an infection. An infection isn't always a disease."
Hannibal: "That is true."
Doctor: "You should just tell me now, because I'm going to find out, and it will affect your insurance if you lie."
Hannibal: "May I ask for your business card, please, for my records?"
Not only did Hannibal murder the medical examiner who took his blood test for being rude, but he also did it because the man was being homophobic towards him. Basically, he was insinuating that Hannibal was HIV positive because of his sexuality (it was confirmed that Hannibal is pansexual). He must have assumed Hannibal was attracted to men because of how well he's dressed (the stereotype that gay men dress nicer) and how polite he was.
"The Chesapeake Ripper wants to perform. Every brutal choice has... elegance, grace. His mutilations hide the true nature of his crimes." Will
Hannibal: "I'm curious about something. Are you purposefully avoiding the subject of Will Graham?"
Alana: "Absolutely."
Hannibal: "Not on my account, I hope. I'm happy to get your perspective."
Alana: "No, it's on Jack Crawford's account. I don't want any information about Will that I shouldn't have as his friend." (...)
Alana: "Will does that too, you know."
Hannibal: "What? Have affairs?"
Alana: "Flirtatiously change the subject. You have that pathology in common."
Hannibal: "Or we just have you in common. I recall even before I met Will, you never spoke about him."
Hannibal: "Do you desire Tobias sexually?"
Franklyn: "No. God, no. Uh... no. Not to be defensive. I just, um... I mean, don't get me wrong. I was in a fraternity. I-I-I tried things, you know? Uh, um... It's just not my brand."
Hannibal: "You care deeply about Tobias despite differences. He's your best friend, but you're not his."
Franklyn: "Well, it's sad when you say it like that."
Hannibal: "You often worry about being alone?"
Franklyn: "I worry about hurting. Being alone comes with a... a dull ache. Doesn't it?" (German: "Being alone hurts you in the soul, doesn't it?")
Hannibal: "It can."
scene: Hannibal is lonely as Will misses his appointment
Hannibal: "Will? Will? I have a 24-hour cancellation policy."
Will: "What time is it?"
Hannibal: "Nearly nine o'clock."
Will: "Oh, God, I'm sorry."
Hannibal: "No apology necessary."
Will: "I must have fallen asleep. Was I sleepwalking?"
Hannibal: "Your eyes were open, but you were not present."
Will: "I felt as if I was asleep. I need to stop sleeping altogether. Best way to avoid bad dreams."
Hannibal: "Well, I can see why you have bad dreams."
Will: "What do you see, doctor?"
Hannibal: "Sum up the Ripper in so many words?"
Will: "Choose them wisely."
Hannibal: "Oh, I always do. Words are living things. They have personality, point of view, agenda."
Will: "They're pack hunters."
Hannibal: "Displaying one's enemy after death has its appeal in many cultures."
Will: "These aren't the Ripper's enemies, these are pests he's swatted."
Hannibal: "Their reward for their cruelty."
Will: "Oh, he doesn't have a problem with cruelty. Their reward is for undignified behavior. These dissections are to disgrace them. It's... it's a public shaming."
Hannibal: "Takes their organs away because, in his mind, they don't deserve them. What's this?"
Will: "It's Jack Crawford's trainee. She's not like the other victims. The Ripper had no reason to humiliate Miriam Lass."
Hannibal: "Seems to me he was humiliating someone."
Will: "Yeah, he was humiliating Jack."
Hannibal: "Did it work?"
Will: "I'd say it worked really well."
Jack: "Will. And Dr. Lecter. What a surprise."
Hannibal: "How could I refuse?"
scene: Will observes Hannibal in the ambulance, they look each other in the eyes
Hannibal [cooking]: "Are you sure you can't stay?"
Will: "Uh, I don't think I would be good company."
Hannibal: "I disagree. But before you go, what became of Mr. Sylvestri's donor?"
Will: "You saved his life."
Hannibal: "Been a long time since I used a scalpel on anything but a pencil."
Will: "Why'd you stop being a surgeon?"
Hannibal: "I killed someone... or, more accurately, I couldn't save someone. But it felt like killing them."
Will: "You were an emergency room surgeon. It has to happen from time to time."
Hannibal: "It happened one time too many. I transferred my passion for anatomy into the culinary arts. I fix minds instead of bodies, and no one's died as a result of my therapy."
Will [chuckles]: "I have to go. I have a date with the Chesapeake Ripper. (...) Enjoy the wine."
Hannibal: "Thank you."
