scene: Will and Hannibal get dressed simultaneously
scene: Will's trial
Public prosecutor: "Something else you should know about Will Graham: he has remarkable visual memory; he's keenly insightful to the human condition; and... I would argue, the smartest person in this room."
Hannibal smiles at Will.
Jack: "The timing's deliberate. It was choreographed to drop the ear at the beginning of Will's trial."
Hannibal: "Such a gift has great significance."
Jack: "A gift from who?
Hannibal: "Will claimed someone else committed the crimes he's accused of."
Jack: "He said that person was you."
Hannibal: "Perhaps he was half right."
Hannibal: "It seems you have an admirer."
Will: "You think someone sent me an ear because they admire me?"
Hannibal: "The boundaries of what's considered normal are getting narrower. Outside those boundaries, this may be intended as a helpful gesture."
Will: "How far would you go to help me?"
Hannibal: "It hadn't occurred to me to send you an ear. But I'm grateful someone has."
Will: "Gratitude has a short half-life."
Hannibal: "So can doubt. I have new thoughts about who you are. There may very well be another killer."
Will: "I want there to be."
Hannibal: "Some part of you still suspects me."
Will: "I don't know what anyone is capable of anymore, least of all myself. But, um... I know there is no evidence against you."
Hannibal: "There never was."
Will: "And accusing you makes me look insane. I'm not insane. Not anymore."
Hannibal: "And you may not be guilty. This ear you were sent is an opportunity. If someone else is responsible for your crimes, perhaps he now wants to be seen."
Will: "Why would he want to be seen now?"
Hannibal: "He cares what happens to you."
Hannibal: "What impact could this have on Will's trial?"
Jack: "This murder raises serious doubts about the case against Will Graham."
Will: "My admirer?"
Hannibal: "Yes. The forensic report from the crime scene. What do you see?"
Will: "I shoot Mr. Sykes once, collapsing lungs, tearing through his heart's aorta and pulmonary arteries. He will die believing we were friends. It is his last thought. His death isn't personal. He is merely the ink from which flows my poem. My tribute. This is my design. It's not the same killer. He murdered his victim first, and then mutilated him. Cassie Boyle's lungs were removed when she was still breathing. Georgia Madchen was burned alive. What I... what... what I found of Abigail was cut off while her heart was beating."
Hannibal: "Then this... is blunt reproduction?"
Will: "You knew that already."
Hannibal: "I would've liked to have been wrong."
Will: "Occam's broom. You intentionally ignored facts that refute your argument hoping nobody'd notice."
Hannibal: "You noticed. I wanted to dispel your doubts once and for all."
Will: "My doubts about what?"
Hannibal: "Me. I want you to believe in the best of me, just as I believe in the best of you. This crime offered us both reasonable doubt."
Will: "It offered us a distraction."
Hannibal: "Maybe this acolyte is giving you your path to freedom. Even Jack is ready to believe, Will."
Will: "It would be a lie."
Hannibal: "I don't want you to be here."
Will: "I don't want me to be here either."
Hannibal: "Then you have a choice. This killer wrote you a poem. Are you going to let his love go to waste?"
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Hannibal: "You may not be guilty. Tell me about your admirer, Will."
Will: "He's experienced. A sophisticated killer. He has a wit and a whimsy. Parodied the crimes I investigated so well I didn't know he was there. He's connected to me somehow. He knows me. Or thinks he does. He certainly knew about the cases."
Hannibal: "You could be describing me."
Will: "I once thought I was."
Lawyer: "Your fast, triumphant diagnosis of unconsciousness was the best play we had. Now we have a better play. Needless to say, I won't be calling you to the witness stand."
Alana: "Who's taking the stand in my place?"
Advocate: "Please describe your relationship with Will Graham."
Hannibal: "I was asked by Jack Crawford to monitor Will's emotional well-being while he worked on cases. I was never officially his psychiatrist."
Advocate: "If you weren't his psychiatrist, what were you?"
Hannibal: "I was meant to be his stability. I failed him in that."
Advocate: "How did you fail him?"
Hannibal: "I was unable to determine if Will's condition was due to mental illness or stress from his work at the FBI. My mistake was never considering his innocence until the murder of a bailiff from this courthouse."
Advocate: "And how did you know about that, Dr. Lecter?"
Hannibal: "I have been asked to consult on the case by Jack Crawford. He wanted a profile of the bailiff's killer."
Advocate: "So, you believe the bailiff's murder was committed by the same person guilty of Will Graham's alleged crimes, yes?"
Hannibal: "I believe there are alarming similarities in the crimes, yes."
Advocate: "Will Graham accused you of the crimes for which he now stands trial, and yet here you are, testifying on his behalf for the defense."
Hannibal: "Will rightfully couldn't accept these actions to be his. A mind faced with the possibility of committing such deeds will find an alternative reality to believe in."
Advocate: "You don't blame him for that?"
Hannibal: "No. Will Graham is and will always be my friend." (...)
Public prosecuto: "Your Honor, the witness's personal beliefs and biases are driving his conclusions."
scene: Hannibal stares at the empty chair in his office missing Will once again
Jack: "So, it appears that the judge was murdered in his chambers and then he was hauled out here to be put on display."
Hannibal: "Not only is justice blind; it's mindless and heartless. How did the killer get so close?"
Beverly: "No sign of a struggle. Mutilation was post-mortem."
Zeller: "He was shot in the chest just like the bailiff. Can't see the, uh, entry wound because he removed the heart."
Price: "But there is an exit wound. No slug must have taken it with him."
Hannibal: "A trophy."
Jack: "Doctor. With this judge's death, there will be no verdict. No ending. It'll start again, like the trial never happened. But why?"
Hannibal: "Psychopathic violence is predominantly goal-oriented, a means to a very particular end."
Jack: "So, the killer wanted a mistrial?"
Hannibal: "It's an elegant, if rather unorthodox, solution."
Jack: "He spares Will a guilty verdict and his life for the moment."
Hannibal: "Yes."
Jack: "The question is, is it the same killer? Is Will still on trial, in your mind?"
Hannibal: "The use of a gun; death first, mutilation last. I feel like St. Peter ready to deny Will for the third time. I'm not sure this is the same killer, Jack."
Jack: "Excuse me. The killer exerted careful control of the environment. He left very little evidence behind."
scene: Will's daydream (Hannibal saves him, gets him out of prision, sets him free)
Will: "I walked out of that courtroom, and I could hear my blood, like, uh... a hollow drumming of wings. And I had the... absurd feeling that whoever this killer is... he walked out of that courtroom with me. He's gonna reach out to me."
Alana: "What does he want?"
Will: "He wants to know me. What do you want?"
Alana: "I want to save you."
deleted scene
(Initially, Jack and the team had a suspect for the murder of the judge, and Hannibal rushed to set everything up. The scene was supposed to take place in this madman's shrine to Will.)
script: Beverly hands Jack a bound book. He opens it. Monograph on Time of Death by Insect Activity, by Will Graham. It is signed by the author. Jack sighs deeply. Hannibal stands over the laptop. Looks at the message winking on there.
Hannibal: "Poor Will. I fear his new friend has condemned him."
Hannibal moves away from the laptop. Just like that, as if by magic, a pair of folded eyeglasses sits by the laptop.
Hannibal walks to the foreground as, behind him, we hear Brian Zeller: "Are these the judge's eyeglasses?"
