By LuluBates
Eddie Izzard plays Dr. Gideon, a seemingly mild-mannered surgeon who murdered his wife and her family on Thanksgiving. Holidays, amirite? Gideon’s a good patient at the old psych hospital until he snaps and plays voodoo doll with the night nurse, skewering her in so many places that everyone suddenly thinks Gideon is the infamous serial killer the Chesapeake Ripper. Gideon’s more than happy to take the sash, crown and title. Graham and the FBI team are called in to assess whether Gideon really is the Ripper. Graham is suspicious.
Soon enough the real Chesapeake Ripper makes himself known. Turns out that while the Ripper has been silent for two years (which coincides with Gideon’s prison term) Crawford has been working on the Ripper case for a long time. Via a series of flashbacks, we meet Miriam, a young recruit who Crawford brought in straight out of the Academy to work on the Ripper case. She had some of Graham’s skill set with forensics and was helping Crawford a lot until she disappeared. Crawford thinks she was the last victim of the Ripper, until he gets a phone call from her in the middle of the night.
Meanwhile, the team is still trying to determine whether or not Gideon is the true serial killer, but evidence is mounting that he is, in the words of Graham, "a plagiarist." When "Miriam" calls again, they realize there is no way that Gideon is the Ripper. After a series of calls, they finally trace the number to a disposable cell phone that is technically in Miriam’s possession. Unfortunately the arm holding the phone is not attached to Miriam’s body.
Elsewhere Lecter hosts yet another dinner party where he serves mystery meat to his unsuspecting guests. He also draws closer to Crawford, counseling him about how to cope with his wife’s cancer and her impending death. One thing Lecter doesn’t mention in their tête-à-têtes? The fact that he strangled Miriam years ago when she came to his door while she was investigating the Ripper and found some evidence tying him to the murders. Yep, he doesn’t mention that at all.
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