Will wakes from another of his stag-themed nightmares and vomits up a human ear. Not certain that it's real, he calls Hannibal, who confirms that, yep, it's a human ear. They call in Jack, who comes with the rest of the team to take in Will. Tests confirm that the ear was Abigail's. More damning evidence soon comes to light: Will also has Abigail's blood under his nails and several of his homemade fishing lures contain bits of the recent murder victims. Hannibal may be evil, but it's hard not to admire just how damned thorough the guy is.
He might be just a bit too thorough, though, as Will begins to grow suspicious. He could have believed that he killed Abigail in the throes of his recent breakdown, but the other murders took place before he was sick. He knows he's not guilty. While Jack, Alana and Hannibal try to figure out which of them screwed up the worst, Will escapes captivity. Determined to learn just what happened, he has Hannibal drive him back to Minnesota.
While he's standing in the Hobbs kitchen, looking at the stain of Abigail's blood on the kitchen floor, certain truths start to become clear to him. He sees Hannibal as a human-stag hybrid and understands just how the good doctor has been planting the evidence against him. Will draws a gun, but Jack barges in and shoots him before he can shoot Hannibal. Luckily, it's not fatal, and Jack carts him back home for recuperation and incarceration.
Hannibal visits Dr. Du Maurier a couple of times in the episode -- the first time to tearfully confess his failed attempts at "saving" Will, and the second to bring her a feast of tender, young meat. Is it veal… or Abigail? Du Maurier may suspect it's the latter, but she doesn't decline the meal.
In the end, Hannibal visits Will in jail. He's told Du Maurier that he means to bid farewell to Will, but we know it's not time for goodbyes just yet. Will -- having recovered from his fever and gunshot wound -- seems to remember all his recent epiphanies as he greets Hannibal not as a friend, but as the man who framed him. Stay tuned for the full weecap.
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