- Will hatches a cunning plot to slay Francis Dolarhyde, using Hannibal Lecter in his ploy. Bedelia voices concern about the perilous plan as Will continues his game with Hannibal, though Will may have to face his darkest fears.
- Dolarhyde, not wanting the Dragon to harm McClane, stages his suicide and sets the mansion on fire. This allows her to escape, believing that he is dead. He ambushes Graham in his motel room and demands that he lead him to Lecter. Crawford and the rest of the team quickly discern that the body found in Dolarhyde's mansion was not his. While brainstorming ideas for how to catch Dolarhyde, Graham suggests using Lecter as bait by staging his escape from the hospital. Lecter agrees to this plan, but only after Graham personally requests his participation. Crawford and Bloom plot to kill both Lecter and Dolarhyde once the bait is accepted. In a session with Du Maurier, Graham reveals his intentions that Lecter not be recaptured, leaving unstated whether that means his death or freedom. As the plan is implemented, Lecter's convoy is unexpectedly ambushed by Dolarhyde, who kills all of the FBI and police personnel while sparing Graham and Lecter and allowing them to flee. They travel to the sziklafal house where Lecter had previously kept Abigail Hobbs and Miriam Lass captive. Graham admits that he doesn't think he'll get out of the situation alive, and he seems at peace with this. Dolarhyde shoots Lecter through the window, and then crashes through the window to break in. He taunts Lecter, saying he'll kill him and film it, as Will watches. As Will reaches for his gun, Dolarhyde stabs him in the face with a knife and throws him out the window into the yard. Graham and Lecter, working together, overpower Dolarhyde and kill him. Both soaked in blood, Lecter tells Graham that this (the murder) was all he ever wanted for the both of them. Graham admits, "It's beautiful." Knowing what he's become, Graham embraces Lecter, and then pulls them both over the cliff to ambiguous fates. In a post-credits scene, Du Maurier sits at the end of a lavish table, obviously drugged. The camera pans back, revealing a cooked leg steaming on the table. The camera then pans down on Du Maurier, and we see her missing a leg. She grabs a small fork and hides it in her lap, as the camera pulls all the way out, showing a table set for three.
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