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Will begins sleepwalking, dreaming of following a stag he has been having recurring visions of. A man who can sense people that are guilty of crimes makes them into "angels" by skinning their backs and making the flesh into "wings," and analysis of his vomit left at a crime scene indicates that he has a brain tumor. As the killer's severed genitalia is left at another scene, he is identified as Elliot Buddish, and his estranged wife Emma tells Jack and Will that the tumor made him abandon his family and gives them the location of where he once had a near-death experience. The two find Buddish there, having committed suicide by turning himself into an angel. Will admits his doubts about continuining his work despite Jack pressing him to stay, and hallucinates Buddish, who tells him "I see what you are." Hannibal begins treating Bella, who admits she has lung cancer. Having recognized her behavior in Emma's description of Buddish, Jack confronts her and they agree to stay together.
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