2. Primavera — Episode — Hannibal

2. Primavera

With his wounds now healed, Will Graham heads to Europe eight months after the horrific event that almost took his life, in search of closure with Hannibal Lecter. Following a hunch, Will arrives in Palermo, Italy to find a disturbing gift. Will's arrival draws suspicion from Inspector Rinaldo Pazzi, who twenty years earlier pursued a Florentine killer known as "Il Mostro" and, after reading Will's file, believes that Hannibal Lecter and "Il Mostro" are one and the same. Pazzi tries to enlist Will's help in catching Hannibal, but Will warns that he is unsure of where his own allegiance lies.

Plot summary and ending

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Complete story — includes the ending

Having survived his stabbing, Will wakes in the hospital and is visited by Abigail Hobbs, who explains that Hannibal wounded them precisely so they would survive. Will remembers Hannibal describing the chapel as a place of peace for him, and eight months later, he goes with Abigail after Dimmond's body is found. He is met by Florence chief inspector Rinaldo Pazzi, who investigated Hannibal twenty years prior for killings that he modeled after the painting Primavera, for which another man was convicted. As Will uses his ability, he sees the "heart" growing antlers and stalking towards him. Talking with Abigail, he realizes he has been hallucinating her and she died of her injuries. Pazzi realizes Hannibal is watching them and the two chase him into the nearby catacombs. Pazzi leaves after losing Hannibal, but Will stays and says "I forgive you," which Hannibal hears.

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