Hannibal/Mukōzuke

Mukōzuke
Season 2, Episode 5
Airdate	March 28, 2014
Written by	Ayanna A. Floyd and Steve Lightfoot & Bryan Fuller
Directed by	Michael Rymer
← 2x04 Takiawase	2x06 → Futamono
Hannibal — Season Two

Mukōzuke is the fifth episode of the second season of Hannibal, and the eighteenth episode overall.

Starring: Hugh Dancy (Will Graham), Mads Mikkelsen (Dr. Hannibal Lecter), Caroline Dhavernas (Dr. Alana Bloom), Hettienne Park (Beverly Katz)

and Laurence Fishburne (Jack Crawford)

Also Starring: Scott Thompson (Jimmy Price), Aaron Abrams (Brian Zeller)

Special Guest Star: Eddie Izzard (Dr. Abel Gideon)

Guest Starring: Raúl Esparza (Dr. Frederick Chilton), Lara Jean Chorostecki (Freddie Lounds), Jonathan Tucker (Matthew Brown)

Plot Overview

As the FBI reels from the found sectioned remains of Beverly Katz, Will convinces Chilton to reinstate Dr Gideon to the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. He also does an interview with Lounds in hopes of contacting the admirer who killed the bailiff and judge.

Notes

Locations

• Baltimore, Maryland

• Quantico, Virginia

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• It's confirmed that Hannibal killed Katz.

• The kidneys of the mural killer are found in Katz's body, linking the two murders.

• It's revealed Gideon survived being shot by Will.

• Gideon is transferred to back to the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane so Will can get him to give up Hannibal as the Chesapeake Ripper, but Gideon plays coy.

• It's revealed the orderly Matthew Brown was responsible for killing the bailiff, but that it was Hannibal who killed the judge.

Characters

• Will requests his admirer to kill Hannibal.

Referbacks

• Katz's body is found in the same observatory where Miriam Lass's arm was found and where Gideon operated on Chilton.

Trivia

The Show

• Marking her last appearance, this episode confirms the death of Beverly Katz from the end of the previous episode. This is one of the more notable deviations from the novels since Katz is still alive by the time of the Tooth Fairy investigation in Red Dragon.

Behind the Scenes

• Bryan Fuller confirmed via Twitter that Brown survived his gunshot.

Memorable Moments

• The discovery of Katz's sectioned remains.

• Hannibal is seen using Katz's kidneys into kidney pie, complete with the top pastry made to resemble Will's restraining mask.

Quotes

• (Katz appears to Will as he looks over her own murder)

Katz: You said you just interpret the evidence. So interpret the evidence.

• Will: Beverly made her connection to the Ripper. You have to make your own, Jack.

Jack: Then what did I bring you here for?

Will: To say goodbye.

• Chilton: I know something of the monster you are dealing with. He is a well educated man, a socially competent man. He has surgical experience or, at the very least, know-how.

Will: You thought Abel Gideon was the Chesapeake Ripper.

Chilton: Evidently I was wrong about that.

• Gideon: Is this Fredrick's idea of punishment? Group therapy with the man who tried to kill me?

Will: No, I'd like to talk to you... about the Chesapeake Ripper.

Gideon: I thought I was the Chesapeake Ripper.

Will: No, you're the pretender to the throne.

• Gideon: He is the devil, Mr Graham. He is smoke. You'll never catch the Ripper. He won't be caught. If you want him, you will have to kill him.

Will: Fair enough.

• Chilton: What is it about you, Dr Bloom? The most sinister neurochemistry in the field cannot help percolating in your presence. The interesting ones all fall at your feet. Will Graham, Abel Gideon, they're chatty as can be. You are like catnip for killers.