Hannibal/The Number of the Beast is 666

The Number of the Beast is 666
Season 3, Episode 12
Airdate	August 22, 2015
Written by	Jeff Vlaming & Angela LaManna and Bryan Fuller & Steve Lightfoot
Directed by	Guillermo Navarro
← 3x11 ...And the Beast from the Sea	3x13 → The Wrath of the Lamb
Hannibal — Season Three

The Number of the Beast is 666 is the twelth episode of the third season of Hannibal, and the thirty-eighth episode overall.

Starring: Hugh Dancy (Will Graham), Mads Mikkelsen (Dr. Hannibal Lecter), Caroline Dhavernas (Dr. Alana Bloom), Gillian Anderson (Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier)

and Laurence Fishburne (Jack Crawford)

Guest Starring: Richard Armitage (Francis Dolarhyde), Rutina Wesley (Reba McClane), Nina Arianda (Molly Graham), Raúl Esparza (Dr. Frederick Chilton), Lara Jean Chorostecki (Freddie Lounds)

Plot Overview

As Will begins to to slip into Dolarhyde's mind, Dolarhyde is himself further consumed by the Great Red Dragon. Will, Jack, and Alan plan a dangerous trap to lure the Dragon out. It's not long before they have to face the unfortunate, but inevitable consequences.

Notes

Locations

• Baltimore, Maryland

• St. Louis, Missouri

• Quantico, Virginia

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• Chilton has his lips ripped off and is set on fire by Dolarhyde.

• Dolarhyde kidnaps Reba.

Characters

• Will set Chilton up to be targeted by Dolarhyde, either consciously or subconsciously.

Referbacks

• It was the Season 2 episode "Ko No Mono" that Freddie's death was faked by supposedly burning her body in a wheelchair, which is repeatedly brought up and mimicked by Dolarhyde in this episode.

Trivia

Allusions and References

• Hannibal once again quotes German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe when he tell Chilton "Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him."

• In the book, it is Lounds that suffers the same fate Chilton does at the hands of Dolarhyde in this episode. Also in Red Dragon, Lounds dies shortly after being hospitalised, whereas Chilton survives.

Memorable Moments

• Dolarhyde, with dentures in his mouth, tears off Chilton's lips.

Quotes

• Will: Is Hannibal... in love with me?

Bedelia: Could he daily feel a stab of hunger for you and find nourishment at the very sight of you? Yes. But do you ache for him?

• Jack: What's got your attention, Doctor? God, the Devil, and the Great Red Dragon?

Hannibal: Lest we forget the Lamb.

Jack: Will... is the Lamb of God.

Hannibal: Hide us from the wrath of the Lamb.

Jack: Who's "us"?

Hannibal: You, me, and the Great Red Dragon. The Lamb's wrath touches everyone who errs. His retribution is even more deadly than the Dragon's.

Jack: It is... for you.

Hannibal: The seals are being opened, Jack. The lamb is becoming a lion. "For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?"

Jack: I'll still be standing.

Hannibal: Is your conscience clear?

Jack: As clear as yours.

Hannibal: Righteousness is what you and Will have in common. "In righteousness the Lamb doth judge and make war." War against the Great Red Dragon.

Jack: He's not the Dragon. You are. The Devil himself, bound in the pit.

Hannibal: Then that makes you God, Jack.

Jack: Yes, it does.

Hannibal: All gods demand sacrifices.

• Hannibal: (to Chilton) "Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him." You don't have the proper stuff, Frederick.

• Dolarhyde: (to Chilton) You said that I, who see more than you, am insane. I, who have pushed the world so much further than you, am insane. I have dared more than you! I am the Dragon and you call me insane? Before Me, you are a slug in the sun. You are privy to a great Becoming and you recognise nothing! It is in your nature to do one thing correctly and before Me you tremble. Fear is not what you owe Me! You... owe... Me... awe!

• (a video of a kidnapped Chilton is being played back)

Chilton: I have had a great privilege. I have seen with wonder and awe the strength of the Great Red Dragon. All that I said was lies from Will Graham. I have blasphemed against the Dragon. Even so, the Dragon is merciful. Because I was forced to lie, he will be more merciful to me than to you, Will Graham. Reach behind you and feel the small knobs on the top of your pelvis. Feel your spine between them. That is the precise spot where the Dragon will snap your spine. There is much for you to dread. From my own lips, you will learn a little more to dread.

• Hannibal: I'm sorry, Jack. The tragedy of what's happened to Frederick has put me in an excellent humour.

Jack: Dr Chilton disappeared yesterday, under armed escort.

Hannibal: You pretended to burn Freddie Lounds in a wheelchair to flush me out. What were you pretending to do with Frederick Chilton?

Jack: He profiled the Dragon. For Freddie Lounds.

Alana: We wanted to enrage him.

Hannibal: Congratulations. (to Alana) You could've provided anything Dr Chilton could. That would've been your lip I was tasting. Again.

Alana: You publicly discredited Dr Chilton. By refuting him, you orchestrated his end by proxy.

Hannibal: You orchestrated his end, Alana. You saw the hole and let him roll right into it. That's professional discourtesy.