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* ScarySymbolicShapeshifting: Will [[SlowlySlippingIntoEvil takes a dark turn]] when he exploits [[OrderliesAreCreeps Matthew Brown]]'s [[StalkerWithACrush infatuation]] with him by sending him after Hannibal as a hitman. Soon after, Will briefly appears to begin sprouting antlers from his body in a nightmarish mimicry of the Wendigo, a sign of his moral decline.
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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Beverly Katz.]]

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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Beverly Katz.]]



* StatusQuoIsGod: [[spoiler: Beverly Katz]] finds definitive proof that [[spoiler: Hannibal is indeed a cannibal, [[SacrificialLion and is killed for it]].]] [[InternalReveal We know this will be subverted eventually]], but for now the show goes on as before.

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* StatusQuoIsGod: [[spoiler: Beverly Katz]] Katz finds definitive proof that [[spoiler: Hannibal is indeed a cannibal, [[SacrificialLion and is killed for it]].]] it]]. [[InternalReveal We know this will be subverted eventually]], but for now the show goes on as before.
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*KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Beverly Katz.]]


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* StatusQuoIsGod: [[spoiler: Beverly Katz]] finds definitive proof that [[spoiler: Hannibal is indeed a cannibal, [[SacrificialLion and is killed for it]].]] [[InternalReveal We know this will be subverted eventually]], but for now the show goes on as before.
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'''Season 2, Episode 5''':
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* BodyHorror: Par the course, but this time it's more emotional both in-universe and out because the body in question is [[spoiler: Beverly]].

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* BodyHorror: Par the course, but this time it's more emotional both in-universe and out because the body in question is [[spoiler: Beverly]].Beverly, vivisected and put on slides like a science project, with her kidneys removed]].
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Will's reaction and hallucinations seem to imply he's feeling this way after [[spoiler: he tricks Matthew Brown into murdering Hannibal.]]

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Will's reaction and hallucinations seem to imply he's feeling this way after [[spoiler: he tricks persuades Matthew Brown into murdering to try to murder Hannibal.]]
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* EnemyMine: This episode is ''packed'' with Will Graham turning to enemies and villains for help. [[spoiler:He seeks Abel Gideon's counsel on how to deal with the Ripper, Freddie Lounds' help in drawing out his quote-unquote copycat, and Matthew Brown's murderous allegiance in his mission to stop Hannibal.]]
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* WorfHadTheFlu: [[spoiler: Hannibal]] is kidnapped by [[spoiler: Matthew Brown]] helped by the fact that [[Lecter is wearing next to nothing while doing laps in the pool, and Brown has a tranquilizer gun]].

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* WorfHadTheFlu: [[spoiler: Hannibal]] is kidnapped by [[spoiler: Matthew Brown]] helped by the fact that [[Lecter [[spoiler: Lecter is wearing next to nothing while doing laps in the pool, and Brown has a tranquilizer gun]].

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* EvilVersusEvil: [[spoiler: Hannibal]] verses [[spoiler: Matthew Brown]].

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* EvilVersusEvil: [[spoiler: Hannibal]] verses versus [[spoiler: Matthew Brown]].Brown]].
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: [[spoiler: Matthew Brown]] turns out to be very good at it.



* WorfHadTheFlu: [[spoiler: Hannibal]] is kidnapped by [[spoiler: Matthew Brown]].

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* WorfHadTheFlu: [[spoiler: Hannibal]] is kidnapped by [[spoiler: Matthew Brown]].Brown]] helped by the fact that [[Lecter is wearing next to nothing while doing laps in the pool, and Brown has a tranquilizer gun]].
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* CallBack: Last season Hannibal encouraged Gideon to kill Alana Bloom, then sent Will after Gideon to stop him. In this episode everything is nearly perfectly reversed: [[spoiler: Gideon encouraged Will to arrange Hannibal's death, then sent Alana after Will's assassin for similarly questionable motives.]]
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After getting too close to the truth, Beverly Katz is made an example of by the Chesapeake Ripper, and the FBI reels from the loss of their colleague. Realizing Hannibal is responsible, Will begins enacting a plan to bring down his former psychiatrist once and for all, but in his blind rage, he may damage his carefully-laid plans and become the very thing he's accused of...

* AbhorrentAdmirer: [[spoiler: Matthew Brown. Despite being very intelligent and pragmatic, he's clearly insane.]]
* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler: Hannibal]].
* BatmanGambit: Will plays on Freddie Lounds' obsession with him and offers her an exclusive interview as part of his plan to discover his secret admirer. He then plays on his admirer's affections by [[spoiler: convincing him to kill Hannibal]].
* BodyHorror: Par the course, but this time it's more emotional both in-universe and out because the body in question is [[spoiler: Beverly]].
* TheBusCameBack: Abel Gideon, both in-universe and out.
* TheDogWasTheMastermind: The man responsible for Will's 'gift' in ''Hassun''? [[spoiler: One of his caretakers at the hospital.]]
** Subverted with [[spoiler: the judge's murder; turns out that was indeed Hannibal.]]
* EvilVersusEvil: [[spoiler: Hannibal]] verses [[spoiler: Matthew Brown]].
* ManipulativeBastard: Will continues to play everyone in his ongoing game of XanatosSpeedChess with Hannibal, but he well and truly takes the cake this time by [[spoiler: playing on his secret admirer's affection to convince him to ''kill Hannibal''.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Will's reaction and hallucinations seem to imply he's feeling this way after [[spoiler: he tricks Matthew Brown into murdering Hannibal.]]
* PetTheDog: Freddie warns Jack to not go into the crime scene she found because she knows he won't take it well.
* WorfHadTheFlu: [[spoiler: Hannibal]] is kidnapped by [[spoiler: Matthew Brown]].

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