Previously on HANNIBAL Spec Episode: Beondegi ! “Beondegi” takes place in the second half of the first season. Will Graham is the F.B.I.’s Violent Crimes profiler, where he is able to enter the mind of the killer to understand their tactics.
BRIAN ZELLER
Blood Splatter Specialist for Crawford’s team. He has a reputation for butting heads with Will Graham. While they remain professional, their unresolved tension motivates Zeller to become an informant for Tattler Reporter, Freddie Lounds, as seen in Episode 102 “Amuse-Bouche”.
FREDDIE LOUNDS
Tabloid reporter for the Violent Crimes section of the Tattler. Whether by tainting crime scenes or writing exposé articles questioning Graham’s sanity, Lounds tends to stick her nose where it doesn’t belong. She uses Zeller’s intel against Graham with little regard for Zeller’s job security. Crawford threatens Lounds to never write another article about Graham again, which she complies.
CHESAPEAKE RIPPER
We are first introduced to the Ripper in the pilot, when a body turns up in Minnesota, impaled on top of a set of antlers. The F.B.I. are quick to deduce it as being the “Minnesota Shrike” until Graham notices a different method, and even the Ripper’s tendency to take a “trophy”–a missing parts of the victim’s body. As Graham and Crawford investigate different serial killers, it soon becomes apparent that the Ripper has close connections between both agents. The Chesapeake Ripper is none other than Graham’s advisor and Crawford’s confidant, Hannibal Lecter.
RAVEN FEATHERED STAG/WENDIGO
Both are used to personify Will’s Subconscious state. On one end, the Stag represents Will. Strong, unique, yet fragile, given its fur is replaced with raven feathers. When he is subdued, either while he is profiling or his autoimmune encephalitis, the Stag visits him to keep him alive, or to reveal a paradigm shift in the investigation.
The Wendigo, however, is Will’s interpretation of the Chesapeake Ripper. Will’s hallucinations connect Hannibal to the Wendigo. In Native American folklore, the Wendigo is a demon that feeds on human flesh.
“Beondegi” debates if pain can ever be truly forgiven, even after we make amends. From bullying in high school or workplace, holding grudges only keeps us in the past, which prevents us from discovering our true potential.