Hannibal Episode 3.07 Digestivo

With Hannibal seconds away from sawing open Will's head, Italian policemen storm Sogliato's apartment, led by Inspector Benetti. Hannibal is knocked out from behind and a bag is placed over his head. The same is done to Will, who Benetti says will fetch an equally pretty penny from Mason. Jack, on the other hand, doesn't have a price on his head, so Benetti orders his men to kill Jack in the same way Hannibal would've killed Will. Jack is to serve as the evidence that Hannibal claimed a new victim before getting away.

After Benetti leaves, one man holds Jack still while another approaches with the bone saw. But before he can get too close, he's shot with a phantom bullet. His partner suffers the same fate a moment later. Chiyoh enters and reveals herself as the shooter. She needs Jack to tell her where Hannibal has been taken. Jack obliges after Chiyoh removes the needle from his neck, but she leaves him restrained as she exits.

At Muskrat Farm, Margot and Alana are awoken by a call from Italy: Mason has Hannibal and Will. Alana knows Mason will torture them before killing them - which gives her and Margot time to step in. When Hannibal and Will arrive, hanging upside down in a meat truck, Mason immediately begins tormenting them. He plunges a knife into Hannibal to check his fat, as he would a pig, but Hannibal doesn't give him the satisfaction of reacting.

When Alana speaks with Mason, he informs her Jack is dead. Alana can't hide her shock but a second later, Margot enters and counters that Jack is alive. She's concerned about Jack having witnessed Hannibal and Will's capture, but Mason already has a backup plan in play. When Jack arrived in Italy, Mason alerted the authorities that Jack had been harassing him. Now, the agent won't be able to pursue him through the law. Mason also confirms that Hannibal is still alive, which prompts Alana to warn, "Play with your food, Mason, and you give it the ability to fight back."

That evening, Mason has Hannibal cleaned and dressed in a fine suit for dinner. He's rolled out to the table on a dolly, where a tray of oysters awaits. On Hannibal's left sits Will. Mason reveals his larger plans then; he's going to transplant Will's face onto his own and eat Hannibal wearing Will's face. Cordell will be performing the face transplant. He'll also be cooking Hannibal. Will makes his feelings known about the situation when Cordell attempts to moisturize his face. As Cordell bends down, Will leaps forward and bites a piece of flesh out of his cheek. Mason responds by informing Will he'll soon be fed to the pigs.

Hannibal, chained and naked in the pigpen, endures further torture when Cordell brands him. Once again, though, he doesn't make a sound. Cordell attempts to coax a reaction out of him by explaining how he will keep Hannibal alive as Mason feasts on different parts of him. Hannibal simply weighs in on how he'll be cooked. Margot, meanwhile, gets some shocking news when Mason admits that he didn't destroy her eggs when he sterilized her. Instead, he found a surrogate, who's been living on the farm, and implanted the impregnated eggs into her. Margot asks to see her but Mason cautions she must mentally prepare herself first.

While Will awaits his fate, Alana pays him a visit. She explains she only wanted Mason to catch Hannibal so Will couldn't rejoin him, but Will is not swayed. He asks Alana what she thought would happen with Mason involved? At the same time, Margot visits Hannibal in his pigpen. He is on all fours and each limb is tied up. Hannibal questions why Margot is working with Mason given that Mason will never give her what she truly wants. He again tells her that the only way to be free of him is to kill him. Margot asks if Hannibal will do that for her. He says it would be more therapeutic for Margot to do it but that he's happy to take the credit. Alana joins them then and confesses she was trying to keep Will safe from Hannibal, but now, he's the only one who can save Will. Hannibal promises to do just that if they set him free. Alana cuts the ropes on one arm and leaves a pocketknife. Hannibal takes care of the rest.

Cordell wheels Mason into an operating room, where Will is already strapped to a gurney. He puts Mason under and gives Will something to immobilize him. Will won't be able to move, but he'll be able to feel everything. Simultaneously, a bloodied Hannibal, wielding a hammer, makes his way to Will. Margot and Alana, in another area of the mansion, locate the surrogate Mason spoke of: a pig. Alana inspects the animal and realizes there's no fetal heartbeat. Margot tells her to cut the baby out. As Alana works to remove Margot's child, a face is removed from one head and placed onto another. A heartbroken Margot cradles her stillborn baby at the same time Mason comes to and feels something is wrong. He screams for Cordell and grabs a mirror. When he looks in it, Cordell's face looks back at him.

Hannibal carries Will out of Muskrat Farm as Mason's guards try to catch him. But Chiyoh, watching from the trees, shoots them dead each time. As Hannibal makes his escape, Margot and Alana corner Mason. Alana breaks the news that Cordell is dead, and Hannibal's gotten away. Margot confronts Mason about the surrogate. He remains confident that Margot won't kill him; with no heir, the Verger fortune passes to the Southern Baptist Church. But unbeknownst to Mason, there is going to be an heir. Because Hannibal helped Margot and Alana stimulate Mason's prostate with a cattle prod and now they've got everything they need from him. After hearing this, Mason tries to shoot Alana, but Margot dives on him. The bullet breaks the glass of the eel tank, and Mason and Margot both fall in. Alana pulls Margot out and together, they hold Mason underwater. The eel pecks at his face and then enters his throat. Just like that, Mason Verger dies.

Hannibal takes Will home and while he rests, exchanges words with Chiyoh. She agrees to continue watching over Hannibal so long as he never tries to cage her again. When Will wakes up, Hannibal takes a seat by his bed. He tries to engage Will in their typical back-and-forth but this time, Will puts an end it. "I miss my dogs; I'm not gonna miss you," he says. "I'm not gonna find you. I'm not going to look for you. I don't want to know where you are or what you do. I don't want to think about you anymore." Hannibal tries to change Will's mind, reminding him of their similar attraction to "wickedness," but Will stands firm. He ends their conversation with a simple "Goodbye, Hannibal."

Sometime later, Jack and the FBI arrive at Will's home. Will comes out to meet them and informs Jack that Hannibal's gone. Except that he's not. Hannibal steps out from the shadows, arms raised, and surrenders. He intimates to Jack that he's giving himself up because he wants to be somewhere Will can always find him. In reply, Will turns his back on Hannibal and reenters his house. Hannibal is handcuffed and placed in Jack's car. Chiyoh, having successfully caged the beast, leaves.