I wouldn't be surprised if Will hasn't yet quite chosen the anti-Hannibal side. I think he's got some deep ambivalence going on; I think he's attracted to Hannibal and his darkness in a way he wasn't before.
And I'd further argue that his having fished with Abigail before when he thought she was dead, is even more reason for her to continue to be his companion in his imagination; she's not just a but the intrinsic third in his relationship with Hannibal; frankly, leaving her behind just because she's now really dead doesn't make all that much sense to me, especially for a character like Will whom we're meant to understand has this highly developed unique empathetic skill, or call it a curse. She ought to stay with him, in some form or another, whether she actually has conversations with him or just recurs again in the river memory.
I do agree that the whole thing with Dr Fell's identity and Hannibal having committed crimes in Florence 20 years before DOES stretch credulity to the breaking point. But remember what Bedelia told them last season, that Hannibal's potential fatal flaw is that he's too in love with his aesthetics; he's arrogant, and it makes sense that his self-confidence in being always able to keep a step ahead of his pursuers and manipulate them might start to exceed reality. After all, we know he is going to get caught, and that's probably going to happen because he makes a mistake out of hubris, right?
frankly, leaving her behind just because she's now really dead doesn't make all that much sense to me, especially for a character like Will whom we're meant to understand has this highly developed unique empathetic skill, or call it a curse. She ought to stay with him, in some form or another, whether she actually has conversations with him or just recurs again in the river memory.
We'll see if she stays in there...
Anyway, Hannibal knows now that Pazzi is tracking him and knows who he is.
And I'd further argue that his having fished with Abigail before when he thought she was dead, is even more reason for her to continue to be his companion in his imagination; she's not just a but the intrinsic third in his relationship with Hannibal; frankly, leaving her behind just because she's now really dead doesn't make all that much sense to me, especially for a character like Will whom we're meant to understand has this highly developed unique empathetic skill, or call it a curse. She ought to stay with him, in some form or another, whether she actually has conversations with him or just recurs again in the river memory.
I do agree that the whole thing with Dr Fell's identity and Hannibal having committed crimes in Florence 20 years before DOES stretch credulity to the breaking point. But remember what Bedelia told them last season, that Hannibal's potential fatal flaw is that he's too in love with his aesthetics; he's arrogant, and it makes sense that his self-confidence in being always able to keep a step ahead of his pursuers and manipulate them might start to exceed reality. After all, we know he is going to get caught, and that's probably going to happen because he makes a mistake out of hubris, right?
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We'll see if she stays in there...
Anyway, Hannibal knows now that Pazzi is tracking him and knows who he is.
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