The idea that the ledger contains articles about Hannibal’s crimes, as well as the ledger’s overall design and appearance, owe to the 2002 film Red Dragon, and particularly the opening title sequence.

Meanwhile, Lecter's de facto jailer, Frederick Chilton, discovers a secret correspondence between Lecter and Dolarhyde, in which Lecter provides the killer with Graham's home address.

He greets Graham and quickly works out that he is here to consult him on the Tooth Fairy murders.

With Mads Mikkelsen, Hugh Dancy, Caroline Dhavernas, Gillian Anderson. Graham is shown to have a remarkable visual memory as well as the ability to empathize with serial killers and had also shot the serial killer Garret Jacob Hobbs. The show eliminates those characters, keeping the focus on the established FBI crew. Subsequent episodes take their titles from the individual paintings in the series. Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. Will drinking whiskey in his motel room comes from Chapter 2 of the novel, after he returns from the Leeds house. Later, he hosts a dinner party in his townhouse for the orchestra's board of directors. Jack’s explanation about the dog in response to Will’s inquiry was spoken by Detective R. J. Presumably, under these circumstances, the ceiling-collapse effects were not financially feasible, although the crowd of old woman can still be seen behind Hannibal.

The plexiglass in the show is inspired by the film adaptation of The Silence of the Lambs, and the subsequent 2002 adaptation of Red Dragon, while the relatively luxurious interior is an invention of the show.

Chilton casually sharing a meal with Hannibal in his cell while he is merely handcuffed defies the strict procedure in the books, where Chilton only enters the cell with orderlies carrying Mace and a tranquilizer gun, who put Hannibal in a straitjacket and leg restraints before Chilton enters. (25 Jul 2015). Believing that Reba is being unfaithful, Dolarhyde kills Mandy, takes his body, kidnaps Reba and, having taken her to his house, sets the place on fire. Dolarhyde is unable to control his violent, sexual urges, and believes that murdering people—or "changing" them, as he calls it—allows him to more fully "become" an alternate personality he calls the "Great Red Dragon," after the dominant character in Blake's painting. The boy undergoes his third renaming for the TV series, now called Walter and once again Will’s stepson, as in the book. Molly and Will have a heartfelt conversation where she encourages him to leave and help.

Graham's wife, Molly, then fatally shoots Dolarhyde. Chilton’s line about Hannibal spending the rest of his life watching the diaper cart go by comes from a threat he makes to Hannibal in The Silence of the Lambs. This was the original plan on the show as well, but after the Italian shoot earlier in the season, there was no room in the budget to leave Toronto again to shoot somewhere that could convincingly double for Florida. Dolarhyde practices speaking with his cleft upper lip and is then seen standing naked outside a home, covered in blood and staring up at the full moon. The show eliminates some dialogue delving more into the killer’s M.O., as well as dialogue which has previously been adapted in other episodes such as "Coquilles," references to Jack's wife (who is already deceased in the show timeline), and exposition about Will’s backstory with the FBI and his abilities, which the show audience already knows. At about the same time, Dolarhyde falls in love with a blind co-worker named Reba McClane, which conflicts with his homicidal urges.

The scene moves beyond the novel with Zeller’s entrance.

Before Graham leaves, Lecter taunts him one last time, the reason Graham caught him is that "we're just alike". In the book, unlike the episode, Jack tactfully declines to have dinner with the family, and only returns afterward. (credit only). Dolarhyde's job gives him access to all home movies that pass through the company.

The idea that he also places shards on the husbands and children comes from the 2002 film adaptation. Dolarhyde is seen watching film when the projector blows out; he has a hallucination. Dolarhyde going to Hong Kong to get his tattoo and teeth, and subsequently posing in front of the mirror in his attic gym with the new tattoo, come from Chapter 28 of the novel. During a conversation with another officer, Graham discusses briefly Lecter's crimes and how he captured him. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. In the book, Will comes to the realization that Dolarhyde posed the husband and children to watch, and that Dolarhyde removed his gloves, only after Will is back in his hotel room (as he drifts off to sleep, through stream of consciousness thoughts involving a childhood drug store he used to visit).