Futamono (Hannibal)

Crawford (Laurence Fishburne) visits Graham (Hugh Dancy), confronting him about sending Matthew Brown to kill Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen). Graham denies trying to have Lecter killed, but affirms that Lecter is the Chesapeake Ripper and that as he is a cannibal, attacking in lots of three and four in order to maintain a good pace with the food. Crawford remains unconvinced, so Graham warns him that after the Ripper strikes again, Lecter will host a dinner party.

A corpse is found at a parking lot, attached to a tree with his organs replaced with poisonous flowers. Crawford approaches Lecter for help, but Lecter declines his offer following his assassination attempt. Nevertheless, he invites Crawford for a dinner party, which he accepts to attend. In his cell, Graham confronts Gideon (Eddie Izzard) for messing with his plans. During the conversation, Gideon states that Lecter instructed him to kill Bloom (Caroline Dhavernas) when he escaped from custody. Chilton (Raúl Esparza) has the meeting recorded and shows it to Crawford. While Chilton has suspicions, Crawford is more reserved about the statements.

Price (Scott Thompson) and Zeller (Aaron Abrams) identify the corpse as local city councilor Sheldon Isley, who brokered a development deal for the parking lot and is responsible for damages to the pre-existing habitat. All signs point to a 50-mile radius for the scene of Isley's death. Lecter visits Graham at the hospital, expressing his disappointment at his progress and actions, wanting to distance himself from Graham. Chilton questions Gideon about the recording, but Gideon denies meeting Lecter before his visit and embarrasses Chilton in front of Crawford. As he is escorted back to his cell, Gideon insults the nurse he previously killed and is brutally beaten by the guards.

At Lecter's dinner party, Crawford and Chilton engage in conversation about Lecter. Crawford excuses himself from the party with samples of the food, which he has Price and Zeller test in the BAU lab. After the party, Lecter and Bloom discuss distancing themselves from Graham; they kiss and sleep together. While she sleeps, Lecter leaves, revealing that he drugged her wine so she wouldn't wake up for a few hours. He sneaks into Gideon's room at the infirmary and kidnaps him, killing a guard and propping his body with fishing lures. Having remembered Graham's lead, Crawford visits Lecter in the morning to question him about his whereabouts, suggesting that Lecter is a prime suspect in Gideon's disappearance. Bloom shows up and defends Lecter by stating she was with him all night, unaware that Lecter had used her as an alibi.

That night, Lecter serves lotus leaf to Gideon, which is revealed to be Gideon's amputated leg. Seeing he is eating his last meal, Gideon does so willingly. Back at the lab, Crawford is informed that the food from the party doesn't contain human tissue. However, Price and Zeller find that the fishing lures contain DNA from many victims, including Miriam Lass. They finally realize that Graham is not the Ripper, as there was no copycat killer at all. The lures also contained a rare tree bark, which directs Crawford to an abandoned farmhouse in Somerville, Virginia. He breaks a locked door to get into a basement and checks cisterns for possible clues. He opens one and is shocked to discover Lass (Anna Chlumsky), who is still alive with her left arm missing.

In March 2014, it was announced that the sixth episode of the season would be titled "Futamono" and that it would be written by Andy Black, series creator Bryan Fuller, co-executive producer Scott Nimerfro and executive producer Steve Lightfoot from a story by Black, with Tim Hunter directing. This was Black's second writing credit, Fuller's 15th writing credit, Nimerfro's fifth credit, Lightfoot's 7th writing credit, and Hunter's fourth directing credit.^[1]