Rôti (Hannibal)

Over dinner, Chilton (Raúl Esparza) shares his concerns to Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen) that Abel Gideon (Eddie Izzard) is accusing him of motivating Gideon to kill, which could damage Chilton's career. The next day, during a prison transfer, Gideon manages to escape custody. Elsewhere, the BAU team find corpses and organs hanging from trees. Graham (Hugh Dancy) notes that the Chesapeake Ripper wouldn't display his victims like this and concludes that he is trying to get the Ripper's attention. As Gideon is heading back to Baltimore, Graham and Bloom (Caroline Dhavernas) question Chilton, who may be in danger. Chilton states Gideon wants to prove that he is the Ripper. At a session with Lecter, Graham feels he is going insane as he imagines rooms are now filled with antlers. His undiagnosed encephalitis drives his temperature up, causing severe hallucinations.

The BAU conclude that Gideon is targeting the psychiatrists who attempted to treat him; Graham fears that Bloom might be next. Meanwhile, Lounds (Lara Jean Chorostecki) is contacted by a doctor for a possible collaboration in an article. When she arrives at his office, she finds Gideon, who has killed the doctor and displayed his tongue like a Colombian necktie. The BAU finds that Gideon drained his blood because the doctor wrote an article which negatively depicted Gideon. They also find that TattleCrime.com posted an article that has revealed the return of the Ripper. Gideon has taken Lounds as a hostage and brought her to the old observatory, where he hopes the articles will motivate the Ripper to reveal himself. He has also kidnapped Chilton and removes his organs during a surgery, intending to leave it as a "gift basket" for the Ripper.

Another psychiatrist is found similarly mutilated, with his right arm amputated. Graham speculates that this is actually a message from the real Ripper telling them where to find Gideon. They head to the observatory, as that is where Crawford (Laurence Fishburne) found Miriam Lass's severed arm. Crawford and a SWAT team enter, finding Chilton holding his organs while Lounds pumps air on his mouth, but Gideon has escaped. As the raid unfolds, Graham's hallucination of the stag returns and he follows it, fortuitously intercepting Gideon, although Graham views Gideon as Garret Jacob Hobbs.

In his delusional state, Graham takes Gideon to Lecter, who convinces Graham that he has hallucinated the encounter. When Graham has a seizure, Lecter uses the opportunity to set Gideon on Bloom. Lecter manipulates Graham into pursuing him, leaving a gun and keys so Graham can arrive at her house. Graham catches up with Gideon outside, where he expresses concern over his real identity. Graham shoots Gideon and collapses. Crawford tells Lecter that Chilton will be hospitalized while Graham will be fine, although Lecter recommends removing his gun for his safety. At a session with Bedelia (Gillian Anderson), Lecter is told he must restrain himself from getting too involved with Graham if he really wants to help him as a psychiatrist.

In May 2013, it was announced that the eleventh episode of the series would be titled "Rôti", and was directed by Guillermo Navarro and written by Steve Lightfoot, series creator Bryan Fuller, and supervising producer Scott Nimerfro. This was Fuller's 8th writing credit, Lightfoot's second writing credit, Nimerfro's second writing credit and Navarro's third directing credit.^[1]

Bryan Fuller commented on the visual style of the episode, "the visual aspect of pure empathy hinges on seeing Will Graham commit these crimes. So when he's empathizing with the worst of us, you have to see him behaving like the worst of us."^[2]