[S1 Ep6:Entree]

*Abel Gideon attacking the nurse.We don't see it-it's more suggested-well, more about that in a minute, actually.

*Chilton is such an ass-yeah, why *was* the nurse alone with Gideon..seems dumb.

*You can see why Will would come to hate Chilton when he(Will) was in the BSHCI(Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally insane)

*Will's recreation of the nurse's death is one of the most disturbing things I have ever seen(and  this is Hannibal we're talking about!)especially him poking her eyes out(see also:Takiwase.)

*We get a flashback to Miriam, who is very eager to please(much like Clarice..)

*Turns out that Alana is somewhat familiar with Gideon(she's interviewed him before.)

*Jack shows up at Hannibal's office claiming he was in the neighbourhood *cough*Bullshit*cough* despite appearances in Episode 5, he's busting Hannibal's balls..Jack has forgotten about the concept of,oh I don't know.. doctor-patient confidentiality? Hannibal, shockingly, is the voice of reason here.

*We get another flashback with Jack and Miriam, who says of the Chesapeake Ripper "He's exotic somehow". NAILED IT.

*Jack is getting phone calls from Miriam..well a recording of her done(they think) before she was killed.Of course she was revealed to be very much live in S2. Gideon knows about Miriam(so he's not on media lockdown whilst he's in there..)

*Will hallucinates the nightmare stag.

*Jack decides to bait the Ripper(the REAL one,) by  talking to Freddie. Will can barely stands to be in the same room with her.

The article pisses Hannibal off. We see him reading the story on the National Tattler website with a "I am going to cut a bitch" look on his face.

*After another call from Miriam, Jack's house gets dusted for prints-they find a hair that is Miriam's.

*Dinner at Hannibal's with Alana and Chilton. They talk about psychic driving and how Chilton may have psychic drove Gideon.It's something that Hannibal is not opposed to.

*The clues lead them to a creepy observatory where they find Miriam's arm holding a cell phone and there is a note that says "what do you see?"

*The final flashback with Miriam is her going to to Hannibal's to follow up on a lead.Whilst she is there she sees Hannibal's drawing of the Wound Man(if you don't know what it is, Google it.Adding that for the benefit of any non-Fannibals reading this).Hannibal comes up behind her and chokes her.

Later we see Jack at Hannibal's talking about Miriam. Hannibal seems sad about it, but is he *really*?

Episode insight:

This is a very Jack-centric episode..Jack dealing with his feelings about Bella's cancer-he wants to talk to her about it but she's not really letting him..and what's more, she's going to Hannibal-knowing full well that he can't divulge anything that's said in their sessions.

We also have Jack feeling guilty about getting Miriam killed(or so he thinks..)The flashbacks and dream/nightmares(dreamares?) are a manifestation of how guilty/freaked out he is by it.

Quotes:

The effect I was hoping to have was her death. Mission accomplished.-Abel Gideon.

I see the Ripper, but I don't *feel* the Ripper.-Will

Here we are.. a bunch of psychopaths helping each other out.-Freddie Lounds.