SCP35 – Hannibal – S03E01 – “Hannibal’s Broken Heart”
This week Jamie and Jenny spent a lot of time discussing the relationship between Dr. Du Maurier and Hannibal Lecter.  Jamie thinks that Du Maurier is more like Hannibal then she is willing to admit and Jenny thinks that she is Hannibal’s unwilling captive.  There was also discussion about how the season three opener was a pivot from a creepy crime procedural, which Hannibal felt like in its first two seasons, to a show that felt more like an artistic homage to the Thomas Harris novels.
Episode Recap
Hannibal rode his motorcycle to a party in Paris where he meets Anthony Dimmond (Tom Wisdom) while looking for Dr. Roman Fell. They discussed poetry and Dr. Fell, for whom Dimmond served as a TA for in England. Lecter followed Dr. Fell to his house, killing him and his wife after she walked in on Hannibal eating Fell’s liver.
 Flashback #1
Dr. Abel Gideon is seen eating his cooked leg with Lecter, where he commented that Lecter is truly a personification of the Devil.  He asked Lecter to tell him a fairy tale, which begins the current time line of Hannibal and Du Maurier in Florence, Italy.
Lecter and Du Maurier are shown as having traveled to Florence, Italy, where they are assuming the identities of Fell and his wife.  While at a gala Sigliato challenges Hannibal’s knowledge of Dante and his ability to be the curator of the Capponi Library. Sigliato ask Hannibal to give a speech at the library’s studiolo to prove himself.  Hannibal graciously accepts.
While preparing for this lecture Hannibal runs into Anthony Dimmond who greets him by the name Boris Yakov, the name Hannibal used in Paris.  Hannibal invites Dimmond to dine with him and Du Maurier using his characteristic cannibal catch phrase, “My wife and I would love to have you for dinner.”
 Flashback #2
The conversation between Du Maurier and Jack Crawford, from season two, is replayed before we see Du Maurier return to her home that she left in fear for her life. When she entered she found Hannibal taking a shower.  She held Hannibal at gunpoint and asked him questions about Will Graham and the rest of the FBI scoopy gang.  This is when the audience realizes that this is a flashback taking place the same night as the events of the season 2 finale. Hannibal used his charm and manipulation to make Du Maurier feel as if she was always more important to him then the FBI crew and she lowered her gun.
Flashback #3

Lecter showed Dr. Abel Gideon the room where he has snails feeding on Abel’s limbs that have been marinated in red wine.  It was also revealed that Hannibal has been feeding the snails acorns, oysters, and sweet wine to enhance their flavor.  It just so happens that Hannibal has been feeding the same things to Dr. Abel Gideon.
When Dimmond arrives for dinner he questioned Du Maurier about her meal and commented that she is eating only acorns, oysters, and sweet wine (she is seen twice in the episode buying these items from a local grocer).  He interjected that this was a practice started by the Romans to improve the taste of their livestock.  Hannibal allowed Dimmond to leave the meal unscathed, but not before he invites him to the lecture that Dr. Fell is giving on Saturday at the Studiolo.
Flashback #4
Hannibal prepared the snails for Dr. Gideon and him to eat.  Dr. Gideon at this point is doing anything to be perceived as rude by Dr. Lecter.  He banged a utensil on the table, made a snide remark about Will Graham, and dropped the utensil on the floor.
 Flashback #5
In this flashback we see Dr. Du Maurier wake up next to a dead man that turns out to be her patient Neal Frank (Zachary Quinto) who was referred to her by Dr. Lecter.  Hannibal arrived and helped her with the clean up putting her in Hannibal’s debt....