SCP37 – Hannibal S03E03 – “Two Sides of the Same Coin”
The strangely-named third episode of Hannibal’s third season brought us another episode filled with surrealism and powerful thematic elements.  The themes that bookended Secondo were, once again, forgiveness and betrayal.  Hannibal seems to be dealing with whether or not he can let go of his feelings of betrayal and forgive Will Graham, and is using Dr. Du Maurier as his therapist to work through these emotions.  While Hannibal spends time in therapy, Will is deconstructing Hannibal’s memory palace in order to find a path that will lead to Hannibal.  Jack returned in this episode and was dealing with his feelings as well.  He met Inspector Pazzi and had a very therapeutic talk-it-out session regarding how he feels he betrayed Will and what Hannibal means to both Pazzi and himself.  Everyone seems to be looking inward in this episode, leaving us, the audience, uncertain as to whether or not they will find what they are seeking.
Secondo Recap
Hannibal & Du Maurier
Secondo opens with Hannibal and Dr. Du Maurier having a sort of therapy session discussing Hannibal’s feelings about Will Graham – specifically, Hannibal’s confusion about whether or not to forgive Will for his betrayal.  Bedelia reminds Hannibal that forgiveness requires two people, much like falling in love does.  She also warns him that if he doesn’t resolve his feelings he will get caught.
Later, Hannibal and Du Maurier host Professor Sogliato for dinner.  Hannibal serves Punch Romaine, the cocktail served to first class passengers on Titanic during their last meal.  Hannibal’s use of the ice pick to make the cocktail foreshadows they way he later jams said ice pick into Sogliato’s temple.  Bedelia later pulls the ice pick from Sogliato’s head to put him out of his misery, prompting Hannibal to inform her that she technically killed him.
During another dinner scene, Hannibal serves Sogliato to two patrons of the Caponni Library.  He tells them they are eating spring lamb.  Later that evening Hannibal helps Bedelia wash her hair and she asks Hannibal to talk about the first spring lamb he ate, which she then implies was his sister Misha.
During the last scene of the episode, Hannibal and Du Maurier have another “session” in which they once again discuss forgiveness and betrayal.  Hannibal’s sister Misha comes up in their conversation and it is implied that the reason Hannibal ate Misha may be different in the show then it was in the book (Hannibal Rising).  Du Maurier implies, and Hannibal admits, that the only way he will forgive Will Graham’s betrayal is to eat him.  There is an implication that Misha did something to Hannibal which forced him to eat her.
Jack and Pazzi
There weren’t many scenes with these two this week and they remained in one location during their scenes together.  Jack arrived and went to the Norman Chapel in Palermo. While there, Pazzi showed him the case file on the Dimmond killing.  They proceeded to have a discussion about Will and Hannibal.  Pazzi expressed his belief that Will sees Hannibal as a god and respects him as one.  Jack explained that he believes that he broke Will and drove him into the arms of Hannibal, who welcomed Will because Will understands and accepts him.
Will and Chiyoh
Will visits the one place Hannibal can’t go – his childhood home.  It’s implied that there are too many bad memories there for Hannibal to ever return to Lecter castle.  Through a discussion that Will has with Hannibal in his mind, it becomes apparent that Will is trying to deconstruct Hannibal’s memory palace in order to find him.
While on the grounds of the Lecter estate, Will discovers Chiyoh, a young Japanese woman who has been keeping an older man as a prisoner in the dungeon.  Chiyoh finds Will in the dungeon and holds him at gunpoint, very reminiscent of how Dr.