He correctly anticipates that the ensuing implosion of Clarice's personal and professional lives will tempt Lecter to return to the United States (where his people are keeping Starling surveilled and they can grab him when he inevitably makes his move). Verger knows that Lecter's fascinated with Starling and has been keeping tabs on her while in 'exile'. With Krendler's assistance, Mason frames Clarice for 'withholding' communications from Lecter from the Bureau (and in the case of the book, for a fake warning).

Batman Gambit: Verger employs one after the Italy fiasco to flush Lecter out of hiding.

Asshole Victim: Mason Verger was this, even though he didn't actually die at least not then and just wound up crippled.

The protagonist, once again, is Clarice Starling. The very next scene reveals Verger's intention to have Lecter Fed to Pigs.

Animal Motifs: Pazzi washes the pickpocket's blood off his hands in the Porcellino fountain, which is bronze boar.Pazzi was played by Fortunato Cerlino and Will Graham, as well as Chiyoh (a character from Hannibal Rising) and Bedelia Du Maurier (a Canon Foreigner unique to the series), were incorporated into the story. The novel's primary story of Lecter on the run (with modifications) influenced the first half of the show's third season. The flashbacks from Hannibal involving the Verger twins were later incorporated into the second season of Bryan Fuller's TV series of the same name, with Michael Pitt note and Joe Anderson in Season 3 and Katharine Isabelle as Mason and Margot.

The movie, with a different ending, saw Anthony Hopkins reprise his role as Lecter and also starred Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman and Ray Liotta. Meanwhile, Lecter is living in Florence, pursued by Starling, a wealthy former victim, and a disgraced Italian police detective - in different ways for different reasons. Clarice Starling is now a fully-fledged FBI agent, but a bungled drugs raid leads to her being suspended. Seven years have passed since Hannibal Lecter's escape from custody. A movie adaptation, directed by Ridley Scott, came out in 2001. Hannibal is the 1999 sequel to the bestselling Thomas Harris novel The Silence of the Lambs, and the third novel in the Hannibal Lecter series.

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