Though the events of Bryan Fuller’s Hannibal have only taken place across 33 episodes, we have known this Will Graham since April 4th, 2013. In that span, the incredible change he has undergone has been intensified by all the extra time between episodes and seasons, during which we consider the different key moments that have shaped him into the deformed and brutalized character he is at the end of “Digestivo”—a season finale, for all intents and purposes. The person who began this journey as a reluctant teacher-turned-profiler was terrified of his ability to empathize so fully with the world’s ugliest and most horrifying creatures. He was shy. He was skeptical. And he was hyper-aware of how others perceived and interpreted him. Will’s relationship with Hannibal Lecter, though, eventually set his brain on fire, sent him behind bars and pushed him around into situations where he nearly had his head sawed…
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