Question Hi! I was wondering something. In the TV show, is Hannibal ever wrong? Like, he's kind of wrong in thinking Will will run away with him at the end of season 2 but not entirely either, since Will doesn't really know himself. Is there another instance where he's really, really wrong about something? Can't seem to find anything. Penny for your thoughts!

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Is Hannibal ever wrong? IS HANNIBAL EVER WRONG???? Well, there was that one time he thought Will had murdered Freddie Lounds until he smelled her shampoo on him. That was a doozy.

You’re right that Hannibal isn’t wrong often, and when he is, it’s often either debatable or utterly catastrophic. Or both. Like…I would say he was definitely wrong that eating Will’s brains was a good idea, but it would have accomplished what he wanted it to, which was to allow him to forgive Will in perpetuity. So…*shrug.*

Debatable or not, here’s a list of a few ways in which Hannibal has been wrong from at least one point of view:

That Abigail would behave herself and not go digging up Nick Boyle’s body.



That no one would know what Abigail did.



That Will would believe that he could have killed all those people in S1 (yes, he intended that: that’s the point of the therapy scene with the shadow figures in Hannibal’s office in “Savoureux”)



That Leda and the Swan is appropriate dining room art.



is appropriate dining room art. That Bedelia would just hang around her house waiting for him to kill her.

That Will changing his strategy mid-trial would work.



That his own testimony would be helpful.



That Bella wouldn’t smack the bejesus out of him if he leaned over her.



That he could kill Beverly without exacting retribution from Will.



That that dude swimming next to him was not a threat.



That a squab foot on a fig newton is a good hors d'oeuvre .



. That Will would be happy with him for getting him out of jail.



That complaining about your boyfriend’s aftershave is either flirting or going to get him to change it.



That there wasn’t a dude in that horse.



That Freddie would just hang around her hotel room waiting for him to kill her.

That Will sliced the ginger.

That Will could get over his betrayal more easily and wasn’t deceiving him in S2.

That cutting Will open and slicing Abigail’s neck was a good idea.

That he could just get over Will if he shacked up with his own psychiatrist.

That he would not be recognized as Not Roman Fell.

That he could keep Jack from kicking his whole ass that one time.



That Will might have thought it would be good to see him.

That Alana’s wife and child belong to him.

That he should stand that close to the edge of a cliff.

And his most egregious sin:



Serving fish jello.



Feel free to add more!