Hannibal Lecter Transcripts: Hannibal S3E8

Hannibal: Bâtard-Montrachet and tartufi bianchi.

Alana: How I found you in Florence.

Hannibal: Betrayed by good taste. Is good taste itching at you in your daily rounds of institutional life?

Alana: An itch easy enough to scratch when there's cause to celebrate. Congratulations, Hannibal. You're officially insane.

Hannibal: There's no consensus in the psychiatric community what I should be termed.

Alana: You've long been regarded by your peers in psychiatry as something entirely Other. For convenience, they term you a monster.

Hannibal: What do you term me?

Alana: I don't. You defy categorisation.

Hannibal: Do you still prefer beer to wine?

Alana: I stopped drinking beer when I found out what you were putting in mine.

Hannibal: "Who."

Alana: "Who."

Alana: This means you'll be spared the federal death sentence. They had enough to convict you a dozen times over.

Hannibal: A baker's dozen, lest we forget Mason Verger. You're welcome.

Alana: You're welcome, Hannibal. The needle was guaranteed, but you beat it all on an insanity plea.

Hannibal: I'm not insane.

Alana: You know that and I know that. A dozen or a baker's dozen, enough people have died.

Hannibal: You haven't.

Alana: A promise in waiting, isn't it? A promise you intend to keep.

Hannibal: I always keep my promises.

Hannibal: Sanguinaccio dolce. A classic Neapolitan dessert, with almond milk. Easy on the stomach.

Frederick: Sanguinaccio dolce. You have served me this before.

Hannibal: One of my favourite desserts. Traditionally made with pigs' blood. In this case, a local cow.

Frederick: And when you last made it for me?

Hannibal: The blood was from a cow only in the derogatory sense.

Frederick: Hmm... Blood and chocolate. That should've been the subtitle of my book. But I promised myself I would never use colons in my titles. Colons lose their novelty when overused.

Hannibal: You'll have to write another book.

Frederick: Hmm, I am. But not about you. Like overused punctuation, the novelty of Hannibal Lecter has waned.

Hannibal: What is the subject of your new book, Frederick?

Frederick: The Tooth Fairy. I find folks are a bit more interested in him. He is the debutante. Although he lacks your love of presentation.

Hannibal: More of a shy boy, this one.

Frederick: I'd love to hear your thoughts. What do you think about the Tooth Fairy?

Hannibal: I think he doesn't like being called the Tooth Fairy.

Frederick: It's not as snappy as Hannibal the Cannibal, but he does have a much wider demographic than you do. You, with your fancy allusions and your fussy aesthetics, you will always have niche appeal, but this fellow, there is something so universal about what he does. Kills whole families. And in their homes. Strikes at the very core of the American Dream. You might say he's a four-quadrant killer.

Will: Hello, Dr Lecter.

Hannibal: Hello, Will.