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‘Hannibal’ 3×08 Recap: A Four-Quadrant Killer

Can Will Graham ever truly leave Hannibal Lecter behind?

11:09 AM EDT on July 8, 2026

Will on bed

Hannibal Season 3, Episode 8
"The Great Red Dragon"
Original airdate: July 25, 2015
Writers: Nick Antosca, Steve Lightfoot, Bryan Fuller
Director: Neil Marshall
Cast: Hugh Dancy, Mads Mikkelsen, Laurence Fishburne, Caroline Dhavernas, Richard Armitage


If Hannibal were a modern streaming series, Season 3 would already be over and everything that happens from this point forward would probably count as Season 4. Hannibal's back in America, the Italian adventure is over, and everyone's doing their best to move on and shift to new roles now that the saga of the Chesapeake Ripper seems finally closed. It's like a fresh start.