Такиавасе

HANNIBAL

"Takiawase"

TEASER

FADE IN:

CLOSE ON FISHING LINE

Nimble fingers tie the lines of leader and tippet, wrapping the end of one line around the other.

WILL GRAHAM (O.S.)

Wrap the leader around the tippet.

Four, five, six times. Tuck the end between the lines. Tighten. Trim.

The fingers produce a small pair of scissors and trim.

We are --

EXT. RIVER - DAY

CAMERA FINDS WILL GRAHAM wearing waders, thigh deep in water.

Will finishes tying the leader and the tippet together.

WILL GRAHAM (O.S.) (CONT’D)

It's called a blood knot.

CAMERA reveals Will is talking to ABIGAIL HOBBS, also wearing waders, standing next to him, watching him complete the knot.

WILL GRAHAM (CONT’D)

Your father taught you how to hunt.

I'm going to teach you how to fish.

ABIGAIL HOBBS

Same thing, isn't it? One you lure, the other you stalk?

WILL GRAHAM

One you catch, the other you shoot.

ABIGAIL HOBBS

What are you trying to catch?

WILL GRAHAM

The one who caught you... and didn't let you go.

ABIGAIL HOBBS

The one that got away.WILL GRAHAM

Catch a fish once and it gets away, it's a lot harder to catch again.

ABIGAIL HOBBS

Have to be smarter than the fish.

WILL GRAHAM

You have to connect to the fish.

The fish is in the current, you're connected to the river. Have to be still. Have to be close. Have to think clearly, control your emotions and act efficiently. Never let the fish know you're fishing.

ABIGAIL HOBBS

Don't fishermen always lie about what they catch? Or don't catch.

(then)

Everybody thinks you're lying about the one that got away.

WILL GRAHAM

That's why I have to catch him.

ABIGAIL HOBBS

I hope you do.

Will gathers up his pole, ready to cast his line.

WILL GRAHAM

Last thing before casting a line: name the bait on your hook after somebody you cherished.

ABIGAIL HOBBS

So you can say good-bye?

WILL GRAHAM

If the person you name it after cherished you, as the superstition goes, you'll catch the fish.

Will casts the line and watches it plunk in the distance.

ABIGAIL HOBBS

What did you name it?

WILL GRAHAM

Abigail.

MATCH CUT TO:

HANNIBAL Ep. #204 "Takiawase" FINAL DRAFT 10/20/13 2.INT. BSHCI - WILL GRAHAM'S CELL - DAY

Will stands in the middle of his cell, or figuratively in the currents of the river of his mind.