Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins)’s Timeline and Summary

Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins)’s Timeline and Summary

  • Hannibal Lecter, in his lonely cell in the basement of the Baltimore State Forensic Hospital, meets FBI trainee Clarice Starling.
  • She impresses him with her wit and candor, and he gives her a cryptic clue about new serial killer on the block (NSKOTB) Buffalo Bill.
  • That night, Lecter convinces his cell neighbor, Miggs, to kill himself, because Miggs assaulted and insulted Clarice.
  • Clarice later returns for more information, but Lecter wants to transferred away from Dr. Chilton first.
  • She makes him an offer of transfer and Lecter agrees to help her after a bit of quid pro quo.
  • However, the offer turns out to be fake. Dr. Chilton makes his own offer. Unbeknownst to Chilton, Lecter steals his pen.
  • Lecter is moved to Memphis. He taunts Sen. Ruth Martin and gives a fake name for Buffalo Bill, "Louis Friend."
  • Clarice deciphers Lecter's anagram and tells him the rest of her life story. He gives her another cryptic clue.
  • That afternoon, Lecter uses Chilton's pen to pick his handcuffs, kills some guards, and escape!
  • Later, he calls Clarice and congratulates her for graduating the FBI Academy. He's tracking Dr. Chilton and plans on having him "for dinner."