Psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter is visited by FBI agent Will Graham, who is working on a psychological profile of a serial killer called the Chesapeake Ripper. Graham suggests that the killer is a cannibal and asks Lecter what he thinks. The conversation slowly begins to take on a more ominous tone until it becomes clear that Lecter himself is the killer and Graham has figured it out. Lecter becomes enraged that he has been caught and attacks Graham. Graham manages to retrieve an antique spear from the wall and stab Lecter, who is then arrested and incarcerated in a mental institution. Graham, meanwhile, retires from the FBI after becoming traumatized from his near death experience.