# List of Hannibal episodes

Hannibal is an American psychological thriller television series developed by Bryan Fuller for NBC that aired for 39 episodes from April 4, 2013, until August 29, 2015.
The series is based upon characters and elements appearing in the novels Red Dragon (1981), Hannibal (1999), and Hannibal Rising (2006) by Thomas Harris. The series focuses on the budding relationship between FBI Special Agent Will Graham (Hugh Dancy), a crime scene investigator who holds the ability to empathize with psychopaths and murderers, and Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen), a forensic psychiatrist and secret cannibal destined to become Graham's most cunning enemy. The FBI staff that supports Graham is headed by Special Agent in Charge Jack Crawford (Laurence Fishburne), who takes Graham from his teaching job to help investigate only the most gruesome and bizarre of murders, and includes a forensic team consisting of Beverly Katz (Hettienne Park), Brian Zeller (Aaron Abrams) and Jimmy Price (Scott Thompson). While Dr. Alana Bloom (Caroline Dhavernas) inadvertently slips deeper into Hannibal's world, clinical psychiatrist Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier (Gillian Anderson) does so purposefully, as does crime blogger Fredricka "Freddie" Lounds (Lara Jean Chorostecki), who frequently attempts to use Graham, Lecter, and their cases to make a name for herself.
Each episode of the first season is named after an element of French cuisine. The season two titles are named after the different elements of Japanese haute cuisine. The first seven of season three's episodes are named after different courses of Italian cuisine, the subsequent five are named for William Blake's series of The Great Red Dragon Paintings, and the finale's title is a phrase from Revelation 6:16.

## Series overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| 1 | 13 | 13 | April 4, 2013 (2013-04-04) | June 20, 2013 (2013-06-20) |
| 2 | 13 | 13 | February 28, 2014 (2014-02-28) | May 23, 2014 (2014-05-23) |
| 3 | 13 | 13 | June 4, 2015 (2015-06-04) | August 27, 2015 (2015-08-27) (Canada) August 29, 2015 (2015-08-29) (U.S.) |

## Episodes
### Season 1 (2013)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 1 | 1 | "Apéritif" | David Slade | Bryan Fuller | April 4, 2013 (2013-04-04) | 101 | 4.36 |
| 2 | 2 | "Amuse-Bouche" | Michael Rymer | Jim Danger Gray | April 11, 2013 (2013-04-11) | 102 | 4.38 |
| 3 | 3 | "Potage" | David Slade | Story by : David Fury Teleplay by : David Fury and Chris Brancato and Bryan Fuller | April 18, 2013 (2013-04-18) | 105 | 3.51 |
| 4 | 4 | "Oeuf" | Peter Medak | Jennifer Schuur | April 26, 2013 (2013-04-26) (India) Unaired (U.S.) | 104 | N/A |
| 5 | 5 | "Coquilles" | Guillermo Navarro | Story by : Scott Nimerfro Teleplay by : Scott Nimerfro and Bryan Fuller | April 25, 2013 (2013-04-25) | 106 | 2.40 |
| 6 | 6 | "Entrée" | Michael Rymer | Story by : Kai Yu Wu Teleplay by : Kai Yu Wu and Bryan Fuller | May 2, 2013 (2013-05-02) | 107 | 2.61 |
| 7 | 7 | "Sorbet" | James Foley | Jesse Alexander & Bryan Fuller | May 9, 2013 (2013-05-09) | 103 | 2.62 |
| 8 | 8 | "Fromage" | Tim Hunter | Jennifer Schuur and Bryan Fuller | May 16, 2013 (2013-05-16) | 108 | 2.46 |
| 9 | 9 | "Trou Normand" | Guillermo Navarro | Steve Lightfoot | May 23, 2013 (2013-05-23) | 109 | 2.69 |
| 10 | 10 | "Buffet Froid" | John Dahl | Andy Black & Chris Brancato and Bryan Fuller | May 30, 2013 (2013-05-30) | 110 | 2.40 |
| 11 | 11 | "Rôti" | Guillermo Navarro | Steve Lightfoot and Bryan Fuller & Scott Nimerfro | June 6, 2013 (2013-06-06) | 111 | 2.36 |
| 12 | 12 | "Relevés" | Michael Rymer | Chris Brancato and Bryan Fuller | June 13, 2013 (2013-06-13) | 112 | 2.10 |
| 13 | 13 | "Savoureux" | David Slade | Steve Lightfoot and Bryan Fuller & Scott Nimerfro | June 20, 2013 (2013-06-20) | 113 | 1.98 |

### Season 2 (2014)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 14 | 1 | "Kaiseki" | Tim Hunter | Bryan Fuller & Steve Lightfoot | February 28, 2014 (2014-02-28) | 201 | 3.27 |
| 15 | 2 | "Sakizuke" | Tim Hunter | Jeff Vlaming and Bryan Fuller | March 7, 2014 (2014-03-07) | 202 | 2.50 |
| 16 | 3 | "Hassun" | Peter Medak | Jason Grote and Steve Lightfoot | March 14, 2014 (2014-03-14) | 203 | 2.47 |
| 17 | 4 | "Takiawase" | David Semel | Scott Nimerfro & Bryan Fuller | March 21, 2014 (2014-03-21) | 204 | 2.69 |
| 18 | 5 | "Mukōzuke" | Michael Rymer | Ayanna A. Floyd and Steve Lightfoot & Bryan Fuller | March 28, 2014 (2014-03-28) | 205 | 3.49 |
| 19 | 6 | "Futamono" | Tim Hunter | Story by : Andy Black Teleplay by : Andy Black and Bryan Fuller & Scott Nimerfro & Steve Lightfoot | April 4, 2014 (2014-04-04) | 206 | 2.18 |
| 20 | 7 | "Yakimono" | Michael Rymer | Steve Lightfoot and Bryan Fuller | April 11, 2014 (2014-04-11) | 207 | 2.25 |
| 21 | 8 | "Su-zakana" | Vincenzo Natali | Scott Nimerfro and Bryan Fuller & Steve Lightfoot | April 18, 2014 (2014-04-18) | 208 | 2.80 |
| 22 | 9 | "Shiizakana" | Michael Rymer | Jeff Vlaming and Bryan Fuller | April 25, 2014 (2014-04-25) | 209 | 2.45 |
| 23 | 10 | "Naka-choko" | Vincenzo Natali | Story by : Steve Lightfoot and Kai Yu Wu Teleplay by : Steve Lightfoot | May 2, 2014 (2014-05-02) | 210 | 2.28 |
| 24 | 11 | "Kō No Mono" | David Slade | Jeff Vlaming & Andy Black and Bryan Fuller | May 9, 2014 (2014-05-09) | 211 | 1.95 |
| 25 | 12 | "Tome-wan" | Michael Rymer | Chris Brancato and Bryan Fuller & Scott Nimerfro | May 16, 2014 (2014-05-16) | 212 | 2.32 |
| 26 | 13 | "Mizumono" | David Slade | Steve Lightfoot and Bryan Fuller | May 23, 2014 (2014-05-23) | 213 | 2.35 |

### Season 3 (2015)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 27 | 1 | "Antipasto" | Vincenzo Natali | Bryan Fuller & Steve Lightfoot | June 4, 2015 (2015-06-04) | 301 | 2.57 |
| 28 | 2 | "Primavera" | Vincenzo Natali | Jeff Vlaming and Bryan Fuller | June 11, 2015 (2015-06-11) | 302 | 1.66 |
| 29 | 3 | "Secondo" | Vincenzo Natali | Angelina Burnett and Bryan Fuller & Steve Lightfoot | June 18, 2015 (2015-06-18) | 303 | 1.69 |
| 30 | 4 | "Aperitivo" | Marc Jobst | Nick Antosca and Bryan Fuller & Steve Lightfoot | June 25, 2015 (2015-06-25) | 304 | 1.46 |
| 31 | 5 | "Contorno" | Guillermo Navarro | Tom de Ville and Bryan Fuller & Steve Lightfoot | July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02) | 305 | 1.23 |
| 32 | 6 | "Dolce" | Vincenzo Natali | Don Mancini and Bryan Fuller & Steve Lightfoot | July 9, 2015 (2015-07-09) | 306 | 1.38 |
| 33 | 7 | "Digestivo" | Adam Kane | Steve Lightfoot and Bryan Fuller | July 16, 2015 (2015-07-16) (Canada) July 18, 2015 (2015-07-18) (U.S.) | 307 | 0.97 |
| 34 | 8 | "The Great Red Dragon" | Neil Marshall | Nick Antosca & Steve Lightfoot and Bryan Fuller | July 23, 2015 (2015-07-23) (Canada) July 25, 2015 (2015-07-25) (U.S.) | 308 | 0.96 |
| 35 | 9 | "...And the Woman Clothed with the Sun" | John Dahl | Jeff Vlaming & Helen Shang and Bryan Fuller & Steve Lightfoot | July 30, 2015 (2015-07-30) (Canada) August 1, 2015 (2015-08-01) (U.S.) | 309 | 1.02 |
| 36 | 10 | "...And the Woman Clothed in Sun" | Guillermo Navarro | Don Mancini and Bryan Fuller | August 6, 2015 (2015-08-06) (Canada) August 8, 2015 (2015-08-08) (U.S.) | 310 | 1.01 |
| 37 | 11 | "...And the Beast from the Sea" | Michael Rymer | Steve Lightfoot and Bryan Fuller | August 13, 2015 (2015-08-13) (Canada) August 15, 2015 (2015-08-15) (U.S.) | 311 | 1.03 |
| 38 | 12 | "The Number of the Beast Is 666" | Guillermo Navarro | Jeff Vlaming & Angela Lamanna and Bryan Fuller & Steve Lightfoot | August 20, 2015 (2015-08-20) (Canada) August 22, 2015 (2015-08-22) (U.S.) | 312 | 0.79 |
| 39 | 13 | "The Wrath of the Lamb" | Michael Rymer | Bryan Fuller & Steve Lightfoot & Nick Antosca | August 27, 2015 (2015-08-27) (Canada) August 29, 2015 (2015-08-29) (U.S.) | 313 | 1.24 |

## Ratings

| Season | Season | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Average |
| Season | Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Average |
| | 1 | 4.36 | 4.38 | 3.51 | N/A | 2.40 | 2.61 | 2.62 | 2.46 | 2.69 | 2.40 | 2.36 | 2.10 | 1.98 | 2.90 |
| | 2 | 3.27 | 2.50 | 2.47 | 2.69 | 3.49 | 2.18 | 2.25 | 2.80 | 2.45 | 2.28 | 1.95 | 2.32 | 2.35 | 2.54 |
| | 3 | 2.57 | 1.66 | 1.69 | 1.46 | 1.23 | 1.38 | 0.97 | 0.96 | 1.02 | 1.01 | 1.03 | 0.79 | 1.24 | 1.31 |