EPISODE

9. Trou Normand

The BAU team hunts a serial killer who digs up his victims, creating a totem pole of their bodies as a macabre trophy. When Nick Boyle's body is found, Jack & Alana question Abigail about his death. The resurrection of Nick's body enlightens Will to some of Abigail's secrets and Hannibal convinces Will to keep some of his own. Attempting to assert independence, Abigail agrees to write a book with Freddy Lounds and in the process, reveals her biggest secret to Hannibal.

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As Will begins losing time, a totem pole made from dead bodies is found. Alana tells Will she regrets rejecting him so suddenly, but believes he is too "unstable" to have a relationship with. When the freshest and oldest victims on the pole are identified as father and son, BAU crime scene investigator Brian Zeller does some research and learns that the son was actually the product of an affair between the father's wife and Lawrence Wells, who Will and Jack track down. Wells confesses to killing the people that made up the pole and states it to be his "legacy," but is shocked to learn that he killed his own son. As the families of Hobbs's victims file a wrongful death claim against Abigail, Lounds asks to write a book about Hobbs and give her the royalties. Nicholas's body is found and Jack makes Abigail identify it, and he and Will separately conclude that she killed Nicholas. Will goes to Hannibal, who admits to helping her hide the body but asserts they need to protect her from Hobbs's legacy. Hannibal coaxes Abigail into admitting that she helped Hobbs lure and capture his victims.

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