EPISODE

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After Georgia Madchen dies in an explosion, Will asserts that the copy cat killer is still alive. The BAU team links Abigail to the Minnesota Shrike victims and plan to arrest her only to find Will has checked her out of the hospital. Will's hallucinations intensify, causing him to lose Abigail in Minnesota. Meanwhile, Hannibal's subtle manipulation convinces Jack that Will is capable of murder. Hannibal makes an astonishing admission to Abigail.

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Madchen informs Will that she saw Sutcliffe's killer, so Hannibal leaves a comb in her chamber, the static electricity of which ignites the oxygen and immolates her. Will labels the murders of Cassie, Marrisa, Sutcliffe and Madchen as the work of the "Copycat Killer". As Zeller and his colleague Jimmy Price find evidence that Abigail helped Hobbs and tell Jack, he confronts Du Maurier, believing Hannibal is concealing the brunt of Will's instability. She mentions that she is largely retired because Neal Frank, a patient referred to her by Hannibal, tried to kill her. As Will takes Abigail to Hobbs's cabin to investigate the Copycat, Jack confronts Hannibal, who claims he stalled reporting Will's mental state to properly diagnose him, and plays an out of context recording that frames Will as potentially responsible for Marissa's death. At the cabin, Will realizes Abigail helped Hobbs and suddenly wakes on a plane back to Virginia alone, while Abigail returns to the Hobbs residence and finds Hannibal. He tells her that he is a prolific serial killer and Jack knows of her guilt.

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