Will Graham's plans to take down Dr. Lecter took a turn for the worse, and the profiler's true intentions will come to light early in season 3 of Hannibal.

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After an entire season of working towards Hannibal's (Mads Mikkelsen) destruction, Graham (Hugh Dancy) tipped the good doctor off about the FBI's plans. But was that what Graham truly wanted?

"That's what we're exploring in the first few episodes," said series creator Bryan Fuller, according to IGN. "What was it Will intended when he made his pact with Hannibal? What did Will intend when he called Hannibal?"

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Unfortunately for Will, even those intentions were distorted when he entered Lecter's home on the night of "Mizumono." By time all is said and done, a slightly overwhelmed Will Graham will surrender and give up.

"In one version, he wants Hannibal to leave. He wants to save Hannibal, to spare Jack Crawford, and free himself from all those binds," Fuller explained to IGN.  "Instead, what he finds is this ghost from the past, who has somehow survived what he thought was her murder. He realizes in that instant the web Hannibal has been weaving is so much more meticulously woven than he had at first anticipated. In that moment when he sees Abigail, his stomach drops below his feet and he doesn't know what to do."

How will Graham recover from his betrayal of Hannibal and the ultimate gutting he received as a reward? Find out more when Hannibal returns to NBC in 2015. Click the video below to see a preview of the series' latest episode.

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