Kuwombera mufilimuyi kunaperekedwa ndi wachinyamata wachichepere yemwe sanakhalepo ndi vuto, komanso zithunzi zodziwika bwino za kufunsa kwa Hannibal Lecter kudagwera chifukwa cha kudabwitsidwa. Mu mtundu womaliza wa kuyikapo, omvera akuwona kuti wothandizira wa FBI ndi maniac akukhala motsutsana, makamaka, m'modzi mwa ochita sewerolo anali kumbuyo, ndipo mnzake akhoza kungomva mawu . "Ngati mungawunikire kanemayo, muwona kuti ochitapomawo amawoneka mosamalitsa a mandala, osati pa wokondedwa wawo kumbuyo kwake. Nditakhala ndi zaka zoterezi ndi Dr. Lecter, sindinawone nkhope yake, koma ingomvani mawu ake owopsa. Malinga ndi iye, kulephera kuwona mnzake wapanga zonse zojambulajambula m'malo osasangalatsa.
Pa tsiku lomaliza la kuwombera, Jonad adakwatulidwa kwa Hopkins, komwe kumamuwopa. Modabwitsa, koma wochita sewerolo adayankha kuti akumva chimodzimodzi. Komabe, kusokonezeka kwamanjenje ndi chidwi - "chete kwa anaankhosa" kunabweretsa ochita opaleshoni. Kuphatikiza apo, subscil yamisala idadziwika mu "kanema wabwino kwambiri", "wotsogolera" ndi "wofanizira wabwino kwambiri".