His final assignment , capturing Hannibal Lecter , left him mentally broken and he subsequently spent time in an institution to heal his own psychological scarring .
Petersen plays Graham as an emotionally wounded man , just barely recovered from his former profession of tracking serial killers .
Petersen 's final assignment , capturing Hannibal Lecter , left him mentally broken and he subsequently spent time in an institution to heal his own psychological scarring .
Petersen plays Graham as an emotionally wounded man , just barely recovered from his former profession of tracking serial killers .