Everything in the character of Lounds, from his disregard for truth masquerading as desire to serve the public, down to his stripper girl-friend, comes straight from the rain-soaked and neon-lighted alleys of a generic 1950s noir downtown, and Freddy Lounds is certainly the most traditional noir character in the novel.Lounds is also said to represent "the vulgarian who does not believe in anything except his own career; he does not understand the idealistic insanity of Dolarhyde or Lecter or the idealistic sanity of Graham".Lounds' mutilation at Dolarhyde's hands is not shown in the film Chorostecki noted in interviews that the Lounds of the TV series differed from earlier portrayals in a number of ways. She falsely testifies that Abigail Hobbs had told her that she was afraid of Graham, but Graham's attorney elicits the fact that Lounds has been sued for Lounds arrives at Graham's house and investigates his locked barn; inside, she finds the bloodied "animal suit" of serial killer Randall Tier (Lounds first appears in season 3 during the second arc, when Graham is called out of retirement three years after Lecter's arrest to profile a serial killer dubbed "The Tooth Fairy". Will lives in a farm house in Wolf Trap, Virginia, where he shares his residence with his family of dogs (all of whom he adopted as strays). Throughout the first season, Lounds takes an interest in the In the second season episode Naka-Choko, Freddie, upon arriving at Will's house for an interview, stumbles upon his barn and breaks in to the building. Chilton was convinced that Abel was also the Chesapeake Ripper and this resulted in actually convincing Gideon he was the Ripper through psychotherapy. He is a criminal profiler and hunter of serial killers, who has a unique ability he uses to identify and understand the killers he tracks. She has a questionable sense of ethics and doesn't have a problem with sensationalizing a murder story for publicity. He is a Special Agent at the FBI and the head of Behavioral Science Unit at the FBI, and Will Graham's boss.

Frederick Chilton is a character in Hannibal.
Then, after Hannibal reporter Freddie Lounds went snooping around Will's barn and came across man-beast Randall Tier's lower jaw, Will murdered Freddie … She often expresses a deep distrust for Will Graham, considering him a psycho… She often expresses a deep distrust for Freddie is a Machiavellian person who does not allow ethics to get in the way of what she wants. Freddie enters the closed off area and discovers hanging by chains is the animal suit worn by What happens to Freddie is left ambiguous to the viewer, but at the end of the episode, Will and Hannibal are dining on a cut of meat to which Will claims, "She was a slim and delicate pig." Due to the nature of her job, Lounds frequently crosses paths with Will Graham and the BAU.

He also makes her assist as he surgically removes organs from still-conscious hospital psychiatrist In season 2, Lounds is a witness in Graham's murder trial. She sees Graham leaving the institution where Lecter is confined, and later as Graham leaves a crime scene he discovers Lounds on the property.

He was married to Bella Crawford prior to her death.

She has a questionable sense of ethics and doesn't have a problem with sensationalizing a murder story for publicity. As a young man, Jack Crawford met Bella Crawford while the both of them were stationed in Italy while enlisted in the Navy. She observed that the change from a male character to a female character provided a great deal of room for interpretation,In the series, Lounds is introduced in the episode "Amuse-Bouche".Lounds attempts to convince Abigail to let her write a book about her father, both for monetary gain and to clear Abigail of involvement in her father's crimes.Lounds' involvement in publishing the Gideon story comes around when Gideon escapes from custody and begins murdering the psychiatrists who attempted to treat him. Due to the nature of her job, Lounds frequently crosses paths with Will Graham and the BAU. Although she claims to only report the truth, her main concern is her own fortune and fame and she jokingly describes herself as a psychopath. His hospital originally housed Abel Gideon who had been locked away for two years following the murder of his wife and her family. Freddie's journalist profession becomes part of the FBI's plan in drawing I've interviewed enough killers to know one when I see one. Fredricka Lounds, also known as Freddie, is a tabloid blogger and aspiring journalist who takes interest in Will Graham and the FBI.