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she lies to protect agent zeller, putting the blame on detective pascal during the mushroom murders, this results in pascal being fired, when he comes to her hotel to confront lounds, paul stammets shoots pascal in the back of the head at close range, before asks about will graham. ( this that could, inadvertently / subconsciously further her distaste toward will as it connects him to her trauma. ) 

she meets up with nick boyle for an interview, and informs him that abigial is alive / has just been released from the hospital. her motivation being unclear. ( this inadvertently leads to the murder of nicholas boyle. ) 

 freddie is escorted off the hobb’s property by local police. in passing she mentions she isn’t the only trespasser, offering quid pro quo, an interview for information. 

later in the season, she works with the fbi and alana bloom in order to interview abel gideon, writing that he is the chesapeake ripper even when jack and co allude to the idea he isn’t, in order to bring the real ripper out of hibernation. a mix of her desperation to be recognized as a real reporter, and her skewed moral compass, as this article could have gotten others killed. ( which everyone in the room is guilty of. )

during the course of this season, she is invited to hannibal’s home to have dinner with him, graham and abigial hobbs as she has begun helping the young girl to write a book describing her life with her father, and her perspective during his killings.

she is eventually lured into a trap by abel gideon pretending to be a psychiatrist wanting to work with her on a paper, which results in her being kidnapped by gideon, and forced to write articles about his murders as he commits them. this is when witnesses the mutilation of chilton. when gideon leaves her and fredrick in the observatory, she has a chance to flee, and every chance to do so in her panic, instead she waits with chilton, pumping air into his lungs to keep him alive. 

will is arrested for the suspected murder of abigail hobbs.

s2. further proving her distaste for will, she testifies against him, saying abigail had told her she was afraid of will, which may or may not have been true. it is revealed during this trial, she has been sued for libel six times, and has settled each time. making her statements unreliable. 

an anonymous tip leads fred back to the observatory where she and chilton had been held captive in the season prior, here he learn freddie has begun carrying a gun, it is also where she finds the vertically section body of fbi agent beverly katz, displayed in tableau. she photographs the scene before calling the fbi, outside of the observatory she runs to intercept jack crawford, begging him to send someone else inside, and warning that “she’s one of your’s.” will is called to the crime scene, and freddie snaps a few pictures of him in restraints. 

she takes a handful of candid photos of hannibal lecter as he is seen leaving the baltimore state hospital for the criminally insane. they have a short and ultimately unimportant conversation, during which freddie admits she is there to interview will at his request. he offers her the exclusive rights to his story in exchange for the interview which is a calling card, a way for will to get in touch with a copycat killer, drawing his attention to graham. 

the next appearance of freddie is after will is released from the bsh, she is investigating graham’s house, breaking into the barn where she finds the animal suit and ( after picking the lock of his deep freezer ) the jaw of randall tier. slamming the freezer closed, she finds will watching her from the other side, after a short and rather one sided conversation, freddie fires a warning shot, causing will to duck back behind the freezer, she attempts to flee. as she runs, will manages to catch her by a handful of hair, pulling her back, she accidentally fires a second shot toward the ceiling of the barn, dropping the gun in their struggle, graham slams her against a metal shelving unit, giving her a bloody nose. fred does however, manage to mace will, giving her another chance to flee, he blindly attempts to catch her, pulling out a handful of her hair as she manages to momentarily escape.

she attempts to call crawford while running back to the safety of her car, she manages to make it into the jeep, locking the door and starting it before will catches up, breaking the car’s window with a tire iron, and forcefully pulling the struggling lounds through it. that night, graham has dinner with lecter, claiming the meat is “long pig” and alluding to the idea it could be lounds.

alana bloom and will are seen at freddie’s funeral service. 

in the next episode it is revealed that freddie is in hiding, conspiring with the fbi in an attempt to catch lecter. 

s3. freddie is not seen until the second arc, she is apparently well established in her field and doing rather well after the publishing of her book lounds is married to wendy “windy city” lounds, an ecdysiast she met some time between this season and season two.

 freddie catches will leaving the bsh where hannibal is imprisoned, and again at a crime scene where he berates her for trespassing and writing that he and hannibal were co-conspiritors, freddie apparently coined the term murder husbands. he refuses to give her a statement. she responds by pointing out that they did run off to italy together.