We don’t discuss enough how Will clung to his job harder the sicker he got for a sense of stability that was deliberately not being provided by Hannibal. Jack is the next sturdiest person he knows and he clings to him and the routine of his job, even though Hannibal insists it was the sole reason for his ‘mental breakdown’, all the while convincing Jack that Will was no longer trustworthy. That’s really so tragic; he was pressed between a rock and a hard place with so much desperation and no way to escape. Hannibal is like a snake slowly crushing you to death.