Apparently Fuller was surprised that viewers thought Bedelia had amputated herself and served her own leg! He stated that she did not and was waiting for the person(s) who did it to return...He even said that she was terrified but hid the fork because she was prepared to defend herself.
He pointed out that there was a setting for three at the table, so even though it as ambiguous in terms of "who" might return, it left it open for Hannibal to have survived.
Now I've read a funny (in a dark humour kind of way) interpretation of that coda: it didn't happen after the cliff scene but before. We don't know how much time had passed between the moment Will and Hannibal hit the road and the moment they arrived at the house near the cliff. So the theory is that they got Bedelia and "fixed" her...but then they never got to return to the dinner table, since Will's plan was to kill Hannibal and himself. But Bedelia would be waiting with her fork, incase Will had failed. I like that.
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He pointed out that there was a setting for three at the table, so even though it as ambiguous in terms of "who" might return, it left it open for Hannibal to have survived.
Now I've read a funny (in a dark humour kind of way) interpretation of that coda: it didn't happen after the cliff scene but before. We don't know how much time had passed between the moment Will and Hannibal hit the road and the moment they arrived at the house near the cliff. So the theory is that they got Bedelia and "fixed" her...but then they never got to return to the dinner table, since Will's plan was to kill Hannibal and himself. But Bedelia would be waiting with her fork, incase Will had failed. I like that.