Hannibal

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I was shocked that Abigail was still alive and a little annoyed that it turned out to be a hallucination. I mean it would've been highly unlikely she would've survived but I'm not crazy about the she was actually dead the whole time plot twists.

They're really going to make us wait a long time to find out what happened to Jack and Alana aren't they?

That monster creature was gross but I don't know if it was the most gruesome thing they have done on the show. My money is still on the guy who was sewn/ glued to other people and had to rip himself apart. Also the Columbian neckties.

[Mutagen]

I must have been tripping balls last night because I thought Abigail looked so different in the face that I had to actually go online and check if it was still the same actress. I enjoyed this episode slightly less than the previous one. I found myself wishing they'd switched Abigail's role out for real live Alana, who IMO has the potential to be a more interesting mirror of what Will went through with Hannibal.

[Ninja Bunny]

Having Abigail speak to Will made sense to me. She represents the part of Will that still cares for Hannibal and is the sounding board for clarifying his thoughts. He was admitting to himself there is still part of him that wants to run off with Hannibal. When her throat began to bleed in the cathedral, I think Will finally came to terms with Abigail's death and that running off with Hannibal is not a real world possibility, especially now since any partnership with Hannibal would be a grotesque monstrosity (symbolized by that skinned and deformed stag that staggered toward Will).

At least that's how I'm interpreting things.

I think we'll see Jack's story in episode 3 and Alana's in episode 4.

[bklynred]

I thought Abigail being alive was unlikely but immediately jumped on the "it was surgical" bandwagon. That, and "Damn, that chick has some strong neck muscles!" I was pleased with the deception, although overall the ep seemed a bit slow. But I get it.

Also, what was the body exactly in the church? Was it a torso? A body actually folded in on itself? It was so gross I couldn't really look at it head-on, and the stag-torso was disgusting.

Young Hannibal was pretty hot. I wonder if he was in the church or was that an illusion too?

[Wenton]

Waiting over a year after the amazing season two finale seemed like a mistake after the first episode. Too many viewers (myself fully included) have been conditioned to expect instant gratification and immediate story progression which is pretty much impossible with this story. I didn't like the foreign setting and found the story too slow, artsy, and disconnected. The only part I liked was Gideon asking Hannibal how he would feel when the tables finally turned.

Then Inspector Pazzi believing Hannibal was Ill Mostro (a brilliant way to adapt his story for the show, I thought), Abigail being dead after all (which genuinely surprised me), the shot of Hannibal spying on Will from so close, yet so far away, then topped by the scene in the catacombs and I was hooked all over again. The first episode looks intentional and very deliberate in it's banality to me now.

[bklynred]

After a stressful day, I'm surprisingly looking forward to Hannibal. Yup, I need a show about a fictional serial killer to help wind down.

[FotoStoreSheila]

This season is dark in a completely different and yet still very disturbing way. I had such strange nightmares last night. I may have to go back to saving this for daytime viewing.

And I am 100% over my Hannibal attraction, which I guess is the point.

[Mutagen]

Ha ha! I'm kind of ashamed because during one of those dinner scenes I thought Mads looked super hot. That yellow striped suit might have been a bridge too far, fashion-wise, though.

The scenes at the Lecter estate were so dark and beautiful.

[Neurochick]

The yellow striped suit made me laugh, I'm like, "who dressed him?" I mean that was downright nasty. Not as nasty as putting an ice pick through that guy's head.

I think Hannibal is losing it though, putting a kitchen utensil through someone's head at dinner is quite rude.

[Dharma]

C'mon Hannibal, you used to have standards. At least let Soglioti finish his meal and that lovely looking cocktail before sticking an ice pick in his head! And that was some big plate of olives that he bled into.