HANNIBAL on NBC seems amazing and therefore deserves it's own thread!

Bryan Fuller just tweeted that although that was actual chicken in the chicken soup Hannibal gave to Will in the last episode, he may have used a people stock. O_o.

LOL what a weird detail.

:D

duh hannibal would never waste the bones

he'd probably have had a specially large le creuset cauldron made to order of course

So if he used actual chicken does that mean he was being honest when he said he had an ethical butcher?

i loved how black and shiny the chicken was!

I'm just glad there's a nice doctor to help people find their inner murderer and coax it to life

Beautifully done.

Also hard to tell how much Gillian Anderson's character knew what she was eating.

oh god was she eating abigail

i really really want abigail to still be alive and earless somewhere, but

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Hannibal-Postmortem-Bryan-Fuller-1067011.aspx

So, is he punishing Will?

Fuller: I think that everything that Hannibal has done to Will has been a radical, unorthodox form of therapy. I would argue that all of the deeds still come from a place of genuine care. He is trying to help Will see himself better and get to a truer version of who Hannibal thinks Will is. Even setting him up to take the fall for these murders has been an act of therapy, in Hannibal's mind.

like, almost verbatim:

My theory is that he is actually trying to cure Will's empathy disorder, but going about in a characteristically unorthodox and unethical way. Like, he takes his role as Will's psychiatrist seriously and is attempting to treat him or at least test a hypothesis in the name of mental health.

Dunno if I'm right but it would make for a more complex dynamic in their relationship than just trying to turn Will into a killer.

― Set the controls for the fart of the pun (Viceroy), Saturday, June 15, 2013 6:01 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Hannibal moves from lies to the truth really gently and easily. It's also weird and compelling that he allows himself to show warmth most when people he likes see his murderousness best.

A very intriguing and original first season, albeit not without its flaws. Even if it wasn't as good as it is I would still watch the next one on the strength of Mads' performance alone. My new favourite actor on TV (sorry Bryan).

did not expect will to be the killer. great twist!

hahaha lol

gawd gillian anderson is so perfect

lol my finale episode was presented by

https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/1267033998/the-hartford-logo.png

! lol

I appreciate that Hannibal relates to other human beings, but the deeper the relationship becomes the more it deviates from normal interaction. Really well-acted rapport between Mikkelsen and Anderson.

Also hard to tell how much Gillian Anderson's character knew what she was eating.

― Gukbe, Friday, 21 June 2013 04:05 (4 days ago) Bookmark

ya i loved how they were playing on this

i still can't get past barfing up the ear in the opening scene

http://www.avclub.com/articles/bryan-fuller-walks-us-through-the-first-three-epis,100582/
http://www.avclub.com/articles/bryan-fuller-walks-us-through-hannibals-debut-seas,100644/
http://www.avclub.com/articles/bryan-fuller-walks-us-through-hannibals-debut-seas,100684/
http://www.avclub.com/articles/bryan-fuller-walks-us-through-hannibals-debut-seas,100760/

I was in the U.K. during the News Of The World scandal and Rebekah Brooks and I thought, “Wouldn’t it be interesting if Freddie Lounds was more like Rebekah Brooks in her pursuit of journalism?” It felt like that was a good role model for us to take Freddie from.

!!

This sucker doesn't start season two until 2014 :(

btw, Amazon has it on disc for a sweet $21.99

2014 is so far away

;_;

On rewatch I am appreciating the sound design and musical cues even more. My initial viewing was very much influenced by the fact that I knew the nature of Hannibal Lecter's character. This time through, it seems really obvious that Will Graham is the killer. Completely believable that the other characters would think he was.

Yeah tbh I was surprised that Alana Bloom believed Will when he said he was framed.

"a meticulously tailored person suit"

this show is weird, like, until that episode i felt like it didn't know what game it was playing, then the last fifteen minutes of that one (montage to chirpy classical of hannibal's recipe cards and offal cookery shots, cut to will and the medical examiners staring at series of bodies) was some of the most bravura tv i have seen

bravura is such an annoying emergent cliché to use of anything

Bravura post

i miss this show

why do we have to wait so loooong wtf

have to get the plating just right

only a psychopath would mistreat his audience so poorly :(

Is this streaming on anything? I slacked off watching it on Hulu because watching stuff on my PC is an unbelievably aggravating experience and Amazon proudly announced they'd negotiated rights to stream it for Prime members, only to drop it a few weeks later...

not streaming anywhere cuz nbc is an incompetent network

http://cdn3-www.shocktillyoudrop.com/assets/uploads/2013/10/file_176425_0_Hannibal-2014.jpg

i v much hope that's fan made

it's actually my christmas card

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bb4RN9_IYAA94_S.jpg

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

i am excite

!!!

this show's so much better than it has any right to be

omg yes

now that we know will is the killer where is the show going to go

to infinity + beyond

or flavortown

i forget, did they actually discover/catch him?

because once he's caught they can probably get a lot of mileage out of reversing the whole visiting-hannibal-in-prison track that was laid down in prior verions

and then hannibal can let him out once he's wound him up

they caught will, yeah, he's in the slammer