This Hannibal Show Is Driving Me Crazy
Thanks to a crazy busy life right now, I didn't get a chance to watch Hannibal until today. And I barely have a coherent thought in my head, but I've got to get the feels out, so here they spill. It's basically a play-by-play of whatever nonsense ran through my head all episode.
[SPOILERS GALORE]The music at the beginning--WHAT IS THIS? It's the same music that I ( Read more... )
[SPOILERS GALORE]The music at the beginning--WHAT IS THIS? It's the same music that I ( Read more... )
I wasn't as traumatized with Bev's death tableau; probably because Fuller had given an interview prior to the show and explained what it looked like. (Chilton being disemboweled still remains as the grossest thing the show has ever done.) Will "putting her back together" was the most beautiful and heartbreaking thing the show has done as of late. And yes to keeping Bev around as a comfort to Will!
I TOTALLY thought that Hannibal killed the judge (at least) because it's reminiscent of a death in Hannibal, the book and movie; so I am so glad they went that route. Heh. It was also like Hannibal was trying to one-up the Admirer while also getting Will's attention. ("Will is my BFF!")
I really thought that orderly stood NO CHANCE of getting the drop on Hannibal, considering we'd just seen him take down Bev. But, man, I was rooting for you, Orderly Guy! Even though I know we're watching a show called Hannibal and haven't hit the Red Dragon storyline yet; I still wanted Hannibal to die.
Ugh. I really wish they gave Alana something to do other than be the ping-pong ball between Will and Hannibal. I understand that she believes Will is the Copycat--and given Will just tried to kill Hannibal...eh, he isn't doing anything to convince her otherwise--so she isn't exactly "on" Will's side. But I'm not liking the Will-Hannibal-Alana set-up. (Though I think once Hannibal is revealed to be the Copycat Murderer and the Chesapeake Ripper, the emotional fallout from Alana may be worth it. IDK: I'm trying to stay positive.)
OH! I'm calling it now: That sampling of food that Crawford has analyzed will just be food and not (shockingly) not people!
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[Spoiler (click to open)]Honestly though, I have a Thing about super-sharp slice-y death things. I started to wonder uncomfortably at which point, exactly, Beverly actually died/stopped feeling pain. And then I freak out and want to curl into a ball and say, "Nope, nope, nope, she died while frozen--that is IT, she felt nothing, that didn't happen." Because I was cringing throughout the bandsaw bit. THROUGHOUT. Even though it was blessedly brief.
Still--that was SPECTACULAR. Goddamn. What a fabulous send-off for an equally fabulous character. They done her proud.
Ugh. I really wish they gave Alana something to do other than be the ping-pong ball between Will and Hannibal.
For real. If they start dragging in a love triangle, I'm gonna be pissed. Well--not that I don't have faith in the writers to make it interesting, and I understand Alana and Hannibal have history and a certain degree of feelings between them (even though so far they've been pretty vague). But still. Must we?
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You warned me, and I forgot to look away!
I was trying to be super-super vague because, at the time, I knew you hadn't seen 2x04, and I didn't want you to know that the Slide Tableau was Bev's. Otherwise I would've bolded the shit out of that spoiler.
I was okay, honestly, until Will put her together. Before that, I was "Waaait? What is happening?" and thinking too much about the mechanics on how Hannibal pulled the layers apart and got the slides and lugged all the pieces up the conservatory's stairs. And she was TOTALLY dead while frozen. I refuse to accept any other conclusion.
If they start dragging in a love triangle, I'm gonna be pissed.
And you know Hannibal's true motive is just to "get" at Will by sleeping with Will's "girlfriend". It's like, with his BFF in jail and his therapist gone, Hannibal rented a bunch of '80's teen movies and is taking social cues from those.
*fingers crossed* that it's only a dream or something Will imagines.
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.....Just realizing I said "put together those pieces." I'm punning by sheer osmosis at this point. This show, I swear!
Before that, I was "Waaait? What is happening?" and thinking too much about the mechanics
The mechanics are pretty baffling if you stop and think about it for any length of time. Like, does he have a crane in that Evil Bat Cave or what?
And you know Hannibal's true motive is just to "get" at Will by sleeping with Will's "girlfriend".
Oh, obviously, and I get how that would totally work. But . . . it seems petty. For Hannibal, it seems extremely petty.
Sticking with the dream thing until proven otherwise.
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*dies laughing*
I'll hope it's all a nightmare, too. I don't even want to imagine what Tumblr will be like if it turns out to be "real."
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I'm glad they went that route with the judge, too!
"Will is my BFF!"
*cackles for a lifetime*
I really thought that orderly stood NO CHANCE of getting the drop on Hannibal, considering we'd just seen him take down Bev. But, man, I was rooting for you, Orderly Guy!
Yep, yep.
Ugh. I really wish they gave Alana something to do other than be the ping-pong ball between Will and Hannibal.
Yeah. She needs her own mission (which seems to have dropped, or something). Plus, Will and Alana are my OTP here, and I resent Hannibal finding yet another way to torment Will very, very much.
OH! I'm calling it now: That sampling of food that Crawford has analyzed will just be food and not (shockingly) not people!
LOL, there's no way it can be people this early on. I remember either you or Rhoda saying there were 7 or 8 seasons planned out?
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She needs her own mission (which seems to have dropped, or something).
You know, I think I just figured out why Alana seems so "useless" this season, which I'll get into in a separate blog post, once I've read Red Dragon this weekend. But, yeah, Fuller needs to give Alana something to do, other than being the ping-pong between Will and Hannibal.
(I hate to say it, but I'm getting major Twilight love triangle vibes, and I do not like it.)
I remember either you or Rhoda saying there were 7 or 8 seasons planned out?
Well, I really think Hannibal's gonna get "caught" this season, what with that fight between Crawford and him. I just don't think, at this current moment, the food Crawford's testing is the PEOPLE food. Hannibal's saving the people good stuff for the actual, sit down part of dinner.
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I'm trying to stubbornly ignore all signs of a possible love triangle. Even if one does show up to rain on our parade, I'm confident it won't be as bad as Twilight. Hannibal seems to care more about his love/hate friendship with Will than whatever is going on between him and Alana.
I just don't think, at this current moment, the food Crawford's testing is the PEOPLE food.
Yeah, probably not. Unless there's a huge twist to stall Crawford arresting Hannibal right away after testing the food. :)
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