Hannibal 1x08: "Fromage"

[cleolinda]

To begin: The problem with "I just really want to be your friend," the kind of philosophical rambling you have come to expect from Cleolinda Industries; I am officially threatening NBC with my wrath. Also, here's some fan street art that turned out really, really well.

Also, yes. Korea is very, very excited about this show.

@particle_p: We need

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[noelct]

however, we were treated to ~LIMITED COMMERCIAL INTERRUPTION~ in order for the show to finish on time.

Gah, on top of the pulled episode, this undercuts the ad revenue for the show and renders meaningless much of the ratings data for the night. WHY YOU DO THIS NBC >.<

I can't help it, you guys, I'm kind of starting to love Franklyn, or at least the actor who plays him.

I've been a big fan of Dan Fogler for a while now. He mostly does raunchy comedies (Balls of Fury, Fanboys, Take Me Home Tonight), but the dude's also a Tony Award-winning Broadway actor and playwright, and brings a lot of nuance to his roles.

then Lecter throws Tobias against his desk and just STRAIGHT-UP FLYING-SQUIRREL TACKLES HIM

SO MUCH LAUGHTER AT THIS LINE.

or plinks out the opening notes, anyway, since it's not only his personal musical motif but also possibly a final fuck you grace note aimed at the String Maker, I don't know.Did anyone else get the implication here that Tobias actually did replace the strings on Hannibal's harpsichord, hence Hannibal

[cleolinda]

If true, what would this mean? Is she dead? Is Hannibal the patient who attacked/killed her?

... whoa.

Well, I'm saving the link to this comment in case it turns out you called it.

[cleolinda]

Yeah, that's the one detail that's really freaking me out right now. OH MY GOD GILLIAN ANDERSON I WANT YOU TO BE REAL.

(... the therapist in his head told him he wears a person suit and made him sad. Now I'm sad.)

[goldenusagi]

I want her to be real, too! Just because I think it's actually more messed up that way.

I thought I saw someone on TWOP say that their first therapy session was going to be shot at his office, and that was the reason for him having the wine then, but later it was changed. But who knows.

If he DID kill her and she's in his head, the part that really doesn't make sense to me is the exchange at the end, about "but I don't take responsibility for his death" and "nor should you" because I don't see that really making sense if he's the patient who killed her.

Plus, I really want to him to have killed her patient, preferably in front of her, lol.

[cleolinda]

Oh, pleeeeease let that be the continuity explanation instead. (As it was, I was lampshading it by imagining that he went home and started drinking even more wine because he was so ~hurt~ over the person suit thing. Maybe he even knew it was true, and was just dismayed that someone saw through him. Either way.) I just really, really want her to be real, because it's so interesting to me that she calls him on his shit and he's actually stung by it, and actually seems to want her approval. That's interesting to me in the same way that him actually getting really attached to Will is--any sense of vulnerability.

[jubilantia]

I knoooow, I want her to be real. For all of the above reasons.

[cleolinda]

For real, that pink moscato last night was quality. And then I realized it was Barefoot Wine and was like OMFG IT'S PEOPLE IT'S ALWAYS PEOPLE!!

[championlurker]

There's also something odd with his costuming - he's in the dark pinstripey suit with the purple shirt in his appointment with Franklin, a different suit altogether when he visits Bedelia, then back in the original suit when Will arrives and he serves him the rose... this is mindblowing. (I mean, I could see Hannibal changing his outfit when he felt like it cos fancy cannibal, but not getting back into one he'd just worn.)

ETA after reading comments above - or it could just be a continuity screwup. Bugger.

[hokuton_punch]

I've been considering that theory, too! I'm not willing to tinhat it just yet, but I think it's a strong possibility.

[citoyenneclark]

It seems that all the flashbacks have been filmed in a different color.

At the same time, that would explain his hair-style change. And why he looks younger. *shudder*.

[cleolinda]

Yeah... the flashbacks they wanted us to know were flashbacks. He might be imagining all this in the present tense. Dear God.

[citoyenneclark]

What did his hair look like in the scene with Will right after he supposedly met with Bedelia. It seems unlikely that he would have time to change his hairstyle between meetings, so if it's still slicked back, that would give evidence that the meeting was real. (It's unlikely he would change his hairstyle for an imaginary meeting.) If his hair looks normal....well....yikes?

[goldenusagi]

Well, in this episode, we get this:
http://screencapped.net/tv/hannibal/displayimage.php?album=15&pid=18194#top_display_media

to this:
http://screencapped.net/tv/hannibal/displayimage.php?album=15&pid=18286#top_display_media

[goldenusagi]

He also has it sort of slicked back while meeting with Tobias:
http://screencapped.net/tv/hannibal/displayimage.php?album=15&pid=18527#top_display_media