Hannibal

[hils]

Rambling thoughts about the finale.

BTW this is a great article about why Hannibal is so fantastic. It does contain some spoilers but it's worth a read.


First of all I am SO glad this show got renewed for a second season. I think I'd have hurled my computer out of the window if it had ended there.

I have questions. A lot of questions. And if they'd gone unanswered then ARGH!

You know, it's fascinating that in spite of everything he's done we still haven't actually seen Hannibal kill anyone on screen (with the exception of Tobias which was self-defence). We've seen him menacingly approach people, we saw him choke out Miriam but he didn't kill her at that point because she left a voicemail for Jack after that, right? And we saw him mutilating Dr Sutcliffe post-death. But no actual on-screen killings. And it's a testament to the acting and direction because in a way that kind of makes it more terrifying. The mind can often paint a more vivid picture than the eyes.

Anyway, the finale. No major shocks in this one really as in the preview after last week's episode they showed Will getting arrested. What I did like was them coming back around to the first episode where Hannibal was tampering with the lures in Will's house. Was this always his endgame? I don't think so. I suspect it was more of a failsafe in case Will got too close.

I honestly have no idea how Will is going to get out of this and I can't wait for the next season to find out (NEXT YEAR OMG I HAVE TO WAIT A WHOLE YEAR).

I have to say there was one thing that bothered me about this episode and I think I'll have to watch it again to clear it up. I didn't see how Will made the connection that Hannibal was the one who killed Abigail and set him up. Usually we see his thought process in action but I didn't get that this time. Did he suspect Hannibal before he asked him to go to Minnesota with him? Or was it one of this flashes of clarity while they were standing in the kitchen.

What I am most looking forward to, though, it finding out more about Bedelia. The scene where Hannibal brings her dinner (I think we're all of the opinion that dinner was Abigail at this point, yes?) was fascinating to watch. Every subtle look and movement tells me that on some level Bedelia knew what (or who) she was eating. She did it anyway. Was that a self-preservation thing? I NEED TO KNOW MORE.

And I loved the final scene where Hannibal goes to visit Will in jail. It was just perfectly filmed and a beautiful reversal of what we are used to seeing where Hannibal is in jail and Will or Clarice comes to visit him.

Urgh. A whole year. This is more painful than waiting for the next series of Sherlock.

Comments

[enchantersnight.livejournal.com]

I thought he started realising things when he was dreaming about being in the Hobbs kitchen and Hannibal woke him when he answered the telephone?

I loved the dinner with Bedelia, she was amazing, she knew what/who she was eating and talking about knowing Hannibals pattern I really thought she was in danger!

And the ending! I flinched so hard a couple of times I almost came off my chair, the music, the look on Hannibal's face as the door closed behind him, the walk, the "Hello Will" "Hello Doctor Lector" and Hannibal's smile Gah!

[hils.livejournal.com]

IT WAS SO GOOD OMG! I CANNOT WAIT A YEAR FOR MORE OF THIS!

[monteseverus.livejournal.com]

I had to stop watching this series since it was giving me horrible nightmares. I hope to be able to continue at some point because it really is amazingly written. Never had a show or movie affect me this badly before. Poor Will! :-(

[hils.livejournal.com]

Oh, this show definitely brings out the masochist in me. Several times the show has either given me nightmares or made me too scared to go to sleep in the first place but I keep coming back for more.

Not sure if that says more about the show or about me

[fathomlessspite]

I think since he came to the conclusion they had a copycat killer he's said all along it has to be someone close to the case. But Hannibal has manipulated him so well (whether this was his intentional endgame or not) that Will just doesn't see it to begin with, but a part of him has been trying all along and been making the connections (he's been seeing the stag in his dreams and connected it to Hannibal's office near the beginning).

I think the dream where he was Hobbs in the kitchen and Hannibal woke him up as the voice on the end of the line may have been the final push he needed to actually hear what Hannibal was saying to him- how he was subtley manipulating his thought processes. I've always thought all the way through that the reason Hannibal likes Will is because he knows he would be able to figure it all out in the end, so maybe he's left himself more open than he intended.

ARGH cannot wait a year, I may have to watch it all again

[hils.livejournal.com]

I've pre-ordered S1 on bluray and am definitely going to watch it all again. SO GOOD!

[silverusagi]

I liked the tie back to the fishing lures. Like, in episode 4, I don't think this was Hannibal's end game, but when he DOES decide to frame Will, he automatically thinks of the lures as a way to do it.

[hils.livejournal.com]

He's so amazingly clever that I honestly don't know how Will is going to get out of this