Hannibal

Hey all, I have been busy of late and have not gotten the chance to review season 1. Season 2 comes out in the coming months. I will plan a time to watch the season again.

Review of Hannibal Season 1

Before Season 2 premieres in the spring of 2014  I will be re-watching episodes from the previous season and give my opinion on each. Sorry I have not been on lately.

Sean

Savoureux - Hannibal 1x13

I did a huge series marathon before hitting this episode and man was it worth it. This is by far one of the best finales of any series. Will Graham is framed for murder, and is suspected of being the copy cat killer. Will is more or less clear headed and knows that someone is framing him.

 This episode is the most emotional out of the series, and by far the best this season. I mean, to be true there were no real bad episodes in this series at all from the start.

It's an emotional roller coaster as everything is brought to the front. Alana Bloom's feeling for Will have heart breaking effects. Its such a brilliantly orchestrated episode. And with David Slade back in the director's chair, its the episode that brings this season full circle.

Again terrific performances from the cast all round, especially Caroline Dhavernas, she was beyond phenomenal.

There is some great twists and an ending that you may not see coming. I loved how the episode ended with a familiar song from the movie franchise, a nice touch to a great season finale.

There was nothing in this episode that did not hold my attention, another gripping, enthralling episode from the great (soon to be hopefully) classic series, Hannibal.

New Postings

I've been lazy the last couple of days but I do plan on uploading my review of the series finale soon.

Hannibal Penultimate episode over!

Well, the last episode before the season finale is over. And man what an episode. Some great expansion on Gillian Anderson's character and now the question comes to mind, is Hannibal going to frame Will for murder? You be the judge.

Season finale next week!

Interesting fan art poster

Here's a fan made poster for the television series.

Hannibal Review 1.11

Well, I just finished re-watching the latest Hannibal episode. In this episode the enigmatic Eddie Izzard returns as the serial killer Gideon, and he's out for revenge against those psychiatrists who tried to convince him who he was. Dr. Chilton and Dr. Alana Bloom are two on the list. He escapes and is now on the loose. 

The episode gives us some really great development into Will slow descent as his mind starts to crumble. He has a nightmare about him dissolving and turning into liquid, which makes for one of the scariest nightmares he's had this season. Throughout the episode Will begins to have serious daydreams of water and has a moment where he's in a room full of antlers with Jack Crawford that he is armed and extremely dangerous. I loved the development on Will's psyche in this one, he is really pushed to the limit. 

The game begins to determine if Gideon really was the "Chesapeake Ripper". In truth they discover that Gideon is trying to find out who the real ripper really is. He does this by cutting up his victims as public display gifts to the real killer, hanging the organs out in neatly tied bows and even not wasting the blood (having it packed in a container of ice and providing a note saying to give it as a donation to the red cross). 

With Freddie Lounds she becomes embroiled in Gideon's plans as he uses her to get to the real Ripper (later on the ripper does a similar thing). What surprised me is how calm and collected this female version of Freddie Lounds is. This has made me truly love the character much more now as she is so far more interesting. 

The murders were very unique in this episode, very interestingly done. The scene with Chilton is gut wrenching, literally. 

So, at one point in the episode, a very good moment between Alana Bloom and Will Graham, we learn that the real ripper would consider what Gideon did to be rude and would kill him if he found him. Some great and interesting twists happen and the real ripper (which we all know for certain to be Hannibal) kills a psychiatrist in order to send a message to Crawford to tell them where to catch Gideon. 

One part that annoyed me about the episode, and shocked me actually was Chilton on Gideon's operating table. I was surprised because I did not think they would kill the character off. They don't, but it was a hell of a crazy risk. Freddie is really strong in this scenario as she not once pukes or falters. 

As the episode nears it's end will has a small seizure has his temperature sky rockets and he starts hallucinating. What I found very interesting is how Hannibal uses Will to get rid of Gideon while also, in a way, helping him fight his own demons. I found it very interesting to see Will and Gideon chat as Will believes Gideon to be someone else (Garrett Hobbs). With GIdeon's death Will collapses and in a way slowly brings him and Alana hopefully closer together. 

By the end we get another appearance of the lovely Gillian Anderson as Hannibal's psychiatrist. I am also truly loving the development they are making on Hannibal's character. They have made him so fascinating. And I have come to the decision that Hannibal does not want to kill WIll nor make him into someone like him. He is truly trying to help him, but by also using him for his own means. He wants Will to be his friend. Because Hannibal finds him such an interesting character (or is it his madness that Hannibal prefers?) 

The final few lines in the episode defiantly stayed with me as his psychiatrist tells Hannibal that if he takes the step towards friendship, he must take a step back. Hannibal griefs then that he must sit and watch him loose his  mind. His psychiatrist says in response "Sometimes all we can do is watch". That last line gave me the sense then that maybe there is truly nothing Hannibal can affectively provide for Will aside from a stable anchor to reality. 

2 more episodes left

Hey everyone, if you're excited as I am there are only two episodes left this season, one more until the season finale. My thoughts, I think Hannibal is trying to turn Will Graham into a serial killer.

My review for this week's episode will be up sometime later today. I need to re-watch the episode due to I missed the last few minutes.

The time has Come

Set your sights on Hannibal, Tonight at 10pm!!!

Great News

Well, for those of you who started watching the show, thank you. Hannibal has been renewed for a second season. A great series has begun.

Note: Could Hannibal do for horror like what Fringe did for Science-fiction.

Hannibal Episode 1.09

As the season heads into its final 5 episodes "Trou Normand" is an excellent start to the finish line. The crime scene in this one is the craziest one yet, a totem pole of bodies. It's a very intriguing murder case scenario that ends up being pretty simple. The pole stands for the killers body count and the body's on the top and bottom are his last and first.

 Besides that this episode delves deeper into Will Graham's ever breaking psyche as now he is loosing track of time (3 hours!) and starting to talk out lectures when no one is actually in the room. Professor
Bloom comes in during his prep-lecture to confess her reasons for not wanting to be with him (they kissed in a previous episode). She confirms what he doesn't want to here, he's unstable. He has a tough time talking to Jack about this but a much smoother time confessing it to Hannibal Lector (his psychiatrist)

Abigail comes back in this one as the body of Nicholas turns up and Jack Crawford starts asking questions (believing Abigail to be a helper with her dad's crimes) Again I must gush over the acting in this, the girl playing Abby is terrific and her moments with Hannibal are sincere, tense and gushing with emotion.

The killer is later to be revealed to be played by Lance Henricksen. This showcases the show for casting great actors in small, efficient roles.

Everything comes to a head in this episode as Will finally learns that Abigail killed Nicholas Boils and that Hannibal tried to cover it up. Hannibal confesses and notes that if he not do what he did Jack would hang Abigail for her father's crimes. Eventually Abby tells Lector that she helped her dad catch the girls but it is ambiguous if she was just helping her dad so he wouldn't kill her or if her dad was trying to make her like him.

Great insight into Will Graham's mental issues, Hannibal's continuing loyalty to Will and Abigail's character arc make for a very enjoyable episode. Can't wait to see how things continue with Will.

Next Week's episode

Hello all, I'll try and write a review for next week's episode and maybe re-watch this week's episode and write a review. If there are any fans of Eddie Izzard he makes a reappearance on the show next week so check it out. Also, sad news to report the show has dipped in the ratings yet again! More people need to watch the show, please don't let this fantastic series die!


Update: May 31st/2013 - 9:12 am
Apologies the episode that aired this week turned out to be a different one, not the one with Eddie Izzard.

New Episode this Thursday

For those of you interested the new episode for Hannibal is on tomorrow on NBC at 10:00. Now as you can also see I have uploaded the first fan art piece that I found from tumblr! If anyone knows the artist let me now, this person's pretty good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RsPnXIlvWA

The link is to the promo video for the series next episode!

Reason

Hello, this is a blog I have created to honour the recent show on NBC. I am becoming a big fan of it and want people to start watching the show. Its a great show with a great cast and some amazing writing. I will post any fan art as well thats tasteful towards the show. And I think I will start giving my opinions on episodes. Here's hoping the show gets renewed.