Primavera
Episode 2 of the final season of Hannibal replays what occurred at the end of season 2. Consider it a refresher folks, at least for the events concerning Will Graham. The episode is solely based around Will and him having to try and come to term with the events that happened. He wakes in hospital, Abigail (survived?) convinces him that Hannibal wanted them to live, Will does not believe that. He's convinced other wise that Hannibal left them for dead. Abigail does convince him to go find Hannibal. He then has a flashback to the night before the stabbing, where he and Hannibal talked about Hannibal's future plans. Will sees a bunch of drawings of the clock he drew. In an unusual moment he has some sort of vision of a church, similar to the one where Hannibal planted the heart.
Another issue comes up, the quick jump to 8 months later. Why is Will not in prison or go to court? Hopefully all will be explained in the next episode. Will and Abigail are now in the church where Hannibal plans his next master work, as he has not done it yet. This means that Will is there when Hannibal is too. He and Abi talk about god and religion and Hannibal's views. Will talks of how Hannibal doesn't want to be god but knows the power it holds. Could Hannibal be an Atheist?
Will Graham of course gets called in by the european police (Italian?) not sure. Another thing not clearly explained in the second episode is where Will and Abigail have travelled to. Will eventually meets Detective Reinaldo Pazzi, played in the film by Giancarlo Giannini. The two discus their views on Hannibal and Will finds a little history on Hannibal. With question of course Hannibal is nick-named, The Monster of Florence. Reinaldo does lead Will to thinking as to why he is on the search for Hannibal. Does will consider Hannibal a friend still? Will contemplates what he may do to Hannibal when he sees him.
Eventually Will gets back to what he does best, but things don’t go as planned as he tries to decipher the crime scene a headless black man crawls out of the grotesque heart. The thing grows antlers and slowly walks towards Will, who backs away until Abigail wakes him up. At this point it is strongly believed that see lived but Will, after talking with her, confesses that this was the only way he could keep her alive, by imagining she was in his mind. So, Abigail Hobbs is dead. Will had known it all along but needed time to accept it.
When Rizzo comes back Will goes on to forewarn him. Hannibal is not someone you wish to cross. It is then, in between arguments with Rizzo, that Will realizes Hannibal is still here. They enter the catacombs under the church. Rizzo has his gun drawn but when he and Will cross paths again, he tells him a gun won’t help, go back to the station. Rizzo eventually heads back to the police station, leaving Will to confront Hannibal on his own.
The episode ends with Will forgiving Hannibal. What I felt is this came as a surprise, tier could a twist where Will just used what he said as a way to get to him. Though I don’t think that kind of manipulation is totally like Hannibal.
A good solid filler episode to fill the audience in on Abigail and Will Graham.
Episode Rating: B
