Amph Hannibal (The TV Series)

Is anybody else watching this?

I ignored it when it was first shown in the UK (not a huge fan of the films,not keen on serial-killer drama in general), but Sky have just re-run the first season one episode a day, and I got hooked.

Mads Mikkelsen is very good in the title role, very charismatic while being quietly menacing (no one knows he's a serial killer at this point), while Hugh Dancy makes for a wonderfully twitchy Will Graham; good support too from Laurence Fishburne as Will's boss, and Caroline Dehavernas (loved her in Wonderfalls) as Will's friend and fellow profiler. Gillian Anderson has a recurring role as Hannibal's psychotherapist.

It probably helped that I was watching an episode a day, but I found this quite gripping. I hear it struggled for ratings in the States, but has managed to get a second season commissioned.

 

This is definitely not a show you can binge. Frankly, it's quite disturbing (not necessarily the body horror but the mind games). But it's well done. Definitely looking forward to season 2.

 

I actually had the exact opposite reaction, and ran through the entire series at once when I started watching. I'd held off for a while based on the reputation, but I found it much less disturbing than I was expecting. I quite hope that it manages to keep going through all the many more seasons they have planned for it.

 

Indeed they did. They have seven seasons planned out in all:

 

Dear me, just look at the time!



Thirteen days now, I'm running back through Season 1 now, on episode 7.

 

I watched I think the first 4 episodes. It was a bit disturbing so I stopped it for a while, but I'm going to go back and finish it before season 2. Definitely a good show.

 

There should be a historical TV show about the other Hannibal though, that would be neat.

EssEllGee, definitely do. It just keeps getting better and better. I just hope NBC is ballsy enough to keep it around.

 

Nobody told me, but apparently Boardwalk Empire's Michael Pitt has been cast as Mason Verger, very cool that they're interweaving things when they should be happening basically.

 

This really kind of seems to be the most sensible way to tell this story, a lot of characters get a lot of backstory, and everything winds up making much more sense/impact with so much lead up given to it. Chilton, Crawford, Verger, Hobbes, Lounds will all be characters important to Will Graham/Clarice Starling later on, so it's cool to see them now....is it possible in that seventh(?) season we may see Will brought back in long after the Tooth Fairy case/the events of SotL/Hannibal? It seems kind of pointless to speculate now since they barely got the second season, but boy would it be fun to see it all.

 

Not much longer now. Less then 30 mins until the new episode.

 

Well. That was some opening.

 

This is one of the only shows on TV that I can think of that could be on an HBO or some such channel, good thing that NBC is taking a chance on it,it's that good and "adult." Even shows like Blacklist aren't this disturbing. Hope they keep this around for a while, NBC has balls with this show.

 

I'm working through the first season. It can get surprisingly disturbing for a network show (though I admit I haven't watched any network crime shows for years), but it's good.

One thing bugs me. There is something obviously off about Hannibal Lecter-- if it isn't obvious he's a downright sociopath. As a character mentioned, the Chesapeake Ripper doesn't have some "classic" signs, such as a criminal history and not being able to hold down a job, but come on. It seems really inconsistent that a guy who can almost literally see things from a serial killer's perspective can't see what Hannibal is. How is it that only that one trainee was on to him?

 

Pretty much everybody's busy dealing with their own ****. Jack is dealing with wrangling Will and dealing with his wife, if you haven't seen the episodes with her you'll soon understand that. Will is somewhat delusional and can't seem to separate reality from fantasy because he's actually deep in Hannibal's mind. It makes him physically and mentally sick.

Plus, Hannibal comes off as intelligent, supportive and downright charming. He'll wine and dine you, invite you over, make beautiful meals for you. Will is suspicious slightly of Hannibal, but he only really serves as his therapist and Will being Will is already pretty suspicious about anyone who tries to pry into how his mind works.

Additionally, Hannibal is manipulating people into doing his dirty work, and there are other serial killers at work which kind of muddies the water.

Is the dramatic irony a bit heavy? Yes, but that's kind of necessary to support the show, and I don't mind it.

 

These last two episodes have been exquisite.

 

The show is one of the final four in Hulu's "best" contest.

 

Just seen the first episode of season 2. Good starting.

 

Great news, even though the last couple of episodes have been rather poor. Hope it gets back into the groove of the first few episodes of the season soon.