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When Stacy's mom dies, Stacey puts her life and career on hold and returns to her childhood home to take care of her Ocd, agoraphobic, brother Ben who hasn't been out of the house for 23 years only to find out the house they grew up in harbors a disturbing secret.

Debbie Sheridan, Jacob Hobbs, Amber Gallaway, and Semi Anthony star in...

Hannibal, Season 3, Episode 9, “And the Woman Clothed with the Sun…”

Written by Jeff Vlaming & Helen Shang and Bryan Fuller & Steve Lightfoot

Directed by John Dahl

Airs Saturdays at 10pm (Et) on NBC

Despite spending plenty of time with Will and Hannibal, “And the Woman Clothed with the Sun…” focuses on the women of Hannibal, fleshing out Molly and post-“Digestivo” Alana, resurrecting Abigail and Freddie, and introducing Reba McClane. Will’s clearly shaken by his re-entry into the world of profiling and with his psyche in such a fragile state—the image of Will already seeing himself falling to pieces is foreboding, to say the least—it’s a good thing he has Molly in his life, to ground him and give him distance from his work. As in last week’s episode, Hugh Dancy and Nina Arianda’s chemistry is fantastic here and seeing Will laugh and relax a bit is wonderful.

Hannibal, Season 3, Episode 5, “Contorno”

Written by Tom de Ville and Bryan Fuller & Steve Lightfoot

Directed by Guillermo Navarro

Airs Thursdays at 10pm (Et) on NBC

In my review of “Aperitivo”, I called for Hannibal to find a sweet spot between the slow-moving introspection of “Secondo” and plot-heavy momentum of “Aperitivo”. “Contorno” does just that, though not in the way expected. The first half of the episode crawls (particularly the scenes with Will and Chiyoh), dragging its feet to prevent the characters from intersecting, before the second half throws this concern out the window and sprints forward, bringing first Pazzi and Hannibal, then Hannibal and Alana, and finally Jack and Hannibal together in memorable and electrifying exchanges. One can almost see showrunner Bryan Fuller reach his limit with angsty, mini-Hannibal Will and decide to chuck him off the train rather than write one more doom-laden conversation between him and Chiyoh.

So, it's now been a couple of weeks since The Incident took place on Grey's Anatomy, and now that the dust has settled we're looking back on the other small-screen deaths that have left us similarly destroyed.

Below, we've listed 17 of the TV demises we're still not over. In no particular order. They all made us sad. We're not crying, it's just raining. On our faces.

Warning: Just in case this doesn't go without saying, spoilers galore lie ahead. Some of these shows are finished, some are still on, but all of the episodes referenced aired in 2014 or earlier.

1. Joyce Summers (Buffy)

Spoiler: Joss Whedon is going to show up a few times on this list. The man has a self-confessed cruel streak when it comes to offing beloved characters, but the death of Buffy Summers' mother is in a different league even by Whedon standards.

Five seasons in, we...

Entertainment Geekly is a weekly column that examines pop culture through a geek lens and simultaneously examines contemporary geek culture through a pop lens. So many lenses!

To clarify the headline above: I liked True Detective and Fargo. They were well-acted, well-shot, well-dialogued. HBO’s mystery melodrama and FX’s Coen remix had different tones and different site-specific atmospheres–moody nihilism vs. screwball nihilism, sunbaked desolation vs. snowcaked void, Southern Swamp Gothic vs. Frozen Norman Rockwell–but if you watched them live when they aired, then you knitted together an 18-episode viewing experience representing a snapshot of Why TV Drama Is Interesting Now.

Clean off your knives and have a rest, Fannibals -- there's a lot to unpack here. Hannibal has always been about the monster within. Throughout this second season, Hannibal himself has tried to cultivate that monster in Will like he did with Garrett Jacob Hobbs and others. After Will was finally freed, though, he was ready to implement his master plan against Hannibal, which meant pretending to go along. Except, as DuMaurier warned him as well as Jack, if you think you've got Hannibal cornered, it's probably because he wants you to think that. Hit the jump for why "we're all desperate for a little hope." What an unbelievable bloodbath. No, wait -- scratch "unbelievable." This is Hannibal. And yet, the show often displays a cool aesthetic with its violence. It was telling that "Mizumono" ended in such a feral way for Hannibal. Throughout the series, his violence, or capacity for violence,...

Hannibal Season 2, Episode 9 “Shiizakana”

Directed by Michael Rhymer

Written by Jeff Viaming

Airs Thursdays at 10pm Et on NBC

NBC’s Hannibal returns with its latest entry “Shiizakana,” an episode that explores the strange and complicated relationship Will Graham and Dr. Hannibal Lecter share. Shiizakana’ begins with a clear-cut dream sequence in which Will has Hannibal tied to a tree with the end of each rope cinched around the legs of a black stag. Will exerts control over the animal by signalling the stag by whistling. With each whistle, the stag steps a bit further away tightening the cordage around Lecter’s neck. Will tells Hannibal he is waiting for an admission, but Lecter isn’t interested in a confession, and so as the stag is commanded to fully engage the rope and pulley system forward, our favourite psychopath is beheaded with a geyser of blood splashing across the screen.

At its core, Hannibal is about personality and motivation. Even the Cases of the Week play into this study of psychology and madness. What is causing these killers to tick, and why? Throughout this, Hannibal's control of Will -- his tending to and moulding of his psychology -- has been about cause and effect. Hannibal knows Will has a monster within him. His desire is to get Will to acknowledge it, and then work to control it (as Hannibal does). Hit the jump for why you need to get intimate with your instincts. Hannibal doesn't address nature versus nurture overtly, but it's a constant, underlying theme. Hannibal seems to believe, as was evident in "Shiizakana," that if he sees the nature there, he can nurture it in a way that allows the person to become fulfilled. Will unraveling after killing Garret Jacob Hobbs (the murder in the first episode that...

Review Laura Akers 2 Apr 2014 - 07:30

Hannibal's creators deserve to be showered in Emmys for this week's spellbinding episode...

This review contains spoilers.

2.5 Mukozuke

It is not difficult to entertain people, really. As human beings, we hate boredom so much that even the smallest distraction can be welcome, especially if it caters to the baser parts of ourselves. Reality television is palpable proof of that. What is more difficult is to create a thing of great beauty that can strike us silent with awe yet entertain us at the same time. But what Bryan Fuller has been doing in Hannibal is even more impressive than that. He manages to take something that we think of as base—our morbid fascination with death and mayhem—and elevate it to an art form. All while creating such spellbinding entertainment that it’s not that we cannot get away from it; it...

See? The Visual Genius of NBC’s Hannibal

Hannibal, “Apéritif”

Written by Bryan Fuller

Directed by David Slade

Originally aired April 4, 2013

Piggybacking off the serial killer-themed, semi-supernatural horror trend that had sparked shows like Grimm, Dexter, and The Following, the concept of a Hannibal Lector-themed television show was not met with much enthusiasm in early 2013. We had too many shows about murder. Too many shows with violence on the air. Not to mention, there had been countless Hannibal Lector adaptations over the past few years, and none of them had ever been as good as Silence of the Lambs.

And yet, what skeptics didn’t take into account was the genius of Bryan Fuller. As the writer and creator of other excellent television shows, from Dead Like Me to Wonderfalls to Pushing Daisies, it became clear from the earliest episode of Hannibal that it wasn’t going to be like...

Bryan Fuller’s Hannibal completed its much ballyhooed first season this past Thursday [review here]. That means, it’s time to speculate about season 2 (thank heavens it got one!), and Bryan Fuller gave us what to expect for Will Graham, Jack Crawford, Hannibal and the show next year. The “Postmortem” is a long, excellent interview from TV Guide, which I’ll give to you in full here. Obviously, if you haven’t watched the season finale yet, there will be Spoilers aplenty ahead.

There’s only one place to start: Will vomits up an ear! Where did that idea come from?

Bryan Fuller: [Laughs] It was something that I knew was going to happen, even before I started writing the pilot. The last run of episodes was going to [have] Will Graham throwing up an ear, fearing that he had eaten somebody. Initially it was a finger, [but] I just thought, ‘There’s not...

It’s fitting that, as so much of the Hannibal storyline has come full circle, closing the Garret Jacob Hobbs/Abigail Hobbs plot that was interwoven throughout the larger Will Graham/Hannibal Lecter narrative, the season finale would utilize the considerable talent of David Slade to close out what has been a fantastic season with an episode that expertly brings one chapter to its conclusion, while readying the next arc with an unsettling smile on its face.

Slade set a strong visual standard with the season premiere and bolstered that aesthetic with ‘Potage,’ and wisely, the other directors who came in to helm an episodes all managed to stay well within the visual parameters established by Slade, granting the ...

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After a great and complex first season, Hannibal rounded things off with a finale that gave viewers (almost) everything to both satisfy and entice.  The reflexivity of the show, particularly the catalyst event of Will killing Garrett Jacob Hobbs in the premiere and how that thread never left Will throughout the season, was something beautiful to behold.  Beyond the violence and gore (the sterility of which makes it less disturbing at times than the blood baths of, say, True Blood), there was fantastic writing and beautiful direction that really elevated Hannibal beyond what most expected of it.  For more on this great finale, hit the jump. This season of Hannibal has focused, as I've mentioned in the past many times, on the idea of identity and how that can shift.  Abigail Hobbs doesn't believe she's a killer or an accomplice, but that changes.  Dr.  Gideon doesn't believe he's the Chesapeake Ripper,...

The following recap contains spoilers from the Hannibal season finale. If you haven’t watched, flee! Everyone else, proceed.

So many thoughts and feelings about the Hannibal season finale – care to lend me an ear?

Ok, that was too easy – hear this, there’ll be no more puns (except that one) moving forward. After all, we’ve got a lot to cover. Will is behind bars! Hannibal weeps! And Dr. Bedelia “If Mulder Could See Me Now” Du Maurier dines elegantly on… that totally isn’t veal, is it? Steel your stomachs, because it’s time to review “Savoureux.”

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Hannibal may be the smartest, most reflective series on TV right now. And I say this as a Mad Men fan (that show has it's own problems). Hannibal is not without its flaws -- it suffered from a few episodes early on that relied too much on Cases of the Week or plots that didn't seem to connect much beyond a cursory fact being revealed (like with Jack Crawford's wife, we learned Hannibal can sniff out cancer). But even then, nothing was ever totally extraneous. It all fed into the main drama between Will and Hannibal, which all lead up to and was explored with incredible intelligence in "Releves." This penultimate episode also included a shocking ending that still made perfect sense. Hit the jump for why "you look pretty," oh so prettyyyy … Is there another show on TV that so thoroughly explores the mind and the mental process? Mad Men does so cryptically,...

In "Releves," Lecter dropped an interesting line as he conversed with Jack about Will:

Jack: This dissociative personality state you say he goes into. Whose personality is it?

Lecter: He said he got so close to Garrett Jacob Hobbs and what he done; he felt he was becoming him. | permalink

In an episode full of half-truths and manipulations, this small reveal by Lecter was the closest he’s come to admitting the truth - and he knows it. Lecter recognizes Will is close to discovering who the real copycat killer is because Lecter is the only person with whom Will lets his thoughts flow freely.

The one man everyone is trying to catch is the one man who knows everything.

Lecter’s “curiosity” is what makes him the person we all know as Hannibal. He views his murders not only with intrigue and a leaning towards fine dining, but most...

In Hannibal's only meal of the episode, he prepped a South Asian dish, an homage to the episode's title.  He claimed it was made with sheep, "of course," (so of course not), a note as well to an episode filled with an exceptional amount of offal.  "Roti" continued down a path that has been one of the strongest, narratively, this year.  Will's descent into madness escalates to a literal fever pitch, culminating in his and Dr. Gideon (Eddie Izzard's) parallel tales this week converging violently.  In the shadows though, as always, was Hannibal.  But the scene between Hannibal and his own analyst Dr. Du Maurier suggests that Hannibal's motivations concerning Will are just as convoluted as Will's own sense of self.  Hit the jump for more on why some people just aren't made for relationships. One thing Hannibal does exceptionally well is call back to its own show and characters.

Man, this show is creepy, disturbing, and riveting! The action begins with another fantastically creative and startling crime scene: a totem pole o’ corpses on the beach. It’s described as the “world’s sickest puzzle” by the two quirky CSI’s, with most of the structure made from dug up remains, with a fresh kill atop serving as the headpiece. Will goes into super-empathic-murder-he-wrote mode, and sees this design as cementing the killer’s legacy. As the episode unfolds, we find that all of the kills had been deemed accidental, with the exception of the first and the last. The killer had wanted to be anonymous, until now. If you look at the guest stars in the episode, you know immediately who’s going to be the killer.

Will wakes up from his crime scene trance at Hannibal’s doorstep, with no recollection of how he drove 3 and a half hours to get there.

Hannibal, Season 1, Episode 8: “Fromage”

Directed by Tim Hunter

Written by Jennifer Schuur and Bryan Fuller

Airs Thursdays at 10pm Est on NBC

Breaking Bad; Boardwalk Empire; Mad Men, Justified; Sons Of Anarchy; Louie; Girls; Shameless, The Americans; Game of Thrones; The number of new quality TV series keeps growing, and we can now add Hannibal to that list.

Over the past 30 years, television has undergone vast improvement. The wave of high-quality niche series may have started as early as the 1980s with Miami Vice, and later with the success of Twin Peaks in the 90′s, but it was only recently that several of these intelligent niche productions have been leading the pack with the highest ratings. Back in the days, a network’s goal was to equally please as many viewers as possible. Now the aim is to please relatively fewer viewers but keep them coming back each and every week.

Hugh Dancy

Hannibal, Season 1, Episode 4: “Coquilles”

Directed by Guillermo Navarro

Written by Scott Nimerfro and Bryan Fuller

Airs Thursdays at 10pm Est on NBC

Author’s note: NBC and Bryan Fuller mutually agreed to pull the originally scheduled fourth episode of the series, and move straight to the fifth episode instead, fearing that the events depicted in the skipped episode might be disconcerting in light of recent real-life events. While certain parts of the unaired episode were released as webisodes, the reviewer has refrained from watching them, and they are thus not referred to or spoken about in the following review.

A recurring theme in Hannibal’s first three episodes has been an exploration of how getting into the mindset of serial killers affects Will, as he is unable to slip out as easily as he slips in, something that is beginning to take its toll on him. Each...

There’s a moment early on in ‘Potage’ where the recently awakened Abigail Hobbs, daughter of the late Garrett Jacob Hobbs, a.k.a. Minnesota Shrike, returns to her now empty home, briefly examines the lingering signs of the gruesome event that left her orphaned and comes across a collection of family photos on the refrigerator that have been turned around by the crime scene cleaners.

It’s a small, simple detail, but one that really continues the central theme of Hannibal – which has done a good job detailing just how devastating violence is, how it moves like ripples in a pond, touching everyone from the victims and other killers like Eldon Stammets, to those whose job it is to begin the process of moving on. And there’s certainly an aspect and desire to move on that’s examined in ‘Potage,’ ...

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Where last week we had a straight case to solve, in this week’s Hannibal we get to enjoy the interplay between our principals and delve into the Minnesota Shrike arc in detail…

Abigail has awakened.

Abigail, daughter of serial murderer Garrett Jacob Hobbs, comatose since he attempted to slice her throat and partially succeeded, rendered motherless by her own father and fatherless courtesy of Special Agent Will Graham.

Abigail, inspiration of her father’s kills, unwilling protégé of her father’s skills, concerned possible inheritor of his tendencies, cousin to Will as walker between the worlds of understanding a killer and being one.

Abigail is awake. Look out boys…

So as not to further traumatize her (and thereby shut down any chance of discerning whether or not she participated in her father’s proceedings, it ain’t all about compassion here, after all), Dr. Bloom insists that neither Graham...

A quick review of tonight's "Hannibal" coming up just as soon as I have a stack of gift cards... "Potage" did a strong job of continuing to explore the themes of the series (what it means to kill someone, the emotional toll it takes, etc.), and the relationship between Lecter and Will, and it continued the story of Garrett Jacob Hobbs through the story of his daughter Abigail. Though we've had a standalone killer in last week's mushroom man, it's important for the series to depict the lingering aftermath of these horrific crimes. Where I thought "Potage" struggled a bit was...

Another clip from tonight's episode of "Hannibal" has arrived, and of course we have it for you right here. Watch as Will gets a bead on a copycat killer in Episode 1.03 - "Potage."

"Hannibal" airs Thursday nights at 10pm on NBC and stars Hugh Dancy as Will Graham and Mads Mikkelsen as Hannibal Lecter. Laurence Fishburne and Caroline Dhavernas co-star.

Related Story: Stay One Step Ahead of "Hannibal" with These Stills from Episode 1.03 - "Potage"

"Hannibal" Episode 1.03 - "Potage" (airs 4/18/13)

Jack (Laurence Fishburne) theorizes that Abigail (Kacey Rohl) may have aided her father, Garret Jacob Hobbs (Vladimir Cubrt), in his serial killings. Against Dr. Alana Bloom's (Caroline Dhavernas) advice, but at Hannibal's (Mads Mikkelsen) behest, Abigail is escorted back to Minnesota, where she discovers much violent hostility against her and her family. Things go from bad to worse when a copycat killer murders a friend of Abigail. Hannibal...

Yesterday, we showed you a new clip from the third episode of Hannibal. If you’re looking for a better idea of what to expect before tonight’s episode airs, check out two more clips and our photo gallery. For those that missed our previous coverage, we also included the preview video and yesterday’s clip.

Hannibal Episode 3 – Potage: Hannibal Hides A Secret From Jack But Not Without Consequences – Jack (Laurence Fishburne) theorizes that Abigail (Kacey Rohl) may have aided her father ,Garret Jacob Hobbs (Vladimir Cubrt) in his serial killings. Against Dr. Alana Bloom’s (Caroline Dhavernas) advice ,but at Hannibal’s (Mads Mikkelsen) behest, Abigail is escorted back to Minnesota, where she discovers much violent hostilityagainst her and her family. Things go from bad to worse when a copycat killer murders a friend of Abigail. Hannibal suggests they hide the body to protect Abigail — but secrets come at a cost.

We’ve got another for tonight’s episode 1.03 of NBC’s “Hannibal”, entitled “Potage.” In the episode, “Jack (Laurence Fishburne) theorizes that Abigail (Kacey Rohl) may have aided her father, Garret Jacob Hobbs (Vladimir Cubrt) in his serial killings against Dr. Alana Bloom’s (Caroline Dhavernas) advice, but at Hannibal’s (Mads Mikkelsen) behest. Abigail is escorted back to... Read More...

Entertainment Weekly has scored your first look at "The X-Files"' Gillian Anderson in the NBC series "Hannibal." Hint... she looks just like she always has. Only now she's on NBC and there's no weird smoking man hanging around.

"Hannibal" airs Thursday nights at 10pm on NBC and stars Hugh Dancy as Will Graham and Mads Mikkelsen as Hannibal Lecter. Laurence Fishburne and Caroline Dhavernas co-star.

Related Story: Stay One Step Ahead of "Hannibal" with These Stills from Episode 1.03 - "Potage"

"Hannibal" Episode 1.03 - "Potage" (airs 4/18/13)

Jack (Laurence Fishburne) theorizes that Abigail (Kacey Rohl) may have aided her father, Garret Jacob Hobbs (Vladimir Cubrt), in his serial killings. Against Dr. Alana Bloom's (Caroline Dhavernas) advice, but at Hannibal's (Mads Mikkelsen) behest, Abigail is escorted back to Minnesota, where she discovers much violent hostility against her and her family. Things go from bad to worse when a copycat killer murders a friend of Abigail.

We have another sneak peek from tomorrow’s episode of Hannibal. For those that missed our previous coverage, we also included the preview video that aired after last week’s episode.

Hannibal Episode 3 – Potage: Hannibal Hides A Secret From Jack But Not Without Consequences – Jack (Laurence Fishburne) theorizes that Abigail (Kacey Rohl) may have aided her father ,Garret Jacob Hobbs (Vladimir Cubrt) in his serial killings. Against Dr. Alana Bloom’s (Caroline Dhavernas) advice ,but at Hannibal’s (Mads Mikkelsen) behest, Abigail is escorted back to Minnesota, where she discovers much violent hostilityagainst her and her family. Things go from bad to worse when a copycat killer murders a friend of Abigail. Hannibal suggests they hide the body to protect Abigail — but secrets come at a cost.Also starring Hugh Dancy, Hettienne Park, Aaron Abrams, Scott Thompson

To check out our photo gallery for the episode visit: http://dailydead.com...

We still have to pinch ourselves every now and then to make sure we're not dreaming about how great "Hannibal" is. Here's hoping NBC keeps it on the schedule! Show your support and watch this new clip from Episode 1.03 - "Potage."

"Hannibal" airs Thursday nights at 10pm on NBC and stars Hugh Dancy as Will Graham and Mads Mikkelsen as Hannibal Lecter. Laurence Fishburne and Caroline Dhavernas co-star.

Related Story: Stay One Step Ahead of "Hannibal" with These Stills from Episode 1.03 - "Potage"

"Hannibal" Episode 1.03 - "Potage" (airs 4/18/13)

Jack (Laurence Fishburne) theorizes that Abigail (Kacey Rohl) may have aided her father, Garret Jacob Hobbs (Vladimir Cubrt), in his serial killings. Against Dr. Alana Bloom's (Caroline Dhavernas) advice, but at Hannibal's (Mads Mikkelsen) behest, Abigail is escorted back to Minnesota, where she discovers much violent hostility against her and her family. Things go from bad to worse when a...

Review Laura Akers 14 Apr 2013 - 09:00

Tightly written, psychologically intriguing, and well-acted, NBC's Hannibal is something to be savoured...

This review contains spoilers.

1.2 Amuse-Bouche

When Dick Wolf created his Law & Order franchise, he sought to distance himself from the usual police procedurals by changing the frame of the narrative: where most such programmes at that point in time focused on the individual (or team) solving various crimes and got us involved in their own personal story sometimes to the point where the cases were simply plot devices to illuminate important things about the hero, Law & Order put the cases front and centre, only revealing details about the detectives or lawyers over the course of years.

Since then, most such shows have attempted to find a happy medium between the two. Hannibal, on the other hand, shows clear signs that the pendulum may be swinging back.

This week’s Amuse-Bouche, for instance,...

An amuse-bouche, of which this episode is named after, is a bite-sized precursor to a meal, but I feel that sells all of the rich and stirring character work displayed here way too short. That being said, kudos to the creators for all the foodie episode titles.

It only took a mere two episodes, but NBC’s Hannibal is already one of the finer offerings on TV. While Bryan Fuller’s Pushing Daisies was bursting with nauseatingly cute whimsy, Hannibal oozes dark, disturbing uneasiness. In fact, after this week’s episode, the show boasts one of the creepier crime scenes I’ve ever seen on TV.

Following the events of the pilot, when the awkward, empathetic, and Asperger’s diagnosed Will Graham barely saved the life of Abby Hobbs (by shooting her father 10 times), we open with Graham practicing his shooting in a firing line, in a creepy sequence that...

With its second episode NBC's "Hannibal" is beginning to gain ground in the ratings. If you're not watching this, to say that you're missing out is a bit of an understatement. Thankfully everyone's catching on to this superb series.

According to Variety the show held up wonderfully in its second week. Preliminary national estimates from Nielsen say that “Hannibal” averaged a 1.6 rating/5 share in adults 18-49 and 4.3 million viewers overall in the 10 o’clock hour, topping in demos the encores of both CBS’ “Elementary” (1.4/4 in 18-49, 7.3 million viewers overall) and ABC’s “Scandal” (0.9/3 in 18-49, 3.6 million viewers overall). The new Bryan Fuller-created drama matched its week-ago averages and grew from its first half-hour to its second (1.6 to 1.7). And since these prelim “Hannibal” numbers include a 1-minute runover from low-rated comedy “Go On,” the drama’s demo score could round up to a 1.7 in the nationals.

There's a reason for this,...

Get an idea of what to expect from next week’s episode of Hannibal with the official synopsis, photos, and a preview video. If you didn’t catch the first episode of the series, NBC released it for free online and we’ve included it below. *Note: The video has region blocking and may only play for those that live in North America.

Hannibal Episode 3 – Potage: Hannibal Hides A Secret From Jack But Not Without Consequences – Jack (Laurence Fishburne) theorizes that Abigail (Kacey Rohl) may have aided her father ,Garret Jacob Hobbs (Vladimir Cubrt) in his serial killings. Against Dr. Alana Bloom’s (Caroline Dhavernas) advice ,but at Hannibal’s (Mads Mikkelsen) behest, Abigail is escorted back to Minnesota, where she discovers much violent hostilityagainst her and her family. Things go from bad to worse when a copycat killer murders a friend of Abigail. Hannibal suggests they hide the body...

Are you loving Hannibal like we are?  We have a sneak peek at episode three - "Potage" - for you.

In this episode, Jack (Laurence Fishburne) theorizes that Abigail (Kacey Rohl) may have aided her father, Garret Jacob Hobbs (Vladimir Cubrt) in his serial killings.

Against Dr. Alana Bloom's (Caroline Dhavernas) advice, but at Hannibal's (Mads Mikkelsen) behest, Abigail is escorted back to Minnesota, where she discovers much violent hostility against her and her family.

Things go from bad to worse when a copycat killer murders a friend of Abigail. Hannibal suggests they hide the body to protect Abigail - but secrets come at a cost.

Read more...

Hannibal, Season 1, Episode 2: “Amuse Bouche”

Directed by Michael Rhymer

Written by Jim Danger Gray

Airs Thursdays at 10pm Est on NBC

In framing Hannibal as a weekly procedural, showrunner Bryan Fuller populates his world with so many serial killers, it becomes hard to believe that so many of these insane, yet brilliant men can all reside in the same city at the same time. Only two episodes in, and we’ve already been introduced to three killers, with the possibility of a fourth. Yet, while the second episode of Hannibal does introduce a new ‘killer of the week’ formula, the series remains elevated by four things: direction, cinematography, dialogue and acting. Hannibal features two great leads (Mads Mikkelson and Hugh Dancy), a talented writing team; is incredibly stylish, and features some of the best cutting on television – and by that I mean sharp editing – as well as great lighting,...

Pardon the pun, but we're really eating up "Hannibal" around these parts as the show is truly surprisingly good. Could NBC actually have a winner on its hands? Take a sneak peek at next week's Episode 1.03 - "Potage."

"Hannibal" airs Thursday nights at 10pm on NBC and stars Hugh Dancy as Will Graham and Mads Mikkelsen as Hannibal Lecter. Laurence Fishburne and Caroline Dhavernas co-star.

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"Hannibal" Episode 1.03 - "Potage" (airs 4/18/13)

Jack (Laurence Fishburne) theorizes that Abigail (Kacey Rohl) may have aided her father, Garret Jacob Hobbs (Vladimir Cubrt), in his serial killings. Against Dr. Alana Bloom's (Caroline Dhavernas) advice, but at Hannibal's (Mads Mikkelsen) behest, Abigail is escorted back to Minnesota, where she discovers much violent hostility against her and her family. Things go from bad to worse when a copycat killer murders a friend of Abigail. Hannibal suggests they hide...

A fellow TV critic said of Hannibal, "NBC doesn't know what it has with this show."  He's absolutely right.  Though it has some of the trappings of a procedural (a case of the week, a familiar make up of quirky forensic detectives, a kind of "you can't handle the truth!" refrain), Hannibal is elevated by three things.  It's incredibly stylish (but not cartoonishly so, as CSI: Miami could be), it has two great leads (Mads Mikkelson and Hugh Dancy), and it has a built-in anticipation with the development of Hannibal's character, because we know where he and Will end up, something that adds a lot of tension to the onscreen proceedings, even when they're not overt (like that little dinner Hannibal served Jack).  NBC, don't mess this up.  Hit the jump for more on why you should always inquire about where the loin came from.  Hannibal, even in the original novels,...

When you're dealing with a criminal genius like "Hannibal," it's always good to stay one or two steps ahead of the man, so we're taking a look at what's coming at us in the third course... er... episode of the new series on NBC. Here are some tasty morsels... er... stills from "Potage."

"Hannibal" airs Thursday nights at 10pm on NBC and stars Hugh Dancy as Will Graham and Mads Mikkelsen as Hannibal Lecter. Laurence Fishburne and Caroline Dhavernas co-star.

Related Story: Take a Bite of These Tasty Previews of "Hannibal" Episode 1.02 - "Amuse-Bouche"

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"Hannibal" Episode 1.03 - "Potage" (airs 4/18/13)

Hannibal Hides A Secret From Jack But Not Without Consequences - Jack (Laurence Fishburne) theorizes that Abigail (Kacey Rohl) may have aided her father, Garret Jacob Hobbs (Vladimir Cubrt), in his serial killings. Against Dr.

Two more courses are on the menu for "Hannibal" in the coming weeks: First is some soup on April 18th in "Potage," followed by a bite of egg in "Oeuf" on the 25th. Reserve your place at the table, and in the meantime here are the synopses of both episodes.

"Hannibal" airs Thursday nights at 10pm on NBC and stars Hugh Dancy as Will Graham and Mads Mikkelsen as Hannibal Lecter. Laurence Fishburne and Caroline Dhavernas co-star.

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"Hannibal" Episode 1.03 - "Potage" (airs 4/18/13)

Hannibal Hides A Secret From Jack But Not Without Consequences - Jack (Laurence Fishburne) theorizes that Abigail (Kacey Rohl) may have aided her father, Garret Jacob Hobbs (Vladimir Cubrt), in his serial killings. Against Dr. Alana Bloom's (Caroline Dhavernas) advice, but at Hannibal's (Mads Mikkelsen) behest, Abigail is escorted back to Minnesota,...

Hannibal Episode 101

“Aperitif”

Written By: Bryan Fuller

Directed By: David Slade

Original Airdate: 4 April 2013

In This Episode...

Will Graham is an agent with the FBI, specializing behavior profiling. Right now he is a lecturer, until Jack Crawford lures him out of field-retirement to work on a case. Will makes it clear that he is not good at being social, and that he has been diagnosed as having Aspergers and is potentially sociopathic. Jack still wants him.

The case they are working on involves eight missing young women. No bodies have turned up, nor have any parts of bodies shown up. They focus on the eighth woman, Elise Nichols. Will says that not all of these women - maybe not any of them - are the suspect’s target, but they likely represent a “golden ticket.” Will and Jack head out to Minnesota to speak to Elise’s parents. He isn...