Where does the difference between the past and the future come from? Mine? It was before I watched Hannibal and after I watched Hannibal.
NBC’s Hannibal aired its last episode on August 29, 2015. I didn’t watch it when it was on, but I caught up with it last year. I devoured the whole thing (pun intended), and it crawled under my skin and stayed there. It was a dark and beautiful show for a grim and scary time in my life, and I was lucky I found something that gave me so much to chew on so my thoughts wouldn’t turn to more worrisome, realer things. So here, 10 years too late, a selection of random musings on the show. I only hope that I could turn a phrase as well as Freddy Lounds in her Tattle Crime. (I wish I could’ve been the one to coin the phrase “murder husbands,” but, then again, I’m sure all writers do.)
Before I get going, though, I should remind everyone that we have a podcast episode about The Silence of the Lambs—one with actual, smart analysis, not just my fan-ish ramblings—and it touches on all of the other Hannibal Lecter-related media, including the TV show. I hadn’t seen it at that point, so you don’t have to worry about me gushing, That’s for here.
(Spoilers for Hannibal beyond the jump.)
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