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I'M GETTING FED UP WITH THIS ORGASM

Agreed that the poetic slow-talk is getting a bit too much. I loved it in short bursts, and when it was occasional, but here's hoping that season 3 injects some more realism into the dialogue.

I read a blog post somewhere stating that Hannibal is more evil than your average tv-depicted serial killer precisely because of his empathy. This was after Mukozuke aired, and referenced his line about life being precious. Precisely because he understands the value of life and chooses to take it anyway, he is truly

It's such a feat that, despite this horrible massacre, they were still able to humanize Hannibal at the end of all this. We've seen the horrible, much less tv-glamorous side to him in this finale, but unlike plenty of other crime shows with serial killers, the writers (and the actor certainly) made Hannibal's pain

It's like the scenario where your significant other buys you a gift, but after he/she learns that you betrayed them, they promptly smash or break the gift to pieces out of spite.

The slow-taking is a trait of more than a few characters on the show, not only Will. In fact, Fuller's like the anti-Sorkin where this show is concerned.

Now that the season's over…

I just want to add that I really really hope the main characters make it alive for next season.

Did Hannibal just give us its own Red Wedding/Ozymandias?

I think what I miss from the earlier seasons is the lack of grounding. Yes, the jokes are there, but now it's pretty apparent that the plot is just there as an excuse for the gags. Not that this wasn't the case in prior seasons, but they've married the characters and humor much more skillfully in the past than now,

Back to fucking form.

I'm not sure how many people share this opinion, but seasons 4, 5 and 6 were American Dad at its peak. I still like the show and its characters, but nowadays, the comedy seems oddly broad and slow-paced in comparison. It's very different from what the show used to be, when it was not only more inventive in its humor,

I'm not sure how to really feel about this episode. It's going to depend on what happens after and where they're going to settle with all these balls being tossed into the air. I'm also disappointed that Will went ostensibly full cannibal this episode. He's been slowly seduced by the dark side this season, but to

I thought that this was one of the best episodes of the season. Best since Mukozuke. I loved the therapy scenes and the scene between Will and Margot, which felt thematically rich in a consistent way. There was more forward momentum here than in the previous few eps, I feel, and I didn't expect them to turn Will to

I'm willing to bet that the name doesn't make it sound very interesting either, at least in comparison to other shows. To say nothing about its quality of course.

"Setting a new standard of care?"

As a woman, I definitely do think representation should be important on this show as it should be on all shows, because it's nice to see my gender portrayed well once in awhile in the sausagefest that is television, and I don't necessarily think that automatically relegates it to the point where it's pandering.

Fuller's description may have appealed to the more guilty-thriller-ly sensibility in seeing a character die, but I think it's to be expected that, as a showrunner, he would talk about the show in a manner that regards its characters and events more as objects to tug at the audience's strings. Beverly's death was

You mentioned that (a few posts above), what the show has done so far isn't sufficient for it to be checked off as being women-friendly. I'm just curious, but why is it necessary for enough women to have prominent roles to a certain degree, in order for a show to qualify as something acceptable to women?

I liked her character but wasn't brutally saddened by her death. But character deaths don't do anything for me in tv shows, anyway, most of the time.