It was totally disgusting, but that's why I think it was a great idea to use Chilton. Spending too long seeing a character who we don't really care about getting horribly tortured would sort of be a waste of time, but everybody loves Raul Esparza as Dr. Chilton on this show, and absolutely nobody wanted to see him as…

That moment was fucking scary, too. It happened so quickly and brutally. Richard Armitage really sells the brutal animalism of Dolarhyde perfectly.

The decision to use Chilton instead of Lounds this time around was ingenious. This show is many things, but it's primarily a brilliantly creative adaptation of the source material, shuffling pieces around and creating great new ideas out of old ones. I've seen both Manhunter and Red Dragon, as well as read the book,…

Mads absolutely NAILED the whimsy of Hannibal-in-jail in this episode. He was fucking perfect, and it didn't feel forced at all, as I feel it had in previous episodes where he was doing some of the almost comedic routines Lecter does in the book.

As shocking as this show can be, I honestly just NEVER expected to see that… it was uncomfortably hilarious

It was totally inconceivable that Alana would let Hannibal open his own mail at this point, but also totally worth it for that amazing sight gag of him swallowing the lip. I love how confinement has made Hannibal so much more crude, especially when he just outright sniggered at Chilton's suggestion that he is…

That was a real Pushing Daisies-type line.

I think we've seen plenty to make Dolarhyde a frightening presence; in fact in scenes like the one last week where he and Reba got it on, I was on the edge of my seat with fear that he was going to just flip out and hurt her. Think about it, we saw Will re-enact his brutal murder of the Leeds family - which basically…

The black guy, specifically.

"I've had it with you crazy sons of bitches" was SUCH a Manhunter moment. It actually made me laugh.

Damn, this movie has an INCREDIBLE cast! I'd see it for Mikkelsen alone, but Tudyk? Riz Ahmed? Forrest Whitaker? Ben Mendelsohn? I almost wish it wasn't a Star Wars movie because I'd love to see a cast this good do something more dramatic.

That's what the subtitles say, too. Still, the funny thing is just the way he says it

He was terrific on this! Wish he would get more of the weirdo supporting parts he excels at rather than the misplaced lead roles he usually gets.

Yeah, it's a little forced. I did love the scene last episode where Alana was taunting him and he was just silent and calm the entire time, except when he whispered to himself "tick, tock… boom". That felt very much in tune with Mads' usual performance, but his dialogue this week didn't really.

Yeah, it was one of the few times I've found myself wishing I hadn't seen Manhunter, because Cox's version of that scene is so great and Mads was pretty lame in comparison. I don't think anyone would buy that a guy who spoke like Mads Mikkelsen was actually Bob Greer, a guy who says stuff like "I'll dance at your…

Well, crucially they don't want to fuck each other, so…

Well, the actor is able to wear them, so I guess it's possible.

Weren't they saying for ages that the character's name in this version was Victor Domashev? And now very recently it seems to have been changed to Victor Von Doom. Am I crazy or were they still making such big changes to the movie weeks before its release?

Well, I genuinely just don't feel much towards it. I don't think it really fails as a movie - like it doesn't do anything offensively terrible. But at the same time, it bores me and I don't find it very funny. It doesn't feel like The Simpsons at all to me, I'll say that.

Honestly, I've been loving the show's take on Red Dragon so much that I'm actually happy it's ending. It's a terrific way for things to conclude, the way Harris intended for the characters. I'm not really interested in seeing the writers try to invent an entirely new story for Hannibal and Will next season, or attempt…