This whole thing is just infuriating. I can't believe they did it.

The bird being dead when it was put in the body is a great idea for a different show, or at least a slightly different version of Hannibal. I feel like the show traffics in that kind of magical realism in a nicely subtle way already. No need to make it literal, as the tone and atmosphere is already there.

Donald Sutherland, duh. Is there even a serious argument to be made to the contrary?

When the credits rolled, I was reminded of how conditioned we are to accept different pacing in TV shows than we do in movies. This episode was almost as long as the original movie, and while things certainly move quickly and it's a satisfying episode, it still feels like a lot of set-up. Whereas Fargo-the-movie told…