Perfect name for the vet.  I also really enjoyed his non-reaction reactions to having his arm lopped off and then having that skin-remover thing spiked into his skull (only to be removed later and stolen by Bender).  Very placid guy, that Drrr.

I think the reason the glowing butts thing at the end worked for me is because it seemed snarky by way of being deliberately dumb.  But Bender's ". . . What the hell's been going on here?" kicked it up a few notches.

The seed is strong, eh?

"There's a lighter in my butt!"

Oh man, the alliteration alone would have been worth it.

I seriously hope so — it's what I want the next ep to be.  What we saw in the 'scenes from next week' had me rolling.

Mmm . . . and/or Pastitsio.

"RAWR."

I want to say Randy Savage as Sgt. Hatred, but we'd need a time machine or a necromancer for that.  :(

SPANAKOPITA!!!

@avclub-d4ab2732ed8ac6a4b2d9734cf4c851d2:disqus For some reason, I was so so sure that you were linking to this:  https://www.youtube.com/wat… (song part starts around 1:35).  Certainly it's one my husband and I have sung before going out.

Man, there could be a whole blond-mulleted army out there — well, eventually, once they get older.  There's some potential future plot fun in that.

With the assistance of a sedative or a muscle relaxant, Hannibal might have been able to bypass Will's gag reflex and shove the ear down his throat.  Even if it had stayed in his stomach longer, I'm guessing cartilage is digested slower . . .

Exactly — same line, completely different delivery and context. chilling, heartbreaking.

Agreed on the slo-mo being unnecessary, but that scene was still very affecting despite it.  At normal speed, it would have been much more raw.

I can't think of that song without also thinking of the time that the cast of Frasier inexplicably hosted an hour of videos on either MTV or VH1 (yes, back when they played videos).  Just prior to the Loverboy video airing, there's a wide shot of the whole cast, some sitting, some standing, all wearing red headbands. …

*pictures one-eared Abigail playing poker in a cage with one-armed Miriam*

I could see Hannibal staffing a gourmet restaurant with some of his protégés, as they all work to stock and prep the meat they bring in — sort of a classier Sweeney Todd.

Du Maurier's 'Your patterns are showing' statement to Hannibal was chilling.  Thoroughly convinced me that she knows exactly what he is, what he does . . . and what she's eating.  "Controversial meat" indeed.

Yeah, I think the tears sprung from real emotion, but not from the way he characterizes his emotions as he speaks.  Hannibal genuinely regrets what he did to Abigail, not because he killed her but because he failed to make her part of his family — aka, a full-blown serial killer like himself.  He's been trying to…