I'm just going to answer in general terms. Hannibal is a well-made show, particularly in terms of having a cinematic visual style, which is rare for a network TV show. However, it's about a serial killer. A serial killer who transforms his victims into art projects. And the show glorifies those murders. …

It's rare that spoiler information about almost any TV program would interfere with my viewing, and even most movies, although I'm glad I didn't know how any of the modern noir films (which I really enjoy) like Body Heat or The Usual Suspects would end.

I think we'll learn before the end of the season that Barack Obama is one of the followers.    That  makes as much sense as any other storyline on the show.

What eighth amendment rights has Carrol been denied?    He's on death row but still seems to have the run of the prison.     Inmates on death row lead a very restricted life, which only becomes more restricted as their execution date comes closer.    And why is he being transferred to another state, when murder is…

Just to jump on the implausiblity boat, isn't Joe supposed to be on death row (or did I miss something).    Inmates who are approaching execution have even greater limits on ability to communicate than regular inmates.    It would be really hard for a death row inmate to coordinate a group of his trained assassins,…

It's good someone is paying attention to this show.    While it was pretty good in its first season, the current season has shown tremendous growth.    They haven't really changed anything — most of what is going on in the show is the way they are going more deeply into the characters.

There's so much on this show that strains credibility.    Just the basic idea that someone who has been in prison (on death row!) for many years has the ability to command an army of homicidal followers is bad enough, but there are so many individual plot elements which make no sense.   I realize that lawyers must…

The same thing could be said about the use of sexuality — that's why Enlightened is a much better exploration of the ethics of business culture than House of Lies (and why it wasn't until the second season until the virtues of Enlightened became more apparent).  
   The soul destroying power of empty, mechanical…

I know credibility isn't considered necessary in a crime procedural, it's hard to imagine an inmate on death row escaping.  

If a program and episode this awful gets a C-, what would they have to do to get a lower grade?   From the comments, it seems like people are only watching this in the same sense that we can't look away from an awful highway accident.     
   The only positive thing that can be said about House of Lies is that it is…