The wendigo is a blended myth/psychological disorder seen in Algonquian tribes. The wendigo is basically a spirit that possesses people, causing them to lose consciousness and then kill & eat people, with brief periods of lucidity. This? This was a straight-up wendigo story.

Another thing: while I would LOVE for Hugh Dancy and/or Mads Mikkelsen to win Emmys for this (and obviously for the show to win the whole damn thing), I'm enough used to actors I love not winning that I'll just be disappointed. But if this show doesn't win for Directing and Art Direction, then they are, quite simply,…

Yeah, but she didn't show him until after Will had escaped. I probably would've walked straight over to the one-way mirror, held it up, and said, "We're going to the hospital, please."

@avclub-75e43c12ef9f1cfdaeae92ca6fa90640:disqus I remember learning about that test in a psych class in college!

TRUST BRYAN FULLER.

What I took from that comment was that Will was thinking aloud and FINALLY putting all the other pieces he'd assembled into place. He realized that what Hannibal was saying at that moment wasn't just about Will, it was also about Hannibal, and that allowed him to *know*, as you say.

RIGHT? Why was Alana not waving that clock at everyone who had eyes? Why did no one say, "Will, this is evidence of actual neurological dysfunction, and we want to figure out what's wrong?" Come on, guys!

Re: the scene in the kitchen: I love how that reflected back on all the talk of psychic driving between Hannibal and Chilton. Hannibal has been using a deft hand all along, but in his attempt to turn Will over to his side, he pushed too hard and made Will able to put the pieces together. Beautifully done.

I saw on Twitter: Todd VanDerWerff asked him & he accepted. So it's only a matter of time!

This episode - and my reaction to it, which was mostly screaming under my breath - has given me a full-on headache. I loved it. My God, I will miss this show until it returns.

@LurkyMcLurkerson:disqus HAHAHA I'm an idiot. Whoops. And she was GREAT in it, too! I'm not surprised she's been in slow retirement, nor do I begrudge it of her, I just always want to watch badass actresses playing Elizabeth I.

Judi Dench! Judi Dench!

I'd watch it.

@avclub-454a7bfd685393329597fdb7a92b7969:disqus Note that three of those are children's/YA books, which is different. That market is much more openly girl-oriented than adult books, and that could very well be part of why it booms like it does: women want to read more books about girls, so they flock to the market…

Huh. I wonder if he's aware that Susan Cooper is the author of one of the more-beloved children's fantasy series.

@avclub-ae1846aa63a2c9a5b1d528b1a1d507f7:disqus Yup! "Aww, how adorable, you ABSOLUTE FUCKER."

As soon as I found out it was Bryan Fuller, I knew I was going to watch it and probably like it. But it still far exceeded my expectations. I don't want it to go! (But thank God it's been renewed. I would've wept.)

I'm not sure it's possible to watch the show and not want to coddle Will. Just, like, give him a proper brain scan & effective medication, then lots of hugs and a pile of puppies and a marathon of Parks & Rec.

Such a weird book, but SO GOOD.

I'm guessing you don't work in children's? I do. (Hello, fellow publishing peon!) I also work in adult, and I see repetitive crap in both. YA has "teenager has to save the world," adult literary has "white male writer living in Brooklyn is sad." Both of those have a few examples of what makes that category so good,…