I didn't really hate it until mostly this season, where it started to feel waaaaay overdone (at the expense of coherent story and dialogue). I only barely made it because of my love of Mads Mikkelsen's Hannibal.

what's even sadder is that they might have if they'd had less slow-motion close-up "cinematography p0rn" shots taking up the screentime all the time. snails are more important, no? clearly they got their priorities straight….

If I remember correctly, yes I think so? It's partly why I dislike that whole episode so much - it felt so unnecessary and it seems like it was a factor in making sure we never got Lecter's. Which is such bs in my opinion, since Lecter's has so much potential from the mention of it we get in Red Dragon. I was so sure…

I don't understand how more people aren't upset at the puny montage of Lecter’s arrest and early incarceration we got instead of, I don't know, even half an episode or something, considering that's what Will got in Savoureux. Will got a whole episode for his trial while the infamous Lecter trial didn't even get a…

Well, since Bryan's already said that Season 3 will be the manhunt for Hannibal, it's pretty obvious that he'll be unmasked by the end of S2 or very beginning of S3. I don't mind knowing what'll inevitably happen as long as the journey there is worthwhile (which it looks to be).