It can be both. In the books Hannibal conflates sibling love with romantic love; you can make the same case here: Hannibal sees Will both as his soulmate, his one true love, and perhaps in the future his sexual lover.

Right, though?!

GA looked FANTASTIC. Somehow, as she ha gotten older she has gotten even more beautiful. Like, how is that possible??!

Will desire to be good- a nurturer, a father and husband- is what makes him 'good' in this universe. That is why when he has his breakthrough with Bedelia and realizes that Hannibal does love him in his own horrible Hannibal way and worse yet, Will does crave that regard, Will has that look of perfect horror on his…

Will is definitely The Chick in this show. He has been put into peril so many times and saved that he might as well wear a princess dress, honestly.

Hannibal gets to wear dignity pants. SEXY.

* am laughing like a loon*
God, look for the special Martha Stewart did years back when she cooked a turkey in pie pastry. A whole turkey.

Kids do that, though. Walt is 11, and if his dad died 2-3 years ago, and Will is as gentle and tender as we saw a few episodes ag, then calling him Dad would have been very natural.My godsons on occasion call me Mom and they are 12 and 14.

Passionate, initimate relationships, even tough it does not have sex, can inspire a high. There were studies dones that were publish a little while ago that showed that falling in love, for the brain, becomes a conditioned response- in other words, like an addiction, Will fell in love with Hannibal, deeply and truly,…

LOL( makes gargling noises as I laugh)

Apparently (according to Hannibal) she ran off to Europe. Supposing that Hannibal was NOT lying to Jack, Becky must have put 2 and 2 together, and said to herself " I have just enough money for a ticket, and I hear that waitressing jobs in Paris aren't too bad."

And what gets me, GETS ME,is that Hannibal GOT PAID to torture people like that. $200/hour, per patient.

Hannibal totally wants his cake…and to eat it, too. THAT'S EXACTLY THE PROBLEM.

Beleagured Doctor: Okay. It's okay- don't be shy. We all have one thing in common here, and together we can heal. Go ahead, introduce yourself.

6th date:

Bedelia is Hannibal match and equal but Will is Hannibal's hot obsession, as Hannibal is Will's. Passion like that is destructive, and Bedelia is very much about self preservation!

OUCH.
*in a small voice* I liked Manhunter.
*in a smaller voice* I liked the book, too, though
*squeaks* but I hope this version of Will gets back to his Molly, despite what happens to him in the books. He gosh darn has some sort of happiness coming to him in this dark universe.

Mother: "He…he just told us he had trouble sleeping?!"

Okay, you have made my Monday, because this is EXACTLY how it went down with this poor patient. Are there any non evil psychiatrists in the greater Baltimore-D.C. area?

AH, but Chilton is not running the joint- ALANA is.