Obliquely, she does touch upon Emily, when she asks Mulder if it's possible that she was just an incubator. Needless to say, unlike with Emily, she had a genuine connection with William.

"Blame Canada!"

You don't have to. Bullet points: she was offered 50% of Duchov's salary. She said: GTFO, no. I'm getting the same salary as Duchov. Fox shut up and paid.

Just how difficult it is to check her IMDB page? Post X-Files she was in way more projects than him, and better projects at that.

"She hasn't had a big hit series since X-Files." That's not true. Of the shows she made "Bleak House" and "The Fall" were immensely popular and critically acclaimed.

How can you honestly say Anderson's career faltered? Check her IMDB page, check what roles she got to play in the theatre (hint: those every actress would kill to play). The only reason she got that initial offer was sexism.

It's very popular on Netflix and in Europe.

Oh, stop with the nonsense: we're not talking about a cameo role, but about two LEAD actors working equally hard on a show and the pay disparity resulting from Hollywood's sexism. And if you're so keen on counting someone's cash, choose Duchovny: he's got paid way more for The X-Files, even though she was in it more.

He was

No, he's not, unfortunately. I would trade 100 CSMs for one handsome and feral Krycek.

Fish are faceless, kind of. That might be helpful, kind of.

Arthur Machen. Start with "The Great God Pan."

Or at least a Machen/Ashton Smith mash-up? I keep dreaming.

I heard ortolans will be involved - as food for snails, of course; the cracking of their bones will be the only sound effect.

It felt like a pointless digression to you, but made a lot of sense in the story. By the way, Will's arc is not over, either. He is definitely a changed man, capable of killing not only for the right reasons. The remaining episodes might throw a new light on what you consider obvious. Enjoy the process. ;)

The Florence arc may be over, but not the general arc, including Bedelia's role in non/"slaying" Dollarhyde. As to time wasted, I find your argument a tad ridiculous. They may have just as well shortened the tiger scene. Bottomline: they wanted to tell the story in a specific way. Obviously, you want everything to be…

You're wrong. She was trying to save him at first, but once the situation became unmanageable, so to speak, she "crushed the bird."

"The cleanest reading of Bedelia in s2 is that she understands how Hannibal shreds reality and, as a prior victim of his, she gives Will back the ground so to speak. It is an act of empathy, sympathy and bravery."

How is it inconsequential? Bedelia understands other characters so well and addresses the most relevant issues in the show: the nature of evil, nature vs nurture, how people are delusional about themselves and are unable to understand their own motivations. Oh, and the purpose of psychotherapy which, in theory, should…

On Twitter Fuller said it was a deliberate reference to Foster's words in that interview.