Yeah—I was getting pretty tired of "O Dem Golden Slippers."

So glad that Dan Rydell can finally sing this on air without worrying about Marty Scheinbaum (or his successor) calling him down for a dressing-down over it. #sportsnight #someonepleaselikethis #someonepleaselikeme

As per my other comments on this episode, I'm already pre-emptively mourning the loss of a lot of treasured exchanges between Will and Hannibal from Manhunter.

Also, holy crap, I love how civil and thoughtful the comments section on this website is. I don't participate nearly as much as I would like, but I'm always glad to get to have such interesting conversations off of such a great show.

Hmmm…you make a good point about what we were supposed to take away from Will being in the Leeds' home. As an ardent devotee of Manhunter, I've been waiting for years to see Hugh Dancy walk into that home and knew what he was doing there, but now that you say it, OF COURSE we weren't supposed to know why he was there.…

I don't think so, either, but it makes sense that they'd add some bulk to his relationship with Dolarhyde, since his name is on the show and all.

I think it was in Bryan Fuller's episode-by-episode discussion of season two with the A.V. Club when he said that the fake-out with the flaming wheelchair in season two would be where Hannibal gets the idea for how to have Dollarhyde kill Freddy in the Red Dragon arc. I mean, plans obviously can change, but that was…

When Hannibal was only a few episodes into its first season, my best friend and I had a long conversation about how quickly its interpretations of Lecter, Graham and Crawford became our favorites, and how much we hoped that it wouldn't get canceled before it could get to the Manhunter arc. Well, our wish has been…

Also, have you seen her one-episode role on Fringe? She plays a young girl held as a psychological captive by a monstrous family member. I'm not saying she has a type, but, well, yeah, I'm saying she has a type.

I wish I could like this more times.

Man, ABC Family's definition of "family" really confuses me:

Fair point, Mr. McMahon. I can't believe I overlooked it!

I'm torn on this:

Good to know that some folks could connect with it even without having any attachment to the Gaiman branding!

Good to know that some folks could connect with it even without having any attachment to the Gaiman branding!

I'm not sure how much common ground you and I are going to be able to find if you don't see why I'm bothered by things that, to me, feel unearned, half-assed and shoehorned in.

Tolkein essentially wrote Lord of the Rings and his larger world of associated stories so that he would have some kind of use for the languages that he kept coming up with. My theory is that George R.R. Martin wrote A Song of Ice and Fire for similar reasons—so that he'd have something to do with all of the recipes he…

Fair point. I stand corrected, and one of my only real gripes with the show is satisfactorily explained away.

I'm largely a Lost apologist—I defend the final episode and I think the show largely provided all of the pieces you need to answer most of the lingering fan questions and actually think they did too many Matrix Reloaded-style info dumps in the final season. However, for everything that I will always enjoy about this…

I think you did. I can't speak for everyone, but the aesthetic is there to accomplish a particular effect, set a particular mood, and I think it does it well. It was like candy—but one of those candies from another culture that use slightly different flavors or textures than you're used to, so it stands out and all…