Hannibal

I'll just be miffed for a second... depending on how it plays out if he's still alive. He IS a good character to keep around -- one of the few who believes Will.

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I pointed out the twitter feed. This is the tweet: https://mobile.twitter.com/BryanFull...90739737477121

Fuller is changing the original stories or tweaking them, but the end result is kept the same. The point is hes telling an incredibly fun seven season story with visuals unmatched,and strong acting. Has there ever been a tv series with better visuals than Hannibal? Seriously Im asking.

I have no idea how theyre gonna wrap the season up. I only know that its gonna be wild, and we will want more.

Im hoping beyond hope that this one makes it, but how can I be confident?

I this show!!!!

Last night's episode was f'ing AMAZING! I seriously hope they can stay on the air long enough for all 7 seasons. I really, really want to see the return of Mason.

And no, I have never seen a show quite like this. For such grotesque subject matter, it is absolutely beautiful. I love the colors. It's like watching a moving painting. This is the finest thing I have ever seen on network and it's right up there with some of the premium cable options. For once NBC gets kudos for pushing the envelope and bringing us some truly great television. Anthony Hopkins is a fantastic Lecter, and it may be blasphemy, but Mads is taking over this role and I just love watching when he is on screen.

Season finale tonight! My prediction is somebody's gonna die.

Ok Tongo, you know I dont get to watch it until Saturday morning.... can we hold off on any comments until then..... please??

Dont worry Gal that wasnt a spoiler as much as an obvious guess (joke).

The best season finale Ive seen in years. They even had an easter egg after the credits.

Tongo, I have to agree. A great season finale. I cant wait for season 3. The network has pressed their ability very far this season. Will they continue to push farther? and will they be allowed to continue the gruesomeness?

I'm a bit let down, to be honest. Very little was explained. When and how were Jack and Alana fully convinced of Hannibal's guilt? Alana fought the idea all year long, and we just jump right over that? This has been a lingering, patient show that's focused heavily on people's feelings, motivations, and decisions, so it seems bizarre to jump past this. I can appreciate a slow-burning, deliberate story, but not if all that pondering means you have to rush past major developments later.

Also, in retrospect, I don't think showing us the fight between Jack and Hannibal really added anything. And what exactly was the plan/purpose with Abigail? Everything seem designed to just pay off in the moment, but then you've gotta double back and justify the choice.

And while I can appreciate a good cliffhanger, it does feel a little cheap to set things up so literally all or none of the characters at the end (save Abigail) could either be dead or alive next year.

Part of me would admire it if they killed them all off and started fresh, though I don't think they will and hope they don't. I think Will's definitely alive, but that's about it.

Still a great show and a great season, and plenty of great moments, but I think there were some significant missteps here.

Well heres how I saw it...

Well Im just not understanding the perception that Jack and Alana did a 180 in the final. There is no evidence that changed their mind, but gut hunches that were shown in prior episodes.

Alana was suspicous of Will Graham. Then Will put a loaded gun in her hand for her own protection. Right then I think she opened her eyes some. Then when Dr Chilton was the supposed killer she, like Will, just blew it off as pure nonsense. When she saw Freddie wasnt dead and under FBI protection all doubts were gone.

Jack Crawford on the other hand just didnt believe Dr Chilton capable. There was no evidence that proved Chilton wasnt the killer, and tons that he was.....just like Will Graham when he was accused. The fact that everything was on such a display and so easily found made Jack suspicious. He had a conversation with Graham just the episode before how he was hanging his neck out on this.

She was totally on Hannibal's side, and in the finale, she totally believed he was evil. When did that happen? What did we see to suggest this was happening?

Im just describing the scenes that were in prior episodes.

She wasnt totally on his side for 2 eipisodes or so. Her first doubts started the episode Hannibal smelled the gunpowder on her.

There were 2 things I did not like about the final...

I saw a couple of episodes but never really got interested in it mostly because I haven't seen it from the start.

Alana was turned when the Freddie plan was revealed. The scene of showing her that Lounds was alive is all we needed to fill in the gaps. That being a "shock" scene for the viewer implies that there is an obvious conversation as to Jack and Will's plan. It's not a great leap from there to see her turn on Hannibal. One of the things I admire about the show is that nothing is really dumbed down for us. Heavy dialogue and fairly intricate plots with enough story for us to fill in the gaps on our own. WE fill in the gaps for Alana turning, to allow for other scenes, rather than showing us 10 minutes of Alana being convinced Hannibal is evil.

Lecter and Abigail: Lecter is probably the smartest serial killer in all of tv and movies. I believe Abigail is kept alive for two reasons. 1, he sees a new pupil in her to mold. 2, it is essentially the same thing Jack and WIll did with Lounds. Hannibal likes to make sure he has options. The moment he smells Lounds' hair on Will he knows it is all over and in order for him to survive he has to get rid of Abigail. Part of it is his own anger at Will's betrayal. He thought he had someone he could really be friends with, so what does a serial killer do when his heart is broken? He kills everyone and walks out the door.

My bets for who lives and dies: Will and Jack live. Fuller has never strayed too far from the story we all know, so in order for the Red Dragon/Silence of the Lambs/Hannibal story lines to remain intact those two have to survive. Alana dies, because she believed a little too late and she slept with Hannibal. Abigail dies (fairly obvious, although in a finale interview Fuller joked that she survived having her neck cut before. I still think she dies though. there is no longer any need to have her in the story).

That's my $.02