I don't like that people are experiencing the kind of grief that Vonnie K is, but I do think that Hettienne Park is exactly right when she says that if her character was going to be kept safe she'd just be a background lab tech, not someone we'd get to know and actually care about. On a show like this one the better roles (I almost said meatier) are likely to involve some peril to the characters.
I do think this is one more example of why we need more diversity in casting on all kinds of shows. If everyone has more characters to identify with, it won't feel like such a betrayal when one is sacrificed to the story. Or at least not that kind of betrayal - it's still supposed to hurt to lose characters we like.
I was very happy to see Beverly tonight. I had hoped that would be the case since we've been spending so much time in Will's head this season.
I was very happy to see Beverly tonight. I had hoped that would be the case since we've been spending so much time in Will's head this season.
Me, too. We still get snatches of Abigail, so I hope this isn't actually Beverly's last appearance.
The crime scene was really disturbing for me. Reminded me of part of The Cell, which I love, but which really gives me nightmares.
I'm also glossing over how Hannibal could have pulled that off without anyone noticing -- the entry to the observatory is right out in the open, for one. And even in the dead of a night, a man carrying giant slabs of lucite inside can't have been an in-and-out process.
The metaphor of it is so perfect, it's hard to mind, though.
The timeline isn't exactly realistic either, (How long would it take to freeze a body solid enough for slicing?) but I'm not dwelling on the logistics.
Dwelling on the logistics with this show is a recipe for heartbreak. None of it really works, realistically.
So I look at it as a sort of surrealistic nightmare fairy tale? Or something.
Heh. Pun totally not intended, but I like it!
The body not only had to be frozen, but also preserved somehow so that nothing was dripping. Hannibal would have to have one hell of a saw and many blades, plus an untraceable source for giant sheets of plexiglass.
All I know is that the show lost me when it went directly from "find the kidney, find the murderer" to Hannibal mincing meat.
Much extra salty handwavium must be applied, it's true.
I ignore the giant plot holes, because I love watching Mads Mikkelson and Hugh Dancy (and everybody else, really) too much to give it up.
I started assuming last season that it was some kind of AU where people can travel ridiculous distances with no effort.
That's just TV, though. I mean... 24?
For me it's all about the visual style and the mix of dark humor with things that are deeply disturbing.
