Note: Full spoilers for the Hannibal: Season 3 premiere follow.
First of all, a moment to pause and rejoice… Hannibal is back!
The Season 3 premiere was not a “hit the ground running” one. It didn’t pick up moments after the finale, with ambulances rushing to the grisly scene in Hannibal’s house. No, Bryan Fuller instead took the intriguing approach of focusing entirely on Hannibal and Bedelia’s new life abroad – first in Paris, then in Florence.
“I’ve killed hardly anyone during our residence” Hannibal remarked, in one of the show’s darkly humorous moments – and one that also was notable for how casual Hannibal is about his true nature with Bedelia, who truly knows everything about what he’s doing, yet is living with him. Why? That’s a continued question. I loved her talking about how she believes she is in control of her actions – both because we, as the audience -- especially seeing how Hannibal had so completely subverted Miriam last year -- would be asking the same thing and because it makes things even more complicated. Even Bedelia herself doesn’t quite seem to know why she is there. Begging the question of whether she just doesn’t want to admit to a true darkness within her.
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First of all, a moment to pause and rejoice… Hannibal is back!
The Season 3 premiere was not a “hit the ground running” one. It didn’t pick up moments after the finale, with ambulances rushing to the grisly scene in Hannibal’s house. No, Bryan Fuller instead took the intriguing approach of focusing entirely on Hannibal and Bedelia’s new life abroad – first in Paris, then in Florence.
“I’ve killed hardly anyone during our residence” Hannibal remarked, in one of the show’s darkly humorous moments – and one that also was notable for how casual Hannibal is about his true nature with Bedelia, who truly knows everything about what he’s doing, yet is living with him. Why? That’s a continued question. I loved her talking about how she believes she is in control of her actions – both because we, as the audience -- especially seeing how Hannibal had so completely subverted Miriam last year -- would be asking the same thing and because it makes things even more complicated. Even Bedelia herself doesn’t quite seem to know why she is there. Begging the question of whether she just doesn’t want to admit to a true darkness within her.
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