Hannibal, S2 Ep 1/2

Hannibal, S2 Ep 1/2

Hi everybody, Mary here.

So, now it's time for the second week of #TwoWeeksOfHannibal as I am going to review the second season. So, without any further ado, let's get started with the two first episodes of the season, Kaiseki and Sakizuke. So let's go !

Kaiseki

"Kaiseki. A Japanese art form that honors the taste and aesthetic of what we eat."

     In this episode, Hannibal Lecter shows once again his passion for culinary things ans keeps showing off his skills. In this season, Japanese gastronomy was the one chosen to name the episodes, and Hannibal decides to cook Japanese dishes to keep impressing people around him. However, knowing Lecter's cannibalistic tendencies, wa could ask ourselves if he isn't also talking about his murders and the "human meat" he's consuming in his everyday life. Indeed, no matter what he does, he does it with calm and concision. But how long will he be able to keep this reputation, knowing that his own psychiatrist suspects what he does now ? (note to self : I dealt with this point previously, what a coincidence...)

"I'm not the intelligent psychopath you've been looking for."

     While Will Graham is kept locked in his cell, waiting for his trial, nobody believes him. He lost the trust of Jack Crawford, Alana Bloom tries desperately to make him innocent and Hannibal, as usual, "tries" to help him. However, that doesn't prevent him from keeping his work for the FBI as one of Crawford's employees reaches to him to solve another series of murders, without Jack's permission. And without using his ability, Will sees the murderer's pattern : a palet of colours. (another note : feels like Will is more competent than any FBI agent that was given the job for supposed qualifications...)

"You're not my friend. The light from friendship won't reach us in a million years. That's how away from friendship we are."

     In this episode, we can also see the confrontation between Will Graham and Hannibal Lecter, as the latter is the one reponsible for the imprisonement of the former. Not only Lecter likes showing off, it seems he also likes to play a sort of chess with real people as pawns he can move against his opponents to keep his secrets and use his influence to stay out of trouble. Lecter is shown as the person everybody believes instantly and trusts unconditionally, while Graham has a Cassandra-esque role where nobody believes him despite his calls for a fair judgment and a proper hearing in front of the authorities.

Overall impression : A great episode built on tension, I don't know what prevented Will fron telling Jack about the ear shovelled into his throat by Lecter (but maybe he thought not to be believed again). Anyway, great episode.

Sakizuke

"Will Graham is either delusional or a psychopath, neither of which I can trust."

     Everybody has eyes on Will now. As he haw become the center of attention, he has lost Jack's trust even when he keeps helping the FBI solving murders. Not being trusted and staying alone with his demons is quite difficult for Will, but at the very least, his dogs (what he considers his family) are taken care of by Alana Bloom, who is quite the only person still believing that he wasn't actively a murderer and that the FBI put him in dangerous situations. Since the beginning of the first season, she had warned Jack of the consequences of Will's return on the field for him, and now, Jack has to pay for the consequences as well. An internal investigation is even done to see what could be wrong with Crawford's team... But as predicted, nothing is to be blamed on Hannibal's side.

"If God is looking down on you, don't you want to be looking back at him ?"

     And as usual, this week's case is... someone killing people to make the shape of an eye "thanks to" their skin complex ! As the scenes now are more and more graphic, Hannibal uses this series of murders to kill the murderer (that will be discovered by Will later), and continue his work of copycat. Maybe this is the thing that will betrau Lecter in the end : if Graham is in jail and there are "several" copycats going into the wild and doing what Will was accused of, maybe that will restart the investigations... Let's hope that Hannibal's true nature will be discovered soon.

"And the conclusion that I've drawn is that you are dangerous."

     Hannibal's psychiatrist, Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier, ends up telling Hannibal that she finds him quite dangerous, and adds that their relationship as a psychiatrist and patient is now over. She doesn't want to talk to him anymore and even goes up to see Crawford to tell him what happened. As I said before, I believe that she kowns some things (or at the ery least suspects them), and she tries to withdraw herself from the situation before it's too late. In the end of the episode, she even goes up to Will just to tell him "I believe you.", which means that she has now taken his side in the trial that is now bound to happen soon and that could lead him to the death penalty because of the murders he was accused of. This character is in my opinion, going to change the situation quite soon...

Overal impression : Another great episode, the ending was spectacular and it leaves me as always wanting for more ! The God references also teach us a lot about the human behaviour...

Okay, that's it for today ! I hope you enjoyed this post and I will see you soon for the following one !

And as usual, out last word... KIDNEYS !