114 Hannibal - oddly never heard of it
It's not surprising, NBC did a
terrible job promoting this show.
For you, and anyone else reading this thread who hasn't seen it, it's worth searching out. I think it's even free on Pluto at the moment? Or maybe the first season is on AMC+? It's hard to keep track nowadays.
Give it a few episodes, and see if it clicks with you. It's not for everyone, for sure, but try to give it at least five episodes if you can stomach the gore. But as you watch, remember, this was on
network broadcast television. In a space that's now full of
NCIS's and
911's, this show was unlike anything else and in a class of its own. It could have easily been on HBO on Sunday nights without any changes. It has a lot of that same quality feel as
Mindhunter, it just oozes that kind of Netflix polish and NBC was doing it years before on a weekly schedule.
I almost forgive NBC for struggling with how to segue from an episode of
The Office into a show where a guy's throat is ripped open and a cello neck shoved down through his mouth so that his vocal chords could be played like an instrument, all shown in graphic detail. But every second of this show is
deeply saturated with mood and tension and pathos and drama and it's all done on purpose, like a rich, succulent meal prepared by top chef, to satisfy the audience's enjoyment.
This was a show designed at its core to be
savored. Yes it was 'artsy', but was done intentionally in service of that concept.
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