Hannibal
Stuck the LandingFinale "The Wrath of the Lamb" scored 9.7, one of its highest-rated episodes.
Stylized directionBold, signature formal choices.This show: 10/10Visually strikingComposition and imagery worth pausing for.This show: 10/10AtmosphericMood and place thick enough to touch.This show: 10/10Psychological horrorFear that comes from the mind: paranoia, sanity, perception.This show: 9/10Central duoOne pair's chemistry carries everything.This show: 9/10DisturbingContent that lingers uncomfortably after the credits.This show: 9/10UnsettlingA creeping sense of unease and wrongness that gets under your skin.This show: 9/10Character studyInterior life matters more than plot.This show: 9/10
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Starring
Hugh DancyMads MikkelsenCaroline DhavernasLaurence FishburneScott ThompsonAaron Abrams
Written by
Bryan Fuller
Starring
Hugh DancyMads MikkelsenCaroline DhavernasLaurence FishburneScott ThompsonAaron Abrams
Written by
Bryan Fuller
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Hannibal Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 8.8 | 9.2 | |
| S2 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 9.0 | 8.6 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 9.8 | |
| S3 | 8.7 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 9.0 | 8.6 | 9.3 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.8 | 9.7 |
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About
"Haute-couture horror as a slow seduction"
FBI profiler Will Graham is drawn into an intense, unsettling partnership with psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter, unaware his new confidant is a serial killer. What follows is less procedural than fever dream: gorgeously composed, blood-soaked tableaux, hushed dialogue thick with subtext, and a slow psychological seduction between two brilliant men. It moves deliberately, favoring mood and dread over jump scares or twists, and asks patience for its operatic, almost painterly violence. The chemistry between Mads Mikkelsen and Hugh Dancy anchors everything, turning a cannibal-killer premise into something eerily intimate, beautiful, and genuinely disturbing.
Watch it for
the hypnotic Mikkelsen-Dancy dynamic and some of television's most painterly, disturbing imagery.
Maybe skip if
you need fast pacing or can't stomach stylized, lingering violence.
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Season 12013
8.4119K139h 16m
After a particularly grueling case hunting a serial killer known as the Minnesota Shrike, Will Graham threatens to walk away. Jack Crawford, the head of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit, desperately needs Will on his team to break the tough cases, so he enlists Dr. Hannibal Lecter, to ensure Will's mental well-being. Unbeknownst to Will, Hannibal also has a particular insight into these horrible crimes and the psychopaths who commit them. As Will hunts down brutal killers, he is unknowingly sitting across from the most gifted killer of them all.
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Season 22014
9.1128K139h 17m
When damning evidence shows up at the FBI that implicates Will in a string of grisly murders, he is immediately placed under the care of the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. As Will tries to assure Jack of his innocence, he also attempts to convince him of the identity of the real killer.
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Season 32015
8.7100K139h 30m
After the shocking events of the Season 2 finale, Hannibal is on the run in Europe - accompanied by his psychiatrist Bedelia Du Maurier - sporting a new identity, but servicing the same insatiable appetite. As the lives of Will, Jack and Alana converge toward Hannibal again, each with their own motivations to catch him once and for all, their deadly dance turns in startling and unexpected ways.
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Hugh Dancy Will Graham
Mads Mikkelsen Dr. Hannibal Lecter
Caroline Dhavernas Dr. Alana Bloom
Laurence Fishburne Jack Crawford
Scott Thompson Jimmy Price
Aaron Abrams Brian Zeller
Gillian Anderson Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier
Hettienne Park Beverly Katz
Kacey Rohl Abigail Hobbs
Lara Jean Chorostecki Freddie Lounds
Crew
Bryan Fuller
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