Hannibal 1x06: "Entrée"

[cleolinda]

OH MY SHIT

YOU GUYS

WHAT JUST HAPPENED

This episode is a thing of beauty and delight once you realize what they're doing. But since I'm largely staying away from spoilers, I didn't know, and thus I spent much of it shouting at the TV in a fit of fangirl pique. Bear with me, then.

Comments

[joonscribble]

YAY!! A recap!

So what you mean to tell me is--you are saying that--Lecter is sitting here in front of his fireplace pensively thinking about how he's genuinely sorry about Bella Crawford, and sorry for Jack because he's losing her, because even cannibals sometimes get the feels, and he felt fairly wistful, indeed, as he was sneaking around Crawford's house TRYING TO GASLIGHT HIM INTO THINKING HIS TRAINEE WAS STILL ALIVE? "Yes," he said to himself, as he set up a phone call to relay Miriam's last words to Crawford (the second time), "I feel such sympathy for this brave, suffering woman--now, should I lay a single blonde hair across her pillow, or should I actually lay Dead Miriam out in the bed for the full effect"? ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT IS WHAT HE DID?

You are literally the absolute worst, sir. He is the absolute worst, but his motives make sense (at least to him). I think he was punishing Jack Crawford because he knew Jack was behind the Freddie Lounds story. But this is separate from the fact that Jack is still a soon to be

[cleolinda]

It's all levels of splitting but this is how Hannibal seems to be in this show.

Yeah, there's a REALLY strong ability to compartmentalize that verges on paradox. Like, that you can have feelings that shouldn't even be able to exist side by side--"I feel really sorry for you, except when I want to punish you, and I feel a lot of sympathy but zero remorse." That's just fascinating to me.

[pevchayagalka]

It sort of reminds me of the evil android in Alien - "you have my sympathies. Up to and including suffocating you, which I must now do."

[bienegold]

I missed her middle name the first time I watched the episode. I mean, I heard the last name, but I never imagined... And then oh my heart.

[cleolinda]

Well, for good reason--as far as the transcript I have goes, no one ever mentioned her middle name on the show itself. Fuller basically went out of his way on Twitter to make sure the fans knew. o_O

[bienegold]

Jack says it, but only once. It's easy to miss. I tend to obsessively rewatch, so.

[meleth]

Worst at helping, best at compartmentalizing.

[tabbyclaw]

Everyone's gotta be good at something.

[chrryblssmninja]

To me, it seems like Hannibal is compartmentalizing and also using what he knows to blend Crawford's worries (about his wife and about Miriam) for heightened effect.