The End of Hannibal
Another show that I watch just ended: Hannibal. Its finale was already in the can when the news of NBC's non-renewal (distribution) was announced.
If you watch Hannibal, I've got a few comments under the cut.
My view may be in the minority, but I felt that Will did not go dark-side and cuddle up with Hannibal because he loved him, but because he had every intention of killing him. He pretended convincingly enough to get close enough to make sure Hannibal would not be prepared for being pushed off the cliff. I also felt that Will felt he himself was a dead man soon enough, so why not do what he had intended to begin with?
I'd rather think that Will redeemed himself with his own sacrifice to prevent Hannibal from killing anyone ever again. It's just sad that he felt that there was no other way to do it.
Although, that's not the view taken by Bryan Fuller, but he has said that he likes the idea that others are "writing fan fic" to his own fan fic. In my world, Will did not go with Hannibal as a "murder husband", but as someone who felt the strong need to protect others from the monster that Hannibal was.
Sure, Will felt that he could become Hannibal, but I don't believe for an instance that he had become what he so obviously abhorred.
Of course, they survived the fall because Fuller said that much more interesting things would happen in Will's life in Season 4. So they're talking some kind of sequel, perhaps to wrap it up or to continue it, but I'd rather like it having ended with Hannibal's end and Will's redemption.
As far as Bedelia's leg and her terror at the dinner table, I choose to believe that if Hannibal survived, that Will is not with him and that the 3rd place setting is meant to be empty for symbolic reasons. She said herself that she wanted to be the "last wife" of Hannibal, after all. I guess I can live in my own fantasy world, just as Fuller lives in his.
If you watch Hannibal, I've got a few comments under the cut.
My view may be in the minority, but I felt that Will did not go dark-side and cuddle up with Hannibal because he loved him, but because he had every intention of killing him. He pretended convincingly enough to get close enough to make sure Hannibal would not be prepared for being pushed off the cliff. I also felt that Will felt he himself was a dead man soon enough, so why not do what he had intended to begin with?
I'd rather think that Will redeemed himself with his own sacrifice to prevent Hannibal from killing anyone ever again. It's just sad that he felt that there was no other way to do it.
Although, that's not the view taken by Bryan Fuller, but he has said that he likes the idea that others are "writing fan fic" to his own fan fic. In my world, Will did not go with Hannibal as a "murder husband", but as someone who felt the strong need to protect others from the monster that Hannibal was.
Sure, Will felt that he could become Hannibal, but I don't believe for an instance that he had become what he so obviously abhorred.
Of course, they survived the fall because Fuller said that much more interesting things would happen in Will's life in Season 4. So they're talking some kind of sequel, perhaps to wrap it up or to continue it, but I'd rather like it having ended with Hannibal's end and Will's redemption.
As far as Bedelia's leg and her terror at the dinner table, I choose to believe that if Hannibal survived, that Will is not with him and that the 3rd place setting is meant to be empty for symbolic reasons. She said herself that she wanted to be the "last wife" of Hannibal, after all. I guess I can live in my own fantasy world, just as Fuller lives in his.