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Just started watching the first season. It's uneven, but still enjoyable, and reading here that it picks up as the seasons go along is getting me psyched.
So far, I'm enjoying Mads' take on Hannibal a great deal, and Larry Fishburne/Jack Crawford is great as well. Hugh Dancy's Will Graham blew me away at first, but his twitchy, Aspergers/verge of a nervous breakdown schtick that so impressed me the first few episodes is already starting to wear thin as there's little else to him (yet). I know his whole deal is that he's supposed to be able to think like the killers he's investigating, but the way they portray it is practically supernatural. He doesn't do anything resembling actual detective work, he just lies down and *poof*, time rewinds and he knows almost everything.
That, and the "killer of the week" thing is kind of lame as well, especially since the methods of each killer are so ridiculously over-the-top and outlandish (the mushroom garden, the "angels") that it's impossible to take them seriously. I was especially sad that the mushroom garden wasn't actually Hannibal's doing, as the idea of him growing them in that way for use in his meals was horrifyingly beautiful. The reality that it was just some kooky random pharmacist was a bit of a letdown.
Bear in mind, however, that I just finished the first disc of season one, and despite my issues with it I still find it to be a very good show, although at the moment it's mostly being carried for me by Hannibal and Crawford. But at its core it's still entertaining with tons of potential that I'm glad to hear it starts living up to as it goes along. It's just a bummer that I'm getting into it now that it was just cancelled.
Originally Posted by dechecho
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