Hannibal 1x9 | Full Length Reaction

Gracias

Franklin

Just started watching your reactions but I absolutely love your analysis!!

Anna

lmao annoyinggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg

Franklin

Some fan once wrote "Putting my feminism away to call Freddie a slur" and that is forever funny to me hahahha. She does her journalism job GOOD but man, is she annoying. Also, I love the chaotic dinner in this episode. How calm everyone looks and what they are actually going through... amazing episode. Peak indeed.

Enot

Finally have time to catch up on your Hannibal reactions 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 idk if anyone in future videos has already commented this….. but the dynamics of hannibal/will/abigail being reminiscent of lesat/louis/claudia is somewhat intentional! bryan fuller, the creator, has said that there were conscious and unconscious references to the IWTV family! I also believe he was attached to IWTV in the very beginning before leaving due to creative differences 🫣

kiwimangle

So good. I saw it back when I was in college

Franklin

i agree with you, she's always been a victim so true. As long as the people and the fans see the greatness. That's all that matters. Awards are not everything

Franklin

aww thanks

Franklin

this show is so good!!! i love your commentary. this is a fun one to rewatch

sparkle

For me, it doesn't change much because Abigail is still a victim. She basically went from capture bonding with her father to capture bonding with Hannibal, all so she can survive. Hannibal saw she can be pretty resourceful and manipulative when she's in a pinch thus he's grooming her. After all this episode is about "securing your legacy". That old man failed to secure his, but Hannibal succeeded. I didn't see it when I first watched Hannibal years ago, but I do see now he really cares about Abigail to some degree. But I wonder when he started to genuinely care about her, because I still believe she was his bait to bond Will to her at first. I didn't pick it up. Anyway, Hannibal didn't sweep Emmys or anything back then, but it's a cult classic and got awards from genre-focused award ceremonies. Similar thing to The Wire. Probably the same thing will happen to IWTV as well cos AMC don't have the budget to do award campaigns but the show is a critics' darling and the fandom keeps growing.

crazykuroneko

@FrankFreezy I recommend the show "the blacklist" with James Spader.

MrGrimReaper

It's just this idea of the characters being so complex and not black and white that I find very refreshing. Can't wait to see what future episode holds

Franklin

why? I'm sure I spend a lot of time in every episode explaining my thoughts. please don't try to police how I feel about certain characters or certain things. It's okay if we view it differently

Franklin

I think anytime we believe Hannibal is fucking up, its probably him manipulating us so we become a tastier entree for his next dinner party. I'm like 99% sure he was the one who unburied that damn body just so he could put Will and Abagail through it and observe what happens.

Noct

FRANKLIN!!! I need to talk about the finale. 😲🤯

Melissa

Same. And it brings excellence but a whole different vibe

Melissa

Oooo I was going to suggest you add Severance to the list of more serious watches. I’d love to see you react to that!

Amanda Hill

Hannibal: let’s have a beach episode! Me: oh no….

Valaree

Ninaofthe90s

that's also a good point. But I still think it was weird that she would think about that the moment she woke up. It makes more sense to me that she thought about what she did, not what her dad did. And it horrified her so much that she woke up. Also Alana told us very early on that she can be very manipulative 🙂

Ninaofthe90s

🙌🙌🙌

Melissa

it's so interesting to hear your feeling in the beginning of this episode and some other past ones that Hannibal is being genuine and not dishonest, manipulative or contradicting his own actions as Will becomes vulnerable. this story and its characters are so well crafted and there's so much depth, and layers of meaning, I think you'll continue to enjoy it even after you've already watched the whole series.

Charlie Ito

I usually hear mindhunter spoken in the same space with True Detective season 1. Just added it to the list. Severance on my list too

Franklin

Oh yes indeed. I'm watching the finale tonight

Franklin

I wish I could binge it too. But at the same time it's so heavy He also to get down back when it came out when I was in college.

Franklin

lol there's a whole # for Will Graham?😂 our boy is really going through it. haha yap Jack was fucking right😅

Franklin

I totally know what you mean

Franklin

I like that perspective a lot and I agree 100%. He knew she couldn't make that transition from animals to humans, made her believe she would be next if she didn't go hunt other girls for him. It's diabolical

Franklin

It was absolutely self defense. I never thought that maybe he told her that to mess with her -- wow. Always more layers with this show. I will say that even if it was more of a gutting, I would defend her as she was reacting on autopilot to defend herself. 🤷‍♀️

Melissa

Ah! I stand corrected then. I mostly remember that there was a lot of blood. Many thanks!

왜 왜

That she definitely looked very comforting

Franklin

Thank you. I always want to make sure I consume the scene to the best of my ability and take it all in, that way I can stand behind anything I say. And of course when I'm wrong and I don't have a problem admitting I was. I just rewatched the scene to be sure. She stabbed him once and pulled the knife out. I personally won't call that butcher. I think Hannibal just said that to make her feel worse than it was. Easier to reel her in that way. I would also call it self defense honestly because she was clearly running away before he grabbed and pinned her to the wall. And from everything we now know about her involvement with the murders, for all she knew, he was there to kill her. 100% the story has only gotten more intense and better as we age towards the finale. I'm locked in. thank you

Franklin

He did an amazing job with this. Can't wait for all the greatness to come. Thank you thank you😃

Franklin

Good point. She definitely fooled me. If I'm remembering correctly, I think the story she told was that her father whispered in her ear before he cut her throat.

Franklin

I also suggested it. Shame there are only two seasons but the show is amazing!

Schniien

I don't think Abigail ever fooled me. I remember when she was in a coma at the beginning after her father nearly killed her and she woke up after thinking about her dad and her in the cabin and the animal on the table turned into a human head with human hair. But how is that possible - When she woke up she wasn't even supposed to know what her father did at that point. So it was obvious she knew more than she told everyone.

Ninaofthe90s

If you think Hannibal is great peak TV now, just wait! No spoilers, but each season ends with final episodes that are mini masterpieces of acting and cinematography. Bryan Fuller is the mad genius/ showrunner who contributed most to the unique murder "tableaus" and dark humor in the show. Love your appreciation of this and other overlooked gems🥰

CatsEyeWatching

I think she stabs and guts him like you would an animal -- as learned from her father.

Melissa

i love that u rewind the scenes u dont understand/miss! its much better than just powering through and being confused throughout. that said, i miss the subtitles but i do understand that they were being wonky anyone can correct me on this, but i do think abigail stabbed nicholas boyle more than once? like many times? but im not sure if my memory is correct edit: i feel like the story keeps getting better and better the more it inches towards the finale! i already cant wait for the next episode. thank you for this!!

왜 왜

not to be dramatic but a hug from hannibal/mads mikkelsen would fix me

tiph

If we go back to the first scenes with Abigail and her father where he is teaching her to hunt deer, even though you can see, she doesn’t want to kill the deer, you can see her uncomfortable as she has to dress down a deer now imagine you have been this man’s child since birth And as you have been growing, he has had his eyes on you training you grooming you to become his emotional protégé in the skills of killing all the while he knew you when you became the “appropriate” age for him, he manipulated that child from birth to turn her into His perfect scout so he could use Abigail as his scout to enact his horrid sickening deeds upon these girls. He used Abigail‘s mind to make her believe that if she could not find the perfect girl that looked like her, she would be next. I don’t believe he ever intended to kill Abigail just mind manipulated her into becoming his perfect Huntress for his own satisfactions. He terrified her into believing she was the intended victim so that she would be so terrified that she would do exactly what she did in order to save her life. It was all a mental manipulation, from the moment that little girl was born. He saw her hesitancy in killing the deer. He saw that he could not push her into crossing the Rubicon from animal to human so he made sure she was in such fear for her own life and would be captured by her own guiltfor being him because she says “I’m monster” it has come up over and over she never wanted to be “a monster” even when she was killing a deer. Her father saw this in her, used it against her groomed, her terrorized her and she is a victim.

Laura Thate

oooh severance would be great! Can't wait for season 2

NinPotato

Mindhunter is great watch!

Zaria Middleton

I do genuinely think Hannibal cares for Abigal and Will. He sees a bit of himself in them. Every scene where he is being comforting to them feels tender yet you always have that doubt at the back of your mind that he's manipulating, but I don't think he sees that as wrong if you know what I mean?

Ayo Bee

Everybody wants to give Will a hug #SaveWillGraham I love Alana and her own awareness and sympathy . Totally agree with the Interview with the Vampire comment lol. Also when you realized Jack was right had me rolling. Yes, let's watch peak!

Ayo Bee

Yesss the last stretch of season 1 is my favorite I wish I could binge it all with you now 😁 love your reactions ALSO since you’re looking for more peak tv lol have you seen The Get Down? Not sure if you’ve ever mentioned it— I’ve rarely seen reactions to it but it’s one of my favorite shows it’s such a piece of art

Bridge

Any other patrons ever watch "Transparent"?

Melissa

P.S. I just started "The Penguin". It's excellent.

Melissa

Peak TV!! Yes!! I offer you "Mindhunter" after this. Perfect follow up. If you want peak TV, but something different, I offer "Severance".

Melissa