Antipasto

Clearly the best episode so far, because it's about Hannibal lector ! The most fascinating character, there is not the boring will Graham and the endless nonsensical between characters. No jack no journalist no stupid Alana , this episode feel much more real and on the ground. Often the show seems to lost track with reality, this one is about Hannibal new life, makes us think about the incredible "Hannibal" movie 2002. Hannibal, florence, art , violence, cannibal. This is finally the version of Hannibal lector we know from the movie. He kills and talk. In season 1 and 2 he only was talking and talking forever with jack and Will.

9.25/10 episode, best in the show.

That was an amazingly great step up and change of scenery for the show ,, starting off in Florence,, gosh i'v walked in Florence and it was glorious moment for me ,, now seeing Hannibal embracing that city and that era of Dante ,, is so glamorous and nifty. There are still so many questions from last season haven't been answered yet but they're giving us little by little a sniff of what to be shown this season ,, of where the personality of Hannibal, Will Graham and Dr. Bedelia are evolving so fast to a new sophisticated level of excitement and affections.

I really was wondering for the past 8 months how the story is gonna get better and if it's gonna stay on the sets that we got used to ,, but then they hit you with this .. why not Italy!! .. and why not mixing Hannibal character with the most charismatic infatuated city in Italy !! ,, so now Hannibal is eating Internationally and trying to improve the flavor of his food :D

and sure not forgetting to mention the cinematography and visuals through the multi-camera closeups .. so delicious ;D

Can't wait to see how things are going to grow ,, noting at the last 5 minutes of the episode were splendid and so disturbingly catchy when you see how Hannibal is back to his old habits and so longing for Will Graham's appearance :)

I think this is a strong start to the season that establishes the situation for Hannibal and Bedelia. The relationship between the two is still fairly cryptic, and the focus on her is stronger than ever. All their scenes are very well acted and visualised, but anyone eager to know the fallout from Lecter's rampage in Mizumono will likely be disappointed.

Regardless of the momentum shift there is plenty to admire about Antipasto. The cinematography and art design is beautiful, with virtually every image feeling like a beautiful painting.

Gillian Anderson is the star of this one and she leads it very well.

Did not overly enjoy this episode. An initial meeting at a Parisian party that seemed to not fit with the story. The pay off conveniently shoe horned in later within the same episode.

This episode seems more visual than and less mentally stimulating. Overly lingering slow motion shots, that whilst beautiful, seemed to be just too long and too much an offering to the God of gongs for best cinematography.

Some of the pace, tension and intelligence seemed missing. Especially when compared to the stellar season 2.

A lot of money spent on location. Equally as much on production values. However, it seems like the series is waiting for Will to join the party.

I love that i get to see what lead up to all the Hannibal movies and how they reached and shaped each character