toritrayford

So whilst I understand that the first two episodes are a slow burn, I have high hopes and I'm fully invested. I think it's too easy for people to write off a show after a couple of episodes. We live within a culture of instant gratification but sometimes we have to invest in something for longer than 5 minutes. I've read comments stating that the reviewers don't care about the characters but after two episodes why would you? I enjoyed both episodes.

As only one episode has aired this is a tentative review. Firstly it actually better than I was expecting given the fact they are unable to reference Dr Hannibal Lecter due to distribution rights, resulting in a show which resembles a crappy sequel after the rights have been sold, minus the main character. However, this is not the case and the show does appear to be a stand alone in its own right. The misogyny is indicative of the time and I understand critics' assertion that although the script references this it misses an opportunity to flesh this out but I am hopeful this will change over the course of the season. Clarice does come across as a bit of a victim at the moment however, in that she is portrayed as being far weaker emotionally than I would like, but at the same time this is set one year after the events of Silence of the Lambs and so it gets a little rope here, given that she would be quite rightly traumatised to certain degree. It could be a little darker but that is more to do with my own preferences ('Hannibal' was great for this).