Eating all those human organs is gonna go straight to their hips. They need to invest in a Gym Membership. Ack! It doesn't take a genius to figure out that Hannibal is harvesting organs for the sole purpose of serving them to his dinner guest. Although nothing was particularly gory in this episode, knowing exactly what's going on when he is prepping them for dinner, just makes it very icky and squeamish. Ugh. This episode was all about Hannibal and I liked the music that pretty much underscored it all. I don't recall ever hearing Opera music used so extensively in a broadcast show like this and it played very well. Also, it was very cool to see Dana Scully, er.....I mean, Gillian Anderson turn up in this one as Hannibal's own Shrink. I have not seen her in anything since the last X-Files movie. This looks like it will be a recurring character for her. Yay!!

Very interesting seeing Hannibal and Tobias squaring off against each other. I wasn't expecting this arc to end so quickly, especially in the manner that it did. Having 2 serial killers going up against each one another is something I thought would be drawn out for the remainder of the season because there is so much potential in where to take the story. So, when Hannibal killed Tobias, it was a bit shocking. One thing that is unclear for me is, did Hannibal send Will to investigate Tobias in the hopes that Tobias would kill Will? Anyway, great episode.

I'm kind of surprised in how fast Will Graham was able to 'crack' the mystery of Abigail dark secret in that she killed that one kid. But what's even more surprising is that Hannibal admitted to cover up and burying the body for her to "protect" her future. That's a pretty big assumption on his part that Graham would keep it a secret from Jack Crawford. The flashback scene at the very end with Abigail was interesting in that we get to see how she was complicit to her fathers crimes.

That was one creepy-ass episode. Our biggest fear as kids is finding out someone is under your bed. So imagine if that really turned out to be the case. Will waking up in the middle of the night to see that 'crazy-looking' chick would creep out even the most jaded. I was skeptical that she was actually the one doing the killing. I had my money on Hannibal. But they did such a good job driving home the idea that she was in fact the killer that by the time of the reveal at the end, I was 'D'oh' when they show Hannibal doing the deed. Also, would anyone in their right mind go and meet Will at the crime scene in the middle of the night in an "unofficial" capacity when she's heard 'talk' about him being mentally unbalanced? You couldn't pay me enough money to be in the same room with a BIG QUESTION MARK that is Will. Beverly's got balls the size of grapefruits to do that.

Seeing Gideon escape, I thought we were going to get an epic showdown between him and Hannibal. That didn't happen. It was Will that takes him down, but the ending was very confusing for me. How did Will even know that he would be loitering outside the house? And how is it in his condition could even get there in one piece to take him down? I'm confused indeed.

After the slight misstep of last episode, this one in particular was frickin' awesome. Abigail is definitely a fascinating character to watch because you just don't know what is going on in her head. Same with Will Graham. The ending where Abigail finally figures out that Hannibal is the serial killer and how he was able to manipulate her into killing was electric. Unfortunately this is the last we will probably see of her because it's implied that he will kill her so that he can keep his secret intact. That was the cliffhanger. I can't see any 'outs' for her that is gonna spare her come next episode. Can't wait till it arrives.

What a fantastic episode, one that kept me on the edge of my seat, guessing the entire time. I really didn't foresee that they would have Will Graham end up as a patient in the psyche ward. I figured that at the 11th hour, he would finally "snap out of it" and make a miraculous recovery and discover Hannibal for who and what he is. Well, have the equation played out as such. But now Will is locked up and Hannibal is going to taunt and mess with him from the outside as he knows that anything he does about him will be construed as the ravings of a mad man. This show, after a couple of minor episodes has really come roaring back.

And I JUST had an epiphany about one of the actors on the show and it was completely by dumb luck. While I was writing this review, I started to think of what others shows I own on DVD that I want to re-watch soon and the first thing that popped into my head was Wonderfalls. As soon as I saw the name of the title in my head, my minds eye zeroed in on the lead for the show.....Caroline Dhavernas. D'oh!!!! I never made the connection before because I haven't seen her in anything since Wonderfalls went off the air, which is a crime itself. Loved that show and loved her in it. Nice to know she has a permanent gig on this one.