Hannibal: Roti Review. What?! oh, Ew! Jesus...wow.

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This is it. The part where a show looses steam and the wheels fall off. Sometimes we forgive them and learn to live with their faults for a few seasons. Sometimes the gleaming promise of the pilot isn't enough to keep it from needing a bullet to the head.

This is not the issue with Hannibal. Not. At. All.

This is what the death throws of a major network looks like. It is awesome.

 It is reaching into the rarefied air of shows that started off good and only got better. This is some Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Game of Thrones type stuff and I cannot wait to see what else it has up its sleeve. Because that is one disgusting, horrifying sleeve.

So... what all went down last night? In short; it was the best chapter to date, in long, it was the triumphant return of Eddie Izzard's identity conflicted killer Dr. Abel Gideon. There's a biblical point somewhere in his character, but damn if I can't figure it out. Izzard is wonderful in the part, I knew he would be, whats more important is how they up the ante in the crazy serial killer busy work department. Not once, not twice, but three times I either groaned or gagged or cursed out loud. Se7en, only did that twice. This isn't just a well written and acted show, this is the new gold standard of body horror.

Everyone else has plenty to do as well. Graham, Lecter, Crawford, Doc Bev, and even Freddie Lounds have their parts to play and moments to shine. Graham in particular reaches critical mass in terms of loosing his grip on reality. His lucid dreams and hallucinations are among the most unnerving not just so far, but in the annals of "creepy as f*ck" dream sequences of old.

The special effects, makeup, and action sequences were as feature quality as they always were, but never over indulged. The perverse creativity of the episode's many kills are allowed to shine. As are the eerie, long winded, justifications for their purpose. Not that I mind a long winded script once in a while...I could listen to Izzard read a whole phone book.

But the best news out of all of the fresh blood this show has spilled, is the fact a new order of 13 episodes has been placed by NBC for next year. Fuller has issues not with being a wonderful show runner, but keeping those shows on the air. I'm comfortable calling Hannibal his masterpiece and it does this young heart good to know some of that enthusiasm I feel can trickle down to studio executives. 

Bon Appetit.

Thank...well, not god,but umm...hm.