At the end of the last episode, we had reunited with our very own in house investigator Freddie Lounds, who was resurrected from a certain staged death, as a minor surprise and the material to fill in the crack of Will's weird behaviors in the last few episodes. But today's episode was even better, the brief appearance of Dr. Maurier in the interrogation room seemed to reveal the game Hannibal has been running. And that means, the end is near (Season Finale next week). I suspect Alana Bloom will suffer from her earlier mistake in trusting Dr. Lecter, and become the human sacrifice for Will, in order for Will to ascend to the friend Hannibal have always wanted. But maybe, just maybe, Jack Crawford of the FBI will stop Hannibal and eventually bring us back to the opening scene of Episode 1 of the season, where Hannibal strangled Jack to death--at least it was presented in such a way.
However, the outcome could be different, drastically different, if not for today's episode, Tome-wan.
Tome-wan is a closure to the previous few episodes surrounding the Verger siblings. And it is also where things starting to get interesting. Hannibal in this episode seemed to be reckless, like a pig walking on a thin line. His arts in knife and close combat had both failed him, and led him into a difficult position. Yes, he killed in this episode, although in an entirely different manner. Dr. Lecter is an intelligent player, and he used his environment to his advantage. He used the pig maze, he used Will, he even used Mason Verger, just because he could predict the future of things. Why not? I'm just glad that the Verger's chain event is coming to an end.
Ole Crawford is all work and no play. Old Crawford is all work and no lay. O Crawford is all fork and no ply. Jack Crawford is still controlling Will. Their relationship is like an old police sergeant to a long time undercover cop. Jack cared too much about what's not present, and missed what's in front of him. He is risking everything, even Will, who he had hurted multiple times, to complete what he couldn't. Jack Crawford could be Jack Coward, if you will.
And here is why I think Crawford won't die. Dr. Lecter's special twist close to the end of today's episode. Based on his expertise, he had carefully measured Mason Verger's neck before applying an calculated outside force, thus leading to a misrepresented death. It was not until later when agent Crawford went to visit Mr. Verger at his deathbed, did I know how naughty Hannibal had been. Dr. Lecter is still playing us.
Sadly is the missing appearance of Dr. Alana Bloom. She had not been featured in the most recent episodes after her flirtatious affair with Dr. Hannibal. Maybe this is another hint of her role in the season finale, as mysteries and gruesome killings continues to infest the show, in a good way.
Hopefully, season 3 would be a closure, another well written, paced, and defined show of modern Television.
P.S.
Hannibal should be a part time cook at a restaurant, or just make his home space a makeshift dinner party. His delicacy in food, his passion in flavour, and his commitment in presentation, is just pure pleasure. I wish Hannibal was a TV show teaching people how to cook (not necessarily using human as ingredients).
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