Hannibal: Season 1

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Season Details & Credits

NBC | Season Premiere Date: April 4, 2013

Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Gillian Anderson, Hugh Dancy

Summary: FBI head of Behavioral Sciences Jack Crawford (Laurence Fishburne) brings together FBI profiler Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) and as-yet-unknown-killer psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen) to help solve difficult cases.

Creator: Bryan Fuller

Genre(s): Drama, Horror, Suspense

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E13. Savoureux
Air Date: June 20, 2013
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S1:E12. Relevés
Air Date: June 13, 2013
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S1:E11. Rôti
Air Date: June 6, 2013

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Tom Gliatto

Apr 4, 2013

NBC's best new drama since forever. [15 Apr 2013]

Sara Smith

Apr 2, 2013

The result is a challenging psychological thriller within a gripping crime procedural. Read full review

Lori Rackl

Apr 2, 2013

Deliciously disturbing, Hannibal is bound to leave viewers hungry for more. Read full review

David Wiegand

Apr 1, 2013

Hannibal moves at a snail's pace to build tension. At the same time, there's an obvious attempt to counter its inertia with a lot of very intrusive soundtrack music.... Fortunately, Dancy's performance is terrific and more than enough to maintain our interest, with or without elks. Read full review

Linda Stasi

Apr 3, 2013

The thing that does give this show its grounding is the acting. Dancy is a perfect, tortured soul; Fishburne is everyman with a brain; and Mads Mikkelsen is perfectly named. What is lacking, though, is any respite from the darkness. Read full review

Curt Wagner

Apr 4, 2013

In seriously exploring what drives people to kill, Hannibal serves up a meal too heavy to enjoy each week. Read full review

Glenn Garvin

Apr 3, 2013

Conceptually, this isn’t half-bad. The writing, unfortunately, is all-bad. Read full review

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imthenoob

Jun 20, 2013

Mikkelsen and Dancy work wonders together as Hannibal and Grant and their supporting cast is solid as well. I love the mind games that Hannibal has played with Grant through out the season and each episode is as sick and twisted (in a good way) as the next. I absolutely can not wait until season 2.

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Mattzone

Apr 3, 2014

I'm home on a Friday night and willing to spend my time with Hannibal. Some associations are being made with the great "True Detective", but I think Hannibal better. Each episode is well written, and the visuals warrant 1080p viewing. The best part is re-watching the episodes for all theI'm home on a Friday night and willing to spend my time with Hannibal. Some associations are being made with the great "True Detective", but I think Hannibal better. Each episode is well written, and the visuals warrant 1080p viewing. The best part is re-watching the episodes for all the cues and innuendos I missed. Try it out... You won't be disappointed.… Expand

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wormhole98

Apr 8, 2014

I find that Hannibal has been a phenomenal TV series thus far. Not only is it highly creative, it also supplements it's shady tone with mouth-watering suspense. I would highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys a good TV Drama/Thriller.

2 of 2 users found this helpful20

DKStrohl

Aug 1, 2018

I just re-watched all 3 seasons for first time since its initial airing. It's still one of the most interesting and inventive shows I have ever seen on television, cable or otherwise. It really hits it's stride at the end of season 1. Season 2 and 3 are just perfect. WATCH THIS NOW.

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MethylONE

Apr 26, 2013

I would have rated this show a 7 after the first two episodes but it has grown just a bit creepier now that the characters are more developed. There are some 'horror' type scenes but it is the stuff that you don't see, that is implied, that really sells it. Very good show, I'd say unique as well.

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albethos

Jan 29, 2020

Although Mikkelsen and Fishburne bring another superb angle to the characters we got to know in TSOTL, it is Hugh Dancy playing a tormented Will Graham that towers above anything in this show. Bryan Fuller's adaptation is compelling but it takes its time to get where we want the show, or atAlthough Mikkelsen and Fishburne bring another superb angle to the characters we got to know in TSOTL, it is Hugh Dancy playing a tormented Will Graham that towers above anything in this show. Bryan Fuller's adaptation is compelling but it takes its time to get where we want the show, or at least Season 1, to be.… Expand

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arislaf

Jul 8, 2015

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First season, starts very good, at the middle start to fall... To many questions and details that makes you wonder wtf? How is this possible? (the hand that none saw who placed it in the morgue, or the totem of bodies that someone put them so high, dug the holes and not covered, and not any way explained how the bodies build up so high... Second season, first episode starts awesome... second episode and already start the **** Many reasonless fill in, many scenes with no point (graham stands fishing for 2 minutes, glass of hannibal with camera slowly turning 360 degrees). Avoid it at all costs.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

77

Series Overview
Season 3

84
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: June 4, 2015
Season 2

88
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: February 28, 2014
Season 1

70
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: April 4, 2013
- tbd
  S1:E13. Savoureux
  Air Date: June 20, 2013
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  S1:E12. Relevés
  Air Date: June 13, 2013
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  S1:E11. Rôti
  Air Date: June 6, 2013
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  S1:E10. Buffet Froid
  Air Date: May 30, 2013
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  S1:E9. Trou Normand
  Air Date: May 23, 2013
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  S1:E8. Fromage
  Air Date: May 16, 2013
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  S1:E7. Sorbet
  Air Date: May 9, 2013
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  S1:E6. Entrée
  Air Date: May 2, 2013
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  S1:E5. Coquilles
  Air Date: April 25, 2013
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  S1:E4. Oeuf
  Air Date: unknown
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  S1:E3. Potage
  Air Date: April 18, 2013
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  S1:E2. Amuse-Bouche
  Air Date: April 11, 2013
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  S1:E1. Aperitif
  Air Date: April 4, 2013