Hannibal

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Season 2
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Apr 4, 2013
Season #: 3, 2, 1
User Score
8.9

Universal acclaim- based on 723 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 656 out of 723
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 723
  3. Negative: 46 out of 723
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  1. FilmQueen
    Oct 10, 2015
    6
    This is not as good as the first season. The first half of the second season is slow, even boring. The second half somewhat saved it, it brings more creepiness than ever. Yet the finale feels like they just wanted to squeeze everything into a single BIG episode. So in short, the pace of this season is not the best. It's quite stretched out until one big hit.
  2. CTYankee
    May 20, 2014
    4
    I was really enjoying this show and its suspense, but lately it has just gotten absurd where each episode tries to out due the previous episode in either grossness or shock value. Without saying what has been happening, I am finding it hard to believe that even an insane, evil genius such as Hannibal would use the tactics he has been employing.
  3. MuraliIKD
    Nov 3, 2019
    5
    The second season gets more absurd purely from a crime drama perspective. To be fair, it doesn't even try to be good - there's practically zero criminal investigation or even amateur-level detective work. So, you must suspend disbelief on that and not think of this as a crime drama. Just focus only on the production values, the gore, at art, CGI, the recipes, the acting, the screenplay,The second season gets more absurd purely from a crime drama perspective. To be fair, it doesn't even try to be good - there's practically zero criminal investigation or even amateur-level detective work. So, you must suspend disbelief on that and not think of this as a crime drama. Just focus only on the production values, the gore, at art, CGI, the recipes, the acting, the screenplay, the mind-games - you'll be able to enjoy it. I mean it - if they had bothered to put in some B-rated crime show level basic of FBI/detective work to show how at least some of the crimes were committed without ever getting caught, and not show every person other than Hannibal as criminally-negligent or insanely-inept, I would have rated this show close to 9 or 10.

    As it stands, I'm being generous with a 5/10 for a season 2. The last 3 episodes take down the score from 9 to 5 for me - 1 point for episodes 11 and 12, and 2 points for the season finale, which is so far beyond absurd that it's almost a spoof of Hannibal; the last action scene looks like a "scary movie" or SNL skit.    … Expand

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#27 Most Discussed TV Season of 2014
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#69 Most Shared TV Season of 2014

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Metascore
88

Universal acclaim - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. People Weekly
    Reviewed by: Tom Gliatto
    Mar 7, 2014
    100
    The show is infernally good. [17 Mar 2014]
  2. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Matt Zoller Seitz
    Feb 28, 2014
    100
    You could say it’s as close as a broadcast network has gotten to the personal artistry of the best premium-cable shows, if it weren’t bolder and more elegant than anything on pay cable right now, including HBO’s own serial-killer drama, True Detective.
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  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Michael Starr
    Feb 28, 2014
    63
    Hannibal was lauded last season for its stylized look, which is on display here. Fishburne, as usual, is solid, and I like Dancy’s interpretation of Graham (just the right amount of despair without descending into self-pity).
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