Hannibal Episode 6 "Fromage"

At the start I was terribly reminded of Hannibals Cell. Just that a man is lying on the floor and the Cell looks cold and modern. Seems like he is incautious. So the Guardians have to take him to the nurse. But of cause he is faking it. And suddenly he stands right behind her. And I just thought, hm will he also bite into her Face like Hannibal in the Book did?

Baltimore State Hospital

Will and Crawford are arriving.

"I´m still a about nervous about this Places...I´m afraid they won´t let me out."

I was in one, some time ago. And I can tell ya, you really feel like time stands still and they won´t let you out anymore. It´s horrible.

Dr. Chilton is well portrait and even more nasty than I imagined him to be. Oh, Will doesn´t like to see into Dr. Chilton´s eyes, he knows the man is analyzing him. But he is curious why the nurse was left alone with Dr. Gideon, the murderer, was he really a cooperative inmate?
The Doctor pointing at Will instead of the Killer, makes him jump. He´s sitting on the same Place like the Killer. And you can see how uncomfortable Will is, Crawford saying he needs privacy to work, he knows what´s coming next.

He just served Will on a silver tablet .

Chilton saying Will should be analyzed, calling his gift a personality disorder. And then calling it a thing. And that he should talk to one of the staff about him. And there I´m asking myself how can you call yourself a Psychologist when you can´t see that you´re crossing a Line and the other party is shrinking back.

They are moving down the Hall and Dr. Chilton tells them that the man was cuffed and had something under his skin to unlock his Hands. A Pin.

Jack thinks Dr. Gideon isn´t the Ripper, but there are a lot of things that are the same. Dr. Chilton believes that they have the Ripper in there. But is it really him?

We see the Victim, he pierced her Body with all kinds of rods. And we are reminded of the Deer antlers. But this is different. It isn´t esthetic. And his Victims never lost their eyes before.

Will is imaging  the events of the kill, rolling down the floor, laying in front of the nurse, pulling the pin from his hand, punshing her troat, so she can´t scream, throwing her on the ground, pushing his thumbs into her eyes until they are bleeding out, watching her crawl on the floor, before taking a rod and finally killing her.

 It´s the first time Graham actually is nearly crying. The last time they found a victim of the Ripper was 2 Years ago. And the man who did this was arrested 2 Years ago.

So is it really him? Or is he copying him?

2 Years ago

Miriam is a trainee and Crawford picked her to join the hunt for the Ripper, the whole Scene is like Starling meeting Crawford in Silence of the Lambs. And the Actress is known from the Movie "My Girl" the one with Macaulay Culkin dying from Bee stings. And it´s Crawford´s choice to have her join in, even though she isn´t an Agent jet.

Baltimore State Hospital

Graham and Dr. Bloom in the Office of Dr. Chilton. Will´s saying that this man had killed his Wife impulsly, and that the Ripper isn´t like that at all. He is methodologically and meticulous. For that it´s so hard to catch him. He doesn´t think that he is the Ripper.

But Dr. Chilton isn´t getting it, he wants him to be the Ripper. Despite anything Graham says. Dr. Bloom already had some sessions with Dr. Gideon her self. And now we´re getting a Sequence of Dr. Bloom and Will questioning the man. 

It´s a bit irritating, sometimes it comes off like Will isn´t really there, more like a Voice in Dr. Blooms head. By the way Hugh Dancy looks fabulous in black. 
There are differences in the killing, the Ripper doesn´t kill his Victims before he is cutting out their Organs, he´s doing it - during it. They are still alive while he is torturing them.

Does he need to convince them? Or is it someone else wanting them to be convinced?

At Hannibal Lecter´s Office

Crawford is coming in right before Hannibal is about to leave, he needs to talk about his wife. About her dying. He is really troubled also about the Case, because of Miriam. 

Hannibal can relate to Crawford being afraid to losing his wife. So some extent, cause there was one woman he loved, his Aunt. And he knows how he can use that to get deeper into Crawfords mind. 

2 Years ago
 Crawford and Miriam are at a Crime Scene. A Ripper Scene. A Body is pierced with all kinds of Rods.

Screwdriver, Pipes and Metal. Even a Saw. Somehow it looks nearly like an Hedgehog. Okay - One question do they really think female Agents are wearing Highheels at a Crime Scene? Lost their sense of reality on that one. 1:0 for Jodie Foster. 
And of cause some Organs are missing, he is picky about them. A surgical Doctor is her guess, but she isn´t right about the Trophies.

Back in the Autopsyroom....

Will is watching Crawford. What is he thinking? Is this really a Victim of the Ripper?
He says he see´s the Ripper, the kill of that woman, but he doesn´t feel him. Just like something isn´t right about it. But the wound pattern is exactly the same. How can that be? Did he communicate with Dr. Lecter? But how when all letters he got where read? Maybe through a Newspaper - like in Red Dragon? A Code?

He says if he is a real pleasurist, the Ripper is gonna make sure everybody knows it.

And then he does...Crawford is getting a call at 2.46 a.m. From Miriam - a call he did get 2 Years ago, her saying she doesn´t know where she is and that she was so wrong...saying Jack please...and then it´s gone.
The Shock is all over his face.
They try to heck the Number that called Jack but no provider in the US is giving results. There is no trace of a call at all. They are making him mad by assuming he was still asleep or misinterpret the voice.

Jack says the Ripper recorded her Voice 2 Years ago. He is sure she got killed after that. But her Body was never found. Is she dead? Jack thinks so.

Oh I have waited for this Scene...I saw it in a Trailer for the Show, I don´t know why but I feel mesmerized by that look in his eyes, while he is seeing the Deer again. I find his Hands quiet beautiful.

Craword and Dr. Bloom are coming into Will´s Classroom, they want to push the Ripper. They want to use the Tattler Reporter to announce that the Ripper is Dr. Gideon, but Will thinks that will push him to kill again. 

"Are you thinking about getting into bed with Freddie Lounds?", and it´s like he´s saying `Are you fucking kidding me, Jack?!´

And they are meeting up with her...but you don´t think Graham would take her hand for a Greeting did you?! He just looks away and is getting his seat. They want her to confirm that the Ripper is caught. They are offering her an Exclusive Interview for that.
Will is calling her brand of journalism obnoxious. And the look he is giving her is so much more then dislike. 

Soon her article is made and we find Dr. Lecter reading it. What can I say? He is not very pleased.

Baltimore State Hospital

 Crawford is visiting Dr. Gideon. He knows about Miriam, Crawford´s Trainee. How can he know her? And why is he telling all that now? He says he got nothing to lose.
But why didn´t he take her on display? Or did he?

Right then Crawford get´s a call from his Home, it shows on the Display...but it´s the recorded Call from Miriam. The Ripper. And we hear a bit more...

"Jack I don´t wanna die like this."

Jack and his stuff is standing in his bedroom. They find a blonde Hair on his wife´s pillow...and also a Fingerprint of Miriam on the Phone.

Who ever did this, knows that Crawford feels responsible for her death.

Back in time, we see that she broke the law in getting all kinds of medical documents of the Ripper Victims. She was encouraged to go after more than just information. 

Dr. Bloom thinks that Dr. Gideon might have been pushed to do what he did. And surprise we find Dr. Bloom, Dr. Chilton and our dearest Dr. Lecter at Dinner at one table.
Chilton is proud to have a Psychopath in his Hospital, he is like a rare Relic. Tonight we got tongue on our Table.
Dr. Chilton is an old Friend of Dr. Lecter...hm what do we say about that?!

Dr. Bloom thinks that Chilton may have plant the Idea into Dr. Gideons mind to be the Ripper. Did he manipulate the man? Or Dr. Lecter?
How can peeling a grape be so sensual? Hannibal is just manipulating Dr. Chilton right away.

The same call is reaching Crawford again, but this time they got a Number that leads them to a observatory, and by calling the number they hear a ringing from within.
Inside they find an arm...her arm and a phone inside her hand that is ringing. By the sight of the Cut you can tell it was cut off past mortem. 

And there is also a note...

That is something he asks when he is at a Crime Scene...he said it to Miriam just like to Will. But what does he see?
Hannibal and Jack are sitting at a Fireplace.

"I´m sorry about your wife Jack, I believe the World is a better place with her in it."

He´s bounding with him. Giving him the feeling of savety. He got good use of him. 

Back in time...

Miriam is stand at Hannibals Door. She is confirming that he once worked as a surgical Doctor and had contact with one of the Victims of the Ripper. He sits down with her, he pretends to not remember clearly. And she is already getting up to leave,as he says he has old documents of that time. 

He has already decided to kill her.

His Shoes klack loud as he climbs the ladder. She stars to move around looking at his books,  the mask of an japanese Kendo Figther hangs on the wall. A Memory of his Aunt.

Then she looks at a few Drawings on his Sidetable. Under a naked female Body she see´s something familiar.
And as she takes it, we see Hannibal coming down without a Sound. His Shoues are gone. Also his Jacket. She looks at the Drawing of a man, pierced with tools. 

Hannibal grabs her from behind, he lays his arm across her troat. She kicks and tries to get a hold of him, but his arm is like a snake crushing the air of of her lungs until she is unconscious. 

As she slips, he is pressing his face into her hair. Smelling her.  

And he remembers it sitting with Crawford before the fireplace, he is smelling and drinkin a glass of wine. And a smile of satisfaction is crossing his face.

And this Episode also leaves me satisfied, well I didn´t get as much of Will as I´m used to, but Dr. Lecter got his first killing Scene. The Scene I waited for so long. Funny is that they don´t know that they already crossed him as the Copycat. And that Crawford thinks that the Ripper has a pattern. He hasn´t. He doesn´t need to kill that way again. 
Anyway - I loved the Scene on the View of Will killing the nurse, the thing with her eyes were nasty...but I have to say they missed to show the white liquid that is flowing out if you crush them...sorry I was really hard into Horrormovies for some time. But I guess showing too much isn´t pleasing for the main audience. 
But must say Hannibals kill was indeed exquisite, even Tony didn´t manage to give this feeling of quietness and meticulousy. For the Books it´s said his pulse is never once raising, even when he kills someone. Just Brilliant. 

What do you think - did you love seeing Hannibal kill for the first time? 


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