#hassun

Congratulations. He is the embodiment of the statement, "The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math". But Will ends up with him anyway, so bravo. They are worthy of each other.

it's interesting that it pans to will fishing in the stream when chilton says "he likes to play god" bc speaking of religious allegories, will graham is a fisherman and a "fisher of men." both in the profiler sense (he catches criminals), and in the sense that he captures men's hearts (jesus urged his followers to be fishers of men to the gospel). except will's gospel is darkness, and while he doesn't forcibly push people towards it like hannibal, anyone involved with will gets dragged down into the inferno. for he is a fisher of (damned) men. subsequently, the "saving lives is just as arousing as ending them" bit could be said about god, which is a sentiment hannibal shares throughout the series.

2x03 “Hassun”

Hannibal 2.03 Hassun

*Leonard to Alana* “I like that. ‘Professional curiosity.’ It seems so… Heh, it seems so indifferent. Unless you look like you’re lying when you say it, but you didn’t.” *Will gives Alana the thousand yard stare*

in hannibal's tableau of the judge, the heart is ever so slightly outweighing the brain on the scale. it is also illuminated in light, while the brain is in the shadow. could this be an allusion to (or at least foreshadowing of) hannibal's love/heart beginning to outweigh, outshine, and eclipse his usual sense/mind when it comes to will?

S2E02 Sakizuke / S2E03 Hassun / S2E07 Yakimono / S2E08 Su-zukana / S2E11 Ko no mono / S2E12 Tome-wan