History Awesome / Hannibal

* The first scene in "Kaiseki" with Will and Hannibal on screen together. Will is no longer the confused investigator of the last season, looking at all of the facts in order to really turn the tables on Hannibal.

--> ''Will'' I'm going to remember, and when I do, there is going to be a reckoning.

** The most awesome part has to be the start when Hannibal throws a knife at Jack and embeds it in his hand. What does Jack do? He pulls out the knife and tries to stab Hannibal with it! Jack Crawford TookALevelInBadass there without question.

* Crawford vs. Hannibal. Every move is perfectly choreographed and shot, giving us a strong contender for the greatest fight scene in TV history.

** Plus, this is actually the first time Bryan Fuller has ''ever'' gotten to end a season of one of his shows on his own terms.

* In "Fromage" Hannibal is confronted by [[spoiler:Tobias, the serial killer friend of one of his patients.]] There is a fight and neither can gain any ground until [[spoiler:Hannibal tricks Tobias into punching into a ladder. He uses the ladder to break his arm and cripple him, brings him to his knees with a throat punch and kills him by slamming a heavy statue - [[ArcSymbol of a deer, no less]] - on his head.]] Since Hannibal has primarily been an intellectual threat rather than a physical one in all his appearances, it's good to be reminded that a highly intelligent and icily calm SerialKiller can still be pretty damn dangerous in a fight.
** Also some FridgeBrilliance: some people thought [[spoiler:Hannibal really should have done better in the fight (Tobias did ''seem'' to have an edge until the end), but watch carefully - after he took some impressive-looking damage(his arm, his leg, a few facial wounds) he proceeds to '''[[CurbStompBattle curb stomp]]''' Tobias; first using a rope-a-dope on a rather conveniently placed ladder(that ''he himself moved'' during the course of the fight) to pin and break Tobias' arm, then an almost nonchalant larnyx strike that drops Tobias like a sack of potatoes. Following that, he not only uses a tablecloth to pick up the deer statue before smashing Tobias' head with it, he uses the tablecloth to tip over the table it was on - no fingerprints means it looks like Tobias fell against it, dropping the statue on his own head. He was making sure that he looked beat up when the law arrived. After all, an opera-loving psychiatrist shouldn't be able to easily dispatch a psychopathic murderer who took down two cops.]]

* Let's face it; there's a meta moment for the Hannibal fandom. The show was getting low ratings and in danger of being cancelled, but the fandom rose to the challenge and, through various ingenious and imaginative Twitter and Tumblr campaigns, managed to make the show one of the most talked about series of the year, ensuring its' renewal for a second season.

* Though the context makes it rather painful, [[spoiler:what with Will being incarcerated and Hannibal getting off scot-free]], there is something undeniably awesome about the final scene of the finale: Will making it clear as crystal that [[spoiler:he knows Hannibal is the killer and, to a lesser extent, that he's fucking pissed rather than afraid]]... and Hannibal smirking in vaguely triumphant amusement [[spoiler: The scene can be seen as an evil Crowning Moment for Hannibal too, since it's incredible for a serial killer to successfully frame the investigator of his crimes for the killings.]]

* Though the context makes it rather painful, [[spoiler:what with Will being incarcerated and Hannibal getting off scot-free]], there is something undeniably awesome about the final scene of the finale: Will making it clear as crystal that [[spoiler:he knows Hannibal is the killer and, to a lesser extent, that he's fucking pissed rather than afraid]]... and Hannibal smirking in vaguely triumphant amusement.

* In the season finale Alana ''finally'' figures out that [[spoiler:Will is suffering from encephalitis]] when she hears him mention [[spoiler:Lecter having him draw a clock, which prompts her to ask him to do it again and lets her see how distorted it is, meaning that Will has a physiological reason for his behavior]]. She looks [[TearsOfJoy ready to cry from relief]] and at that point the audience is too.

* In the season finale Alana ''finally'' figures out that [[spoiler:Will if suffering from encephalitis]] when she hears him mention [[spoiler:Lecter having him draw a clock, which prompts her to ask him to do it again and lets her see how distorted it is, meaning that Will has a physiological reason for his behavior]]. She looks [[TearsOfJoy ready to cry from relief]] and at that point the audience is too.

* Whether you love Freddie Lounds or hate her, you have to admire her for staying calm and never losing her cool when she's kidnapped by Gideon, [[spoiler:forced to watch him operate on Chilton and then keep Chilton alive by pumping air for him.]]

** Also some FridgeBrilliance: some people thought [[spoiler:Hannibal really should have done better in the fight (Tobias did ''seem'' to have an edge until the end), but watch carefully - after he took some impressive-looking damage(his arm, his leg, a few facial wounds) he proceeds to '''[[CurbStompBattle curb stomp]]''' Tobias; first using a rope-a-dope on a rather conveniently placed ladder(that ''he himself moved'' during the course of the fight) to pin and break Tobias' arm, then an almost nonchalant larnyx strike that drops Tobias like a sack of potatoes. Following that, he not only uses a tablecloth to pick up the deer statue before smashing Tobias' head with it, he uses the tablecloth to tip over the table it was on - no fingerprints means it looks like Tobias fell against it, dropping the statue on his own head. He was making sure that he looked beat up when the law arrived. After all, an opera-loving psychiatrist shouldn't be able to easily dispatch a psychopathic murderer who took down two cops.]]

** Also some FridgeBrilliance: some people thought Hannibal really should have done better in the fight ([[spoiler:Tobias]] did seem to have an edge until the end), but maybe he held back a bit to make sure he looked beat up when the law arrived. After all, an opera-loving psychiatrist shouldn't be able to easily dispatch a psychopathic murderer who took down two cops.

* In "Fromage" Hannibal is confronted by [[spoiler:Tobias, the serial killer friend of one of his patients.]] There is a fight and neither can gain any ground until [[spoiler:Hannibal tricks Tobias into punching into a ladder. He uses the ladder to break his arm and cripple him, brings him to his knees with a throat punch and kills him by slamming a heavy statue - [[AnimalMotifs of a deer, no less]] - on his head.]] Since Hannibal has primarily been an intellectual threat rather than a physical one in all his appearances, it's good to be reminded that a highly intelligent and icily calm SerialKiller can still be pretty damn dangerous in a fight.

* In "Fromage" Hannibal is confronted by [[spoiler:Tobias, the serial killer friend of one of his patients.]] There is a fight and neither can gain any ground until [[spoiler:Hannibal tricks Tobias into punching into a ladder. He uses the ladder to break his arm and cripple him, brings him to his knees with a throat punch and kills him by slamming a heavy statue on his head.]] Since Hannibal has primarily been an intellectual threat rather than a physical one in all his appearances, it's good to be reminded that a highly intelligent and icily calm SerialKiller can still be pretty damn dangerous in a fight.

* In "Fromage" Hannibal is confronted by [[spoiler:Tobias, the serial killer friend of one of his patients.]] There is a fight and neither can gain any ground until [[spoiler:Hannibal tricks Tobas into punching into a ladder. He uses the ladder to break his arm and cripple him, brings him to his knees with a throat punch and kills him by slamming a heavy statue on his head.]] Since Hannibal has primarily been an intellectual threat rather than a physical one in all his appearances, it's good to be reminded that a highly intelligent and icily calm SerialKiller can still be pretty damn dangerous in a fight.

* In "Fromage" Hannibal is confronted by [[spoiler:Tobias, the serial killer friend of one of his patients.]] There is a fight and neither can gain any ground until [[spoiler:Hannibal tricking Tobas into punching into a ladder. He uses the ladder to break his arm and cripple him, brings him to his knees with a throat punch and kills him by slamming a heavy statue on his head.]]

* In the pulled episode, "Œuf", the killer of the week [[spoiler: is holding a child hostage and has Graham at gunpoint. Graham's just about to surrender to save the child, when boom! Beverly Katz shoots the woman in the shoulder from the shrubbery and takes her down in a second.]]

* After seeing Fredricka Lounds get away with a ''lot'' in '' 'Amuse-Bouche' '' and smugly telling Crawford he can't arrest her for writing the article about Will, it's great to see her get taken down a peg or two when he points out she's been contaminating crime scenes and he ''can'' indict her for obstructing justice.

* After seeing Fredericka Lounds get away with a ''lot'' in '' 'Amuse-Bouche' '' and smugly telling Crawford he can't arrest her for writing the article about Will, it's great to see her get taken down a peg or two when he points out she's been contaminating crime scenes and he ''can'' indict her for obstructing justice.

* After seeing Fredericka Lounds get away with a ''lot'' in '' 'Amuse-Bouche' '' and smugly telling Crawford he can't arrest her for writing the article about Will, it's ''great'' to see her get taken down a peg or two when he points out she's been contaminating crime scenes and he can indict her for obstructing justice.

* After seeing Fredericka Louds get away with a ''lot'' in '' 'Amuse-Bouche' '' and smugly telling Crawford he can't arrest her for writing the article about Will, it's ''great'' to see her get taken down a peg or two when he points out she's been contaminating crime scenes and he can indict her for obstructing justice.

* [[YourMileageMayVary YMMV,]] but after seeing Fredericka Louds get away with a ''lot'' in '' 'Amuse-Bouche' '' and smugly telling Crawford he can't arrest her for writing the article about Will, it's ''great'' to see her get taken down a peg or two when he points out she's been contaminating crime scenes and he can indite her for obstructing justice.

* [[Your Mileage May Vary YMMV,]] but after seeing Fredericka Louds get away with a ''lot'' in '' 'Amuse-Bouche' '' and smugly telling Crawford he can't arrest her for writing the article about Will, it's ''great'' to see her get taken down a peg or two when he points out she's been contaminating crime scenes and he can indite her for obstructing justice.

* YMMV, but after seeing Fredericka Louds get away with a lot in ''Amuse-Bouche'' and smugly telling Crawford he can't arrest her for writing the article about Will, it's ''great'' to see her get taken down a peg or two when he points out she's been contaminating crime scenes and he can indite her for obstructing justice.