History Awesome / Hannibal

* Hannibal and Will vs. Dolarhyde. 'Murder-husbands' indeed!

* Molly's escape from Dolarhyde by silently moving through the house, then remotely setting off her car alarm. And expertly moving Wally through all of it to keep him out of harm's way.

* Will's literal ShutUpHannibal, proving that the true opposite of love is not hate but apathy. Hannibal absolutely crumples when Will tells him he can go wherever he wants, because he's absolutely ''nothing'' to Will anymore.

* One on a meta level: During Season 2 NBC was very skittish about referencing Margot's homosexuality, resulting in just a few notoriously vague lines about it. This season? She gets a not ambiguous in the slightest sex scene with Alana. Happy Pride!

* Will surviving [[spoiler: getting thrown off a train, then quite quickly getting up and following the Ravenstag.]]

* Jack using a few of the museum exhibits against Hannibal, such as by driving a meathook through his leg and crushing his arm in the spokes of the wheel.

* Crawford vs. Hannibal, Round 2. Unlike their first fight, Crawford completely ''owns'' the whole thing, smacking Hannibal around with almost contemptuous ease until the heretofore invincible-seeming MagnificentBastard is forced to limp away bloody and broken. Highlights include Jack using the historical torture instruments on Hannibal, such as a driving a meathook through his leg, and crushing his arm in the spokes of the wheel.

** Hannibal gets points for [[spoiler: surviving his fall by grabbing Pazzi's hanging body, then limping away after falling the rest of the considerable distance.]]

* Crawford vs. Hannibal, Round 2. Unlike their first fight, Crawford completely ''owns'' the whole thing, smacking Hannibal around with almost contemptuous ease until the heretofore invincible-seeming MagnificentBastard is forced to limp away bloody and broken.

* Crawford vs. Hannibal, Round 2. Unlike their first fight, Crawford completely ''owns'' the whole thing, smacking Hannibal around with almost contemptuous ease until he's forced to limp away bloody and broken.

* Alana showing just how much she's moved out of her time as TheScrappy in the previous season, declaring that she's ready to deliver some Old Testament style justice to Hannibal.

* Chiyoh's MaybeMagicMaybeMundane moment, appearing to make time move backwards from her own death so she can instead stab her escaped prisoner in the head.

* Chiyoh's MaybeMagicMaybeMundane moment, appearing to make time move backwards from her own death, so she can instead stab her escaped prisoner in the head.

** Honestly, credit where it's due: Hannibal managed to [[spoiler: beat Jack Crawford in hand to hand combat (allegations of cheating aside), and then outmaneuver both Alana and Will with schemes he had arranged prior to the confrontations. This is one of the crowning examples of both his short and long term planning skills. TheBadGuyWins, indeed.]]

*** "I found more bullets." ''*bang*''

** After being manipulated by Hannibal for most of the second season, Alana finally gets the opportunity [[spoiler: to confront Hannibal and she doesn't hesitate to point a gun at him, especially after discovering that Jack was trapped and injured in the pantry. If Hannibal hadn't removed the bullets ahead of time, there's no doubt that Alana would have shot him dead right there in his own blood soaked kitchen.]]

** Despite all of the advantages that Hannibal has in the episode, Will still manages to give him a brutal WhamLine that confirms just how much he has effected and changed Hannibal throughout their time together. Whether he wants to admit it or not, Will ''has'' managed to creep under the doctor's walls and make him feel more than anybody else since Mischa, [[spoiler: including hurting him with an inevitable betrayal.]] Hannibal doesn't deny it.

** After being manipulated by Hannibal for most of the second season, Alana finally gets the opportunity [[spoiler: to confront Hannibal, and she doesn't hesitate to point a gun at him. If Hannibal hadn't removed the bullets, there's no doubt that Alana would have shot him dead right there in his blood soaked kitchen.]]

** Despite all of the advantages that Hannibal has in the episode, Will still manages to give him a brutal WhamLine that confirms just how much he has effected and changed Hannibal throughout their time together. Whether he wants to admit it or not, Will ''has'' managed to creep under the doctor's walls and make him feel more than anybody else since Mischa, including hurting him with an inevitable betrayal. Hannibal doesn't deny it.

--->'''Will''': I already did.

-->'''Hannibal''': Did you think you could transform me?
-->'''Will''': I already did.

** [[spoiler:Margot standing triumphantly over the helpless Mason, and declaring that she'll be giving him the exact same level of care he's given her all their lives.]]

* 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.

* In the pulled episode, ''�uf'', the killer of the week 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.
* 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.

* Will also does very well in the episode ''Fromage'', when he's garrotted from behind by [[spoiler: Tobias]], trapping his hand and his gun close to his head. So Will tilts the gun back and fires it, deafening them both and dazing his attacker, forcing [[spoiler: Tobias]] to release him.

* The first scene in ''Kaiseki'' with Will and Hannibal on screen together. Will is no longer the confused investigator of the last season, and he can actually see Hannibal for the villain that he is. What really makes it a CrowningMomentofAwesome is the BadassBoast at the end:

* Roland Umber, the man abducted by the eye-mural killer in ''Kaiseki'' wakes up and escapes at the start of the next episode, as his previous heroin usage gave him resistance to the deadly dose of opiates. After tearing his flesh pulling himself from the glue and stitches of the mural, Umber manages to smash the lock of the container holding him and run out. [[spoiler: Of course the killer then sees Umber and hunts him through a forest and cornfield, with the victim doing well to avoid the killer's sight and rifle. Backed up against a high river cliff and facing the killer, he jumps off the edge, only just hitting the side and dying.]]

* Crawford says he understands if [[spoiler: Zeller and Price want time to grieve and don't want to examine Katz' remains, but Price is firm - "We're not running away from this, Jack. Beverly wouldn't."]]
* Chilton deserves his own in ''Futamono''. He's the only person outside of Gideon and Will that accepts Hannibal Lecter is the Chesapeake Ripper, and repeatedly tries to convince Jack of this. Never once does he back down, despite Hannibal making not-so-subtle threats. It's pretty major character development for a man who was seen as little more than a greasy, sassy sleazeball in the first season.
* Hate him or not, there is something that is both chilling and beautiful about the way Hannibal [[spoiler: sets up Dr. Chilton in ''Yakimono'']]. It's obvious from the prep with [[spoiler: Miriam Lass]] that he had been planning to execute such a plan for quite some time. Conditioning someone thus does not happen overnight. But he plays everything perfectly, and once he realizes Jack is having [[spoiler: Miriam]] look at him through the one-way mirror at FBI headquarters, engineers everything so that [[spoiler: Chilton will be next at that table. He doesn't even have to be there for the execution.]]
* In ''Su-zakana'', Hannibal grabs Will's gun out of his hand as the latter prepares to fire, placing his thumb to block the hammer, while risking three of his fingers getting blown off.

* The exact details aren't known yet, but the animalistic killer of ''Shiizakana''? Who mauled at least three people? [[spoiler: Was killed by Will Graham, with his bare hands.]]

* After we spend almost the entirety of ''Ko no Mono'' thinking [[spoiler: Will killed and ate Freddie and has been seduced by Hannibal,]] the reveal that [[spoiler: Freddie's alive and well and both she and Jack are in on Will's long con]] is pretty damn satisfying.

* The show has been renewed for a ''third'' season - Fuller has broken his curse!

* "Tomewan" has quite a few:

** [[spoiler:Jack revealing that he's even keeping Will in the dark about some parts of their plan to take down Hannibal, as after a great deal of effort he's managed to locate Dr. Du Marier and get her safely into FBI custody.]]

* In the pulled episode, ''Œuf'', the killer of the week 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.

* The show has been renewed for a ''third'' season - Fuller has broken his curse!

* Will punching Mason Verger in the face, especially Verger's apparent confusion at what's happening. Will then calmly threatens to throw Mason to his own pigs, and then points a gun at Mason's head, before finally deciding it would be more fitting to have Mason kill Hannibal.

* Will punching Mason Verger in the face, especially Verger's [[Film/Dodgeball White Goodman-esque]] apparent confusion at what's happening.