I am going to introduce this week’s review on a personal note which I had originally spoken about before. I am a massive fan of the Thomas Harris book series and this year would mark about ten years of being (crazily) obsessed with Hannibal Lecter, his stories and his films (bar the one that shall not be named.) So one of the reasons I admire the Hannibal television series is because Bryan Fuller and his team have adapted it in the most brilliant way. Changing it to our era, but still combing through the original canon to upturn some gems for Hannibal fans. Now is the turn for the delightful (note: sarcasm) sibling duo of Mason and Margo Verger in this week’s Su-Zakana. And just their presence has shown some exciting premise for the television series.
Su-Zakana has given us more characters to be intrigued about and another story arc to follow opposite the “how the hell is he getting away with it?” one. The introduction of Mason Verger, who from the books is the only victim to survive Hannibal’s reign, and his sister Margot is going to be a rather interesting turn for the show. But, as with a lot of new characters, they were somewhat wasted in this episode. While it did bring back nostalgia of season one, it is infuriating for it be as bland as the first few episode of season two. The annoying thing is that all the exciting stuff that happened last week seems to be forgotten and left dangling like a maggot when fishing for a trout.
Nevertheless, Su-Zakana feels like they are holding back. Though steps are being made, they are only very tiny ones. They is richness in this series but they blanket over a lot of the interesting meat. What will happen, who knows? It feels as though Fuller is playing his cards really close to his chest with this season.