In this season premiere episode, Hannibal Lecter describes Kaiseki as "a Japanese art form that honors the taste and aesthetic of what we eat." The same is true of showrunner Bryan Fuller's beautiful and twisted prequel series. His take on the world's most famous cannibalistic doctor is at once horrifying and immaculately constructed. The taste is bitter, with its disturbing violence and intense focus on the inner workings of a serial killer. Yet, the show goes down smoothly, due to a refusal to shy away from the truth. Hannibal knows that death is a terrible finality, and monsters lurk in the shadows of its world, making sure no one ever forgets. Fuller and company never for a moment pretend the darkness of their series can be marginalized or shrugged off at the end of an hour. The grim reality haunts the characters as thoroughly as it does the audience.
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