We meet Francis Dolarhyde, aka The Tooth Fairy.
We finally see Hannibal Lecter behind bars.
And Will Graham returns to the FBI after a three-year hiatus.
As Hannibal and Will create lives without one another, The Red Dragon is growing in that darkness.
His slaying of two families is what will bring Will and Hannibal back together.
So, what have these two frenemies been up to in their time apart?
They live in relative isolation, in a cabin in the woods.
Will is obviously still haunted by his past, but he has found some semblance of peace here.
If I go, Ill be different when I get back, Will tells Molly.
Will lives in fear of his inevitable fall back into Hannibals orbit and back into his own madness.
Meanwhile, Hannibal has been biding his time in Dr. Chiltons institution.
He may be a prisoner, but he has a gilded cage.
And Im not just talking about the suits.
Alana doesnt even bat an eye while discussing Hannibals promise to one day murder her with Hannibal himself.
This is a man barely holding onto any sense of the world as it is.
He can never evade the rumbling growl of the dragon.
Unlike Hannibal, he is as much a victim as the people he kills.
Overall, The Great Red Dragon was a literal return to form forHannibal.
You, with your fancy illusions, your fussy aesthetics.
You will always have niche appeal.
But that doesnt mean it isnt nice to be back in more familiar narrative territory.
Rating:
4 out of 5
