Hannibal
Yakimono
TV Flash files “Yakimono” as a desk essential hour — Hannibal (2013–2015) on NBC, season 2, episode 7, aired 2014-04-11, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E07: listed hour 20 of 39 in the Hannibal guide, hour 7 of 13 in season 2. It aired 2014-04-11 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Futamono” (S02E06). Next is “Su-Zakana” (S02E08).
Essential hour: “Yakimono”. Yakimono lets Fuller's plating be the plot, not garnish, a mid-run Japanese course before the lamb's wrath.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
When Jack Crawford's star pupil Miriam Lass is found alive, she becomes the FBI's best hope to identifying the Chesapeake Ripper, but her foggy memory complicates the search. Evidence found at the site of Miriam's rescue exonerates Will Graham of any involvement in the Ripper and Copycat cases, and he is released from the asylum. Will warns Dr. Chilton that he could be in danger due to his intimate knowledge of the Ripper case, but when Chilton tries to confide in Jack that he shares Will's fears about Hannibal, he is rebuffed; no evidence has been found against Hannibal, despite the FBI's efforts. Meanwhile, Jack wastes no time in reinstating Will on the BAU team as they hunt for the Ripper. After introducing Will and Miriam to compare notes, Jack's suspicions of Hannibal's involvement continue to build. Only Miriam's memory holds the key to unlocking the Ripper's true identity, but can it be trusted?
Viewer FAQ
Where does Yakimono sit in the Hannibal guide?
S02E07 is listed hour 20 of 39 — hour 7 of 13 in season 2, season 2 episode 7.
When did Hannibal S02E07 air?
Yakimono aired 2014-04-11 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I need the Lecter films first?
No. Fuller reinterprets Harris's characters rather than continuing a single movie timeline. Treat it as its own beautiful, terrible plate.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Will Graham and Hannibal Lecter in a lethal dance of empathy and appetite: food porn, mind palaces, queer-coded dread. Bryan Fuller's NBC art-house horror pushed network standards for beauty and gore, then died after three seasons into cult immortality. Dancy and Mikkelsen make conversation feel like autopsy. Broadcast cannibal opera — short run, high style, Fannibals still loud.
A plate arrives, and the conversation feels like autopsy. Bryan Fuller developed Thomas Harris's characters for NBC (April 4, 2013) and pushed network standards for beauty and gore until cancellation made *Hannibal* a cult immortal. Hugh Dancy's Will Graham and Mads Mikkelsen's Lecter enter a lethal, intimate dance of empathy and appetite. Gillian Anderson, Laurence Fishburne, Caroline Dhavernas orbit the table. Crime cases are edible still lifes. Food porn, mind palaces, queer-coded dread. The work is the plating.
Filed against
- Hugh Dancy as Will Graham
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- Mads Mikkelsen as Dr. Hannibal Lecter
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- Laurence Fishburne as Jack Crawford
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- Caroline Dhavernas as Alana Bloom
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