Hannibal Season 2 Finale "Mizumono" Review - All roads have led to this

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I will say again that if you haven't watched the finale or if you ever plan on watching Hannibal at some point then really don't read this review. It's a shocker of a episode, one of the best peices of television that I have seen in a long time and Hannibal has proved to be the best thing on the small screen at the moment. This whole season has been about Hannibal (Shock) but finding out the truth about Hannibal and Will has never given up on people finding out the truth. So everything led to this as Jack and Wills plans were all set in motion to finally arrest the Chesterpeak ripper and stop Hannibal once and for all. Or well that's how it was planned anyway but anything sounds good on paper but delivering on it is another thing. Mads Miklesen was the star of this episode and the season and I still believe that he gives a better preformance as Hannibal then Antony Hopkins because no matter how evil he is you still route for him. That final scene was fantastically twisted and evil and the shock moment as you don't know who is going to survive if any of them started to become a reality. 

So for the last few weeks Will has been tossing turning with his feelings while he knows what Hannibal has done is wrong and knows he has to take him down, part of him wants him to just go and save everyone the trouble. Which is what happens this week as he warns him to leave so that he doesn't have to go down for his crimes. While this show has always been about the relationship between Will and Hannibal this second half of the season has taken that to the next level as their friendship became almost a lover relationship. Which was obvious in this finale as they saw that connection between each other and Hannibal finally felt that he had found someone he could relate to and connect with. Which is why it pains him so much to find out that his friend has betrayed him and been lying to him for so long. Will have Hannibal the choice leave and Jack won't get to you and you can live free or go down for your crimes and be seen as the monster that you really are. But Hannibal being the monster that he is chose for the third option are be free and be seen as the monster at the same time because that's the person I am. 

So let's just get onto what people were waiting to see the confrontation between Hannibal and Jack as he went against his orders and chose to take him out either way. Jack was ordered by his superiors that he mustn't continue with his investigation into Hannibal and that they had taken this to far now. Will has mutilated someone as a trophy to get on Hannibals good side and they had faked the death of Freddie Lownes. All to take out one man and all of this under the orders of Jack putting Jack and the rest of his team in danger. Which then caused her to make Jack hand his badge in because he was now a disgrace to the force and was a danger to his team. Will was also then having a team of police sent to arrest him for murder and there isn't anyway he can get out of this one saying that he's being framed by Hannibal. So Will ran and escaped to confront Hannibal and Jack went to do the same thing two is better then one right. Well that's if they had a plan to go in against him together but that didn't work out like that. 

Hannibal had worked out quite quickly this week what Wills plan really was and where his loyalties really lied and it wasnt with Hannibal like he thought. It was great to watch as Jack went to Hannibal playing the good cop routine and was in invited to help prepare dinner for the both of them. This scene was in my opinion a award winning scene for both actors as they played out this great scene within minimal dialogue in the scene. It was all mostly done through thier eyes Mads Miklesen as an actor is able to play so much of his character through his eyes and they tell a thousand words. Watching as he offered Jack a knife to help prepare the food that was it I was on the edge of my seat just waiting for one of the, to make thier killing blow. As everything slowed down and it felt like hours passed watching them jump into action take thier weapons in arms to take each other out. But Hannibal being Hannibal he came out on top stabbing Jack in the neck and leaving him for dead in the wine closet. It was like something from the shinning those as Hannibal smashed into the door trying to get in and finish him off for good. It was so great it was tense, dark and scary as Jack opened the door and saw Hannibal runni g at the door it gave me chills. I was scared myself but it was brillaint to watch. This epsiode felt like the end of a show sort of finale it was what shows like Dexter and Lost could have taken tips from Hannibal on how to finish a show and do a good finale. I am so so happy that it's coming back for a third season  but if it wasn't I would have been happy with this as the end of the show. I think that the writers of the show had the feeling that there was a chance that tthe show wouldn't come back so they had that plan in place if it didn't. It's a ending that means you are now able to make your own mind up on what you think is going to happen to the characters that are at deaths door because we have been told that not everyone is coming back next season. 

My predictions is that while I love Lawrence Fishburne in this show I think we could see the death of his character and Alanna and Abigail and Will will survive. Abigail and Will have massive grudges and connections to Hannibal so they would make perfect people to come back next season and make it out of this alive. But I do know that who ever survives we won't find out until the second episode of the third season of the show. So we will have to wait even longer just to find out who is going to make it out of this alive. Will I feel will be the obvious one to make it out alive because he's a fan faviorute and he's the other main star of the show alongside Hannibal. But then again you could just do a complete jump and go silence of the lambs with the next season and bring in Clarice to investigate the murders and just kill everyone left in the house. It could be a complete refresh for the show it's a long shot but it's defiantly a possibility because I think it's safe to say that no one is safe in Hannibal everyone is on the chopping block fan faviorute or not. 

But I feel that Will, will make it next season as that touching and horrid end scene between them was something that I think has saved him for another season. As Will made if to the house and found a dying Alana on the floor and walked in to find Abigail standing there. Someone that I thought and I think everyone else had thought was long dead. But until we actually see a body I think it's safe to say that no one is actually dead for sure. Ur where has she been all this time and for what purpose is she still alive. While Hannibal has been acting stupid for a long time and acting like he wasn't aware for what was happening it was quite clear this week that all of that had just been act for a long time. I feel that he had kept Abigail alive for exactly this moment if it ever played out because he was never going to be able to finish Will himself. I think that the hardest part to watch this week was as Abigial had to take out Alana and Will not because she wanted to but because she had to. Then once she did that Hannibal took her out as well just to tie up any loose ends but Hannibal being the coward that he really is didn't have the guts to finish them off. It was horrid to watch as Hannibal touched Wills face and it felt like he was just saying goodbye to a friend as he was no longer going to see him again. It was a brillaint finale and it's going to take a lot for this show to top what they did this season. 

The episode finished brilliantly and it felt like it was something out of a film as we just looked out over blue skies and was almost like it was meant to be a happy ending to the show. And if you had just turned over to the show and had just seen the credits of the episode that you wouldn't have been hard to have mistaken it for a happy ending. But as the credits finished and a plane flew by and we were greeted by Hannibal ona plane to France with who else but Mirium which was a shock and the last person I expected to be there. Seeing as the last time we had seen her she was on Hannibals kill list as he went their to kill her but like I said if we don't see a body then we can safely say that they are most probably still alive. 

But overall we were given an amazing epsiode and an amazing finale and it is going to be missed while we wait for the third season of the show. There is nothing on TV like it and nothing that compares to the brilliance of the show and the writing that is behind the show. While it's going to be hard to beat and top what they did this season I have no doubt that they are going to manage it because they did if this season so just bring on season 3 because it certainly can't come soon enough. 

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X-Men Days Of Future Past - Review

*SPOILER FREE REVIEW*

After years of planning and knowing this story was happening, the many set photos, character photos, posters and trailers Days of Future Past is finally here. There was a lot riding on this film for not only the fans of the films but the fans of the comics who have been craving for this story to be told on the big screen for years. But can I just say that they have heard the hype and they delivered on that hype and more. Giving up not just a superhero movie but a time travel movie hat pushed every character to their breaking point. It was a emotional thrill ride that ended in a climatic action packed sequence that made the previous films in the series look like kiddie films. I will also say stay for the credits for a after credits scene that won't make sense to everyone but its brilliant fan service and exciting and I won't say much more then that.

Right lets get my one and only bad point with the film and its nothing that I feel takes away from the movie I just wasn't feeling it. And that was Peter Dinklage as Trask the creator of the Sentinel's that are the main threat to cast in the present day. Im sorry Peter I love you as an actor and in Game of Thrones think your fantastic but Trask felt very underused in the film I saw his role in the movie as more fan service to fans of the comics. He could have just as easily been mentioned by name or seen in a poster and the film would have still worked he doesn't really get the screen time that he deserved to make me like or hate him. Trask is there to set up Logan's quest in the past but once he goes back in time Trask isn't very much needed anymore he doesn't make much of a difference to the story. I would have liked to have seen him have some dialogue scenes with Logan or the professor but when he is on screen with them he is overshadowed by the characters that we have become attached to and fallen in love with. But thats just how I felt not everyone will feel that way and its less a criticism to the film and its just a personal problem.

But to explain this film its a time travel movie with the x-men imagine back to the future meets Wolverine thats the best way that I could explain it and the cut between Future and past is very good. So the premise for the film is that mutants have more or less been wiped out and the ones that are still alive now live in camps under heavy guard. The only fighting survivors surprise surprise fighting back against this threat are the X-Men who may I just say give one of the best opening scenes to a movie I have seen from a Marvel film. So realising that they are on the edge of extinction professor X has Wolverine set to the past to stop this war from ever beginning saving mutants and humans alike. Thats the best non spoiler plot synopsis I can give because if I say anything more then I will just be giving you spoilers. While the premise for the film might sound confusing and there are points where you will need to concentrate hard on whats happening its been made to be a X-Men film for just about everyone.  But if your not up to scratch with you X-Men movies then watch a marathon of all the previous films before seeing this one because it references back to every movie before it. Some of it being fan service and it is stuff that will make you smile but 90% of it helps move along the plot and just makes the movie even better. If you have ever had doubts on Fox owning the rights to the X-Men movies then you don't have to worry because this is the X-Men movie we have been craving for since X-Men 2. With old cast and new it makes for just a brilliant breath of fresh air for a franchise that looked dead in the water for a while.

So cast lets talk the cast if you were hoping to see quite a bit of the original cast then I'm afraid that your out of luck because they only really make real appearances at the start and near to the end of the film. But each scene is action packed, fast paced, brilliant dialogue and quite emotional at times as you witness each member of the team start to come to their breaking point as they try to win a un winnable  fight. Ian Mckellen and Patrick Stewart make great returns to the series as they now fight along side each other along with Storm, Iceman, Colossus and Kitty Pride who all make a reappearance. Their all great returns to the series and fan favourites it was quite nostalgic watching them all come back on screen and it was great to see them it made me feel like a little kid again watching the original X-men movies. Then along with the new members of the team Blink who makes portals that allows them to jump from place to place (she makes for some crazy scenes) warpath, Sunsspot and Bishop. They all make great additions to the cast however small their role is in the film. Their scenes are great because you never feel like your being suffocated with to many characters their their for a purpose of giving great action sequences which are some of the best from the series to date. If this is the last time that we see the old cast them I'm fine with that because they came back brilliantly in this film and it felt like they never left. But part of me never wants to let the future cast go.

But where this movie really shines and its where we spent 90% of the movie is with the younger cast as James Macavoy and Michael Fassbender make brilliant returns to the series as Charles and Eric. Nicolas Hoult also returns brilliant in this film as Beast and he has some brilliant chemistry on screen and funny scenes with Wolverine which was great to see as they do spend so much of the film together after all. Now I won't say how beast has managed to go back to looking like Hank in the movie as you will have seen in the trailers or why the professor can walk because thats a underline issue in the movie mostly for Charles who is the real star of the movie as its him that has the most to overcome throughout the movie. This film is very much about Charles becoming the hero bladed wonder that he would become but with a little bit of help from a friend. Macavoy shines in this film he's defiantly found his place in the series and he's moulded well into the role and found his feet within the role. Jackman and Macvoy play brilliantly off of each other in the film and they make for some of the best scenes in the film as Logan tries his hardest to teach him what the professor taught him to find himself. To find himself as a hero and the real man that lives inside of him. While the other member of the cast have some brilliant screen time such as Magneto and Mystique but Xavier is the star of the movie past and present as he is the only one that can stop what is going to occur. The professor has a great end scene of the movie that was very sweet and made the whole movie just feel perfect and if you had any doubts of the movie you can put all your worries at ease.

The last point that I have to make is quicksilver who is one of the biggest highlights of the film but I just wish that he was used more then he was in the film. Mostly because he's a breath of fresh air and comedic relief is otherwise what is a very serious movie. I know that this film is very much being used to set up his character for the next film but I just can't wait to see more of him because he was brilliant in this film. The effects used in the film to show off his powers worked great and he's just a young guy having fun with his powers which works amazingly for the film. It shows just why being a superhero and having powers is just meant to be a lot of fun and having fun in these movies is what you really want in a film.

Overall Future Past is absolutely brilliant its one of the best Marvel films for a long time it rivals X-Men 2 as being the best film of the series and I would go as far to say one of the best Marvel films to date. The story is handled brilliantly, well paced and the action sequences in the film are some of the best that I have seen in a film for a long time. While I didn't really feel Trask or like his character it doesn't take away from the film being absolutely brilliant and fantastic. Its a film for any true X-Men fan and a must see and all I can say is come on 2016 because I want Apocalypse now.

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Game of thrones: The law of gods and men Review - Damn Tyrion you killed it!

*MASSIVE SPOILERS FOR THE EPISODE FOLLOW*

Wow well that was something for anyone like me that hasn't read the books I can imagine you were the same and were just in shock that whole of that second half of the episode. Watching as that trial took place all I kept thinking was Peter Dinkalge you are killing it he owned that episode. My only problem with Tyrions character during the show is that I felt that he reached his peak in the first season as he put all his sneaky little plans in motion. But after that he never felt like his character was going anywhere he always felt like he was always in Kings Landing just going through day to day making more and more people hate him everyday. But this week Tyrion was back the reason I fell in love with his character and why he won golden globes for this character was back. While there was other things happening in this episode were get to them last because this trial was the bulk of the episode and it just continuously hit the mark. 

So since Joffery died we knew that this trial was coming and we have all been waiting for this trial even those I haven't read the books I knew about the trial because of friends. So this wasn't a surprise that this was coming but what happened was crazy. So let's start with Jamie who ever since that rape scene that got everyone talking and hating him I feel like he as a character has started redeeming himself again. As he went to thier father who just happened to be the judge of said trial what a surprise your father hates you and he's the judge. But Jamie gave Tywin a proposition if you spare Tyrions life then Jamie will leave Kings Landing and go to rule over Casterly Rock. Which surprisingly Tywin agreed to Tyrion would go to the wall and become a crow of the Knights Watch where he will love out his days. Which was Tywin all over from the very beginning we have always known that he's 10 steps ahead of everyone else, so he was just biding his time because he knows his children and he knows Jamie's weakness is his love for his brother. So Jamie obviously agreeing to this tells Tyrion and you would think that would be the end of it Tyrion can just bide his time in the box till the trials end and get his sentence knowing his head won't end up on a spike. But of course that would just be way to easy if that's how things really went now wouldn't it. 

Two people stood up in the witness box, two people that I thought were Tyrions allies and that would never have betrayed him the first one being Vayres everyone's faviorute deceiver. So having spoken to people about this that have read the books even they have told me that they don't know what his real motive was by deceiving him. What I love about Vayres is that he's like Little Finger he always have this allterior motive for why he's doing these things but he never let's his guard down so his true motive is never clear. But this week he stepped up into the witness stand and showed that he wasn't really a friend after all as he lied through his teeth about Tyrion. But that was just the start of it for him.

Next was Cersei who come on she was going to stand up there and it wasn't such a surprise to see her say what she said seeing as he did promise to kill Joffery many times. But they were all idle threats it's not like he was ever going to be stupid enough to go through with it right??

But the big part of the episode came in the final 15-20 minutes of the epsiode with the final witness who was Shey someone that loved him and he loved her back. But he broke her heart but he did what he did to save her life and as far as he knew she was far away from Kings Landing living out her life somewhere. So that just begs the question why is she still here and did she even make it onto the ship or was she stopped as part of this plan to kill Joffery. Was it Bron (I apologise if that's not you spell his name you know who I mean) did he have something to do with it because he want at the trial after all. And he never went to see Tyrion when he was locked up in his cell because he said at he wasn't aloud to but how much of that was the truth because anyone will decive and turn on you if payed enough by the right people. I think that would make for some great TV and it would be something that I expect from the show especially seeing as he didn't turn up at the trial at all not even to support him. But Shey went onto say that Sansa wanted to kill Joffery for what he did to her father and that Tyrion promised to help her do it and being her maid or hand maiden it would make sense after all. They also have her necklace which doesn't make sense because she was still wearing it when she escaped so it makes me wonder how far this assissination plan really goes. How many more people were in on it then Little Finger and how long were they planning this for and setting all the plans in motion for. Was Margery's grandmother one of the people that were behind it and made sure the wedding went ahead so that they could do it then at the wedding. It's crazy but I'm sure that it's something that we aren't going to find out the answer to for a long long while if the speed at which this season is going at it's certainly not going to be this season of the show. 

But the trial and the episode ended with that crazy and quite scary side of Tyrion that I love because he's just plain evil and crazy when he really wants to be. So by the end of the episode he had completly lost his mind with everyone and everything had just gotten to him so he told the people of kings landing how he felt. Telling them that he saved them he helped save these people and this is the thanks that he gets for that. Hearing him tell them that he should have just let them all die was amazing because it was Tyrion back at his best and he's not holding any punches anymore. Watching him tell the truth about everything tell them that thier beloved Joffery was just a coward and he wished he had killed him. But he didn't because for one thing he's not stupid enough to do it and get caught if he was going to do it he would have made sure he got away with it. So he calls for a trial by combat so who's going to be fighting for him and who's fighting against him. Could it be Jamie and Bron which would make sense seeing as they both have a connection to Tyrion and if even one of them died it would hurt him. Also they have been training together so maybe this was something that Tyrion had planed for and needed both of them to be ready for. But one thing is for sure we are in for some great epsiodes going into the second half of this season it's just sad to think it's getting closer to end again.

We did also see some other characters this week away from Kings Landing the major one of these being Theon who is basically a broken man now he's no longer the man he was once before. His sister came to get him and brake him out but he didn't want to leave because that guy is no longer inside there. His mind is broken and ripped apart and he's now nothing more then a broken man with a broken mind. Which all works into the bastard child's plan (sorry his name is a blank) where he gives him a task that he will go back to castle black and pretend to be Theon GreyJoy. It was probably the only other real interesting part of the episode because it was leading into something bigger going into future episodes. 

The other two things that happened in the epsiode was Baratheon went to the iron bank to set his plans in motion to put the rightful king back in kings landing rather then a child of incest. It's setting things up for another war and attack on Kings Landing but like I said earlier the pace things are going at this season that won't be for a long time. Then the other thing that happend was are queen of dragons started to realise that being a queen of a city wasn't all it was cracked up to be. As she had just over two hundred people that wanted an audience with her and her dragons have grown quite a bit over the last few weeks. I certainly don't remember them being that huge at the start of the season.

But the trial was what made this episode great and it made up for the bulk of the episode and it was very much Tyrions episode. With a trial by combat to look forward to if all we had from now was kings landing scenes then I would be happy because that's where all the good stuff is happening. It's defiantly the place to be if your a character in Game of Thrones.

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Hannibal: “Ko No Mono” Review - Things start to come full circle

*SPOILERS FOR EPISODE FOLLOW*

 So this week we saw the aftermarth of Freddie Lownes and just as Alanna felt that she was putting all of the pieces together a new twist was about to be uncovered. With Jack becoming very distant from the rest of the cast you couldn't help but wonder what the reason was and why he had started to act this way over the past few weeks. But it all came with the shock reveal as Alanna and us the audience were greeted by the sight that Freddie was still alive as she asked Alanna how her funeral was. Its something that came towards the end of the episode and it makes me wonder just how much Jack has been behind all of this. So Will didn't kill Freddie and its obvious now that Will hasn't been as much of a monster as first thought and all of this is just their plan to get Hannibal someone that has managed to slip from their grasps for to long now.

So this whole season has been very much all about Hannibal and Will as we focus more on their relationship and how manipulating Hannibal is as a character. This week we saw Hannibal let his guard down around Will a bit as he spoke about how he was a father to his sister. Which we later find out that she is no long alive. Which if you have read the hannibal rising novel then you know the circumstances of her death and just how much it shaped him into the man that he became and the reason for why he is the way he is. It was the first time that we saw Hannibal as a real human being and see him and Will become more equals as they looked at each other as those they were speaking to themselves. Which I would guess is all part of Will and Jacks plan to get Hannibal and expose him for the monster that he truly is but who knows they may go in a different direction with it but were see. It was one of the only scenes that we actually saw Will and Hannibal together as this week I felt was very much Alanna's time to shine.

So I have said this previously that I really feel that Alanna has been the weakest member of the cast and that she hasn't been developed in the same way that other members of the cast have. I have also always felt this about the female members of the cast that they have always been the weakest members of the cast. But she finally felt like she had a strong outing this week as her judgements and feelings for Hannibal started to become clear as she started to realise that Will and Hannibal were dangerous, and that maybe it was Hannibal that was fuelling this and she was just to blind to see it before. From the word go this season I have felt like we have meant to feel sorry for Alanna that she is just getting herself mixed up with messed up individuals. But its hard to feel sorry for someone that has been constantly warned that the man she is dating might just be a serial killer so its her own fault for not listening. But this week we saw her mind slowly wander it was subtle but effective as she herself started to put the pieces together on just what was happening here. Which when she finally confronts Jack about all of this and whether he feels that Will killed Freddie he responds with "No I don't" which we quickly find out why. So I wonder if the reason that he hadn't told her sooner for the reason why he was acting the way he was is because he had to find out if he was able to trust her. So once she starts to realise that she doesn't know who she is able to believe thats when Jack realises he can trust her with his master plan. Its great to see them putting these plans into motion this week because it shows that we might see Hannibal being found out by the end of the finale rather then another season with them going oh we got it wrong again. But Alanna may just die in the last episode I don't know why but I feel that now she knows that her hunch is correct she may just be the next person on Hannibal chopping board along with Mason if things go his way.

So Mason played a massive part this week in the episode and it al came to a head when he was dressed in those red medical scrubs which represented blood, death and just plain monstrous acts. Its brilliant to see this week that we have got a brand new villain to hate even those its obvious that he will be fed to the pigs next week its been great while it lasted. We got more of an idea this week just who this man was and just what made him tick and to say that he's fucked up is putting it mildly. He has his own sister mutilated just so that she would have to have a hysterectomy its a very dark and evil step he takes just so that he stays as soul air. He was even prepared to father a child with his sister just so that he would himself have a air to the fortune which was dark twisted and just plain mental. All his scenes this week led to the main conclusion that he was just waiting to be killed by Will and Hannibal the double team. Which I thought was about to happen but it wouldn't have made sense because they we wouldn't have had anything left going into the final episode for this season. But if their was anything that was obvious it was that Will was going to plant the idea into his head that he should take down Hannibal because he has been the one behind all of this. It is almost like Hannibal's children his creations are now revolting against him and turning against him. Which has been a main focus of the season is Hannibal seeing himself as a father to people such as Will as he makes them into his own little creations. Or it could just be that he is protective over them because its the fatherly figure that he has inside him that he is no longer able to portray upon his sister.

All that is obvious is that we are in for a explosive season finale for Hannibal as everything starts to come full circle for the team and everyone else as you can hope that they come to the realisation that Will was right. Its going to be exciting and if the rest of the episode has been anything to go by then we are in for a exciting final episode. Its also exciting to know that we are getting a season 3 of the show so we have more Hannibal action to look forward to next year.

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Hannibal "Naka-Choko" Review - The Student becomes a master

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Well things are getting darker and more twisted every week now and Will has started to become more evil and sinister then Hannibal and Hannibal is the ripper. So after last weeks end scene as Hannibal walked in to find a dead man on his table and Will standing there at the other end you knew things wouldn't be the same again. Hannibal has finally gotten him where he wants him and the student has become a master and their relationship with each other has become almost like their one person now rather then friends or enemies. I think this has been Hannibals master plan all along ever since the first time that he met him and went with Will to confront Jacob Hobbs all that time ago. My thinking is that he saw the potential in Will so he became friends with him to let his guard down and subtly showed him who he was so that Will would slowly come to warm to what he does. So now that they have seen that they are equally matched they have come to that same mindset that they are one, that neither one can live without the other because they understand each other. 

So this week we started where we left off last week with this almost intimate scene between Will and Hannibal as they discuss how Will felt killing him. The scene was beautiful and you see just how well crafted the show is and the amount of care and detail that they go into when making the show. There was great dialogue throughout the entire episode as we had yet another Hannibal and Will centered episode. Which is defiantly not a bad thing as Jack sits on the back burner so that we can stick with the relationship between the two or three people shall we say that's most interesting. 

I say this because we saw the return of my faviroute character Alana Bloom I lie because if you have read any of my other reviews I feel she brings nothing to the show and has never been fully developed. In the same way as say Freddie has who was great to see return his week but were get to her later. So Alana felt like she had a purpose this week as she sat and ate dinner with Will and Alana and she discussed how their relationship is ever changing and strange almost. How to people can go from being enemies to friends they are connected maybe more the Hannibal and Alana are which I felt she could tell herself. So this leads me to the Hannibal and Alana in bed while Will was in bed with one of the twins. It was strange and weird but it worked as you watch Will fantasise about being with Alana almost as if he was Hannibal and the scene ended with her laying between Hannibal and Will. It was weird but it worked because it symbolised the relationship between the doctor and his patient. That they are now one and the same so Will has started to see himself as Hannibal in a lot of ways. I have found this ever since he was released from prison as his mannerisms have changed and his clothing and hair have changed. If you haven't noticed by now which I would be surprised but just look at them both standing next to each other it's like looking at two brothers or a mentor and his apprentice. I said this in a previous review but I see him looking at Will as almost like his child someone that he is able to mould into the person he wants him to be. Could be like a really evil double act both of them wearing those clear suits as they take down who ever takes their fancy and place them on the frying pan. 

So we finally got to meet this famous brother that Hannibals new patient has been mentioning for a couple of episode now as she spoke about how she had a chance to kill him but couldn't do it. Hannibal suggests that maybe she can't do it so maybe someone else could do it for her which he advised her in a previous episode. So Hannibal had a meeting with him this week Ipright I'm not going to name him I'm just going to call him the pig man, because people can correct me if I'm wrong but isn't he the man that Hannibal eventually feeds to the pigs. So he showed Hannibal is prized possessions pigs that he is training to kill a live man that is slowly lowered down to them. So we watched as he demonstrated with a dummie covered in blood and screamed every now and again. This scene was brillaint as it was utterly terrifying and I quickly realised just why she wanted to kill her brother because he's just pure evil. Which you could say about Hannibal but at least he's a gentleman killer. I'm definantly never going to be able to look at a pig the same way again those as you heared the squeals as they ripped this dummy off of the rope and ripped it apart. I think were in for a shocker when we finally reach this mans death because if we know this show then it's going to be stylistic and just plain gruesome. 

So there was only one other main member of the cast that really played a big part in the epsiode this week and that was Freddie Lownes who is writing her story on Will and his relationship with Hannibal. I think it was obvious this week that she was going to meet her end and I was just waiting for it. So Freddie being the reporter that she is she sneaked onto Wills farm to they and find out some more answers on his relationship with Hannibal. Especially after he has suddenly changed his feelings on Hanniabl in just a few weeks from when he was classing him as a killer and now he's classing him as a friend. Poor old Freddie we lost another big cast memeber this week were losing cast members quicker then were adding to it we won't be left with anyone at the rate their going. She sneaked into his Farmhouse and found the bear suit hanging up in thier used by are killer last week. That was something that we didn't see this week was a new killer as are killer was Will. Must have been great for Jack and the rest of the team getting a week off from weird killings. But the point that things hit a head was when Freddie turned around to find Will standing there and that was it I was terrified of him. He's less he hero of the show now and more a villain as he told her to give her what she has and before he can stop her she escapes and runs for her car. Where she phones Jack and leave the phone on so that Jack can hear her screams as Will dragged her away and goodbye Freddie the last we will be seeing of you again. While Hannibal is scary in that clear suit, Will takes it to another level with those eyes and those gloves he was wearing never trust anyone wearing leather driving gloves. 

We ended this week with Will bring Hannibal the meat for a meal for dinner and as Hannibal questioned what type of meat his eyes lit up to the possibilities. The chemistry between Mads and Hugh is clear in this scene as they give brillaint preformances and work so well bouncing off each other. It was great to see Hannibal giving that sinister smile as he realised that his student was now learning and he was about to pass his final test. Which is what I feel it was now that he has taken his kill and statisfied with the kill he wants to savour it by eating them. Well Will certainly ain't going to be the same again now that he's savouring human meat and enjoying it. 

This was a strong epsiode this week and what amazes be about this show and this season of the show is that want episode has just topped itself. It just shows that care and dedication that they put into the show and how much talent their is with the writers of the show. The script was brilliant this week as Hannibal and Will stayed front and center of the episode once again and to be honest if it stayed like that for the rest of the season that would be fine with me. 

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Arrow "City of Blood" Review - Slade ain't playing

*SPOILERS FOR THE EPISODE*

So it was a sad week for Arrow and was one of the strongest outings for the show for a while I felt. With the grieving cast coming to terms with the death of a mother we saw Slade's plans finally be put into action. 

So we have to start with the funeral the saddest and strongest part of the episode it was a fitting send off for a much loved character in my opinion. It was also the welcome return of Walter to the show who came back out of the respect of his wife. (They were still married at this point weren't they??) But he came back this week and acted as a rock and support for Phia who I felt was dealing with this the worst. Feeling that her mother had died thinking that she hated her and the obvious absence of her brother it was a tough week for her. I felt this weeks episode worked at its strongest because real emotion sadness, anger and hate could be seen on these actors faces. Which I feel comes with working on a show such as this you become a family so losing someone is sad. The show also does brilliantly at making us feel upset for the death of a character. But the two people that really stood out to me were Diggle and Felicity who continues to be that comedic value and breath of fresh air for the show. Felicity was her normal socially awkward self as she talks about how she hated Moira but still felt sadness for her. Which is how I feel everyone was with her character if you liked her or hated her you still felt upset about her death. But the obvious person missing from all of this was Oliver which was represented beautifully in the funeral scene. With the pink rose on the empty chair it was beautiful and represented that person that was missing or hole that couldn't be filled. 

Oliver missing and the search for him was a key plot line this week as the team, Walter and Phia wanted to know where he is. As he wasn't at the home, the base or with Sarah who left last week to go back to the league or that's what I think anyway. What scared me at first is that I thought we were in for the same situation as last week. That they go on this search for Oliver and he then just comes back at the end of the episode with no real feeling like any of it meant anything. But thankfully that wasn't the case this week as Felicity and Diggle went to drastic measures to find their friend. So Amanda Waller returned briefly this week as even she couldn't deny helping them to find him. I think it just shows how scared everyone is of what's around the corner that even the suicide squad leader is prepared to help. (Or she just wants to add him to the team that makes sense as well)  What was great as well was watching Felicty nerd out about the equipment that they have there. She defiantly helped a otherwise serious episode run smoothly. So with all their equipment they find him in next to no time which kept the episode running at a smooth steady pace I felt. 

But before we get to that let's talk about the island we saw a return to the island this week. So if you were missing Sarah from the show you still get your fix of her this week with the submarine scene. They kept it simple this week with the island as the season soon comes to an end so does this seasons island flashbacks. So keeping it simple and to the bare minimum is a must right now and let's just get to when Slade lost his eye already. It's what were all waiting for at this point after all right? 

But they kept it to the minimum with death being the key plot point to the whole scene. It's a horrible dark point but it signifies where they are in the show now at this point. The whole scene was set on the submarine the Japanese one if you remember that Slade almost bled out on. Also what started this whole mess in the present day as well. But using their friendly neighbourhood Russian man they hoped to pilot the sub towards the ship and blow it out of the water. Well that's the plan anyway but you know the score with the island nothing ever goes to plan. My problem with the island is that I see it like Lost it was a good idea at first and started out strong but then the writers lost their way and even they don't know what's going on anymore. So to put it in short terms they planed on using a maned missile to blow up the ship. But that obviously didn't work as it ends with Oliver on the radio to Sarah. Which I wonder is a reference to something to come in the show. Slade did say that there was one more that had to die and he spared Phia's life. So maybe it's Sarah i certainly wouldn't put it past him at this point. They kept the island short and to the point and as a reference to things to come as we maybe see the death of another member of the cast. Sarah, Diggle, Roy or heaven forbid Felicity.

Talking of Roy he was still out of it this week but for how long as they are slowly running out of venom. Not much more really you can say about him this week they kept him out of it which was great. It was more just used as a way to reference Barry again who is still in a coma as far as we know. I think the creators are just going to keep teasing us with this to keep the Flash pilot fresh in are minds. Which you didn't know about yet search it and see the pictures looks promising. 

But the big thing this week was keeping up with just how many people know that Oliver is the Arrow.  Oliver didn't appear until about half way through the episode this week which is never a bad thing. Gives the rest of the cast the limelight for a short time and they all gave amazing performances. But Felicity and Diggle found Oliver in his secondary base slumped against a pillar and certainly not up and jumping happy and smiling. It was here that we were dropped with the bombshell that Oliver was going to give himself up to Slade so that no one else died. So Oliver went to meet his end or so he thought and I think a lot of other people thought as well. But thankfully no Diggle shot him with a tranquilliser dart and brought him back to base. 

This is where he's greeted by Laurel who I had forgotten even knew about him being the Arrow at this point. It's not the greatest secret identity Oliver. But if anyone was going to convince him that Starling City needed him now more then ever it was her as they dropped the bombshell to him that Sebastian Blood knew about his mothers Murder. Which now that he has fitted all the pieces together he's now in a better position with not only Slade on his list now but Blood also. Who someone will have to correct me on this if I'm wrong but is he meant to be a version of the Scarecrow. I only say that because the mask and the voice kinda suggest that's who he's meant to be. 

While Blood is obviously going to meet his demise in these final few episode it's going be a shame to lose him. Kevin Alejandro has given brilliant performances throughout this season of the show. He was like John Barrowmen in the first season to me that actor I wasn't sure would fit in the show and turned out to be brilliant. Blood is that perfect mix of evil and charismatic he comes across as a pure gentleman but underneath is a twisted evil man. But he had a great scene this week with Oliver as he confronted him about the truth. Trying to get him to see sense and see Slade as the twisted mindless killer that he is. But Sebastian gave the point of he wanted to be mayor and Slade gave that to him. So maybe his hidden agenda is only to kill Oliver and Blood was just a pawn used to get him what he needs, control of the city. Blood and Oliver's scene was brilliant it was tense and it was like all the pieces coming together. After so many lies, deaths and deception all the pieces were falling into place and death was upon them.

While Slade was absent physically from the episode he still played a prominent role in the episode. Manu Bennett has given us some brilliant performances this season and just hearing that intimidating voice on the phone it even scared me. He shows why he's to be feared and that is a lot to the praise of Manu who is fantastic and has been since he first appeared in the show. The final scene of the episode really set everything up for me those as Deathstroke's army walked into Starling city. I have a feeling that it's more then the destruction of the glades we could be looking at this season. 

But it was a stronger episode this week from them after the shambles that was last weeks episode. It was a emotional week and we got to see some brilliant character based scenes as they all dealt with her death in their own way. With Deathstroke's army making thier way into the city at the end of the episode I'm excited for the last couple of episodes we have to come. 

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