Hannibal's Most Fucked Up Moments
Hannibal's 40 Most F*cked Up Moments
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Hannibal viewers are a unique bunch; they tune in weekly to follow the adventures of a serial murderer, experience hunger pangs while watching him prepare feasts of human flesh, and think "eating the rude" is an acceptable response to bad manners. I'll gladly admit that I'm one of these "Fannibals" — in fact, I maintain that the show is a modern TV masterpiece and recommend it to everyone I know. If only NBC didn't cancel it! There's no escaping the truth of the matter: Hannibal is seriously f*cked up.
There is no shortage of WTF moments on the show, which wraps up with its series finale this week. From man-eating pigs (and humans) to murals made of dead corpses, it's almost impossible to pick 40 scenes that stand out from the rest . . . but I think you'll find this list sufficient to whet your appetite for the grotesque. Read on to relive the most disturbing moments from Hannibal, and be warned: this definitely isn't for the faint of heart.
1 When a naked body impaled on deer antlers shows up in the very first episode.
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2 And then the episode ends with Garrett Jacob Hobbs slitting his own daughter's throat.
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3 Then the next episode starts with bodies buried in the forest and covered in mushrooms . . . while they're still alive.
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4 But let's face it — the praying bodies with flayed skin "wings" are worse.
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5 When Miriam Lass's severed arm shows up holding a cell phone.
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6 Realizing that Tobias makes instruments with human-gut strings.
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7 And then that "human cello" corpse shows up, and it makes that haunting sound.
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8 Abigail's role as "bait" in all of her dad's killings.
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9 Hands grabbing Beth LeBeau and dragging her beneath the bed.
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10 When Hannibal and Dr. Sutcliffe agree to lie about Will's severe encephalitis.
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11 Will accidentally pulling the skin off of Georgia Madchen's entire arm in one swift tug.
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12 Then Abel Gideon operates on a still-conscious Dr. Chilton.
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13 Georgia Madchen burning alive in her incubator.
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14 When Hannibal frames Will by shoving Abigail's ear down his throat.
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15 That human mural "art piece" made of bodies in the water tower.
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16 Hannibal appreciating and completing James Gray's "masterpiece."
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17 Will's memory flashbacks of Hannibal injecting him with hallucinogens and inducing seizures.
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18 That acupuncturist who blinds her clients and then lobotomizes them.
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19 When the team inspects a beehive-covered corpse in the woods.
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20 Beverly discovering Hannibal's killing cave (aka his basement) just in time for him to trap her there.
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21 And then he cuts her open and displays her corpse . . . but not before removing her organs to swap them with James Gray's.
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22 When a disturbingly beautiful tree-trunk corpse shows up in a parking lot.
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23 The discovery that Hannibal is holding Dr. Gideon hostage and slowly feeding him to himself.
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24 When Dr. Chilton gets framed for Hannibal's crimes.
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25 The f*cked up turducken: a bird sewn into a human corpse, all wrapped up inside a dead horse.
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26 And then a live social worker rips out of another dead horse carcass.
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27 The human face displayed on a cave bear skeleton.
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28 When Will makes a "long pig" reference to Hannibal and you think he's become a cannibal.
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29 Then Margot Verger seduces Will in order to get pregnant with his baby.
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30 Watching Mason Verger drink martinis flavored with sad, salty tears.
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31 Then he forces Margot to get a hysterectomy and revels in her despair.
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32 And then Mason's flesh-eating pigs are introduced, and things get even creepier.
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33 Finally, Mason's storyline reaches a horrifying peak when he feeds his own face to Will Graham's dogs.
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34 When a surprisingly alive Abigail Hobbs pushes Alana Bloom out a window, only for Hannibal to slit her throat.
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35 Hannibal gutting Will while caressing him.
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36 That flashback of Hannibal feeding snails with Abel Gideon's flesh to give them flavor, then eating them with him.
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37 When Bedelia realizes that Hannibal is feeding her the same things that Romans used to flavor their animals before slaughter.
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38 Discovering that Will is still alive, but he's just going after Hannibal again.
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39 Hannibal's re-creation of an anatomically correct heart . . . with human body parts.
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40 When Hannibal is revealed to be the famed Italian serial killer Il Mostro, who arranged bodies like Renaissance paintings.
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