‘Hannibal’ Was A Gothic Romance

Revisiting NBC’s criminally underrated TV show about a serial killer in love

James Winter
Nov 5 · 6 min read

Hannibal, considered in its entirety, is a masterwork of implication and sublimation. The best single example of this in the series is the seventh episode of the first season, “Sorbet,” written by Jesse Alexander and showrunner Bryan Fuller. Throughout the series, Hannibal Lecter’s…

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James is a former academic currently freewheel writing through every genre that strikes their interest. Catch them on Twitter, @jameswinterwrites.

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