A Second Helping of Hannibal

Wherein Beth and Matt discuss rambutans, theremins, Folie à deux, and The Sopranos. Also, the longest discussion to date about a single line of dialogue.

Some links:

• Rambutan
• Sopranos
• City on the Edge of Forever
• Theremin Sounds
• Janice Poons's Food Styling Blog
• Folie à Deux
• Wound Man

Wherein Beth and Matt discuss classical music, a shady dell, and opera lyrics.

Some links:

• Mozart's Requiem
• Amadeus
• The Four Seasons
• Faust
• Giulio Cesare
• Shady Dell

Wherein Beth and Matt discuss why we watch horror, choke holds, psychic driving experiments and the CIA, St. Sebastian, and asking why Netflix or someone won't just pick up season 4 already.

Some things we cover:

• Saint Sebastian: History's first gay icon? by Kittredge Cherry
• The Manchurian Candidate
• 25 Years of Nightmares (David Remnick on psychic driving)
• The Birth of Soft Torture (Rebecca Lemov on psychic driving)
• Errol Morris' Wormwood on Netflix
• The Great Pretender by Susannah Cahalan

Wherein Beth and Matt recap the episode and discuss The Godfather II, psychic driving basics, and delicious ways to eat tongue.

Some things we cover:

• The Godfather, Part II
• The Silence of the Lambs
• Joan Nathan on Tongue Cookery
• Sweet and Sour Tongue recipe
• Tongue Taco Recipe

Wherein Beth and Matt discuss completist compulsions, insomnia, Buffy, and whether it's possible to introduce a civilian to Hannibal with one well-chosen episode.

Some things we discuss:

• Buffy
• Parks and Rec
• Belgian Balancing Siphon
• Absinthe Fountain

Wherein Beth and Matt discuss how to ruin a good bag of mushrooms, Hannibal's hyper-competence, how Alana is right for the wrong reasons, and the show's external and internal fandoms. We do discuss a pretty difficult personal topic, but we give fair warning.

Also, a correction: The Hannibal screening we went to was at the New York Split Screens Festival, not the New York TV Festival. The Executive Director of the 2017 edition was Raphaela Neihausen; Matt Zoller Seitz was the artistic director.

• Frank Sinatra: Hey Jealous Lover
• Vertigo - a very apt pupil
• Split Screens Festival Hannibal Screening

Wherein Beth and Matt discuss sociopathy, gloves, and falling in love, and also overcome microphone issues.

Things we mention:

• Giallo gloves
• Jack the Ripper victims
• Definition of Sociopathy

Wherein Beth and Matt discuss trypophobia and the Surinam toad.

Things we mention:

• Trypophobia test
• The Surinam Toad

Wherein Beth and Matt launch their rewatch of Hannibal; express bafflement as to why the show didn't catch on with them initially; discuss tensions between previous depictions of Hannibal and the TV show's interpretation; discuss ACD Sherlock; and express skepticism about public restroom sinks.