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Yet the story still resonated so much because we were seeing how Will was affected by once more interacting with Hannibal and the simultaneous urge to join forces with him and determination to put an end to Lecter, once and for all. So yes, WillвЂ™s actual deductive skills are not used as much here as in the novel when it comes to tracking down Dolarhyde, and his relationship with Molly is essentially a hollow one he canвЂ™t really go back to - not because of anything wrong with her, but because of what heвЂ™s gone through.

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That meant this version of Red Dragon couldnвЂ™t help but feel different than others вЂ“ even early on, when the story beats were pretty much sticking to the source material, what was driving Will forward felt notably altered thanks to all heвЂ™d gone through in this series beforehand.

Of course, the center of this show has always truly been the relationship between Hannibal Lecter and Will Graham and has given them a far more intricate, layered and complicated dynamic than they typically had in the Red Dragon novel (or other films), where Will met Hannibal a couple times, figured out he was the killer and was nearly killed while catching him.

This storyline also allowed Fuller to bring characters like Jimmy, Brian, Freddie and Chilton back into the story, all of whom got nice moments - well 'nice' may not be the right word for Chilton, but he sure got some riveting moments, as he came face to face (and mouth to mouth) with the Dragon in a horrific manner. But this was creepy, intense storytelling through and through, with Richard Armitage bringing just the right mix of scary and semi-sympathetic as Francis Dolarhyde, a murderous, delusional monster who was at war with the potentially loving man somewhere deep inside him вЂ“ a war amplified as Dolarhyde fell for the blind Reba (a strong Rutina Wesley), even as вЂњthe DragonвЂќ was coming to life within him, compelling him to kill. Yes, it streamlined some aspects вЂ“ we didnвЂ™t get any of the Dolarhyde flashbacks (one tiny glimpse aside) and WillвЂ™s role was altered, to some extent. On a show packed with great characters, Chiyoh just didnвЂ™t work, unfortunately.ДЄnd wow, was this version of Red Dragon awesome.

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Hell, it turned out she didnвЂ™t even know the full story on what happened with Hannibal and his sister, if Hannibal is to be believed, so what she told Will (and us) was questionable. She felt undefined and murky from beginning to end, and even her random acts of violence вЂ“ which including shoving Will off a train and then shooting Will (Poor Will!) вЂ“ didnвЂ™t ever lead to her fully coming together as a character. But onscreen, Chiyoh was a bland, un-engaging presence. On paper, meeting this woman from HannibalвЂ™s past, who could give Will a window into the young man Hannibal once was and what shaped him, was interesting. The biggest misstep during this point, and for the entire season - and perhaps entire series? - was the newly-introduced Chiyoh (Tao Okamoto). A high bar was set by Michael Pitt as Mason in Season 2, but Joe Anderson adeptly stepped into his shoes (and mutilated face) in Season 3, bringing his own take on MasonвЂ™s witty, macabre insanity. The pace meanwhile picked up considerably around episode four (a more, by Hannibal standards, straightforward flashback episode showing what happened soon after the Season 2 finale) and then went into overdrive, as Jack had an amazing rematch with Hannibal and Mason VergerвЂ™s plan to get revenge kicked into gear.

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