>The more playful "I love your work" Hannibal is a nice change
>from what I thought was a far to cold and distant Hannibal
>from season 1.
>
>It'll be interesting to see if NBC gives it a third season
>since the ratings are lousy but the network could use a
>critical darling, even if it doesn't pull ratings. Sadly, I
>doubt it and assume that this will be the last season but
>given their track record, I kind of wish NBC would make the
>smart move and announce right now that there will be a third
>and final season. I think they could get more people to tune
>in if they know there's an end date for it or, at the very
>least, rebuild some of the good will they have lost over the
>years.


Final Season? Bryan Fuller already said Season 3 would basically be Red Dragon and he's completely on board with doing a take on Silence of the Lambs (but obviously can't since MGM has the rights and won't work with Gaumont TV or NBC with letting Fuller and his team use what they want to do it, etc.) So there's potential for this show to keep going...

so even if NBC cancels it, Netflix, Amazon Prime and a few other outlets have already said they'd pick it up in a heartbeat.