>Also, he acknowledges that "spinning those plates for too long
>is a delicate proposition", so why would he be upset that they
>are switching gears and hunting Dr. Lecter for a season?

How do we know he doesn't get caught in the next few episodes? How do we know the first few episodes don't focus on the fallout/recovery of Jack/Will/Alana? Introduce new characters (Pretty sure I read Fuller did say Francis Dolarhyde and another killer would be introduced)? New FBI agents to step in and investigate what actually happened at Hannibal's house? The potential returns of Chilton, the guy who tried to kill Hannibal? Freddie Lounds? How do we know we won't spend episodes seeing whatever Hannibal and Du Maurier end up doing/going? What if he gets in contact with Will and Will actually DOESN'T try to find him?

I can't imagine them doing a season long predictable "hunt for Hannibal" that feels like a procedural drama...there are a million places for it to go, and to say Hannibal is "over with" creatively is absurd.