#Den of geek hannibal season 2 review series

However, when Steve looks at the door itвЂ™s wide open with Luke lying on the floor inside reaching out for him.

Hugh tells him the door will only open when it wants to and nothing heвЂ™s tried has work, but for some reason is still trying to gather tools for a task he knows he cannot complete. Damn, I hate when I agree with him, but I was wonder why that or an axe werenвЂ™t used from day 2. Hugh starts trying to beat down the door and Steve tells him to just take it off the hinges. When Steve fails to flinch, the ghost floats back to where ever he came from and the father/son duo ascend the staircase, Hugh in a much bigger hurry than Steve. So I was wrong cause I did find the prolonged stare effective in creeping me out. When it rains, it pours, amirite? His dad tells him to focus on him because Bowler Hat is floating right up for a stare down. Upon entering the next room, he is stopped by his father and sees Abigail sitting at the base of the spiral staircase. I think about how heвЂ™s lost his edge now that I see him face on and standing still. ThereвЂ™s no sense of relief as loud thuds are almost immediately heard and then Steve, now aware of the ghosts in the house, spots Bowler Hat Ghost (aka William Hill) but decides to keep on walking. She encourages him by reminding him how much he needed answers from his father and the same will be true for their own little Eleanor.Д«ack to that fateful night at the house we watch as the Crain men enter and find the place not burnt to a crisp. She wants to know where SteveвЂ™s at and heвЂ™s stuck at having just arrived back to Hill House with his father in their quest to find Luke. IвЂ™m happy for her that sheвЂ™s pregnant but super disappointed that sheвЂ™s even back with this asshole. Steve is struggling with writerвЂ™s block trying to write a followup to his Hill House book which his wife thinks can be cured with french fries. For 9 episodes I imagined what hideous monster remained hidden behind that crimson barrier, but I can safely say that a young girl jamming out to 80s pop was not on my radar.Д«efore we get more information on the final big mystery of the season, we go to our first flashforward of the season.

ThereвЂ™s a lot of reasons to heap praise on Mike FlanaganвЂ™s work in this вЂњadaptationвЂќ, but his subverting horror expectations goes pretty high on that list. Nell would be let down to find that itвЂ™s not a pony, but IвЂ™m pleasantly surprised that itвЂ™s actually Theo working on her Paula AbdulвЂ™s cold-hearted dance moves.

WhatвЂ™s different this time is that we finally get to see what is causing shadows to move on the other side. The cold opens returns to a familiar scene of Shirley and Nell using a key to try to open The Red Door. However, upon rewatching it (as well as the entire season for the purposes of this writing project) it grew on me, not only because I was paying way closer attention but I had time to marinate in it and really think about what it was aiming for. IвЂ™ll get into specifics when I get towards the end of this very long writeup, but the tone of the back half of the finale doesnвЂ™t line up with the 9 episodes preceding it. If IвЂ™m being honest, my initial reaction when the episode ended was one of disappointment.

#Den of geek hannibal season 2 review series

IвЂ™m telling you, theyвЂ™re a raging pain in the ass.вЂќ These are words taken from a far less poetic show, Supernatural, but itвЂ™s a quote from what was originally set to be their series finale that I canвЂ™t help hear over and over when I ponder over my thoughts over the final chapter of the CrainвЂ™s story. And since itвЂ™s the ending, itвЂ™s all supposed to add up to something. You try to tie up every loose end, but you never can. Any chapped-ass monkey with a keyboard can poop out a beginning, but endings are impossible.