Ngemuva kwesizini yangaphambilini yanyakanyaka iziphetho ezimbili akukho lutho ku "Hannibal" olwalunesiqiniseko. Ubungazi neze ukuthi izinto zizoqhubeka kanjani zibe yisizini yesithathu nokuthi ngubani ozosinda abe yingxenye yayo. Abalingiswa abane abaphambili kulo mdlalo bebeshonile noma bephuma igazi.

Uchungechunge olwenziwe kahle belulokhu luyisihlubuki. Kumasizini amabili okuqala, yasungula umhlaba omusha owawuthatha izingcezu kuphela ezincwadini zikaThomas Harris futhi waguqula leyo mibono yaba ngenye into yokwenza umhlaba ogxile kakhulu futhi osangene. Lesi ngesinye sezimo ezimbalwa lapho abantu be-intanethi bengathathanga ukuxhumana kwabo nomphakathi ngamathoshi kanye nezimfoloko ezicasukile ngalolu chungechunge lokunganamathele kokuqukethwe komthombo. Futhi kungukugxuma okukhulu kusuka kulokho okubhaliwe kepha ngasikhathi sinye, kuyincwadi yothando ebhalwe kahle kunazo zonke ezake zanikezwa izincwadi ezethusayo.

Iziqephu ezimbalwa zokuqala zesizini yesithathu ziyakwazi ukuzikhulula ngokwengeziwe kulokho okusuka kumthombo futhi ziphuma futhi ezinyaweni ezinamabhola kakhulu futhi zizihlukanise nomoya kanye nokwakheka kwezinkathi ezimbili zokuqala.

Le sizini ithola uHannibal e-Italy. Yena noDkt. Du Maurier (Gillian Anderson) bazisungulele obunye ubunikazi obusha. Sibheka kahle ukuguquguquka okuguqukayo phakathi kwalaba bobabili. I-retro verse yabo "Bride of Frankenstein" ubuhlobo buyakhazimula. Ngokushesha baba yizithandani zami engizithandayo kunoma yini, njalo.

UHannibal, kunjalo, akayekile ukudla abantu. Uyaqhubeka nokudla abantu kepha njengoba enza uletha uDu Maurier eduze komhlaba wakhe ngakho konke ukudla.

Angikaze ngicabange ukuthi ngingathanda u-Anderson ahlanganiswe nomunye umuntu ukwedlula indlela engimthande ngayo noDuchovny ku- “The X-Files” kodwa lobu budlelwano bangikhombisa ukuthi anginaphutha. Lezi ezimbili ziyamangalisa ndawonye.

UDu Maurier uhlala ephonsela inselelo izindlela zikaHannibal kepha angazibalekeli. Uma behlala isikhathi eside ndawonye iqiniso uyakwazi ukulinika uHannibal. Ude aze ayomtshela nokuthi uzogcina ebanjiwe.

Ubudlelwano bokukhaphela nobuphukile phakathi kukaHannibal noWill Graham obukhuthaze imizuzu embalwa yokugcina yesizini yesibili yiyona nto okugxilwe kuyo kakhulu kule sizini kuze kube manje.

UGraham uzingela uHannibal. Izizathu zakhe azicaci kahle. Ukwesaba okuningi kulele kuyo kanye leyo nto. Uzokwenzenjani lapho efika eHannibal? Uza ngokujaha ngokuxolela, kepha lokho akusho ukuthi ngeke ambulale uHannibal uma enikezwe ithuba. Indlela kaGraham iphindwe kaningi kunalokho, eyesabekayo kunekaHannibal. Siyazi ukuthi yini uHannibal kodwa uWill Graham usalokhu ethango futhi uyikhadi lasendle kakhulu uma kukhulunywa ngokuzokwenzeka.

Esikhathini sesithathu "uHannibal" uyakwazi ukuzibulala ukuze azisindise. Uchungechunge lungenye yezinhlelo ezinhle kakhulu ze-TV engake ngazibona futhi indlela elandisayo iyamangaza. Kepha isizini yokuqala nezimbili zihlala zihlushwa ukuboshwa ngamaketanga kohlelo lwenqubo yobugebengu masonto onke. Ngangihlala ngicabanga ukuthi i-NBC yajova inqubo yenqubo yobugebengu ukuze iyidlale iphephile ngokuthile abazijwayele. Kodwa-ke, “uHannibal” wayengadingi ukudlala ephephile. Eqinisweni, idinga ukungavinjelwa. Ngesizini yesithathu sithola lokho kanye. Ungacishe uzizwe uBrian Fuller nethimba lilawula ngokuphelele.

Esikhundleni sokwenza ukuthungathwa e-Italy kuzwakale njengomkhiqizo omkhulu we-blockbuster, baya kolunye uhlangothi. Iziqephu ezimbalwa zokuqala zizwakala njengefilimu ye-indie engalawulwa. Igxuma ngokulandelana kwezikhathi, ayizihluphi ngokuzichaza futhi iguqula ubuhle obusungulwe bombukiso bese iwuguqula ufike ku-11.

Amaphuzu kaBrian Reitzell aqhubeka nokuba ngumlingisi eyedwa. Ukusetshenziswa kwakhe kwemisindo ecishe kumculo ohlanekezelwe kuyabheda futhi kuyaphambuka kunanini ngaphambili. Beka indlebe ekulaleleni imisindo ye-drip ezwe nguWill Graham esitokisini sakhe ngenkathi yesizini yesibili. UReitzell uhlala exoxa ngendaba engatheni eklabalasa njengebhendi ye-jazz eyakhuliswa ukushayisana kwethusi nokwethuka. "UHannibal" ngeke abe ngu "Hannibal" ngaphandle kwemisindo yakhe.

Iziqephu zokuqala ezimbalwa zesizini ka "Hannibal" ziyisiqalo esihle nesiphazamisayo. Ngenkathi iziguqula kusuka phezulu kuya phansi ibuye ibe ngumbukiso wayo. Ngingasho ngokuqinile manje ukuthi ayikho enye into efana nale. Kuzwakala sengathi ulele ubuthongo obukhulu ngemuva kokudla isigxobo esingavamile nokuphuza i-caffeine ngenkathi umakhelwane oseduzane edlala umculo we-opera wase-Italy.