It's definitely not for everyone. I'm comparing it to Sherlock here, but in truth it's probably closest to Dexter. However, I'm not entirely sure about that because I could only watch about the first five episodes of that show before what you mentioned began to get to me, that "relentless depravity without the lightening side of someone like John Watson."
The difference here with Hannibal is the character of Will to counterbalance Hannibal (whereas as far as I could tell, Dexter only had himself). Will is a good, moral person who really, really, really cares about everyone. And although the show is called Hannibal, Will is really the protagonist. So while that doesn't really help to lighten the mood, I was totally rooting for Will.
So, yeah. Better than Dexter in my opinion, but still really depressing.
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Date: 2013-06-23 02:04 pm (UTC)The difference here with Hannibal is the character of Will to counterbalance Hannibal (whereas as far as I could tell, Dexter only had himself). Will is a good, moral person who really, really, really cares about everyone. And although the show is called Hannibal, Will is really the protagonist. So while that doesn't really help to lighten the mood, I was totally rooting for Will.
So, yeah. Better than Dexter in my opinion, but still really depressing.