Hannibal Season 1, Episode 12
"Relevés"
Original airdate: June 13, 2013
Writers: Chris Brancato and Bryan Fuller
Director: Michael Rymer
Cast: Hugh Dancy, Mads Mikkelsen, Laurence Fishburne, Kacey Rohl, Lara Jean Chorostecki
We may have started watching this show for a version of the title character that already existed in our heads, but Mads Mikkelsen's Hannibal Lecter is a different beast entirely. It's not just that we get to see him do and say things that never appeared in previous versions of his story, it's that he is performing the most genuinely emotional dance we've ever seen a character like him perform, and it all comes to a head in this week's episode.