Hannibal Season 3, Episode 4
"Aperitivo"
Original airdate: June 25, 2015
Writers: Nick Antosca, Bryan Fuller, Steve Lightfoot
Director: Marc Jobst
Cast: Hugh Dancy, Laurence Fishburne, Caroline Dhavernas, Raul Esparza
For the first time this season, we're moving away from Hannibal Lecter and back entirely to the people left in his bloody wake. Hannibal as a character is best remembered as a serial killer, but Hannibal the series, particularly in the second and third seasons, is much more focused on Hannibal's place as an agent of transformation, adept at reprogramming those closest to him like a dark Messiah, converting them to his personal path.