Hannibal

TV Show • 2013 • Horror  

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Synopsis

Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubling, cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford teams him with a highly respected psychiatrist – a man with a taste for the criminal minded – Dr. Hannibal Lecter.
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Does the dog die?
1 supporters
Yes
22
No
218
43
Throughout season 1 Will Grahm believes he hears a dog yelping in pain, but these are hallucinations. In Season 2 Episode 9 a dog is injured but survives.

Season 3, Episode 11 - Will's dogs are poisoned by The Red Dragon. They are taken to the vet and survive. They are not seen ill on screen.
Anonymous
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Abandonment
Yes
12
No
35
3
Unclear. Will collects stray dogs
Anonymous
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Yes
56
No
4
3
S1
 E1
In the first episode a man who kills his wife also intends to kill his daughter but ends up dying himself, therefore “abandoning her” in the world without him or her mother.
stiquers
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Abuse
Is a child abused?
151 supporters
Yes
157
No
2
3
S1
 E1
A girl is grievously injured by her father, but does not die / is saved
Implumousgiraffe
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Yes
150
No
0
10
more than one instance of violence between family members- a husband attacks his wife and daughter with a knife in season, an abusive older brother and his younger sister get into/have been in physical fights with each other
cherry
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
71
No
4
4
S1
A father is a serial killer to women who look like his daughter. In episode one he attempts to murder his daughter.
crbrsp
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13
Throughout the show, Will Graham repeatedly forgives Hannibal.
oakbee
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Yes
218
No
5
31
Yes. A large premise to the show is the intense gaslighting of one of the characters. He loses his grip on reality, and others do not believe him.
Freezer7
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Is someone abused with a belt?
38 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
42
10
S3
If you want to get technical with it then Margot's revenge on Mason can be “abuse” but he had it coming to him
Anonymous
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Is someone stalked?
29 supporters
Yes
161
No
5
5
On many many occasions.
WaterloggedKazoo
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3
S1
 E1
The first/one of the first murders of the whole series, we see the body of a dead young woman arranged naked and impaled on dear antlers like a display. This first death is not gorey, but her being young and having been stripped felt weirdly sexual/emphasised that it was violence to a woman.

There are also many very graphic (and much more gorey) murders of both men and women throughout the series that are high in shock value and spectacle.
Ellie_red
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
33 supporters
Yes
39
No
75
10
There is one offhand comment made by character Jimmy Price (somewhere in the first two episodes I think?) alluding to his alcoholism. Also, somewhere in the beginning of season 2, a victim is found to be a recovering heroin addict.
ihatekenbranagh
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Yes
89
No
19
5
A character has excessive amounts of alcohol but it is not discussed in the dialogue of the show
Ljlj
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13
S01E04 Abigail gets tea with shrooms
various people are drugged through the series (Will's flashbacks in S02, also Will in S03E06, people kept in coma in S01E02...)
MissUtahraptor
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Animal
Are animals abused?
314 supporters
Yes
172
No
29
11
There are pigs in seasons 2 and 3 that are experimented on to make them eat humans alive, and one pig has a uterus implanted to be surrogate to a human child.
Setton
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2
Mention of dog fighting, in which one party died. Not on screen, only discussed.
liskoihminen
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Does a horse die?
163 supporters
Yes
222
No
8
16
Season 2 - Episode 8
Anonymous
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Is an animal sad?
153 supporters
Yes
51
No
3
2
S1
 E13
In Savoureux, Winston the dog is sad as Will gets taken away.
Hannibalfan
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Are rabbits harmed?
123 supporters
Yes
44
No
6
4
S3
 E1
We see a dead rabbit hanging when Bedelia goes to the market.
Hannibalfan
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Are there spiders?
76 supporters
Yes
20
No
117
17
I honestly have the biggest phobia of spiders (to the point where seeing a photo gives me a panic attack) and I was fine watching Hannibal. I don't actually ever remember seeing a spider on screen.
river_night
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Does a dragon die?
54 supporters
Yes
18
No
158
34
There are no literal dragons in this show.
zdy1994
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Are there snakes?
27 supporters
Yes
2
No
121
5
S3E03: No real snakes but there is a drawing and a sculpture of a snake on some coat of arms. Snakes are also mentioned in conversation.
bellagoth
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Are there sharks?
12 supporters
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Yes
0
No
50
Are there alligators/crocodiles??
8 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
49
Yes
186
No
3
11
dead birds, pigs, and fish are depicted as livestock and food.
bugbite
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Were animals harmed in the making?
1 supporters
Add comment
Yes
4
No
53
Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
1 supporters
Yes
237
No
9
8
A live fish is filleted.
A bird is drowned in liquor.
A dead, hanging rabbit gets a nosebleed.
Anonymous
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Does a cat die?
1 supporters
Yes
132
No
22
13
Season 3, Episode 9.

A dead cat is seen briefly in a cardboard box.
Anonymous
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Does a pet die?
1 supporters
Yes
63
No
8
4
In the last season the Red dragon targets animals before killing the families
Anonymous
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Are there bugs?
1 supporters
Yes
176
No
5
16
S1E4, there's a close up shot of maggots on spoilt meat from at 3:20 which is visible until 4:10
tennjou
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Assault
12
S2
SEASON 2 SPOILERS

Technically, yes.

Margot lies to Will and tells him she’s on birth control in order to get pregnant. Therefore, Will does not consent.
oakbee
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Yes
115
No
23
14
Also, it's absurd that no one talks about it, but even if lots of people don't see it as it, the part where Margot and Will have sex is not consensual and CAN be considered rape (the act is shown explicitly tho the discovery of the lie is later in Hannibal's office I think) , since Margot lies about her birth control to get pregnant from him, without letting him know about it beforehand. Attention then to second season in general with the character of Margot and his brother and part of Red Dragon's story for mentions/depiction of sexual abuse.
Amy17
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Is there pedophilia?
167 supporters
Yes
45
No
10
5
The season 2B and season 3A antagonist is a pedophile. Its not spoken about in detail but is implied
Anonymous
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Is rape mentioned?
121 supporters
Yes
42
No
5
0
It's implied throughout the show that a character sexually abused by her brother.

A character is mentioned to have hosted/been at a summer camp for children and it's implied that he might have sexually assaulted young boys while there.
lonelytraveller
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4
S3
SPOILERS FOR SEASON 3

Technically, yes.

Freddie Lounds takes a picture of Will’s colostomy bag (and his genitals). She posts it online, but censors his genitals using a black box. When confronted, she jokes that she did him a favor by using a large black box instead of a smaller one.
oakbee
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Is someone drugged?
43 supporters
Yes
63
No
2
3
S1
 E2
A pharmacist drugs multiple diabetic patients by giving them a heavier insulin prescription than they need, resulting in overdose comas that none survive.
Implumousgiraffe
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Yes
51
No
8
2
S1
 E1
Will submerges his face into a sink to either wash his face or clear his head, but the water turns into hallucinated blood fro a second before he pulls himself out. It's not done in a self-drowning manner
Implumousgiraffe
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Does a woman get slapped?
34 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
28
Is someone beaten up by a bully?
24 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
30
Yes
38
No
1
1
Characters have fabric stuffed/tied in/around their mouths at points in the show.
lonelytraveller
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Yes
74
No
1
1
Straight jackets are used on multiple occasions on Will and Hannibal; Hannibal is also restrained by Mason Verger
sharkboy4869
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Bodily Harm
Yes
133
No
6
11
Season 2, Episode 4, roughly 23 minutes in. Once the scene containing acupuncture begins, I recommend a skip if you can't handle eye trauma. It ends in a lobotomy, for the sake of understanding the following scene.
LGBTRex
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
94
No
4
6
Every episode is EXTREMELY graphic and contains copious amounts of blood, gore, and mutilation.
mistersandman
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Is there body horror?
107 supporters
Yes
66
No
4
3
Several episodes feature grotesque abuses of the human body. Many of them are on corpses but not all. A woman's body is cut into segments. Someone is impaled on antlers. Human bodies are turned into beehives. A cannibal makes fancy food out of people.
Pantalones
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Yes
109
No
3
0
there's some hand stabbing
izkm
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Does a head get squashed?
80 supporters
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Yes
85
No
7
Yes
99
No
17
6
A character, having survived a shot in the face, has to use fake teeth in Season 3.
mellttpa
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
173
No
5
11
fireplace S01E04, Georgia S01E11, fake Freddie S02E11, Frederick Chilton S03E12
MissUtahraptor
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Yes
21
No
16
0
S1
In the last few episodes of season one, the killer starts giving their victims “joker like” smiles by cutting their mouths from the corners to their ears and often times further. It’s not often shown in great detail and is sometimes hard to see. One of them is cut so far he is considered decapitated from the jaw down.
TheD0ggyD13s
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Is there a hanging?
66 supporters
Yes
120
No
6
7
In season 2, episode 5, Hannibal is briefly hung but is rescued before any serious injury occurs
teethsoup
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Yes
47
No
0
0
S1
 E2
Flashback to a character having their throat slit
RoyalQ
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Is there cannibalism?
57 supporters
Yes
238
No
5
42
The main character is a cannibal. Others willingy or unwillingly take part in the act. However, no one ever eats raw meat — all plates are carefully constructed under the pretence of "real" food.
ElenaLucia
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Yes
152
No
1
8
Everything from preparing human meat, to surgery to filleting a woman. Some shown, some not-
invadermac
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Is someone crushed to death?
55 supporters
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Yes
27
No
7
Yes
115
No
16
9
season one episode two: very minor characters are buried alive while in an induced coma
jellybean
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Is there amputation?
51 supporters
Yes
137
No
3
8
1) amputation of the legs of a man who is being kept alive to slowly eat. pretty gruesome scenes with this one.
2) amputation of a girls arm. the actual act of amputation is not shown on screen but the severed arm is shown as well as the healed spot where her arm used to be. she is given a prosthetic arm and uses this for the rest of the show.
OrionWatson
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Yes
129
No
0
7
the major ones are:
season two episode 1: a character has a flashback to getting force-fed via feeding tube
season two episode 5: a character is briefly hung before being rescued
season two episode 9: a character is seen tied up to a tree with a rope around his neck
there are other times were a character with lung cancer struggles to breathe, but it is brief.
jellybean
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Yes
27
No
0
0
S2
 E13
A character chokes and drowns on their own blood after their neck is slit
Implumousgiraffe
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Yes
31
No
11
3
S3
 E6
S3 E6, between at the end of minute 36 when a character says, "He's under the table," another character's Achilles is slashed with a blade.
Candycrystals
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Yes
116
No
3
3
As far as I have watched, S1E8 (Fromage), someone's neck is snapped and a few moments later, another person's arm is broken after being forced against a ladder.
Dock
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Yes
35
No
2
0
S1
 E6
Don't remember if it's graphic, but while reconstructing Abel Gideon's crime scene will dislocates his thumb to get out of his cuffs
Implumousgiraffe
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Is someone choked?
31 supporters
Yes
41
No
4
2
Hannibal is hanged*
I'm sure Hannibal is hung, but it's unrelated to the trigger
theobsessor
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
163
No
1
14
One character suffers from at least one seizure during the show because he had untreated encephalitis
Greenandsilver
5 comments | Add comment
Is someone stabbed?
28 supporters
Yes
44
No
2
0
Hannibal stabs another major character in the gut. It is shown with a large amount of blood. At the same time, another character gets their throat cut.
Pantalones
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
18
No
20
1
Will dislocated his thumb twice in season 1, once in Entree (s1 e6) while reconstructing a crime scene, and once in Savoureux (s1 e13) for real. Both times to escape handcuffs.
Implumousgiraffe
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
18
No
7
1
Someone is thrown down an elevator shaft
Anonymous
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
100
No
16
11
Hannibal and Will's survival has since been confirmed.
zaidelles
6 comments | Add comment
Yes
169
No
4
2
characters are mentally/psychologically and physically tortured at several points in the show
boilingpoint
2 comments | Add comment
1
Lots of situations where characters are drugged or knocked unconscious
WaterloggedKazoo
2 comments | Add comment
5
S1E05, the Angel Maker performs an orchiectomy on himself, essentially removing both of his testicles and desplaying them next to a victim.
Dock
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Children
Does a kid die?
111 supporters
Yes
144
No
4
7
Happens several times throughout the series. Sometimes on screen, sometimes off.
zdy1994
4 comments | Add comment
Is a minor sexualized?
1 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
50
Yes
29
No
14
1
S1
 E4
Children are abducted, NOT infants
SweetPrince
2 comments | Add comment
Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
24 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
30
Death
Yes
7
No
23
2
Everyone is a human
Anonymous
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Yes
38
No
7
0
Spoilers



Abigail Hobbs is heavily implied dead starting s1 e13

more spoilers





(she is revealed to be alive in s2 e13, but dies for real soon after)
Implumousgiraffe
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Does someone die?
26 supporters
Yes
63
No
0
6
The entire show is about murder
4 comments | Add comment
2
No, but during a home invasion a mother is shown helping her son out of a small window and tells him to run away without her if she can't get outside within a couple minutes. The mother is shot by the invader, but both mother and son survive.
WaterloggedKazoo
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
42 supporters
Yes
1
No
54
2
S1
"aspergers and autistics" is used once in season 1 episode 1 as a self descriptor of a character with autism

early in season 2 during a court testimony it is implied that the character was lying about their autism
Implumousgiraffe
4 comments | Add comment
1
S3
Mason verger uses a motorized wheelchair and has a gruesome self-inflicted face disfigurement (under the influence of drugs) and is played by a non disabled non disfigured actor
Implumousgiraffe
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Drugs/Alcohol
Yes
38
No
4
1
A female character intentionally overdoses on morphine.
3 comments | Add comment
Family
Is a child's toy destroyed?
41 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
62
Does a parent die?
41 supporters
Yes
155
No
2
7
Yes a father attempting to kill his daughter is killed before he can succeed
Greenandsilver
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Does someone cheat?
30 supporters
Yes
41
No
68
23
On screen physically? No.

Emotionally? Yes, I’d say will does cheat on his wife with a cannibal serial killer. Nobody’s perfect I guess
eldritch
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Is someone kidnapped?
19 supporters
Yes
124
No
3
5
At the beginning of Season One, a group of young boys is kidnapped by an adult woman.
ihatekenbranagh
7 comments | Add comment
Yes
38
No
1
1
Multiple instances of death of family members from the beginning.
brokke
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Fear
Yes
30
No
4
4
2 scenes in particular stood out as triggering to me. S1E09: a character's dead body is discovered with trypophobic patterns in his skin (only shown briefly); S2E04: a character is killed and turned into a "human beehive" of sorts, and this is a very trypophobic scene. both scenes are skippable and avoiding them won't affect your actual watching experience.
pictorial
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Are there razors?
S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES® (1-800-DONTCUT)
27 supporters
Yes
22
No
10
0
Not a razor, but a character uses a scalpel to sharpen pencils and shots of him debating using it to kill another character are shown.
lonelytraveller
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Is someone possessed?
22 supporters
Yes
3
No
104
-2
a character is semi-possessed by an entity called the "great red dragon," but it's less a possession and more of a "transformation" into the persona.
bugbite
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Are there clowns?
17 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
125
Yes
123
No
4
4
S01E01, S03E01
MissUtahraptor
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Are there ghosts?
8 supporters
Yes
81
No
32
16
There are no proper ghosts, but Will Grahm has many hallucinations that might appear to the viewer as, and serve a similar thematic purpose to, ghosts.
Anonymous
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
1
No
31
1
Not that I can remember, but there is a symbolic "demon" form of Hannibal that pops up in Will's imagination/hallucinations that is very uncanny-looking.
WaterloggedKazoo
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1
will often hallucinates(?)/imagines fishing while standing in a river or lake and bodies are found in bodies of water.
furrydisaster
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
125
No
14
0
S3
 E13
35:10 Hannibal is shot from behind
CookedOatmeal
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Gross
Is there audio gore?
71 supporters
Yes
82
No
2
7
multiple instances of murders taking place where you can hear gore,
cronus.ampora
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Is there defecation?
60 supporters
Yes
0
No
28
-1
S3
 E9
No, but a character's toilet is taken away while they are incarcerated for humiliation purposes. Not discussed whether or not they defecated, so you can choose to ignore the possibility.
Implumousgiraffe
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Is someone eaten?
50 supporters
Yes
67
No
0
19
It’s Hannibal. People get eaten. It’s very artful, but people definitely get eaten
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
65
No
4
7
S1E04, a boy wets his pants in a store.
Dock
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone spit?
20 supporters
Yes
27
No
52
5
A minor character spits at another character.
Snezzpai
2 comments | Add comment
Is there farting?
20 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
41
Does someone vomit?
1 supporters
Yes
163
No
23
26
- S1:E5 in the first third of the episode nobody vomits on screen but you can see vomit in the crime scene.

- S1:E10 in the first half, someone vomits blood

- S1:E13 in the first few minutes, Will vomits into the sink

- S2:E1 nobody vomits but Will has flashbacks to an ear being shoved into his throat with a tube near the end of the episode

- S2:E8 near the end, someone vomits blood

- S3:E10 in the last third of the episode, someone chokes and vomits blood
Anonymous
18 comments | Add comment
Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
8 supporters
Add comment
Yes
3
No
44
Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
51 supporters
Yes
18
No
49
13
A lot of the main characters are FBI agents, but are all shown to be imperfect and in some cases corrupt/dishonest, so I don't believe there's anything that could be construed as propaganda.
haloblues
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
42
No
2
0
A main character spends the majority of the second season in a mental institution that also serves as his jail cell while his trial takes place.

Another main character is in the same mental institution in the third season, but the "cell" is more of a fancy-looking room compared to the cell in the second season.
lonelytraveller
1 comment | Add comment
LGBTQ+
Yes
1
No
40
Are there transphobic slurs?
74 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
44
Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
48 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
41
Yes
5
No
24
7
S3
I mean... Freddie Lounds did came up with Murder Husbands lol
cosmicloveaffair
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
11
No
28
3
Kind of? Not physical cheating though
Finn1234
3 comments | Add comment
Live Theatre
Is there smoke or haze?
2 supporters
Add comment
Yes
3
No
3
Are there entrances from audience?
1 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Is there audience participation?
1 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
6
Is there live gunfire?
1 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
4
Is there flying onstage?
0 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
5
Loss
3
S3
A man eats a one of a kind painting
Anonymous
1 comment | Add comment
Medical
Yes
168
No
1
11
Jacks Wife Bella has stage 4 cancer and you see elements of her treatment. There's also a very rough line about her having stage 4 in Season 1 episode 5. It’s near the end and you can just skip over the conversation between Bella and Hannibal if you wish.
AlexKrueger
5 comments | Add comment
Are there heart attacks?
23 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
7
Is there menstruation?
4 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
29
11
S01E06 and 11, S02E01-07, S03E08-13
MissUtahraptor
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
154
No
4
8
Several times, lots of times in extreme close-ups
Crow75
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
116
No
7
3
In the second season there is a young woman who has Cotard syndrome and believes she is dead. Eventually gets treated and they mention electro-therapy a few times, that she will get it and that it's thought to be useful for this condition. Never seen done on scene in this episode.
Teamoon
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
156
No
1
2
Lots of scenes where characters are recovering in hospital beds, as well as a scene where a character undergoes an on-screen emergency surgery after having his stomach sliced open. There are also lots of morgue/autopsy scenes.
WaterloggedKazoo
2 comments | Add comment
Mental Health
18
In season 2 Bella attempts suicide by overdose. Hannibal revives her.
Anonymous
7 comments | Add comment
2
One character attempts to overdose on painkillers during her cancer treatments but is unsuccessful. Later, a major character attempts to commit a murder-suicide by jumping off a cliff, and it’s left ambiguous whether they were successful.
caramelle
3 comments | Add comment
Does someone self harm?
S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES® (1-800-DONTCUT)
114 supporters
Yes
98
No
11
7
In S2 E5 someone's forearms are slashed (off screen by someone else) but the open wounds are shown. And then they are repeatedly shown over that season as stitched and then scarred.
jackkastiel
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
103
No
30
37
Jack is incredibly rude in the first episode re: Will and his autism--forcing eye contact, etc. Freddy calls Will crazy and the like through season one. People consistently treat Will as a child. A lot of it isn't autism *specific* but treads the line
7 comments | Add comment
16
There is no eating disorder, but someone is force-fed with a feeding tube
Anonymous
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
30
No
15
3
The character in question says they are 'on the spectrum' also that they are 'closer to Asperger's' and that they have some 'UNDIAGNOSED PERSONALITY DISORDERS' ***Small spoilers**** the mixture of disorders and where he is on the spectrum allows him to profile killers for the FBI.
--The best term to describe the character in question is when someone says: "There isn't a word yet for what SO AND SO is."---
-- If autism is misrepresented then so to are 'various undiagnosed personality disorders' ---- Even then, if they are misrepresented they are only done that way to enhance a character to make them a better 'cooler' more interesting detective. ---- What they end up doing or not doing as that character is not chalked up to their autism or personality disorders ****MORE SPOILERS****** it is chalked up to something beyond the character's control - something that is done to them.
Okamidani
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Is there misophonia?
47 supporters
Yes
49
No
2
9
Although I consider this show good about it, untensiles Can be heard clicking against plates but chewing is normally inaudible. Since Hannibal, a main character, is an avid cook, misophonia triggers are in most episodes.
EzraG
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
91
No
0
8
In the first season, a character suffers from Cotard syndrome and she's been thinking she's already dead since childhood. Now she's an adult and she becomes violent. She kills a woman (her old friend) in a very crude way, trying to understand if she's real or not.
Amy17
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Yes
63
No
1
3
A character experiences regular flashbacks to a traumatic event in which he killed a man.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
46
No
1
3
There are multiple times where it is unclear if Will is having hallucinations, events are actually happening, or a combination of the two occurs. Will, as well as other characters, doubts his sanity throughout the show.
Pantalones
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Yes
107
No
3
9
in one episode a character is focused on who it is discussed feels he should be an animal physically
izkm
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
100
No
6
12
In season 1, Georgia Madchen is in an isolation chamber in a hospital. While she's in it, a spark caused by her combing her hair starts a fire, and she is unable to escape the chamber.
Anonymous
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3
There are no characters with DID in the show
Anonymous
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
120
No
3
7
I'm part-way into season 2 and Will has had an anxiety attack of some kind in the overwhelming majority of episodes. (*I've* also had a few anxiety attacks over this show, but that's not relevant.)
ducktoothcollection
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1
this is a running theme throughout the show. it starts happening early in season 1 and gets worse / more frequent / more intense as the show progresses
Riversoftarmac
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Is there ABA therapy?
22 supporters
Yes
3
No
19
4
Not directly but if you have trauma from applied behavioural analysis or cognitive behavioural therapy, the show gets increasingly more triggering as you continue watching.
RoseColoredBullets
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Is there body dysphoria?
19 supporters
Add comment
Yes
2
No
28
3
Who doesn’t in this show?
hydromaniac
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
30
No
1
0
It's never directly stated, but some scenes of Will could be viewed that way when he breaks down at crime scenes.
lonelytraveller
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7
Not literally, but it's heavily implied and their intentions are quite certain. The same character later tries to commit suicide, but is "saved" against their will by one of the main characters
Amy17
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Natural Disasters
Are there tsunamis?
8 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
9
Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
67 supporters
Yes
70
No
17
5
Season 2 - Episode 12
Anonymous
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12
I don't have epilepsy so I might miss subtler triggers, but I started keeping a log when I noticed blatant strobing in s2e4, will update as I continue watching.

Season 2 episode 4: Strong strobing lights starting around 14:00 (after a character is given an injection) and ending at around 15:50 (should be safe to look when you hear a character say "photosensitive epilepsy").

Season 2 episode 7: flashing lights starting a bit after 4:10 (dialogue: "I could hear his voice, but I couldn't see his face") and continues for a few seconds (should be safe to look when you hear "Why didn't he kill you"). And again a bit after 6:25 (no dialogue, Hannibal looks directly into the camera) for a few seconds (until you hear “It’s not him”). And again at about 22:20 (“And his voice, low and even, would pull me to him”) until about 22:43 (“You and I...are part of his design”). Again after 27:30 (“Would you like to try?”) until about 28:40 (“We found a fingerprint on a flower petal"). Again around 39:10 (“Until my lawyer arrives”) until about 39:35 (furious stammering/sobbing). And lastly, some mild flickering from a fireplace at the very end, around 42:20 (“...my therapy) until the credits roll (all sound cuts out, then is replaced by irregular percussion-dominated music).
ducktoothcollection
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Does a baby cry?
27 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
40
Is there screaming?
20 supporters
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Yes
28
No
0
Are there underwater scenes?
15 supporters
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Yes
24
No
4
3
Mason Verger makes a lot of obscene, misogynistic, and occasionally homophobic comments to his sister and her girlfriend.
WaterloggedKazoo
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
32
No
3
-1
S1
 E2
Gun shots in moments where it is expected
RoyalQ
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Paranoia
0
Yes, there are many instances including: killers stalking their victims, a girl stalking the main character back to his house, and a man prowling around in a forest. Also, the third season's plot line involves a serial killer who stalks families' homes to gather information on them, then kills them.
lonelytraveller
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
4
No
43
3
Characters look at the camera, but they are in no way communicating with or otherwise acknowledging the existence of an audience.
mistersandman
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
53 supporters
Yes
39
No
4
1
A baby is incubated in a pig and is stillborn. It's discussed and held by characters.
lonelytraveller
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
99
No
6
10
A horse, dead after childbirth, has a dead human and a love human put back inside it’s womb during the 2nd season.
Xonauge
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
86
11
No, but a pregnant woman is forced to have an abortion and hysterectomy.
Freezer7
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
112
No
5
22
One woman is forcibly given an abortion/hysterectomy.
Freezer7
2 comments | Add comment
0
Yes and no. There is a scene in season 3 where an ultrasound of a dead baby is shown. Spoiler alert: really awful and kinda horrific because the baby was supposedly implanted in a pig as a 'surrogate', using a woman's reproductive organs.
Teamoon
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
19
No
59
12
A child is stillborn after a C-Section.
Freezer7
3 comments | Add comment
Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
64 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
92
-2
Yes and No. There are a couple of jokes misgendering a cisgender man in a sort of homophobic context (calling him the wife/bride of another man insultingly) but there are no canonically confirmed trans/nonbinary in general, thus none who are misgendered.
caramelle
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Yes
1
No
49
-2
No but Mads Mikelson (Hannibal’s actor) is now a JKRowling supporter unfortunately so be careful with Hannibal fan-media if you are sensitive to transphobia
cha0ticnewtsys
1 comment | Add comment
13
The show reflects the time of setting and of creation and uses terms like psychopath, sociopath, and psychotic. It is unclear if it is meant in an ableist way or not, but it is something to be aware of in that the demonization of mental illness and personality disorders is unfortunately a big part of the show
Rev
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Is there hate speech?
40 supporters
Add comment
Yes
7
No
81
Are there usages of the n-word?
40 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
84
Yes
4
No
22
4
For the most part the show is surprisingly good when it comes to portraying characters with disabilities and severe mental illness in an empathetic light, like Will Graham, Georgia Madchen, and Peter Bernadone (at least in comparison to most of the horror genre). However, Francis Dolarhyde has a cleft lip and thinks of himself as hideous. While the cause of his self-hatred is likely the severe abuse he experienced as a child, its still a notable correlation.
WaterloggedKazoo
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Yes
1
No
80
Yes
7
No
84
4
I think in at least one episode?
zdy1994
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Is there aphobia?
27 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
25
Yes
1
No
83
4
I don't personally remember the remarks made in the other comment after rewatching it a few times, so take with a grain of salt.
haloblues
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
96
No
18
32
Alana (bisexual) and Margot (a lesbian) survive; Will and Hannibal (confirmed by Fuller to be bisexual and omnisexual/pansexual respectively) appear to die in the final episode of Season Three, but their survival is implied in the post-credits scene and has since been confirmed by Bryan Fuller and the cast. However, Anthony Dimmond, who is shown to proposition Hannibal, and Francis Dolarhyde, who writes about Hannibal in a romantic/sexual context in his journal, are both killed.
zaidelles
7 comments | Add comment
Race
Is there blackface?
45 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
33
Relationships
Yes
9
No
30
2
I personally would not count the age gaps as “large,” but some people might be uncomfortable with it regardless.

Alana Bloom is in her early-mid 30s when she has a tryst with Hannibal, who is in his late 40s. Similarly, Will Graham is in his early 30s and Hannibal in his late 40s.
gayjarritos
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Religious
Yes
33
No
2
1
Religion, specifically Christianity, is alluded to several times throughout the entire show.
oakbee
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
6
No
21
1
Technically there are no demons but in S01E05 the 'Angel Maker' sees evil people with flame heads and, you guessed it, skins their backs to make wings so they can pray over him while he sleeps, so there's that.
sharkboy4869
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Sex
Is there bestiality?
120 supporters
Yes
4
No
29
4
No one has sex with any animals, but Mason Verger uses human genetic material to impregnate a pig
Finn1234
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
101 supporters
Yes
97
No
14
13
The relationship between the verger siblings is implied to have existed in the past and been nonconsensual on the sister's part.
Greenandsilver
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
125
No
4
14
There are some s*x scenes. But they are mostly contorted and/or shown in a way that nothing graphic is shown.
Anonymous
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
35
No
7
3
Several sex scenes and hospital scenes but genitals and breasts are covered up.
Lizzzie
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
30
No
6
0
One woman is repeatedly (off-screen and non-explicitly) sexually abused by her brother, which includes an inherent sense of objectification.
caramelle
3 comments | Add comment
Is there BDSM?
37 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
21
Does someone lose their virginity?
22 supporters
Add comment
Yes
2
No
28
Sexism
Yes
1
No
32
Sickness
Yes
31
No
1
2
Jack's wife Bella has terminal cancer.
Pantalones
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
5
No
26
0
S1
 E11
will graham has a seizure, not sure if it counts
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
4
No
20
3
No, but a character suffering from encephalitis has memory problems and repeatedly forgets portions of time
Finn1234
1 comment | Add comment
3
A female character has terminal lung cancer.
3 comments | Add comment
Social
Yes
32
No
1
0
Yes, constantly. It's a central theme. The main characters have lengthy discussions about it and allude to it throughout the show.
lonelytraveller
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Is someone homeless?
4 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
29
Are there fat suits?
1 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
30
Are there anti-abortion themes?
1 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
29
Spoiler
Yes
82
No
29
15
Hannibal and Will's survival has since been confirmed.
zaidelles
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
27
No
7
2
S3
 E13
Specifically one end credit scene in the finale.
oakbee
2 comments | Add comment
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
10 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
92
Vehicular
Yes
31
No
0
0
There's a car crash and a police chase. Cars generally make noises throughout the show.
lonelytraveller
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
37
No
51
9
In season 2 a henchman intentionally crashes a car into one of the supporting character's car while she's driving it.
harleenivy
3 comments | Add comment
Does a car crash?
1 supporters
Yes
85
No
2
7
S02E11
MissUtahraptor
1 comment | Add comment
Does a plane crash?
1 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
93
Violence
Is there blood/gore?
80 supporters
Yes
165
No
1
22
Dear god yes. It appears in many episodes
Greenandsilver
5 comments | Add comment
Does someone drown?
45 supporters
Yes
85
No
12
1
Mason Verger dies in a water tank that contains a live eel. Season 3 episode 7.
Teamoon
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
117
No
2
8
In nearly every episode. The main characters are FBI and there are murders with guns.
Xonauge
4 comments | Add comment
Is there a nuclear explosion?
1 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
107