Hannibal Season 2: 5 Reasons To Be Excited

3. Gillian Anderson's Dr Du Maurier Will Continue To Tease Us

When Gillian Anderson pulled open the door to her eccentric house in the first season of 'Hannibal', there was a sense of bewilderment. Who was this woman? This bewilderment became intrigue thus becoming the underlying feeling towards her character. Anderson played Dr Du Maurier, Hannibal's psychiatrist. It's revealed - through fragments of conversation - that Du Maurier was once attacked by one of her patient's and would have died if the patient hadn't swallowed his own tongue in the process of strangling her. It was due to this that she retired, but Hannibal refused to accept her retirement and continued to see her as a doctor. It was an interesting story-line, made more interesting by the implications that Hannibal had in some way aided the patient to swallow his tongue thereby saving Dr Du Maurier. Their relationship is complex and holds our attention. It's never explained whether Du Maurier knows what Hannibal is but it's implied she knows something and this brings us to season two. Fuller has said that Du Maurier will be piecing together who Hannibal is but this doesn't mean that she doesn't already know something. What we have to look forward to in season two is her realization - if she hasn't already come to it - and the complete story of the swallowing tongue patient. Did Hannibal kill him and Du Maurier feels somewhat in his debt? Will she cover up his crimes? We're left with questions and coincidentally in season 2, these questions will be answered in their complex psychiatric sessions where Hannibal deflects, she fragments, and we watch in a complex awe.