I'm a huge fan of the books and films, having read and watched them dozens of times over the years.

This latest adaptation didn't let me down and opened up a variety of new storylines and character sub-plots that made it feel new to someone so familiar with Hannibal.

Madds is outstanding and I'd even go so far as to say his performance trumped Anthony Hopkins by a country mile. If you've ever read the books, even his appearance matches far better than Hopkins ever did.

Surprisingly I actually appreciated the little changes the creators had done to certain characters, Alan Bloom / Alana Bloom, Freddie Lounds, again, probably because it made it feel like I was following this story for the first time again.

The cinematography is incredible, even the goriest of scenes are done in a way that is also highly artistic. With that in mind though, this is incredibly gory and won't be to everyone's taste.

Lastly, the only reason I didn't give this 10/10 was simply because Will Graham's character frustrated the hell out of me (in earlier seasons particularly), because of the changes creators had done to his character. I won't go into spoilers though.

Overall, fantastic show. I'm disappointed this wasn't renewed, as I'd have loved to see where the story would have gone post book series.