When I first heard about the "Hannibal" television show, I was ecstatic. I was especially excited to see Mads Mikkelsen as everyone's favorite cannibal psychiatrist, and boy, does he nail it. He makes the show. Sure, the rest of the primary cast is good, Laurence Fishburne is stoic, educated, and patriarchal as usual, and Hugh Dancy isn't half bad as the tortured Will Graham, but for me, it's really Mikkelsen who brings home the gold. Every bit as chilling and calculating as Anthony Hopkins, Mikkelsen also brings something new to the role of Hannibal; his accent. Mikkelsen has a very distinct Danish accent, which to some viewers may be a turn off, but I find that it adds a more exotic element to him. Not only does it make him seem more foreign and threatening, but it requires closer attention to understand what he's saying, giving his words an impact proportionate to the focus needed to understand them. In addition, "Hannibal" is the only TV show to ever make me cringe about anything, and at times it can even be a little scary. All of these elements, plus excellent writing and rich character arcs--well, for Graham and Lecter, anyway--make "Hannibal" good enough to eat. (Sorry, I couldn't resist the cheesy pun.)