I would be lying if i say this show is not disappointing, with all that they had in their hands they could have made a masterpiece which would have stayed on TV making a name for itself in the league for the best TV shows.

The good: The show has one of the best visuals i have ever seen and a very fitting soundtrack. The casting is very well done , all the characters are very well acted to say the least if not very well written, with major kudos in picking Mads as Dr Lecter. The murders are twisted and gory as would be expected from a show called Hannibal with each crime significantly different and twisted as compared than the previous.

The Bad: Notice i said crime in the "Good" above as the crime is interesting the solution to find the criminal is utterly bland. The story is very poorly written , there is hardly any character development. Will Graham is supposed to be smart but the way he is presented he might as well be psychic, which is why even though the visual presentation is fantastic it effectively makes him appear like a psychic. There is no connecting the evidence no creating a profile of the killer. It feels like writing the answer to the math problem without actually showing the work. How you get there is very important in a show about psychology. I am still watching it in hopes that it will pick up and start patching the holes in the story that could make it an interesting watch but so far haven't seen any. The more you watch the less sense the story starts to make. The direction it is going so far after 5-6 episodes i am not surprised it got cancelled. I would love a reboot by someone else , possibly by people behind Netflix's Mindhunter because atleast they are jumping in the psychology which this show seems to miss so much. I will still finish the show because its just 3 seasons and there might some good things around the corner (i doubt it but i have to know)