I reallllllllllyyyyy really really, obviously, hope that we do get a season 4 of this fabulous show! And now everyone is getting all excited about the Netflix possibility, and I am too!!
But I also really hope that if Netflix does pick it up, that they keep the same structure and style of the original 3 seasons. So much of the gorgeous creativity came from working within network restrictions and censorship, and if Netflix makes a 4th season these restrictions and clever problem solving won’t be necessary anymore.
But I really like that in Hannibal there’s no gratuitous nudity.
And that the sex scenes are more implied and symbolic and a little bit weird rather than explicit.
And that the gore is definitely gory and violent, but always the perfect balance of how-did-they-get-to-show-that-on-network-TV and yet still manageable. It’s never too obscene, and has found a distinct way to dance along the very edge of that boundary masterfully.
I hope this would continue as a deliberate choice for a season 4 even if it wasn’t a forced issue anymore. It would be such a shame to lose this element, since from seasons 1-3 everything in the series has always been very carefully... tasteful XP