@JohnAllenson:
I'm in the brigade that skipped the "Git gone" episode. I'm not all that interested in Shadow Moon and Mr. Wednesday as far as that goes and an episode devoted to Shadow Moon's history with his wife leaves me cold.
So I have not read the book(s?) but I did read an interview with Gaiman and he was very gung ho for Laura as a perspective, I don't remember exactly but it was something like the book was written from Shadow's POV and wouldn't that get pretty boring for TV?
Also because of a prior attempt at HBO of creating the series legally he was unable to be involved in the first season's production. Brought up the actual IRL steel town where it was cheaper to pay off the relatives than to shut down for X amount of days to install security, that he had mentioned this to Fuller & Green, how he wanted to work it into the series going forward (now that he can be involved) but then they came to him with the Vulcan episode already done. Made me think if I was HBO's legal department I'd be looking into that further.
I ramble but the jist was meant to be expect more Laura and others to if I recall the interview correctly.
As a fan of Hannibal I would say also expect disappointment when TPTB decide whatever it is they decide with quality television that apparently doesn't draw the mass viewing numbers. Especially when even fans aren't happy with the results. Wait a minute, is this a soapbox I am standing on? Am I stumping for Fuller? Aargh. I told myself I wasn't going to watch this series until it was done and done. Dammit.
