The show is almost over so we analyze the penultimate episode while discussing how Bryan Fuller has been acknowledging the fans, the corroboration of many of our interpretations about the symbology in the show, the main differences between the Red Dragon storyline here and in the book, how badly we want a Hannibal/Chilton sitcom, a few silly jokes (as usual), and we still suspect that someone in the Hannibal Writers Room listens to this podcast.

We also talk about Worldcon, the Hugo Awards ceremony, the current state and the future of science fiction & fantasy fandom, and the anime Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace.

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Appetizer

Cassandra’s choice: Sasquan - 2015 Worldcon, the World Science Fiction Convention in Spokane, Washington

• Worldcon
• The Hugo Awards
• Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) - IMDb
• David Gerrold
• Tananarive Due
• George R.R. Martin
• Terry Pratchett

Maki’s choice: Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace (2015)

• Official website [in Japanese]
• Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace Anime Episodes Streaming on FUNimation
• Ranpo Kitan Game of Laplace Opening - YouTube
• Edogawa Ranpo - Wikipedia
• Kogoro Akechi - Wikipedia
• Sherlock Holmes - Wikipedia
• Baker Street Irregulars - Wikipedia

Main Course

• Hannibal S03E12 - The Number of the Beast Is 666…

• Newton’s Third Law of Motion - Wikipedia
• The Great Red Dragon Paintings - Wikipedia
• Bluebeard - Wikipedia
• Lamb of God - Wikipedia
• William Blake, “The Tyger” and “The Lamb” - Romantic Circles [We forgot to say that the “Lamb of God” line was also a reference to the William Blake poem “the Lamb,” which is related to “The Tyger.”]
• The Odd Couple (TV Series 1970–1975) - IMDb
• Iron Fist (comics) - Wikipedia
• Contrapasso - Wikipedia
• Inferno (Dante) - Wikipedia
• Hannibal - Post Mortem: Episode 312 (Digital Exclusive) - YouTube

Dessert

• Our predictions for the next episode of Hannibal.

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