NBC Pulls ‘Hannibal’ Episode in Wake of Violent Tragedies
"After several particularly violent months in America, NBC has decided to pull episode four of frosh drama 'Hannibal' from its lineup due to the disturbing content involving children murdering other children.
Fourth episode of the grisly serial killer drama featured Molly Shannon’s character brainwashing kids, leading them to kill other children.
Episode four was slated to air next week. Peacock will instead move directly to episode five. While the drama is serialized, NBC claims there will be no continuity issues, noting that TV critics have seen episodes three and five, and not four. Decision arose after series creator Bryan Fuller phoned NBC and told the net that, “given the cultural climate right now in the U.S., I think we shouldn’t air the episode in its entirety.”
As we reported last week, Bryan Fuller and NBC decided to pull the fourth episode of Hannibal due to recent violence in the US. Instead airing the fourth episode this Thursday, the series will move straight onto episode 5. While they don’t plan to air the full episode online, they have taken select scenes and are making them available as webisodes to bridge the gap.
For those of you that live outside of the US, Episode 4 will air in its regular order. We have the first webisode below, and will be sure to provide the others when they become available. Here is the official synopsis for Episode 4:
Bryan Fuller et la chaîne NBC ont décidé de retirer de leurs programmes le quatrième épisode de la série 'Hannibal' au regard des récents évènements violents qui ont eu lieu aux États-Unis. La diffusion est passée directement à l'épisode 5, faisant l'impasse sur cet épisode 4. Ne prévoyant pas la diffusion de l'épisode entier en ligne, le choix a été fait de sélectionner certaines scènes et d'en faire des webepisodes afin de relier tout de même les épisodes.


