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Even more impressive is how Fuller’s show interacts with Lecter’s onscreen history. It’s hard to think of a franchise with three movies as radically different as Michael Mann’s Manhunter, Jonathan Demme’s The Silence of the Lambs, and Ridley Scott’s Hannibal. Manhunter is cool, chilly, ’80s, pomo, electronic; Silence is bleak, gross, banal, kinky; Hannibal is cultured, operatic, bemused, architectural. Somehow Fuller’s Hannibal has weaved those three dishes into a new kind of meal

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Bryan Fuller likes to use his powers for good. Creator of Hannibal and Pushing Daisies, and with writing credits ranging from Star Trek: Voyager to Heroes, Fuller is an outspoken advocate for LGBT media representation. Far from trying to circumvent the topic, the openly gay showrunner welcomes discussion of TV’s diversity problem in interviews and on social media. Moreover, Fuller has fought for diversity in every one of his many shows. He hasn’t always succeeded, and compromises have been made, but for sheer effort Fuller earns a spot.

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