This was an episode that offered a master class in adaptation – except in the moments it adapted directly from the novels of Thomas HarrisSpoiler alert: this blog is published after Hannibal airs on NBC in the US on Saturdays. Do not read on unless you have watched season three, episode six, which airs in the UK on Sky Living on Wednesdays at 10pmAmong the many, many superlative phrases one could use to describe Hannibal is “a master class in adaptation”.