Yes yes yes to all the things you said about Hannibal. I watched it out of curiosity because I heard a lot of good things and I was blown away. And tbh I haven't seen any of the films about Lecter. I think I saw the beginning of Hannibal and it scared the fuck out of me so I watched something else and never went back. But this show is everything.
Also I might be a little happy crying because your first paragraph is basically what I'm planning for an exposé for my MA application. I was thinkig about analysing how they portray the canibalism, but what you mentioned about the lightning sounds really intriguing as well. So that's inspiring and really encouraging that my idea is not too far fetched, thank you <3
Oh an because I never knew that, which character was a man in the books and is a woman in the show?

Brooklyn Nine-Nine is on the 'to-watch' list too, now that I'm almost through season 3 of Homeland I might get started on that.