A great idea for a thread, and a fun read to start off! I did skip over the Hannibal parts a little, as I'm not so familiar with that (although I've seen The Silence of the Lambs). I really like the idea of a trigger word (Skyfall/Redbeard). I'd add to their list the fact that Mary is a bit like Bond in some ways.
I do think a lot of the Bond stuff is there, simply because the writers like Bond a lot!