The Best Episodes of Clarice Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.0/10(1258 votes)

   #1 - The Silence Is Over

   S1:E12/11/2021

   A year after rescuing Catherine Martin from the horror of Buffalo Bill’s basement, FBI Agent Clarice Starling gets an urgent assignment from Catherine’s mother, Attorney General Ruth Martin, to join the Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (VICAP) in the investigation of three serial killings.

   Director:Maja Vrvilo

   Writers:Jenny Lumet, Alex Kurtzman

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   Director:Maja Vrvilo

   Writers:Jenny Lumet, Alex Kurtzman
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   7.1/10(930 votes)

   #2 - Ghosts of Highway 20

   S1:E22/18/2021

   Clarice Starling and the VICAP team are deployed to Tennessee where the FBI is laying siege against a fringe militia group called “The Statesmen,”

   Director:Douglas Aarniokoski

   Writers:Elizabeth J.B. Klaviter, Kenneth Lin

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   Director:Douglas Aarniokoski

   Writers:Elizabeth J.B. Klaviter, Kenneth Lin
3. 

   7.3/10(791 votes)

   #3 - Are You Alright?

   S1:E32/25/2021

   In order to prove to Krendler and the VICAP team that she is fit for duty, Clarice must find the psychological key that will unlock a confession from the suspect in the three river murders.

   Director:Douglas Aarniokoski

   Writer:William Harper

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   Director:Douglas Aarniokoski

   Writer:William Harper
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   6.8/10(747 votes)

   #4 - You Can't Rule Me

   S1:E43/4/2021

   Following the assassination of a suspect, Clarice and VICAP are investigated by Krendler’s rival at the Bureau, SA Anthony Herman. When Ardelia is recruited to assist him, it causes friction between the two friends.

   Director:Chloe Domont

   Writers:Lydia Teffera, Gabriel Ho

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   Director:Chloe Domont

   Writers:Lydia Teffera, Gabriel Ho
5. 

   6.6/10(688 votes)

   #5 - Get Right with God

   S1:E53/11/2021

   Clarice is drugged and confined to a hospital bed by a serial killer in the medical profession, causing her to experience intense hallucinations.

   Director:Chloe Domont

   Writer:Tess Leibowitz

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   Director:Chloe Domont

   Writer:Tess Leibowitz
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   7.0/10(562 votes)

   #6 - How Does It Feel to Be So Beautiful?

   S1:E64/1/2021

   Sidelined because of her harrowing ordeal with Marilyn Felker, Clarice goes to Ruth Martin to be reinstated and gets roped into having dinner at the Martin residence.

   Director:Wendey Stanzler

   Writers:Kenneth Lin, Celena Cipriaso

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   Director:Wendey Stanzler

   Writers:Kenneth Lin, Celena Cipriaso
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   7.4/10(565 votes)

   #7 - Ugly Truth

   S1:E74/8/2021

   Clarice and Ardelia team up to investigate a deeply twisted cold case after the body of a missing teenager is found entombed in concrete. Also, Clarice wrestles with the knowledge that Krendler may know the man who attacked her while she was held captive.

   Director:Wendey Stanzler

   Writer:William Harper

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   Director:Wendey Stanzler

   Writer:William Harper
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   7.0/10(471 votes)

   #8 - Add-a-Bead

   S1:E85/6/2021

   Clarice feels an emotional tie to the victim when ViCAP investigates what appears to be the suicide of a medical student in the United States on a foreign visa. Also, Krendler secretly collects a DNA sample from the man he suspects attacked Clarice at Woodhaven.

   Director:Deborah Kampmeier

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Deborah Kampmeier

   Writer:Unknown
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   6.2/10(565 votes)

   #9 - Silence Is Purgatory

   S1:E95/13/2021

   After ViCAP links the River Murders to a pharmaceutical company, Clarice seeks help from Julia Lawson, the corporate accountant for the company, who refuses to work with the FBI, and with Clarice specifically. Also, Catherine goes outside for the first time since her rescue from Buffalo Bill, and Ardelia and Agent Garrett connect with a lawyer they hope will take on the Black Coalition's case against the FBI.

   Director:Deborah Kampmeier

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Deborah Kampmeier

   Writer:Unknown
10. 

    6.9/10(401 votes)

    #10 - Motherless Child

    S1:E106/3/2021

    Catherine Martin escapes to Carneys Point, N.J., to confront Buffalo Bill’s mother, Lila Gumb. When Ruth recruits Krendler and ViCAP to track her down, Clarice volunteers to be the one to find Catherine before she commits a vile act and becomes a monster herself. Also, Julia continues to assist the ViCAP team’s investigation despite the huge personal risk.

    Director:Christopher J. Byrne

    Writer:William Harper

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    Director:Christopher J. Byrne

    Writer:William Harper
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    7.3/10(379 votes)

    #11 - Achilles Heel

    S1:E116/10/2021

    Clarice zeroes in on the entity behind the River Murders, Alastor Pharmaceuticals. When Julia informs ViCAP of the impending sale of the company, ViCAP rushes to Alastor to prevent the purging of any incriminating evidence. Also, Clarice questions Alastor CEO Nils Hagen, who quickly changes the subject to Clarice’s relationship with his son, Tyson.

    Director:Christopher J. Byrne

    Writers:Elizabeth J.B. Klaviter, Lydia Teffera

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    Director:Christopher J. Byrne

    Writers:Elizabeth J.B. Klaviter, Lydia Teffera
12. 

    7.3/10(366 votes)

    #12 - Father Time

    S1:E126/17/2021

    As ViCAP finally gets the green light to raid Alastor Pharmaceuticals, Clarice punches another FBI agent in a moment of rage, then willingly turns in her badge and gun. Also, the rest of the ViCAP team uncovers the whole truth about the River Murders, and Clarice unwittingly puts herself in mortal danger.

    Director:DeMane Davis

    Writer:Kenneth Lin

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    Director:DeMane Davis

    Writer:Kenneth Lin
13. 

    7.3/10(367 votes)

    #13 - Family Is Freedom

    S1:E136/24/2021

    On the heels of ViCAP uncovering the secrets behind the River Murders case, Clarice is imprisoned in an abandoned animal testing facility where she finds trafficked women being held captive. As Clarice attempts to break from her captors and rescue all the women, ViCAP and Ardelia team up to locate her.

    Director:DeMane Davis

    Writers:Jenny Lumet, Alex Kurtzman

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    Director:DeMane Davis

    Writers:Jenny Lumet, Alex Kurtzman