Clarice/The Silence Is Over

The Silence Is Over
Season 1, Episode 1
Airdate	February 11, 2021
Written by	Jenny Lumet & Alex Kurtzman
Directed by	Maja Vrvilo
Stream
— N/A	1x02 → Ghosts of Highway 20
Clarice — Season One

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The Silence Is Over is the first episode of the first season of Clarice.

Starring: Rebecca Breeds (FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling), Michael Cudlitz (FBI Special Agent Paul Krendler), Lucca De Oliveira (FBI Special Agent Tomas Esquivel), Kal Penn (FBI Special Agent Shaan Tripathi), Nick Sandow (FBI Special Agent Murray Clarke), Devyn A. Tyler (FBI Special Agent Ardelia Mapp), Marnee Carpenter (Catherine Martin)

Guest Starring: Shawn Doyle (Therapist), Kris Holden-Ried (Karl Wellig), Dalmar Abuzeid (Frank Bird), Milton Barnes (Justin Ayres), Caitlin Stryker (Rebecca Clark-Sherman), Nicolette Pearse (Jane Tally)

and Jayne Atkinson (U.S. Attorney General Ruth Martin)

Co-Starring: Malcolm Ross (David Bird), Erica Anderson (Casey Laughty), Troy Blundell (Agent John Mohr), Adrian Griffin (Crime Tech), Joseph Cochrane (Agent Max Jones), Alyssa Goodridge (Reporter #1), Matteo De Cola (Reporter #2), Dave Lapsley (Paramedic Kimball Dunn), Vicki Kim (Michelle Chong), John Tokatlidis (Cristo Katopodis), Carlisle J. Williams (Marcus Collins), Simon Northwood (Buffalo Bill), Lara Binamé (Receptionist), Matt Folliott (Agent Peterson), Chris Farquhar (Agent Kieger)

Plot Overview

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 in the investigation of three serial killings.

Notes

Music

• Q. Lazzarus - "Goodbye Horses"

Trivia

The Show

• The National Tattler paper in the therapist's office refers to Clarice as the Bride of Frankenstein. This is lifted from the closing of The Silence of the Lambs novel, although it's curiously changed as the novel has the tabloid refers her as the Bride of Dracula. It's also of note that the Tattler was introduced in Red Dragon and not mentioned in The Silence of the Lamb film adaptation.

Behind the Scenes

• Guest star Shawn Doyle also appeared in Hannibal.

Goofs

• There is no way Krendler would be able to determine that there's no water in the lungs of the body without an autopsy.