The BEST episodes of Clarice season 1

Every episode of Clarice season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Clarice season 1!

FBI Agent Clarice Starling returns to the field in 1993, one year after the events of The Silence of the Lambs. Brilliant and vulnerable, Clarice's bravery gives her an inner light that draws monsters and madmen to her. However, her complex psychological makeup that comes from a challenging childhood empowers her to begin to find her voice while working in a man's world, as well as escape the family secrets that have haunted her throughout her life.

Last Updated: 9/10/2024Network: CBSStatus: Ended
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Family Is Freedom
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7.82
538 votes

#1 - Family Is Freedom

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/24/2021

On the heels of ViCAP uncovering Alastor’s secrets, Clarice is imprisoned in an animal testing facility where she finds trafficked women being held captive. ViCAP and Ardelia team up to locate Clarice as she attempts to break from her captors in a race to rescue the other women.

Directors: DeMane Davis
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Father Time
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7.68
551 votes

#2 - Father Time

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/17/2021

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.

Directors: DeMane Davis
Writer: Kenneth Lin
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Are You Alright?
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7.63
839 votes

#3 - Are You Alright?

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/25/2021

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.

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You Can't Rule Me
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7.55
834 votes

#4 - You Can't Rule Me

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/4/2021

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.

Directors: Chloe Domont
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Achilles Heel
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7.55
572 votes

#5 - Achilles Heel

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/10/2021

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.

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Ugly Truth
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7.52
693 votes

#6 - Ugly Truth

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/8/2021

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.

Directors: Wendey Stanzler
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Add-a-Bead
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7.50
611 votes

#7 - Add-a-Bead

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/6/2021

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.

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Motherless Child
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7.49
592 votes

#8 - Motherless Child

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/3/2021

Catherine Martin escapes to Carneys Point, N.J., to confront Buffalo Bill’s mother. 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.

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The Silence is Over
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7.47
1065 votes

#9 - The Silence is Over

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/11/2021

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.

Directors: Maja Vrvilo
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Ghosts of Highway 20
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7.47
922 votes

#10 - Ghosts of Highway 20

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/18/2021

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

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How Does It Feel to Be So Beautiful
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7.47
724 votes

#11 - How Does It Feel to Be So Beautiful

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/1/2021

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. Clarice sees Catherine Martin for the first time since rescuing her from Buffalo Bill and must endure an uncomfortable evening with this fractured family. Also, Ardelia and the ViCAP team try to identify the man who aided Marilyn, but they hit a wall when they realize their DNA sample matches a file that's been erased from the Bureau's database.

Directors: Wendey Stanzler
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Get Right with God
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7.41
812 votes

#12 - Get Right with God

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/11/2021

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

Directors: Chloe Domont
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Silence Is Purgatory
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7.32
611 votes

#13 - Silence Is Purgatory

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/13/2021

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.

Writer: Eleanor Jean
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