Clarice: Season 1

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CBS | Season Premiere Date: February 11, 2021

Summary: FBI Agent Clarice Starling (Rebecca Breeds) returns to work six months after the events of "The Silence of the Lambs" in the series co-created by Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet.

Genre(s): Drama

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E13. Family is Freedom
Air Date: June 24, 2021
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S1:E12. Father Time
Air Date: June 17, 2021
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S1:E11. Achilles Heal
Air Date: June 10, 2021

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Terry Terrones

Feb 8, 2021

A stellar cast and detailed storytelling make “Clarice” addictively enjoyable. Read full review

Kelly Connolly

Feb 1, 2021

There are enough ways this show could have gone wrong that it's worth celebrating how easy it makes it look to get the most important thing right. Clarice does Clarice proud. Read full review

Glenn Garvin

Feb 16, 2021

Aiding Clarice considerably is the performance of Australian actress Rebecca Breeds (Pretty Little Liars) as Starling. Breeds wisely patterns her diffident, even shy, Clarice after that of Jodie Foster in Silence of the Lambs, cloaking her intellectual capacity in bashful humility toward authority that sometimes cracks open to reveal repressed rage. Read full review

Collider Jeff Sneider

Feb 1, 2021

It's a promising-enough pilot, but unfortunately, Episode 2 all but abandons that story in favor of a new assignment that finds the VICAP team deployed to Tennessee, where the FBI is laying siege against a fringe militia group known as The Statesmen. Episode 2 is where the series really stumbles, as everything gets wrapped up in a neat bow replete with sappy music. Read full review

Kelly Lawler

Feb 11, 2021

There might be decent cop show beneath the layers of aggressive stylization. Writers are more willing to address racism than many similar network cop shows. ... But constantly linking it to the Hannibal story is a reach, undermining what makes the series unique. But through the mess of moths and unbearable moodiness, it's hard to see anything else. Read full review

Judy Berman

Feb 11, 2021

Frustratingly superficial psychological thriller. Read full review

Meghan O'Keefe

Feb 11, 2021

Clarice, the character, has been turned into a quivering mess, and Clarice, the show, makes the fatal mistake of thinking that Clarice’s trauma is the most interesting thing about her. ... The real problem with CBS’s version of Clarice stems from the writing. ... While Episodes 2 and 3 show promising signs of Clarice using her investigative skills, that’s all undermined by scenes where supporting characters can get her to unravel with a few mundane questions. Read full review

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Xander18788

Feb 19, 2021

The show works, great cast, great tone. I didn’t think I’d like the character of Clarice thrown into a classic network crime drama but I have enjoyed the first 2 episodes immensely and looking forward to seeing more.

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Rinne77

Apr 14, 2021

I want to like it better a d will continue to watch, for now ... however it’s so predictable. They threw too much at it at once and for so much to happen to one person? Completely unbelievable. Plus can we do something about Clarices hair?

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Mantisof

Mar 5, 2021

Pointless and cliched. It's connected to Silence of the Lambs because it has no other draw.

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Ededed

May 11, 2021

Lost me at the promos.

Don’t see anything here that entices me to watch.

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titan2287

Feb 12, 2021

This is why the TV industry should stop making these adaptions and unnecessary sequels/continuations.

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UncleWillard

Feb 11, 2021

I was hopeful when I saw the teaser for this, but right out of the gate, it's a network show, so it will not only be sanitized, but there will of course be pandering to certain demographics (women). That's a shame, because the character that Jodie Foster introduced us to, is the perfectI was hopeful when I saw the teaser for this, but right out of the gate, it's a network show, so it will not only be sanitized, but there will of course be pandering to certain demographics (women). That's a shame, because the character that Jodie Foster introduced us to, is the perfect example of a well written, female lead. Julianne Moore's rendition was pretty darned good too. This will be a "I ain't gonna let no man tell me nothin bout to crime solvin." I already heard it in the trailer. I'll give it a go, but I'm already seeing problems.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: February 11, 2021
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  S1:E13. Family is Freedom
  Air Date: June 24, 2021
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  S1:E12. Father Time
  Air Date: June 17, 2021
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  S1:E11. Achilles Heal
  Air Date: June 10, 2021
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  S1:E10. Motherless Child
  Air Date: June 3, 2021
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  S1:E9. Silence is Purgatory
  Air Date: May 13, 2021
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  S1:E8. Add-a-Bead
  Air Date: May 6, 2021
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  S1:E4. Silence is Purgatory
  Air Date: May 13, 2021
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  S1:E3. Silence is Purgatory
  Air Date: May 13, 2021