Scripted series · CBS
Clarice
The silence is over.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Rebecca Breeds
Clarice Starling
13 eps
Nick Sandow
Murray Clarke
13 eps
Michael Cudlitz
Paul Krendler
13 eps
Lucca De Oliveira
Tomas Esquivel
13 eps
Devyn A. Tyler
Ardelia Mapp
13 eps
Milton Barnes
Justin Ayres
1 eps
Alan van Sprang
The Man
1 eps
Dalmar Abuzeid
Frank Bird
1 eps
Erica Anderson
Casey Laughty
1 eps
Troy Blundell
Agent John Mohr
1 eps
Adrian Griffin
Crime Tech
1 eps
Joseph Cochrane
Agent Max Jones
1 eps
Alyssa Goodridge
Reporter #1
1 eps
Matteo De Cola
Reporter #2
1 eps
Dave Lapsley
Paramedic Kimball Dunn
1 eps
Vicki Kim
Michelle Chong
1 eps
John Tokatlidis
Cristo Katopodis
1 eps
Carlisle J. Williams
Marcus Collins
1 eps
Lara Binamé
Receptionist
1 eps
Matt Folliott
Agent Peterson
1 eps
Chris Farquhar
Agent Kieger
1 eps
Tim Guinee
Lucas Novak
1 eps
Patrick McManus
Sheriff Tucker Rowan
1 eps
Brian Hamman
Supervisor Hodge
1 eps
Tom Hulshof
Peter
1 eps
Krista Marchand
Emma
1 eps
David DiFrancesco
Statesmen
1 eps
Miley Gallant
Sister
1 eps
Kristen Holden-Ried
Karl Wellig
3 eps
Natalie Brown
Luanne Felker/Marilyn Felker
2 eps
Nicole Joy-Fraser
Benita Sage
2 eps
Jen Richards
Julia Lawson
3 eps
Emily Coutts
Erin
2 eps
Raoul Bhaneja
Joe Hudlin
7 eps
Grace Lynn Kung
Dr. Renée Li
4 eps
Douglas Smith
Tyson Conway
5 eps
Peter McRobbie
Nils Hagen
3 eps
Nicolette Pearse
Jane Tally
6 eps
Edie Inksetter
Mandy Krendler
3 eps
Jayne Atkinson
Ruth Martin
9 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Clarice actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Clarice reads strongest on Character Depth, Serialized and Tension.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
In 1993, six months after the events of The Silence of the Lambs, FBI Agent Clarice Starling returns to the field to pursue serial murderers and sexual predators while navigating the high stakes political world of Washington, D.C.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E03
Are You Alright?
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.
- Directed by Douglas Aarniokoski
- Written by William Harper
S01E02
Ghosts of Highway 20
Clarice Starling and the VICAP team are deployed to Tennessee where the FBI is laying siege against a fringe militia group called “The Statesmen,”
- Directed by Douglas Aarniokoski
- Written by Kenneth Lin, Elizabeth J.B. Klaviter
S01E04
You Can't Rule Me
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.
- Directed by Chloe Domont
- Written by Gabriel Ho, Lydia Teffera
S01E01
The Silence Is Over
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.
- Directed by Maja Vrvilo
- Written by Alex Kurtzman, Jenny Lumet
S01E07
Ugly Truth
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.
- Directed by Wendey Stanzler
- Written by William Harper
S01E08
Add-a-Bead
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.
- Directed by Deborah Kampmeier
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E13
Family Is Freedom
- Directed by DeMane Davis
- Written by Alex Kurtzman, Jenny Lumet
S01E11
Achilles Heel
- Directed by Christopher J. Byrne
- Written by Lydia Teffera, Elizabeth J.B. Klaviter
S01E10
Motherless Child
- Directed by Christopher J. Byrne
- Written by William Harper
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Alex Kurtzman
Creator
Jenny Lumet
Showrunner
Heather Kadin
Executive producer
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Gabriel Ho
Writer
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Kenneth Lin
Writer
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William Harper
Writer
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Celena Cipriaso
Writer
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Lydia Teffera
Writer
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Elizabeth J.B. Klaviter
Writer
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Tess Leibowitz
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Alex KurtzmanExecutive Producer
- Heather KadinExecutive Producer
- Jenny LumetExecutive Producer
Writing
- Alex KurtzmanWriter
- Gabriel HoWriter
- Kenneth LinWriter
- William HarperWriter
- Celena CipriasoWriter
- Lydia TefferaWriter
Direction
- Douglas AarniokoskiDirector
- DeMane DavisDirector
- Wendey StanzlerDirector
- Deborah KampmeierDirector
- Christopher J. ByrneDirector
- Chloe DomontDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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