Clarice Series Premiere Takes a Look at Lecter's Sidekick

The latest game news from IGN - one of my fave channels ever - check it out This is a spoiler-free review of the series premiere of Clarice, which is currently available to watch on CBS or CBS All Access in the US. [poilib element="accentDivider"] She’s listed as one of the top ten heroes in cinematic history by the American Film Institute. But unlike her counterpart Dr. Hannibal Lecter, Clarice Starling has not been the constant focus of TV and film storytelling obsession. Jenny Lumet and Alex Kurtzman hope to change all that with their adaptation of her story in the singularly titled Clarice, premiering February 11 on CBS. Adding layers of psychological horror to its more traditional cops-and-bad-guys fare, Clarice is an enjoyable dissection of what makes this Starling sing. [poilib element="poll" parameters="id=6670b452-94c1-413d-b713-1c2006dc8c10"] Taking place a year after the events of Silence of the Lambs, Starling (played by Rebecca Breeds) is barely hanging onto her sanity by burying herself in work. With unprocessed trauma bubbling just below the surface, the special agent is called to Washington, DC to work on the Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (VICAP) team tasked with finding serial killers. But this time around, Starling is forced to confront her past as the new attorney general is Ruth Martin (Jayne Atkinson), mother of Catherine Martin (Marnee Carpenter), Buffalo Bill’s last victim. Starling’s addition to the VICAP team, however, is not a welcome one. Her teammates—lead by Paul Krendler (Michael Cudlitz)—are none too excited to employ her, feeling she is but a tool to make Ruth Martin look good. Though she does seem to have one of the men on her side (Lucca De Oliveira as Tomas Esquivel), the other two (Kal Penn as Emin Grigoryan and Nick Sandow as Murray Clarke) are a bit more suspect. And Krendler is fully not having it with Starling at all. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/02/08/cbs-clarice-the-story-so-far"] What unfolds is a procedural with a compelling overarching story, entrenched in creepy, horrific, and often psychological mystery. Though it is decidedly less visually inventive, erotic, and outright grotesque than NBC’s Hannibal from 2013, it does feel like a spiritual sibling as they both pick at the scabs of what make their protagonists human. In a dream world where networks could cross pollinate, it would be interesting to see an intersection of these two Lecter-adjacent worlds. But, at least for now, Clarice is not legally allowed to mention the famous cannibal in its plot (which is an unavoidable but somewhat frustrating quirk of the series, given Lecter’s impact on Clarice’s life and what she’s endured so far). So this one will have to stay a bit of a dream. Everyone on Clarice is compelling to watch, and the episodes provided to critics were all expertly paced. Meaning: you’re not tuning into some boring, run-of-the-mill coptime adventures. You’re learning what it means to be Clarice Starling, to survive the Buffalo Bill of it all—even more so than Lecter—and be a woman in an extremely male-dominated field. Starling isn’t some boot-stomping bravadoist, she’s quiet and observing. But there are cracks that just keep cracking, and it feels like it’s going to be exciting to watch. In the end, while it doesn’t reinvent the wheel, Clarice will leave you engaged and satisfied if you’re looking for a horror-lite police procedural with high production value and an engaging central character. Its pilot sets the stage for a new chapter for Starling, one you’d be remiss to miss if you’re a fan of the Thomas Harris source material. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=clarice-gallery&captions=true"]

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