Clarice

Previously On "Clarice"...

Two dead women floated down the Anacostia River.

We're investigating a doctor. Felker, right?

We think that the company that Felker worked for

silenced three whistleblowers.

And did a professional hit on a witness

inside the FBI building.

Have you heard about the Black Coalition?

I respect deeply what the Coalition is doing,

but it's not for me.

Some guy hit me across the head with a phone.

And I know that he has something to do

with the women we pulled out of that river.

It's him.

So you found him. Can I ask how you know this guy?

He's an attorney. His firm is handling my divorce.

I can help you get your kids.

I need something from you, though.

Pull your team off what went down on the Anacostia River.

I think you got the wrong man.

Somebody falsified a coroner's report.

It really looks like it was you.

I looked into Joe Hudlin. He's not your guy.

We're backing off the conspiracy thing.

My last memory of my dad

was the night he gave me this.

Probably the best night of my life.

I know that smell.

They roast ducks in the morning.

First session of the day is quite the prize.

Is it distracting for your patients?

On the contrary.

A taste or smell can be useful for therapy.

So, why didn't you want to continue to work

with your last therapist?

Couldn't trust him.

And why do you think you can trust me?

You got me to a place...

A place where I could remember...

This is for my little deputy.

Young Clarice: Thank you, Daddy.

I saw Hudlin's face.

Under hypnosis.

Now we start therapy.

The work.

Are you ready to do the work?

Because I can guide you, but I can't do it for you.

I understand.

So, why do you think you need to see a therapist?

Post-traumatic stress.

Buffalo Bill, Marilyn Felker, Joe Hudlin.

Every agent manages it... The fear.

Most agents don't have an infamous serial killer

who has taken a special interest in them.

I'm not worried about him.

That concerns me.

He is not coming after me.

For him, hunting me wouldn't bring relief.

It would only

articulate his own unspoken self-loathing.

You have a lot of confidence in the relationship.

Yes.

You have been traumatized.

Can you see that?

And you have a job that continues

to re-traumatize you every day.

Yes.

Trauma is contagious.

No one needs a law-enforcement officer

out there spreading it.

I can help you process your trauma,

but I can't promise you that you will keep your job.

Can you be honest?

Always.

Alright.

If you think I shouldn't be out there, then...

I'll accept that.

But I'll do the work.

I want to do the work.

Okay.

So, why did you decide to see me today?

A body.

Karolina.

She came from Yugoslavia to study medicine here.

She came to me yesterday.

All alone.

Are there any left to distribute

to the rest of the Bureau?

Mulu Rose wants... extras.

She's a rabid grandma.

Well, you're very lucky to have a rabid grandma.

And I'll take the publicity.

Good for the agency to see a Black person up there

doing the real work.

I've got to head out early. You better get dressed.

Oh, you go ahead. I'm meeting up with Esquivel.

We're working a lead.

Hudlin?

You're gonna catch hell if Krendler finds out

you're still investigating behind his back.

Be careful.

Yes, Mom.

Ugh.

You do this for Mapp?

Yes.

She deserves a little recognition.

More than a little.

Look, I know you hate this stuff,

but it makes the Fraud guys nuts.

Oh, hold up. There she is.

Why her?

When you approached her about Felker,

she turned you and Tripathi down.

She's been hounding big pharma for years.

And now we have Joe Hudlin's name.

Agent Esquivel.

This is... Clarice Starling.

Of course. Good morning.

I thought my office told you that I can't help you.

Joseph N. Hudlin.

Principal at Hudlin and Meriwether.

D.C. fixer. What about him?

He's involved with the River Murders.

He was present when I caught up with Marilyn Felker.

You didn't share this when I met you.

He and Felker spoke intimately about the case.

If they weren't involved, they couldn't have known

what they knew.

We think he hired Karl Wellig...

To commit murder?

Yeah. The River Murders.

And hired the guys that killed Wellig at Buzzard's Point.

You said to come back when we had more.

This is more.

Paul Krendler closed the River Murders,

and the AG... my boss... Is satisfied.

I've been hanging out on a limb by myself for three years.

No one higher up on the food chain wants to poke this bear,

and I'm not risking myself and my family

when I've got no cover.

Well, you do now. We'll have your back.

Right. Not when it gets ugly.

It's already ugly.

Four people are dead... that we know of.

I was almost the fifth.

We're not backing off.

Krendler might not know what we're doing,

but if we bring him something real, he'll engage.

Karolina Savich.

Called me, mentioned Hudlin,

wanted to talk big pharma

if I helped her with some visa problems.

How'd she know Hudlin?

I don't know, but I told her

that I'm out of the big pharma business.

She's dead.

Yes. Suicide, apparently.

If you want to pursue this any further,

better take it up with the Attorney General.

Sorry to bother again,

but Joe Hudlin keeps asking about lunch today at Zeibert's.

Just put it on the pile.

And you're supposed to talk to Murray.

He actually made an appointment.

Thank you.

To whoever's been stealing my pens...

Give us a break.

You gotta be kidding me.

Mine. Yes?

What crawled up your a... Okay?

Murray, uptight much?

We get it?

Nobody wants your pen.Okay.

Hey, Murray, I got your pen right here.

Hey, Paul. Krendler: I got a thing.

Hey, Paul. I have a thing.

Paul, don't do that, man.

Don't... Don't blow me off.

You're right.

The River Murders.

I've known you a long time.

I've always known why you did things.

And vice versa.

Something's not adding up.

Starling's convinced she saw Hudlin at Woodhaven.

Murray, it's a dead end.

I don't know. Look, this is the Bureau,

and the Bureau needs to clear cases.

Paul, you've never gotten caught up

in this Bureau whatever before.

I've never been your boss before.

Where are Starling and Esquivel?

Exchanging soufflé recipes.

There's a stack of leads about the incident in Annapolis,

am I right?

Thank you.

Well, sir, I assumed they cleared it with you

before approaching me.

The request came from the SAC's office.

You think I don't know the value of a little publicity, Mapp?