Clarice

Previously on "Clarice"...

Angela Bird, Tess Laughty, Sandra Bishop...

they were not random victims of a serial killer.

Those women were whistleblowers,

and they died trying to tell a story.

A story that isn't over.

Starling, get this accountant on our payroll.

Julia.

You sure are here late.

Yes. Lots to go through.

I just wanted to say you're doing great work, Gordon.

What... What did you say?

See you soon.

I found where his mother lives.

- Whose mother? - Buffalo Bill's.

I'm going to go see her.

Do you remember the first thing you said to me?

I said...

FBI! You're safe.

That was a lie.

I'll never be safe.

Neither will you.

Can you sleep?

Or do moths wake you up?

There's no one for you.

Just me.

B-14. B-14.

A reminder that the prize for this game

is a beautiful German chocolate cake,

courtesy of Laraine Narducci.

Thank you, Laraine.

You went out of your comfort zone for this one.

N-12.

N-12.

Excuse me.

Can we play on more than one card?

Yep.

Sorry, I've never played before.

Do I know you?

No.

You sure look familiar.

I've never been here.

Oh, I know that.

No one here's pretty.

I-16.

I-16.

You can play as many as you can keep track of.

Thank you.

G-47.

G-47.

You got one there.

He found me in the file room.

He kind of cornered me.

Scared the hell out of me.

I'm so sorry, Julia.

Oh, my God. This...

Those are all people I work with.

Julia, is this the man who threatened you?

Yes. Joe Hudlin.

He used my name... my... name from before.

He was telling me he knew exactly who I was.

How did he know that?

I didn't tell anyone. Why would I?

Honestly, I find that people feel pretty comfortable

sharing my story without so much as a thought,

- much less a reason. - Well, I promise,

I will never violate your trust in that way.

Someone must have tipped Hudlin that we're talking to you,

and he probably looked into your background.

- I'm so sorry. - I don't know why I'm helping you.

I could lose my job, my... my life, Erin's life.

This is... This is crazy.

A-And this is what you do for a living?

You just go chasing after terrible, evil men.

Yeah.

Why?

Can't dance.

Sorry.

Uh, Julia, you've met Special Agent Esquivel.

This is Special Agent Clarke.

Julia brought us all the R&D reports

from the Stage Three Reprisol Trial.

Thank you.

And the families of these women would thank you, too.

Oh, my God.

Glad to help.

Julia? Uh, would you like a cruller?

Uh, thank you, Julia, and we will need your eye

- making sense of all this. - Sure.

Happy to answer any questions you have.

And, uh, you're good with her seeing all the...

Can we trust her?

Ow!

Um, can I ask why we're doing this in a basement?

This investigation is highly sensitive.

And not entirely sanctioned.

Great.

That's Krendler.

Julia, it's my boss.

I have to go. I'm so sorry.

I'll be right back.

Um, hey...

can you just make sure Clarke doesn't spook her?

Clarke can only be himself.

- Ow! - I mean it.

What's with the punching?

- Yes, sir? - I'm at Ruth Martin's apartment.

The AG is here with me.

Catherine has... run off.

Apparently, she saw an ex-boyfriend yesterday,

- and it upset her, and now... - Clarice, Catherine talks to you.

Did she mention anything?

Um...

ma'am, have you been through her room?

For what?

She's been gathering information about...

Buffalo Bill's mother.

- What the hell? - What?!

Clarice, what is going on?

Catherine told me she had located Jame Gumb's mother,

and she might have gone to... confront her.

When did she tell you this?

When I came for dinner.

And you didn't see fit to tell me?

She told me in confidence, ma'am.

You don't keep Catherine's confidences from me!

I didn't bring you here to be her friend!

Starling, Starling, what is she thinking?

I don't think Catherine knows, really.

She said she wanted to make Lila Gumb...

"see her".

- Lila Gumb? - It's his mother's name.

She's changed it since. That's all I know.

Okay, we'll run the woman's social.

Check it against Motor Vehicles.

I'll have have someone at IRS, they'll have a look.

Starling? You've gone quiet.

What else, Starling? Speak up!

If we're looking for Lila Gumb,

I'd look at the evidence from Buffalo Bill's basement.

Go to my office. I'll have it there for you.

Hey.

Are you free to come to Justice with me?

There's some evidence waiting that could really use your eye.

Can it wait? I'm about to file my complaint.

It can't.

Then can you find someone else?

It's Bill.

We're trying to find Jame Gumb's mother.

The only place I can think to look

is in the evidence from the Buffalo Bill case.

We don't have a lot of time.

Catherine might be about to do something very... foolish.

Ladies.

Let us know if you need anything.

You okay?

To be here?

Hi.

You were at bingo.

Yeah. Uh...

I-I need to talk to you.

Okay, hon.

What's wrong? What do you need?

About your son.

You with "The Tattler"?

- No, I just wanted... - You little bitch.

Following me, at my church?

Get the hell off my property, or I'm gonna call the police.

No, no, no. No. Wait.

Aah!

Ah, the hell.

Now, see? That was your own fault.

I didn't mean to hurt you.

- Let me look. - Don't touch me!

Oh!

How does it feel to be so beautiful?

Please don't die.

Please don't die.

He was wearing these when you...

He would starve them so their skin would slacken.

And then he'd play a game with them.

He'd turn out all the lights...

... and hunt them in the basement before he killed them.

This is the mother.

From these film reels.

_

He watched this so many times,

there's almost more Scotch tape then celluloid here.

He was a big fan.

He barely knew her, actually.

She lost him when Jame was 2.

He grew up in foster homes.

Huh.

Sort of like me, yeah.

He's nothing like you.

No.

I was sent away...

he was taken away,

then returned to his grandparents for a time.

He idolized her.