Clarice/How Does It Feel to Be So Beautiful

How Does It Feel to Be So Beautiful
Season 1, Episode 6
Airdate	April 1, 2021
Written by	Kenneth Lin & Celena Cipriaso
Directed by	Wendy Stanzler
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Clarice — Season One

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How Does It Feel to Be So Beautiful is the sixth episode of the first season of Clarice.

Starring: Rebecca Breeds (FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling), Michael Cudlitz (FBI Special Agent Paul Krendler), Lucca De Oliveira (FBI Special Agent Tomas Esquivel), Kal Penn (FBI Special Agent Shaan Tripathi), Nick Sandow (FBI Special Agent Murray Clarke), Devyn Tyler (FBI Special Agent Ardelia Mapp), Marnee Carpenter (Catherine Martin)

Guest Starring: Grace Lynn Kung (Dr. Renée Li), Raoul Bhaneja (Joe Hudlin), Edie Inksetter (Mandy Krendler), Nicolette Pearse (Jane Tally)

and Jayne Atkinson (U.S. Attorney General Ruth Martin)

Co-Starring: Sonia Dhillon Tully (Andrea Bauer), Nicole Joy-Fraser (Benita Sage), Alexis Lyon (Alison), Anton Gillis-Adelman (Jason), Simon Northwood (Buffalo Bill), Elizabeth Saunders (Bea Love), Maya McNair (Young Clarice)

Plot Overview

Sidelined because of her harrowing ordeal with Marilyn Felker, Clarice goes to Ruth Martin to be reinstated and gets roped into having dinner at the Martin residence. Clarice sees Catherine Martin for the first time since rescuing her from Buffalo Bill and must endure an uncomfortable evening with this fractured family. Also, Ardelia and the ViCAP team try to identify the man who aided Marilyn, but they hit a wall when they realize their DNA sample matches a file that's been erased from the Bureau's database.

Trivia

The Show

• It's revealed that Buffalo Bill's last words were "How does it feel to be so beautiful?" This aspect is adapted directly from The Silence of the Lambs novel. Clarice's emotional reaction, however, is original to the series and is not in the book or film adaptation.