Clarice

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There comes a point where staying silent costs more than telling the truth.

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Its about the dividing line between speaking up and shutting up, and the cost of either alternative.

From a plot perspective, its a pretty simple business.

(I mean, in that tucking scene, heiswearing a dead womans scalp as a wig.)

As both Hannibal Lecter and Clarice herself say inThe Silence of the Lambs, Bill isnt trans.

(It now ranks fifth; USA!

(Full disclosure: Neither am I.)

Ardelia gives Clarice a heads up at the end of the episode, and Clarice is okay with it.

Hardly an inspiring example.

Will the hunted become the hunter, or will Clarice intervene in time?