Clarice
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InThe Silence of the Lambs, close-ups told the story.
Usually shot at a greater distance than her male interlocutors, whose faces dominated the entire frame.
And during the hunted-in-the-dark climax, of course, she cant see anyone at all.
At times, this episode ofClaricetrots out this tried-and-true technique.
Clarice, by contrast, is made to look smaller, more guarded, less confident.
For a while, it goes nowhere.
is a tough customer.
(Im Army, so Im actually a good shot, he quips.)
For her part, Clarice attempts to appeal to the better angels of Welligs nature.
The other is a fake Baltimore cop, who provides Wellig with a poisoned can of root beer.
The episode ends on a note of personal and professional satisfaction.
Krendler gives Clarice credit where it is due for figuring out the conspiracy angle before anyone else did.
Clarice fires her confrontational therapist, intrusive thoughts of deaths-head moths be damned.
Its not exactly bonding with her deeply damaged daughter, but its a start.
And its a decent episode, all told, and for all its faults.
Im also not wild about recasting Martin and Krendler as Clarices surrogate work-mother and work-father.
Clarices ability to bulldoze institutional obstacles with her powers of observation is another positive trait for the show.
That a yes is even possible at this point has to be counted as a victory.
