FBI Quantico Trainees

Lore & Background

It focuses exclusively on Clarice Starling, a young FBI trainee at Quantico, who is recruited by Behavioral Science Unit chief Jack Crawford to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Officially conducting a psychological survey, Starling is actually meant to draw out insights that could help capture 'Buffalo Bill', a serial killer who murders young women and removes their skin.

Reader's Guide

It focuses on Clarice Starling, a young FBI trainee at Quantico, who is recruited by Behavioral Science Unit chief Jack Crawford to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Her interactions with Lecter, her investigation into Buffalo Bill, and her eventual graduation from the FBI Academy. No other trainees are mentioned, and no guidance is given for a cohort.

Did You Know?

• Starling's father, a police officer, was murdered when she was ten, leaving her orphaned.
• Starling recounts a traumatic childhood incident: after her father's death, she lived on a relative's Montana farm, where she failed to save spring lambs from slaughter.
• The film is based on the 1988 novel by Thomas Harris.