With the cancellations of Zoeyâs and Prodigal Son, and EVIL s move to streaming, network TV seems to be struggling with their more creative shows.
The women have been locked up at the behest of the twisted, misogynistic owner of Alastor Pharmaceuticals, Nils Hagen (Peter McRobbie). One of his companyâs drugs causes birth defects, and he ordered the murders of several women to conceal that fact â something Clarice and her colleagues in the Violent Criminal Apprehension Program uncovered during a season-long investigation. (At press time, negotiations were ongoing for a second season on the streamer Paramount+.) Naturally, the ViCAP team thatâs become Clariceâs family, including boss Paul Krendler (Michael Cudlitz), and her bestie, agent Ardelia Mapp (Devyn A. Tyler), are frantically attempting to locate her.Â