Mr. Finch (Michael Emerson), a mysterious billionaire, developed a computer program for the government that predicts terrorist threats to the US. It was designed as a means to prevent another 9/11-type disaster, but Finch discovered that it was also predicting many "irrelevant" (non-terrorist) crimes. The non-terrorist data is dumped to a separate database and deleted each night. Finch realized that a great many domestic crimes could also be prevented if that data could be used. Finch built a backdoor into the machine that allows him to retrieve a list of Social Security numbers of people who will be involved in those crimes in order of occurrence. Unable to investigate the data on his own, Finch hires John Reese (Jim Caviezel), a former Green Beret and CIA field officer who is presumed dead, to help stop the crimes from taking place. The world thinks that Finch, like Reese, is dead. Finch made the choice of only transmitting the Social Security Numbers of the persons of interest so that if the backdoor is discovered, the government would have no clue as to what the numbers mean or that Finch is still alive.

2009 Hong Kong film

《明星大侦探》作为中国首档明星推理综艺秀，节目创意源自韩国《犯罪现场》，内容包括“30%跌宕剧情+40%综艺搞笑+30%智能推理”，堪称综艺版的《唐人街探案》。韩国原版付费频道收视1.54%(收费频道VS普通频道收视比率为10倍)，受众集中为高知、高收入人群。超高收视、超高人气及好口碑让节目组对本土化悬疑推理大IP《明星大侦探》的播出信心满满。 另外，从《神探夏洛克》、《心理罪》、《唐人街探案》等悬疑推理题材电视剧、电影的热播情况来看，一大波忠实“悬疑推理”粉丝基础，佐证了《明星大侦探》的巨大市场潜力。 据了解，每期节目6位嘉宾参与，1人扮演侦探，5人为嫌疑人。每期节目解决1起不可思议的杀人事件，真凶就在嫌疑人之中。6位玩家需在现场6-8个场景内，寻找线索指认真凶!据悉，节目将在芒果TV和芒果直播APP平台播出，网友可以全程参与互动竞猜嫌疑人，还可点播回看精彩剧情。

2018 film directed by Stephen Susco

2018 film directed by Aneesh Chaganty

Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.