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Profiler is an American crime drama that aired on NBC as part of its Thrillogy block and CNBC Europe from 1996 to 2000. The series follows the exploits of a criminal profiler working with the fictional FBI Violent Crimes Task Force (VCTF) based in Atlanta, Georgia.
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| Genre | Crime drama |
| Created by | Cynthia Saunders |
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| Theme music composer | Angelo Badalamenti |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 83 (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | approx. 42min, hour with commercials (per episode) |
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| Distributor | Carsey-Werner Distribution |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | September 21, 1996 – July 1, 2000 |
Ally Walker starred as profiler Dr. Samantha Waters during the first three seasons (1996–99), and was later replaced by Jamie Luner as prosecutor-turned-profiler Dr. Rachel Burke during the show's final season.[1][2] Robert Davi, Roma Maffia, Peter Frechette, Erica Gimpel and Julian McMahon co-starred throughout the show's run. Caitlin Wachs played Dr. Waters' daughter for the first two seasons, a role taken over by Evan Rachel Wood in 1998.
Profiler shares a similar lead character and premise with the Fox Network series Millennium, created by Chris Carter. Both shows premiered at the beginning of the 1996–97 television season.
Plot
Dr. Samantha "Sam" Waters (Ally Walker) is a forensic psychologist working for the FBI's (fictitious) Violent Crimes Task Force ("VCTF"), based in Atlanta, Georgia. She is a criminal profiler with her own unique gift to "see" through the eyes of others. This gift gives Sam an added special insight into the workings of the criminal mind. While she performs all of her duties diligently and competently, her drive comes from experiencing both a professional and personal tragedy years earlier in which her husband was murdered by a serial killer known only as Jack of All Trades. (His true identity was not revealed until the middle of the third season.)
Due to the dangers of the still at-large violent criminal, "Jack of All Trades", Sam must live under police guard 24/7 in a former firefighter station with her seven-year-old daughter Chloe Waters (Caitlin Wachs and later Evan Rachel Wood), and her best friend Angel Brown (Erica Gimpel), an artist.
The VCTF is an elite team of pros who must solve the toughest cases. It is led by Sam's mentor, Bailey Malone (Robert Davi), Detective John Grant (Julian McMahon), computer hacker George Fraley (Peter Frechette), and forensic pathologist Grace Álvarez (Roma Maffia).
Other characters included Nathan Brubaker, played by Michael Whaley, a former defense attorney turned detective. He appeared throughout season one. Shiek Mahmoud-Bey played Marcus Payton in season two who was an FBI agent skeptical of Sam's methods. A Martinez appeared occasionally in the first and second seasons playing Nick "Coop" Cooper, an ATF bomb disposal expert, who was Sam Waters love interest. Agent Cooper was later murdered by "Jack". (Martinez had previously worked with Walker on the NBC daytime serial Santa Barbara.) Heather McComb appeared frequently in the first and second seasons as Frances Malone, the wayward and rebellious teenage daughter of Bailey Malone. Traci Lords appeared throughout the second season as a violent former ex-convict named Sharon Lesher, who became the serial killer "Jill of All Trades" after being recruited by Jack.
In season three, the VCTF thought they finally closed in on "Jack" -- ostensibly one Donald Lucas (played by Mark Rolston), a childhood Sunday Schoolmate of Sam's. With "Jack" seemingly in custody, Sam and her daughter Chloe (now played by Evan Rachel Wood) were able to move out of the fortress-like firehouse where they had lived for the past two years. They settled into an upscale house in the Atlanta suburbs. Shortly after, Sam had a brief romance with Paul Sterling (John Mese), the district attorney prosecuting Donald Lucas. She was also dealing with her estranged father, Walter Anderson (Lawrence Pressman), who had a mysterious connection to the imprisoned Donald Lucas. Another minor subplot of the season showed Bailey getting back together with his ex-wife Janet (Patricia Healy) but by the start of season four, they separated once again. It turned out that the arrest of Lucas was a complex ploy set-up by the real "Jack of All Trades" -- Albert Newquay -- played by Dennis Christopher. Newquay, or "Jack", a violent sociopath. (To mislead and tease the viewers, Albert Newquay, the real Jack's true name, was first mentioned in season two when he took refuge at the Maryland home of his wealthy mother, Miriam Newquay (played by Louise Fletcher) to recover after being shot by Sam.) Newquay then appeared on-camera for the first time in season three by posing in disguise as Ed Post, the seemingly buffoonish sheriff of a sinister fictional small northern California town.
In season four, after finally -- and permanently -- stopping "Jack", Sam retired from the VCTF, being replaced by a new criminal profiler, Agent Rachel Burke (Jamie Luner), a former FBI instructor at Quantico who also had Waters' skill of profiling. But unlike Sam, Rachel's brusque take-charge manner alienated some of the team members, especially John Grant, who had met her previously. The two disagree on whether they had actually engaged in intercourse during a liquor-filled nightcap. Rachel had her own personal problems: namely dealing with Danny (Raphael Sbarge), her self-destructive younger brother who died from a drug overdose near the end of the season. Other subplots included Grace becoming pregnant with her second child, but her husband leaving her and having to face being a single mother, and George developing a drug addiction to painkiller pills after being injured in a minor car accident. Late in the season, the show established a new overarching (story arc) villain, a shadowy urban legend named Damian Kennasas. Gregory Itzin had a recurring role as Joel Marks, an unstable FBI agent who stalked Rachel after she taped him threatening her and derailed his career. As the series came to an end on an unresolved cliffhanger (with Rachel getting arrested after the unseen Damian framed her for Marks' murder by using the motive of wanting revenge against him for Danny's death), it appeared that the elite VCTF team might be shut down by the U.S. Congress allegedly due to the high funds it took to operate. The abruptness of the ending proscribed a clean resolution to the plotlines.
Episodes
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 22 | September 21, 1996 | May 10, 1997 | |
| 2 | 20 | November 1, 1997 | May 9, 1998 | |
| 3 | 21 | October 17, 1998 | June 5, 1999 | |
| 4 | 20 | September 25, 1999 | July 1, 2000 | |
Cast
Main
- Ally Walker as Dr. Samantha "Sam" Waters (Profiler #1) (seasons 1–3; Special Guest in season 4)
- Jamie Luner as FBI Agent Rachel Burke (Profiler #2) (season 4)
- Robert Davi as FBI Agent Bailey Malone
- Julian McMahon as FBI Agent John Grant
- Roma Maffia as Dr. Grace Alvarez
- Peter Frechette as George Fraley
- Erica Gimpel as Angel Brown (seasons 1–3)
- Caitlin Wachs as Chloe Waters (seasons 1–2)
- Michael Whaley as Detective Nathan Brubaker (season 1)
- Heather McComb as Frances Malone (seasons 1–2)
- Shiek Mahmud-Bey as Detective Marcus Payton (season 2)
- Traci Lords as Sharon Lesher (season 2)
Recurring
- A Martinez as Nick Cooper[3] (seasons 1–2)
- Evan Rachel Wood as Chloe Waters (seasons 3–4)[Note 1]
- Mark Rolston as Donald Lucas (season 3)
- John Mese as Paul Sterling (season 3)
- Lawrence Pressman as Walter Anderson (season 3)
- Gregory Itzin as Joel Marks (season 4)
- Notes
- Replaced Caitlin Wachs as Chloe after season 2.
Unconfirmed
- Dennis Christopher as "Jack of All Trades" / Albert Newquay (Uncredited or credited as "Jack" during seasons 1–2)
The Pretender universe
Profiler shared the same universe with The Pretender, with three crossover episodes, three with Michael T. Weiss guest-starring on Profiler, Ally Walker made a guest appearance on The Pretender in season 3, episode 19, and Jamie Luner making a guest appearance on The Pretender in season 4, episode 10.
Broadcast
Profiler was first syndicated to Court TV in 2000.[4] Profiler aired weeknights at 1:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. Eastern on NBC Universal's 24-hour crime and mystery-themed cable channel Sleuth in 2007.
From 2018 to 2022, reruns aired at 1:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. daily on the network channel Start TV.
Home media
A&E Home Video (under license by NBC Entertainment) has released the entire series on DVD in Region 1 in the United States of America. The four-season release box set has been discontinued and is now out of print.
- Episode #1.4 'I'll Be Watching You' from Season 1 was not included in the set due to music right issues over the title song.[5]
| Title | Format | Ep # | Discs/Tapes | Region 1 (USA) | Special Features | USA Distributor |
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| Profiler (Season 1) | DVD | 21 | 6 | 1 July 2003 29 July 2003 |
Profiles of Evil: Inside the Criminal Mind episode of A&E's American Justice series
Commentary by Ally Walker and Robert Davi on the pilot episode "Insight" Photo gallery Cast Biographies |
A&E Home Video |
| Profiler (Season 2) | DVD | 20 | 6 | 28 October 2003 25 November 2003 |
Commentary with Investigative Criminal Profiler Pat Brown on episode "Victims of Victims"
Cast Biographies |
A&E Home Video |
| Profiler (Season 3) | DVD | 22 | 6 | 30 March 2004 27 April 2004 |
Commentary with Roma Maffia on the episode "Heads You Lose" Ally Walker's final season Cast Biographies |
A&E Home Video |
| Profiler (Season 4) | DVD | 20 | 5 | 28 September 2004 26 October 2004 |
Interview with series consultant Howard Teten, Former FBI Unit Chief and Criminal Profiler
Commentary with executive producer Clifton Campbell on the final episode "On Your Marks" Cast Biographies |
A&E Home Video |
Australian DVD Release
| Title | Format | Ep # | Discs/Tapes | Region 4 (Australia) | Special Features | Australia Distributor |
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| Profiler (Season 1 & 2) | DVD | 42 | 12 | 22 May 2019 | Bonus Episode – “I’ll Be Watching You” | Via Vision Entertainment |
| Profiler (Season 3 & 4) | DVD | 41 | 12 | 10 July 2019 | None | Via Vision Entertainment |
| Profiler (The Complete Series) | DVD | 83 | 23 | 16 November 2019 | None | Via Vision Entertainment |
Ratings
| Season | U.S. ratings | Network | Rank | |
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| 1 | 1996–97 | 7.4 million | NBC | #82 |
| 2 | 1997–98 | 9.9 million | NBC | #86 |
| 3 | 1998–99 | 8.9 million | NBC | #89 |
| 4 | 1999-00 | 8.1 million | NBC | #86 |
References
- Josef Adalian (July 12, 1999). "NBC's 'Profiler' looks to Luner". Variety. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- Shauna Snow (July 13, 1999). "Morning Report". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
Luner's character, former prosecutor-turned-FBI-profiler Rachel Burke, will be introduced in a two-part season premiere...
- Ray Richmond (December 4, 1996). "Martinez Joins 'Profiler'". Variety. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- John Dempsey (July 14, 2000). "Court TV gavels in 'Profiler,' 'Forensic'". Variety. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- Susan King (July 26, 2003). "Back for reruns, but why?". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
The set features all but one episode from the premiere season -- the fourth episode is missing because of the very expensive music rights for the Police classic "Every Breath You Take," which is prominently featured in the episode.
External links
- Profiler at IMDb
- Profiler at EpisodeWorld.com
На других языках
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[ru] Профайлер (телесериал)
«Профиль убийцы» (также известен как «Профайлер», англ. Profiler) — американский детективный телесериал с Элли Уокер в главной роли выходивший на канале NBC с 29 сентября 1996 по 1 июля 2000 года. В 1999 году Уокер покинула сериал из-за беременности, однако продюсеры не стали закрывать сериал и героиню Уокер заменила телевизионная актриса Джейми Лунер. После ухода Уокер и введения новой актрисы рейтинги сериала начали стремительно падать и в конечном итоге канал закрыл шоу.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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