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Profiler

  • TV Series
  • 1996–2000
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Robert Davi and Ally Walker in Profiler (1996)
Profiler: Season 1
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Police ProceduralSerial KillerCrimeDramaMysteryThriller

Dr. Sam Waters is a detective with the Violent Crimes Task Force, a federal agency which often works with the FBI, ATF, and other crime-solving agencies.Dr. Sam Waters is a detective with the Violent Crimes Task Force, a federal agency which often works with the FBI, ATF, and other crime-solving agencies.Dr. Sam Waters is a detective with the Violent Crimes Task Force, a federal agency which often works with the FBI, ATF, and other crime-solving agencies.

  • Creator
    • Cynthia Saunders
  • Stars
    • Ally Walker
    • Julian McMahon
    • A Martinez
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
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    • Creator
      • Cynthia Saunders
    • Stars
      • Ally Walker
      • Julian McMahon
      • A Martinez
    • 36User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 1 win & 19 nominations total

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    Ally Walker
    Ally Walker
    • Dr. Samantha 'Sam' Waters
    • 1996–1999
    Julian McMahon
    Julian McMahon
    • Det. John Grant
    • 1996–2000
    A Martinez
    A Martinez
    • Agent Nick 'Coop' Cooper
    • 1996–1997
    Robert Davi
    Robert Davi
    • Agent Bailey Malone
    • 1996–2000
    Roma Maffia
    Roma Maffia
    • Grace Alvarez
    • 1996–2000
    Peter Frechette
    Peter Frechette
    • George Fraley
    • 1996–2000
    Erica Gimpel
    Erica Gimpel
    • Angel Brown
    • 1996–1999
    Dennis Christopher
    Dennis Christopher
    • Jack of All Trades…
    • 1996–1999
    Caitlin Wachs
    Caitlin Wachs
    • Chloe Waters
    • 1996–1998
    Heather McComb
    Heather McComb
    • Frances Malone
    • 1997–1998
    Michael Whaley
    Michael Whaley
    • Det. Nathan Brubaker
    • 1996–1997
    Jamie Luner
    Jamie Luner
    • Rachel Burke
    • 1999–2000
    Shiek Mahmud-Bey
    Shiek Mahmud-Bey
    • Det. Marcus Payton
    • 1997–1998
    Traci Lords
    Traci Lords
    • Jill of All Trades…
    • 1997–1998
    Mark Rolston
    Mark Rolston
    • Donald Lucas
    • 1998–1999
    James Handy
    James Handy
    • Lou Handleman
    • 1997–1998
    Gregory Itzin
    Gregory Itzin
    • Joel Marks
    • 2000
    Evan Rachel Wood
    Evan Rachel Wood
    • Chloe Waters
    • 1998–1999
    • Creator
      • Cynthia Saunders
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    denizov

    An intelligently-made great film series ,worth seeing

    I dislike TV series in general but this one is something really DIFFERENT!What attracts me is the fact that the most important thing in the series is PSYCHOLOGY.And this is exactly what today's films very often lack.The group tries to probe the minds of criminals-every one of them so different from the rest.This is hundred times more intriguing and scary than 20 action films put together.The plots are BELIEVABLE,the characters are life-like:with their problems,peculiarities,weaknesses,failures.Also I like the intelligent way in which the leading character was replaced by another actress(not the way they do these things in"the bold and the beautiful"for example.) What i lack is a list of all the episodes,so if anyone would be so kind to write them I would be grateful.
    zeph-3

    Spine-chilling AND intelligent

    With no need for conspiracy theories, alien abductions or psychic forevision Dr. Samantha Waters manages to do a very fine job indeed. The photography is brilliant, particularly so when we're led into one of Jack-of-all-Trades' many lairs. The night scenes, too are shot in such a distinctive way that you couldn't possibly mistake this brilliant series for any other currently "out there". This may not yet be a 'realistic' portrayal of life in the bureau, but at least everyone concerned has a field of expertise and seems to excel in it.

    Furthermore, this one is a genuine ensemble piece. Ally Walker is undoubtedly the star here, but all the other major characters can easily be defined as being in leading roles themselves.

    There IS intelligent life in television after all. Just check out 'Profiler' and take the plunge...
    LML

    One of the best crime TV series

    This TV series is one of the best an original shows ever done for television. I can even say that the actual series like CSI, CSI Miami, CSI Ney York, and other like that, were born from this one.

    Great storytelling, great performances, lots of suspense, mystery... What more can we want from this type of TV series? For me is for sure, 10 stars in 10 stars!!! Who hasn't seen it yet, do yourselves a favor and go rent it, buy the DVDs, watch re-runs on television, whatever you need and can, to see all the four seasons (83 episodes, beginning September 21st, 1996 and ending Jully 1st, 2000).

    Have great fun!
    sejrolsen

    Best TV series I have seen

    This is the best TV series I have seen. It's got good acting, GREAT plot (the whole Jack-of-All-Trades plot in the background was brilliant), and even after Sam Waters retired the idea is still very, very captivating.

    The part I like best (and which I also find most scary), is all the different motives/backgrounds the perpetrators have. I also appreciate that the main characters have a life besides the VCTF, and that they develop throughout the series.

    All in all, I can't point to anything about the series I don't like. It's a must-see.
    stamper

    A good and original series

    I started tuning into this show when Samantha (Ally Walker) was still the lead and pretty soon I was hooked. I think it was great. The stories were always interesting, because always there was some new psycho with a different reason and a different twist than the last one. Also there was the whole Jack-of-all-trades- background which gave Samantha and the whole series an immense driving force. After Samantha left the VCTF in came a new profiler, called Rachel (Jamie Luner), who is actually the reason why I'm writing this, for changing lead's often result in a lessening of the quality of a series. First I want to say that Rachel is kind of the same as Samantha because she has the sixth sense. But she brings a whole other character on the tube which I had to start to like and eventually I did, although she can never replace Ally Walker whom I still find much better on screen, plus I liked Walker's character much better. Soon after the replacement of Walker the creators or the writers must have felt what I felt while watching, that without Samantha and Jack-of-all-trades a huge driving force was gone and so they created a new one, ex detective Joel Marks, I don't know about other people, but I like the way they inserted him into the continuous part of the show.

    As for the others, they are still great, they were great with Sam and now are on Rachel's side. You have the sarcastic forensic Grace (Roma Maffia) the friendly, in-control and always know what to do Bailey (Robert Davi) and George (Peter Frechette) and of course John (Julian McMahon). Those two last ones are actually the only persons who have really changed on the tube since Samantha lived. I always found that George and Samantha were very good together and I miss that and now she's gone we have a lot more of McMahon with Luner. Not that McMahon and Walker were bad together, but George has been pushed into the background a bit, I feel. Still a good show though, because it still is intelligent and original, because as a viewer you always tend to try a bit of profiling yourself.

    With Ally Walker GREAT

    Without her (still) good.

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    • Trivia
      Throughout the series the producers used stylized visual sequences to illustrate Sam's intuitive leaps. Because the show debuted at the same time as the similarly themed "Millennium (1996)," which stared a profiler with actual psychic abilities illustrated with similar stylized segments, many assumed that Sam was supposed to be psychic. In reality the flashes were never supposed to be psychic. Instead they were supposed to illustrate Sam's thought process as she made intuitive leaps.
    • Quotes

      John Grant: We don't have a lot of time here, Dr. Lawson. So if you've got a theory, I want to hear it.

      Dr. Samantha 'Sam' Waters: You want a "theory"? You've got Chinese food in the refrigerator, you like your women in heels, your scotch straight, and yourself definitely on top.

    • Crazy credits
      The actor Dennis Christopher, who plays "Jack", is never credited as Dennis Christopher, the credits just say "and jack". This is because the identity of Jack is a secret (for the characters in the series, they don't know who he is), his identity is unmasked in the first two episodes of the 4th season, from this moment he is credited as "dennis christopher as jack" in the credits. (There are two episodes, where he is credited in his role as "Albert Newquay", in fact, "Albert Newquay" is "Jack", also revealed in the meantioned episodes).
    • Connections
      Referenced in Homicide: Abduction (1998)

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    • Release date
      • December 6, 1997 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Профіль вбивці
    • Filming locations
      • Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    • Production companies
      • Three Putt Productions
      • NBC Enterprises
      • NBC Studios
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    • Runtime
      1 hour
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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