Profiler

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Sci-fi cop drama about a forensic psychologist with an eerie talent — she `sees' crimes being committed after probing the murder scenes. She not only envisions what happened, but does so through the eyes of both the victims and the killers.

Sci-fi cop drama about a forensic psychologist with an eerie talent — she `sees' crimes being committed after probing the murder scenes. She not only envisions what happened, but does so through the eyes of both the victims and the killers.less «

• Episode Trailers

  Where i can find promos for the individual episodes?

  Where i can find promos for the individual episodes?less «

  eppi1977 Last online Oct 29, 2007
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• Season 1 &2 vs. Season 3

  So I've finally got my hands on all four season DVDs.  It's been a long time I've been collecting them.  I watched the serie...more »

  So I've finally got my hands on all four season DVDs.  It's been a long time I've been collecting them.  I watched the series while I was in college.  That was Six plus years ago.  Then I never saw reruns...life got crazy...so I'd forgotten many of the things that had happened.  I've watched season 1 and 2 already and I'm into season 3 and it just struck me how much the show really changed between two seasons.  I much prefer season 1 and 2.  Season 3 lost a bit of it's edge.  I feel the characters which had been so strong the first two seasons started to go down hill...the writers started doing weird things to them...and out of character type stuff too.  The first two episodes of season 3 Sam is so different...I know killing someone can have an affect on a person, but it was almost a complet 180 turn. I understand why Ally Walker left after 3 seasons...I remember being crushed at the time...but it isn't now till I finally got to go back and rewatch old eps that I realized (as I read/heard somewhere) that she was right...the writing and story telling did start to go down hill. That said I still loved the series. less «

  Apocalypse_Not Last online Oct 4, 2008
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• Julian McMahon

  Julian is going to be in a new Sandra Bullock movie coming out soon. It looks really good!

  Julian is going to be in a new Sandra Bullock movie coming out soon. It looks really good!less «

  TVAddict1987 Last online 7 days ago
  2 comments, last one May 28, 2007 + Add Comment

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  10 Perfect

  Some series mark time and change history of the TV. Profiler is one of these series! Today we have some series, as CSI, among others, that they are disciples of the Profiler style. hide « show »

  Some series mark time and change history of the TV. Profiler is one of these series! Today we have some series, as CSI, among others, that they are disciples of the Profiler style.
  
  The proposal of the producers of Profiler was to make a series about a forensic psychologist who worked in a special unit of the FBI specialized in violent and serial crimes.
  The objective was, not only show a puzzle of information, but also the human personal drama and involvement in the solution of the crimes of each one of the personages of the series.
  Profiler was a drama that showed a dark side of the human being.
  
  Which the difference and innovation that the series brought for us on the 90'?
  
  The rhythm. The scenario. The Visual effect. The treatment given to the light.
  The choice of instrumental music that had helped to give the dark and melancholic tone of the show.
  The form as was shown the victim and the place of the crime.
  The use of high technology of the information, the equipment used, notebooks, cellular phones, video conference, the use of pda, DNA test, among others things. Everything was new or still much unknown for most of us. Thing, never before used in this way, in a TV series.
  A good script and dialogues.
  The actors were handpicked, as the consecrated Robert Davi (Stargate: Atlantis), Rome Maffia (Nip/Tuck) and Erica Gimbel (Fame). Actors, still little known, at the time, as Peter Frechette and Julian Macmahon (Nip/Tuck). I can not forget to mention the two young actresses who had interpreted Cloe Walters, Caitlin Walchs (Commander in Chief) and mainly Evan Rachel Wood. Evan Rachel Wood (Once and Again), although to only have participated of 7 episodes, gave to us magnificent acting moments with Ally Walker.
  
  However, the soul of Profiler was really the actress Ally Walker (Tell Me You Love Me)! The actress, beyond the physical beauty, brought for the Dr. Sam Walters character, delicacy, the feminine smoothness, force, firmness and independence, at the same time, vulnerability, through a magnificent interpretation. She did grow up as an actress and became big during the series period.
  
  Everything that the producers needed to turn the series into an absolute success!
  
  In the end of the third season, the actress Ally Walker left the show and was substituted by the actress Jamie Luner (Melrose Place), who did not maintain the high level of interpretation established by Ally. Allied to this, the quality of the choice of the subjects of each episode and the level of the dialogue decayed vertiginously, so, in the end of the fourth season, the show was canceled.
  
  Particularly, I thought the first season, wonderful, the second and third seasons, very good, the two first episodes of the fourth season, magnificent and the remaining of the fourth season, mediocre.
  
  Who will be good observer; will see that the production used some scenes in some episodes and that some errors of continuity exist.
  
  If you like shows as CSI and Criminal Mind, see Profiler!
  
  If you like a good drama, a good inquiry and mainly you like a good "thinker" show, see Profiler!
  
  Profiler is in my list of best shows of all the times!

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  lua_cheia Added Jan 20, 2009 All my reviews
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  9.4 Superb

  One of the best shows ever to air back when the networks still did original Saturday programming! It was Ally Walker's vehicle, however, and should have hung up its hat when she left the show (the only thing that kept me from giving it a perfect 10!) hide « show »

  If you get the chance, catch this great show (and I agree with other posters, CSI owes a debt of gratitude to it!) on the Sleuth Network every weekday at 5:00 P.M. Eastern. If you've never seen the show, I guarantee you will get hooked! And, if you're like me and watched every episode when it originally aired (I was in my mid 20s then, wow!), watch it again as you catch SO much more the second time around that you might not have caught the first time. Superbly written and acted! You will not be disappointed!

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  Xander72 Added Nov 15, 2007 All my reviews
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  7.5 Good

  It did set a standard for crime drama, but failed to be compelling in its own right. hide « show »

  The style and influence of "Profiler" can be seen today in "CSI" and its many incarnations, "Without a Trace," and especially "Criminal Minds." Unfortunately, "Profiler" is barely remembered, which is due to lurid, melodramatic scripts and one of the weakest leading ladies in television.
  
  In retrospect, it's disappointing that Ally Walker damaged the show, because she was surrounded by a top-notch ensemble cast. Roma Maffia ("Nip/Tuck"), Peter Frechette ("Inside Man"), Julian McMahon ("Fantastic Four," "Nip/Tuck") and the incomporable Robert Davi ("Die Hard," "Licence to Kill") provided great backup, and with a more capable star, "Profiler" would have had a longer life.
  
  Ally Walker...where to begin? Her airheaded affect, with...pauses...every so...often? Her expressions, which were all variations of quizzical and confused. Her character was supposed to be troubled by her visions of crime scenes, but Walker comes off as aloof.
  
  And Sam's "gift?" Unlike the profilers of "Criminal Minds," Sam Waters' insight comes out of psychic territory. WHOOSH - a flash of a military procession and a gun salute...the killer was in the military! Hot dog! If you want to have a psychic detective show, do it, but don't masquerade the art of forensic science and profiling as hocus pocus.
  
  This was a show that was decent Saturday night entertainment, but nothing more. Its technical innovations and camera work were overshadowed by a dreadful lead performance and left a lot of good actors out in the cold. I'd take "Millennium" or "Criminal Minds" over "Profiler" any day of the week.

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  jamoon2006 Added Mar 1, 2007 All my reviews
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  9.6 Superb

  a great show CSI's and the like should thank Profiler for paving the way. hide « show »

  Loved it when it was on. Watched reruns on Courttv. Just got season 3 dvds. Last dvd (6) has a pic of Marcus Peyton character. He left at end of season two. Did A&E and NBC not notice this when they released the DVD, huh. Loved Sam and John characters best. Inner struggle was great with these characters. ist series when a character was in the credits Jack. Did Dennis Christopher even have a career after this show. Profiler was riviting, made you think a lot. had a very good cast. The guest stars were always very different from the roles they were know for like Bruce Wietz from Hill street Blues.

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  beverly4166 Added Aug 29, 2006 All my reviews
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  8.9 Great

  The Profiler created a vision that has carried out to new show today. hide « show »

  When Profiler first got aired it felt fresh - its fast pace and neat cuts fitted well for the needs of the new MTV generation. In many ways Profiler made room for all those psychic thrillers that followed and series like "C.S.I.". The characters were well written and their separate story lines and personalities all had something to offer. The mystery surrounding Jack's identity kept people hooked. The writes really managed to make Jack appear dangerous - you never knew what he'd do next. The probliem of this show was the change of the starring role. Whether better or not, this usaully alienates the veiwer. I beleive the show should had end with the fate of Samantha and Jack. This would of been dark and defferent then anything on TV.

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  bonefactory Added Apr 16, 2006 All my reviews