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Profiler Season 3 Episode 9

All in the Family

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AIRED: 1/2/99

Fueled by the abuse they suffered as children, a brother and sister decide to save another child from the same unfortunate fate. To do this, however, the warped siblings kill the boy's parents as well as two of their employees. The VCTF investigate the mass murder and Sam immediately bonds with the abused boy. The parent has mob ties, so it is immediately assumed that their murder resulted from their illegal activities. Though skeptical of this scenario, Sam does not dispute it for that would result in the boy being held by the system until the murder is solved. Instead, the boy is immediately released to his uncle's custody. As the team investigates the crime further, they realize the boy's social worker, as well as his supposed 'uncle', are actually the brother-sister duo. Sam profiles the tow want to become surrogate parent for the boy and provide him with the idealized 'home' they never had. She further theorizes the boy must be found fast, before the disturbed couple realize parenting is much harder than they imagined. B-Story- Sam's estranged father returns and the two try to heal their strained relationship.moreless

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Genuinely bad episode

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By glendenb, Aug 22, 2010

When I first saw this episode back in the day I didn't like it and the intervening years have done nothing to change my mind.

The main characters and their motivations are simply too unbelievable. For me, their relationship lacked any aspect that would have made it credible. Their crime was simply too over the top to make sense - why kill the parents rather than just kidnap the child? This is the second episode in a row that is trying to examine the idea that domestic violence creates a cycle of violence that carries itself forward into new generations. It's the second episode in a row in which it didn't work.

Visually this episode returns to the visual style of the first season - dark, sleek, stylish. On the evidence front, there is a major problem - you can't get a fingerprint from a person's eye, a point that was so glaring I couldn't past it.

The nadir of the season thus far.moreless
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Ally Walker	Dr. Samantha "Sam" Waters
Julian McMahon	Det. John Grant
Peter Frechette	George Fraley
Robert Davi	Agent Bailey Malone
Roma Maffia	Grace Alvarez

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Lawrence Monoson	Anthony Stevens	Guest Star
Ryan Sparks	Mark	Guest Star
Lawrence Pressman	Walter Anderson	Guest Star

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- International Episode Titles:
  Czech Republic: Kdo s čím zachází... (They that Live by the Sword...)
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