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Profiler Season 2 Episode 6

Old Acquaintance

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AIRED: 12/12/97

Coop's death takes its toll on Sam and the rest of the VCTF team. Hoping it will help Sam to regroup emotionally, Bailey and Angel persuade her to join some of her old friends at a college reunion. There, she and Angel reunite with friends Colleen, Drew, Greg, Monica, Tracy, and Roy. An enjoyable holiday gathering quickly becomes a nightmare when Colleen is murdered. Angel and Monica urge Sam to investigate the case and bring their friend's killer to justice. All the evidence points to Colleen's husband Drew, whom Sam never liked. Soon another friend, Roy, who may have been a witness to the crime, is murdered. Sam sets out to prove Drew guilty of both crimes. Just when she finds the evidence she needs, Drew is found dead - the victim of an apparent suicide. Back in Atlanta, Sharon strikes out on her own and murders a shop clerk. The team investigates and starts to make headway in their search for Jack and his lethal accomplice. At Jack's lair, Sharon learns of Jack's obsession with Sam. In a jealous rage, she sets out to kill Sam. In an exciting climatic scene, she ambushes Sam in a mall parking lot. When an angry Jack shows up to stop Jill, Sam is able to get a shot off at her two assailants. When the dust settles, Sam wounds Jack just before he and Jill escape into the night.moreless

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By glendenb, Aug 01, 2010

Old Acquaintance has some nice scenes - Sam in therapy sessions with her mentor (who we met in a previous episode). Other than that, it's a mishmash of cliches undone by a final melodramatic scene.

The Old Acquaintance story is filler. Colleen's murder moves Profiler into Murder She Wrote territory. It's just implausible that someone would commit a murder knowing and FBI profiler is in the house. The rest of the story is cheap sentiment and melodrama - although I do want to give props for at least trying to give Profiler a more traditional murder mystery plot line - a bunch of folks at an isolated mansion a killer among them. It's a nice idea that never gels.

The "explosive" final scene should have been more interesting. Sharon Lesher disguises herself, waits for Sam, confronts her, says, "He'll never love you he loves me," and pulls a knife. Sam whips out her gun. Jack tears up in his white panel serial killer van, orders Sharon in and takes off, with Sam shooting al the while. I wanted to like this episode, I really did. But it never quite works. We don't get a sense of the circle of friends - they remain an anonymous batch of college chums. The Jack and Jill story line has unfortunately settled into a series of repetitive blue tinted scenes.

As this is part one of two parts, I can't address the resolution of either but my hopes aren't high.moreless
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Ally Walker	Dr. Samantha "Sam" Waters
Dennis Christopher	Jack of All Trades / Albert Newquay
Erica Gimpel	Angel Brown
Julian McMahon	Det. John Grant
Peter Frechette	George Fraley
Robert Davi	Agent Bailey Malone

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Dru Mouser	Store Clerk	Guest Star
Whip Hubley	Drew Brenneman	Guest Star
William Ostrander	Onlooker	Guest Star

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- Bailey: Malone.
  Sam: It's me.
  Bailey: Sam. You okay?
  Sam: Uh... well, no, actually, um... a friend of mine was killed."
  Bailey: Oh God. Tell me it was an accident.
  Sam: No. She was murdered.
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- International Episode Titles:
  Czech Republic: Staří známí (Old Friends)
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