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Profiler Season 2 Episode 4

Second Best

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AIRED: 11/22/97

When a hospital is the target of a bombing attack, the VCTF is called in to investigate. It's clear once the team arrives that this is no random attack. They are dealing with a highly skilled explosives expert who obviously has an agenda in mind. Bailey (Robert Davi) summons Coop (A Martinez) to Atlanta to assist with the case. His return is awkward for he and Sam (Ally Walker) as they have previously ended their romantic relationship. The bomber continues his lethal campaign by killing seemingly unrelated individuals. Sam and the team race to establish a relationship between the victims. Meanwhile, Bailey must deal with Frances's (Heather McComb) legal problems. The DA sees her case as a stepping stone for political office and is bound and determined to see her do time for shooting her father and fleeing prosecution. George (Peter Frechette) also faces difficulties as he continues to be pressured by an old acquaintance to embezzle funds from a local bank. This "pressure" becomes threats of violence when the guy's muscle, the mysterious Marcus Peyton (Shiek Mahmud-Bey), enters the picture. The stakes in the bombing case intensify once the bomber begins a dangerous game of Russian roulette with Coop, trying to outsmart him with increasingly intricate explosive devices. Eventually, the team lands upon a paranoid schizophrenic with links to all of the previous victims. As the episode draws to a close, the bomber plants his most sophisticated device, only to be thwarted and subsequently apprehended by Coop and Sam. In a shocking twist ending, Coop overcomes the challenge posed by the bomber, only to be abducted by Jack and later murdered by his lethal companion, "Jill" (Traci Lords).moreless

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good episode undone by its final act

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By glendenb, Aug 01, 2010

Second Best is - ironically - the second best episode thus far this season. The a-story involves the VCTF going after a bomber. Of course they bring Coop in to work with the bombs.

Story wise, there's nothing ground breaking here but it's competently handled. It turns out that the victims and the bomber have a history, as do Coop and the bomber. After some smart searching they realize who it is - the heir to fireworks company - track him down. The bombers motives were a bit obscure - after a car accident he had developed severe paranoia and delusions. He saw himself - as a bombmaker - in competition with Coop as someone who defused bombs. In another episode in which Sam proves insightful about the villain, the bomb's are defused, the villain captured. Up to the final act, it's a competent enough episode - the creative team really put their best foot forward. The final act involves Jack and Jill posing as emergency workers, stealing an ambulance and killing coop. Ally Walkers gets a long scene in which to cry and weep and cradle his dead body. Of course Jack and Jill get away and leave no evidence. The result is an episode that should have ended emotionally distant, even a bit coldly, ends on a note of overwraught melodrama.moreless
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Ally Walker	Dr. Samantha "Sam" Waters
Caitlin Wachs	Chloe Waters #1
Heather McComb	Frances Malone
Julian McMahon	Det. John Grant
Peter Frechette	George Fraley
Robert Davi	Agent Bailey Malone

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Maree Cheatham	Judge Paramen	Guest Star
Larry Rippenkroeger	Motatum	Guest Star
A Martinez	Agent Nick \'Coop\' Cooper	Guest Star

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  Czech Republic: Druhý nejlepší (Second Best)
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