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The Inside Season 1 Episode 3

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AIRED: 6/22/05

The VCU team struggles to stay a step ahead of a cunning vigilante who is trying to stop murders by executing the would-be killers.

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FOX, please dont cancel this great show.

8.8

By Viciousness, Dec 11, 2010

Another great installment with great writing material and dialogue. I personally enjoyed this episode very much with the serial killer bit and how he goes after other people, who plan on comitting adultery, rape, and murder. Going after and killing them before they commit a crime of their own. The pre-filer and our beloved profiler, Rebbecca, had some pretty interesting interaction and connection with one another. Especially the part in the end when she profiles him and the captive. If more and more episodes like this keep coming in, hopefully the show will get renewed for a second season. :Pmoreless
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Excellent show.

9.0

By aussieforgood, Mar 09, 2006

The team try to stay a step ahead of a serial killer who is trying to stop would be murderers & rapists by excecuting them.

The interaction between Rebecca & the pre-filer was very interesting, I love how he managed to get into their office at FBI headquaters & managed to hack into their computers & dig up Rebecca's past.

The end was great when she profiles the would be child molester & the pre-filer. I know she wanted to tell the Pre-filer yes, shoot him, but it took alot of self control on her part to say, let him go.

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Damn, this show just keeps on getting better!

8.3

By Plasticcastle, Jun 23, 2005

This episode the VCU team is after a killer who kills would be serial killers. I think so far this is the best episode yet. Only down point I thought was Rebecca getting taken again. I certainly hope this doesn’t happen every time. Other than that: well written and acted.

Keep The Inside alive!
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Best episode yet...

9.5

By krisb01, Jun 23, 2005

This show is starting to hit its stride. I've enjoyed each episode so far, but the Pre-Filer is defintely the strongest one yet. I loved the plot and all performances were strong. I especially like Rachel Nichols as the lead. Looking forward to the rest of the season...
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The Inside continues to improve with this very exciting episode. Dark and depressing idea works out as stellar nail-biting suspense in this, the third episode.

8.5

By Nunis, Jun 23, 2005

It's an interesting idea; a serial killer who pre-emptively kills possible future serial killers. There is an inherent paradox in it, of course, him trying to justify why he's doing the same thing he's accusing his victims of doing. Still, it was a very exciting episode where we find out more about Rebecca Locke, and it had a pretty good conclusion. I'll keep watching.
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Adam Baldwin	Special Agent Danny Love
Peter Coyote	Supervisory Agent Virgil "Web" Webster
Rachel Nichols	Special Agent Rebecca Locke
Nelsan Ellis	Carter Howard
Jay Harrington	Special Agent Paul Ryan
Katie Finneran	Special Agent Melody Sim

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Edward McCluney	Loading Dock Custodian	Guest Star
Haskell V. Anderson III	Postal Chief	Guest Star
Michael Emerson	Marty Manning	Guest Star

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TRIVIA (2)
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- Rebecca's name as a child was Becky George, but in the article Rebecca is reading on the computer about her abduction it states her name was Becky Locke.
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- Michael Emerson, the actor who played the "Pre-Filer," and Carrie Preston, who played the wife of the last intended victim (the potential child molester), are married in real life.
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QUOTES (8)
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- Danny: Roger's gone.
  Rebecca: No. Roger's loose.
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- (After being briefed on a seemingly well-rounded and innocent person)
  Danny: I don't get it.
  Melody: I don't even have a joke.
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- Web: We have to consider Havens as innocent prey.
  Rebecca: Prey yes, innocent no.
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- Danny: All he was missing was a t-shirt that said "serial killer" on it.
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- Melody: She's positive he bears the sig. of the pre-filer.
  Web: Pre-filer?
  Melody: You like? That's mine.
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- Web: He researches potential killers. Those that don't meet his criteria, he rules out. Those that do, he executes.
  Rebecca: In the way in which they... may have killed.
  Danny: It's poetic justice.
  Rebecca: We should add him to the payroll.
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- Melody: A killer who kills serial killers?
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- (Danny pulls out handcuffs, and Paul pulls out a large knife from the box)
  Paul: Well, looks like he was planning on doing some real damage.
  Rebecca: (looks at the body) Not anymore.
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- International Airdates:
  Slovakia: November 26, 2009 on JOJ
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- The little girl's cat was named 'Angel' which is a reference to one of Time Minear's past projects "Angel" the series. Also, the cat jumping out of the trunk was a direct homage to Buffy the Vampire Slayer (episode 103-The Witch), which is also a scene that was repeated in the opening credits for the first 2 seasons of the show.
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- Maybe "a bit" farfetched, but in the scene outside the theater, on the sign the movie "Once More With Feeling" is playing. Adam Baldwin (who stars as Danny Love) was a regular on the short lived sci-fi series "Firefly" by Joss Whedon. Whedon also created "Buffy The Vampire Slayer", and one of the best episodes of Buffy was 607 "Once More With Feeling."
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- Music featured in the episode included:
  "I'mmortal" by Skinny Puppy
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