The BEST episodes of Profiler
Every episode of Profiler ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Profiler!
Blessed with an uncanny ability to use the clues left at crime scenes to “see” what happened, forensic psychologist Dr. Samantha “Sam” Waters is one of the FBI’s most valuable assets. But her life and career are shattered when a serial killer murders her husband, and she retreats into self-imposed exile. Created by Cynthia Saunders (L.A. Law) and starring Ally Walker (Singles, While You Were Sleeping) PROFILER is a taut, stylish thriller that explores the darkest corners of the human psyche. Coaxed back to the Bureau by her mentor Bailey Malone (Die Hard‘’s Robert Davi) Sam picks up where she left off, using her gift–and the help of an elite team of specialists–to unravel high-profile cases that stymie other investigators.
#2 - Shadow of Angels (1) (a.k.a. Noblesse Oblige)
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/15/1997
As Sam and her colleagues close in on Jack, they are forced to interrupt their pursuit to investigate a bizarre murder where a man is buried under thousands of silver coins--a preamble to a series of killings that point toward an eccentric, powerful family.
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#3 - Shadow of Angels (2) (a.k.a. Gestalt)
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/15/1997
As the VCTF learns that the tightly knit killers are on a unified mission to punish the corrupt and over-extravagant, they face a more primary case in their pursuit of Jack--which leads to a Costa Rican hideout where he is cornered at last.
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#12 - The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/4/1997
As Sam and the VCTF work a series of ritual murders on Indian reservations, Bailey's FBI ID turns up pinned to the body of Jack's latest victim.
#13 - Unholy Alliance
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/19/1996
Sam investigates a series of murders which bear striking similarities to the methods of a killer whom Bailey put in prison 10 years earlier. Sam suspects that the real culprit is still free, and through her gifted insight, she finds clues in the ancient I Ching art of divination that lead her to a high-ranking military officer, who may be protecting the slayer.
#14 - Ring of Fire
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1996
Sam and the newly-formed Violent Crimes Task Force (VCTF) investigate a series of arsons, but her return to duty attracts unwelcome attention from Jack, who pays a visit to her home.
#16 - Insight
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1996
Three years after the serial killer "Jack of All Trades" murdered her husband, forensic psychologist Sam Waters returns to the FBI to help solve a rash of murders in Atlanta, Georgia.
#18 - Shattered Silence
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/11/1997
Bailey becomes attracted to the wife of a missing doctor while investigating two puzzling disappearance cases that may be linked.
#19 - FTX: Field Training Exercise
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/12/1997
Suspicions abound when the VCTF team is abruptly ordered to participate in a Field Training Exercise, and it quickly becomes clear that the FBI brass is trying to uncover a mole--but Bailey is the only person with access to the compromised information.
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#20 - Into the Abyss
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/26/1997
The VCTF is summoned to catch a serial killer who carves smiles into his victims' faces and shrouds them in lace. Sam unravels the motivation behind the crimes, but the investigation is thrown for a loop when the prime suspect joins the growing list of victims.
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#22 - I'll Be Watching You
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/26/1996
Sam and the VCTF must find a twisted assassin before he kills a celebrated political candidate, But Sam is distracted by new evidence that could help her find Jack's lair.
#25 - Besieged
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/19/2000
When Rachel visits her old college to appear on a radio call-in show to discuss a series of ongoing sexual assaults on campus, the case takes a peculiar personal turn when the rapist repeatedly dials up to mock her on-air, prompting an ongoing mind game of cat-and-mouse between them. On other fronts, Rachel finds herself drawn again to an old flame who is now married to her good friend and later meets the therapist assigned to her brother's drug rehabilitation. Likewise, George slips in his shaky bid to end his own addiction to painkillers.
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