The BEST episodes of Profiler season 3

Every episode of Profiler season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Profiler season 3!

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.

Last Updated: 11/9/2024Network: NBCStatus: Ended
Grand Master (2)
star
6.49
47 votes

#1 - Grand Master (2)

Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/8/1999

Sam calls in Jarod of "The Pretender" to pursue the mastermind behind a series of kidnappings.

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Ceremony of Innocence
star
6.48
46 votes

#2 - Ceremony of Innocence

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/9/1999

The day before convicted killer Martin Fizer is scheduled to be executed a murder is committed in the same fashion---and with the same gun---as Fizer's had been.

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Coronation
star
6.40
45 votes

#3 - Coronation

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/17/1998

The day after Jack's clever escape from the prison after Samantha unsuccessfully tried to bait him and she killed Sharon instead, Samantha must look into herself in order to find him. Everything seems to point to her childhood which reveals that Jack has apparently stalked her all his life. Then, Jack abducts an infant, and tries to lure Sam into finding him in which the VCTF learns Jack's real identity (so it seems).

All in the Family
star
6.37
43 votes

#4 - All in the Family

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/2/1999

A prosecutor wants to tie four murders in an Annapolis, Md., bar to a drug kingpin, but Sam thinks otherwise.

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The Monster Within
star
6.36
44 votes

#5 - The Monster Within

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/21/1998

The VCTF is summoned to Allentown, Pa., where the FBI's man on the scene is spinning his wheels on a serial-murder case in which the killer burns his victims' faces.

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Do the Right Thing
star
6.35
46 votes

#6 - Do the Right Thing

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/31/1998

A killer who castrates the victims seems to be driven by feelings of public duty and legal responsibility. John gets into trouble through no fault of his own for something that appears in the press about the case.

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Inheritance
star
6.33
46 votes

#7 - Inheritance

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/6/1999

A serial killer targets victims in the South who are all roughly the same age and have the same blood disorder; Sam learns her father's secret.

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Heads, You Lose
star
6.33
46 votes

#8 - Heads, You Lose

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/13/1999

In Miami, models are losing their heads, courtesy of a killer with a chip on his shoulder (and surgical tools).

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Otis, California
star
6.33
46 votes

#9 - Otis, California

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/20/1999

Having hacked onto the Internet from prison, Lucas has contacted someone in a small northern-California town. "You think he has a disciple?" Bailey asks Sam.

Directors: Richard Compton
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What's Love Got to Do with It?
star
6.30
43 votes

#10 - What's Love Got to Do with It?

Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 6/5/1999

While Sam tries to find the key to the mind of a serial killer, an FBI agent working with Bailey insists that she's able to control the ex-boyfriend who's stalking her.

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Las Brisas
star
6.30
44 votes

#11 - Las Brisas

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/15/1999

Sam is at the trial of her husband's killer and on the trail of a murderer in Mexico.

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Cravings
star
6.29
45 votes

#12 - Cravings

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/24/1998

The team investigates a serial rapist-turned-murderer in Illinois, whose sporadic timing of the attacks puzzles Sam as well as the connection between his victims whom are left in the woods. Sam figures out that the killer is an angry and frustrated married man taking out his rage and frustration on about-to-be-wed women. Meanwhile, with Jack-of-All-Trades finally captured and imprisoned, Sam begins searching for a new house for her and Chloe.

Directors: Jefery Levy
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Where or When
star
6.28
46 votes

#13 - Where or When

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/16/1999

In Los Angeles, three men have been murdered---by hand---and their bodies dumped near the sites of 1940s and '50s Hollywood landmarks. And at VCTF headquarters, George finds something disturbing on Donald Lucas's computer.

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Double Vision
star
6.28
43 votes

#14 - Double Vision

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/7/1998

Ten women are found dead in Alabama. The killer? "He's a hunter," Sam surmises, but she can't nail her profile and that bugs her.

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Perfect Helen
star
6.28
43 votes

#15 - Perfect Helen

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/5/1998

Someone's digging up Jewish graves in George's home town, but Sam doesn't think it's a hate crime.

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Seduction
star
6.27
44 votes

#16 - Seduction

Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/10/1999

The bodies of rich people are washing ashore in Palm Beach, Fla., with a finger missing. The only other thing they have in common: the same investment firm.

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The Sum of Her Parts
star
6.26
43 votes

#17 - The Sum of Her Parts

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/14/1998

In Newark, N.J., a killer cuts the hands off one victim and decapitates another. Both are women but have nothing else in common.

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Spree of Love
star
6.24
41 votes

#18 - Spree of Love

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/27/1999

A 32-year-old woman is abducted---or is she?---from her children's soccer field by a 16-year-old boy. Meanwhile, Bailey is increasingly tense as his wife's remarriage approaches.

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Burnt Offerings
star
6.23
44 votes

#19 - Burnt Offerings

Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/20/1999

An arsonist who is setting fatal fires in Sam's Atlanta neighborhood has a modus operandi involving dead birds.

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Home for the Homicide
star
6.22
45 votes

#20 - Home for the Homicide

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/12/1998

It's Christmas in rural Georgia, where an ax-murderer finishes the jobs by taking swatches of the victims' clothing. In Atlanta, Sam trims the tree with her new beau.

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Three Carat Crisis
star
6.13
45 votes

#21 - Three Carat Crisis

Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/3/1999

Sam and Bailey are held hostage in a jewelry store after a botched holdup.

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