Profiler 

Ally Walker stars as Dr. Sam Waters, a detective with the Violent Crimes Task Force, a federal agency which often works with the FBI, ATF, and other crime-solving agencies.

Creator:

Cynthia Saunders

Stars:

Ally Walker, Julian McMahon, A Martinez

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 17 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Robert Davi	...	Agent Bailey Malone 82 episodes, 1996-2000
Julian McMahon	...	Det. John Grant 82 episodes, 1996-2000
Roma Maffia	...	Grace Alvarez 82 episodes, 1996-2000
Peter Frechette	...	George Fraley 82 episodes, 1996-2000
Ally Walker	...	Dr. Samantha 'Sam' Waters 64 episodes, 1996-1999
Erica Gimpel	...	Angel Brown 45 episodes, 1996-1999
Dennis Christopher	...	Jack of All Trades / ... 45 episodes, 1996-1999
Caitlin Wachs	...	Chloe Waters 41 episodes, 1996-1998

Storyline

Ally Walker stars as Dr. Sam Waters, a detective with the Violent Crimes Task Force, a federal agency which often works with the FBI, ATF, and other crime-solving agencies. The VCTF investigates and solves such crimes, and continually chases the elusive man known anonymously as Jack, who has haunted Dr. Waters for years.

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Plot Keywords:

detective | caucasian | latex gloves | mystery killer | serial murder | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

Throughout the series the producers used stylized visual sequences to illustrate Sam's intuitive leaps. Because the show debuted at the same time as the similarly themed Millennium (1996), which stared a profiler with actual psychic abilities illustrated with similar stylized segments, many assumed that Sam was supposed to be psychic. In reality the flashes were never supposed to be psychic. Instead they were supposed to illustrate Sam's thought process as she made intuitive leaps.

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Quotes

Dr. Samantha "Sam" Waters: Well, when a killer punishes like this, it usually means he knows the victims, that's what triggers this kind of frenzy.
George Fraley: No connects so far. Business, family, locations, only thing they have in common is an area code.
Dr. Samantha "Sam" Waters: Well, like I said, maybe he didn't know them.

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Crazy Credits

The actor Dennis Christopher, who plays "Jack", is never credited as Dennis Christopher, the credits just say "and jack". This is because the identity of Jack is a secret (for the characters in the series, they don't know who he is), his identity is unmasked in the first two episodes of the 4th season, from this moment he is credited as "dennis christopher as jack" in the credits. (There are two episodes, where he is credited in his role as "Albert Newquay", in fact, "Albert Newquay" is "Jack", also revealed in the meantioned episodes).

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Connections

Referenced in Homicide: Life on the Street: Abduction (1998)

User Reviews

Ally Walker walks off, show drops off

Dr. Sam Waters (Ally Walker) is a detective with the Violent Crimes Task Force. It's a federal agency which often works with the FBI, ATF, and other crime-solving agencies.

It's a pretty simple dark crime procedural with a continuing manhunt for a killer known as Jack of All Trades. Ally Walker has enough presence to lead this show. It also had Julian McMahon, and Robert Davi as star actors. It was a pretty good show at the start, but generally declined as it went on. It lasted 4 seasons. The show really deteriorated in the 3rd season, and then Ally Walker leaves the show and destroys what was left.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 September 1996 (USA)

Also Known As:

Pimeyden sydän

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Three Putt Productions, NBC Enterprises, NBC Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min (83 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1