"Profiler" (1996)TV series 1996-2000

Creator:

Cynthia Saunders

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

21 September 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller | Mystery

Plot:

Ally Walker stars as Dr. Sam Waters, a psychic detective with the Violent Crimes Task Force, a federal agency which often works with the FBI...

Plot Keywords:

Child Heroine | Good Versus Evil | FBI | Serial Killer | Stalker

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 13 nominations

Cast

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)

Runtime:

60 min (83 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Netherlands:12 | Netherlands:16 (DVD rating) | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Company:

Sander/Moses Productions

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/I), 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 though process as she made intuitive leaps.

Quotes:

Dr. Samantha "Sam" Waters: I thought you said you were gonna cut back on the drinking.
Bailey Malone: There's ice in the glass.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Homicide: Life on the Street: Abduction (#6.17)" (1998)

An intelligently-made great film series ,worth seeing

I dislike TV series in general but this one is something really DIFFERENT!What attracts me is the fact that the most important thing in the series is PSYCHOLOGY.And this is exactly what today's films very often lack.The group tries to probe the minds of criminals-every one of them so different from the rest.This is hundred times more intriguing and scary than 20 action films put together.The plots are BELIEVABLE,the characters are life-like:with their problems,peculiarities,weaknesses,failures.Also I like the intelligent way in which the leading character was replaced by another actress(not the way they do these things in"the bold and the beautiful"for example.) What i lack is a list of all the episodes,so if anyone would be so kind to write them I would be grateful.