Profiler

Season 1

22 episodes 4 seasons

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Profiler Season 1 released on September 21, 1996.

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S01E01 Aired September 21, 1996

Insight

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.

S01E02 Aired September 28, 1996

Ring of Fire

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.

S01E03 Aired October 19, 1996

Unholy Alliance

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.

S01E04 Aired October 26, 1996

I'll Be Watching You

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.

S01E05 Aired November 02, 1996

Unsoiled Sovereignty

A disturbed loner is waging war against power plants and refineries, but the VCTF team suspects that the attacks are the work of eco-terrorists.

S01E06 Aired November 09, 1996

Modus Operandi

A rift opens between Sam and Bailey after Jack kills an FBI agent who had information about the murder of Sam's husband - information she knew nothing about.

S01E07 Aired November 16, 1996

Night Dreams

The VCTF investigates a series of kidnappings that has Atlanta in a panic. The case proves difficult, and when a connection is finally made, Sam realizes that time is running out.

S01E08 Aired December 14, 1996

Cruel and Unusual

Sam probes a series of murders that appear linked to a death row inmate while Jack prepares to select his next victim--from among the VCTF team.

S01E09 Aired January 04, 1997

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

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.

S01E10 Aired January 11, 1997

Shattered Silence

Bailey becomes attracted to the wife of a missing doctor while investigating two puzzling disappearance cases that may be linked.

S01E11 Aired January 18, 1997

Doppelganger

A murder at a home for the criminally insane has all the landmarks of one of the institution's residents, but he insists upon his innocence--and Sam backs up his contention.

S01E12 Aired February 01, 1997

Learning from the Masters

A murderer has a taste for FBI agents and a fondness for modern art--posing his victims to replicate famous paintings.

S01E13 Aired February 08, 1997

The House That Jack Built

Aware that Jack is now monitoring the entire VCTF team, Sam and John concoct a scheme to flush out the killer, which eventually leads them to his hidden lair.

S01E14 Aired February 15, 1997

Shadow of Angels (1) (a.k.a. Noblesse Oblige)

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.

S01E15 Aired February 15, 1997

Shadow of Angels (2) (a.k.a. Gestalt)

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.

S01E16 Aired March 08, 1997

Film at 11

In New York, a vigilante is exacting "justice" on people recently acquitted of crimes--and filming his murders for broadcast on the evening news.

S01E17 Aired March 22, 1997

Crisis

A deranged nuclear scientist takes a roomful of high-powered Washington insiders hostage, and Sam is called in to try to help bring the crisis to a peaceful resolution.

S01E18 Aired April 05, 1997

Blue Highway

A series of fatal hit-and-run accidents on remote highways puts Sam on the trail of a murderous truck driver, who she believes is repeatedly recreating a traumatic event from his childhood.

S01E19 Aired April 12, 1997

FTX: Field Training Exercise

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.

S01E20 Aired April 26, 1997

Into the Abyss

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.

S01E21 Aired May 10, 1997

Venom (1)

The poisoning death of a wealthy computer magnate puts the VCTF on the trail of a diabolical murderer who uses exotic, venomous animals as weapons.

S01E22 Aired May 10, 1997

Venom (2)

Just as Sam figures out the identity of the "venom killer," Jack strikes again, first by framing the FBI and VCTF by impersonating an agent and beating up a few suspects, and then abducting both Sam and the killer.