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Profiler - Season One

starring: various
directed by: Kevin Hooks;Jefery Levy

: Profiler - Season One
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780767054928
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 076705492X
Label: A&E HOME VIDEO
Manufacturer: A&E HOME VIDEO
Number Of Items: 6
Publisher: A&E HOME VIDEO
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 29, 2003
Running Time: 1050 minutes
Sales Rank: 5069
Studio: A&E HOME VIDEO
Theatrical Release Date: September 21, 1996



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The first season of Profiler gives fans and newcomers a fresh opportunity to view this popular TV series at its best. Premiering on September 21, 1996, the series lasted four seasons as part of NBC's Saturday-night 'Thrillogy' lineup, attracting a predominantly female audience drawn to its lead character, FBI profiler and single mother Samantha 'Sam' Waters, played by Ally Walker. As the pilot begins, Sam's living with her daughter (Caitlin Wachs) and roommate (a thankless role for Erica Gimpel), still traumatized by her encounter with Jack (a.k.a. 'Jack of all Trades'), a psychotic genius who killed Sam's husband three years earlier. Sam's mentor and leader of the Atlanta-based Violent Crime Task Force, Bailey Malone (Robert Davi), convinces Sam to rejoin the Bureau, where her VCTF colleagues include former cop John (Julian McMahon), computer ace George (Peter Frechette), and forensics expert Grace (Roma Maffia). Taking a cue from The X-Files' 'mythology,' Profiler tracked Jack's killing spree for two seasons, challenging Sam in an extended subplot as the VCTF pursued weekly cases of murder and mystery, aided by Sam's uncanny ability to 'profile' unidentified killers.

Profiler borrowed heavily from The Silence of the Lambs and The X-Files while cribbing its title sequence from Seven, but the series established its own dark identity through slick production values and gruesomely plausible plots. The miscasting of Walker reportedly troubled NBC executives despite her growing fan base, but Profiler earned respectable ratings, building its popularity on a compelling escalation of tension and terror. Walker's DVD commentary on the pilot episode repeats the official reason for her departure after two seasons (she'd grown weary of the show's humorless tone), while Davi's is refreshingly frank, citing on-set squabbles and network mismanagement as reasons for first-season hardship. Still, he's quite correct in stating that later, more successful shows (C.S.I., Without a Trace, and others) would not have existed without Profiler's stylishly trendsetting example. (Note: episode #4, 'I'll Be Watching You,' was omitted from this set due to prohibitively expensive music rights for the Police hit 'Every Breath You Take,' which featured prominently in that episode's plot.) --Jeff Shannon



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Profiler - Great watch!
This was a great show when I watched the original episodes on tv. I am really glad they are available ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Muy buena serie ... pero
Excelente serie, con todo lo que debe tener el genero, muy buena primer temporada.
En cuanto al DVD, ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Wonderful show.
I had never watched this show on television but it sounded interesting. I got season one and starting watching ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - PROFILER has a fan following for good reason. . .
Now that the overall prices have been lowered and you can easily find good used copies of these box sets, PROFILER ... Read More


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - No closed captioning
I love this show but can not hear what is being said. How could A&E produce these DVD's without CC. Entertainment companies ... Read More

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