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Profiler Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1996 - 1997
Episode 1
Insight
Sat, Sep 21, 1996 60 mins
Single Atlanta women are being murdered, but as Sam (Ally Walker) zeros in on the killer, another serial killer is zeroing in on Sam. Bailey: Robert Davi. Grant: Julian McMahon. Angel: Erica Gimpel. Chloe: Caitlin Wachs. Brubaker: Michael Whaley.
Episode 2
Ring of Fire
Sat, Sep 28, 1996 60 mins
An arsonist is at work in St. Louis, Atlanta and Nashville; serial killer Jack (Dennis Christopher) finds out where Sam (Ally Walker) lives. Bailey: Robert Davi. John: Julian McMahon. Chloe: Caitlin Wachs. Toby the Wick: John Diehl. Angel: Erica Gimpel.
Episode 3
Unholy Alliance
Sat, Oct 19, 1996 60 mins
The murder of an in-line skater fits the MO of a series of 10-year-old killings, but the man convicted of them is still in prison. Deems: Carmen Argenziano. Leshansky: Ian Patrick Williams. Sam: Ally Walker. Bailey: Robert Davi. Gunn: Benjamin Mouton. Ann Turner: Merle Kennedy. Casper: Tom Everett.
Episode 4
I'll Be Watching You
Sat, Oct 26, 1996 60 mins
A senator (Casey Biggs) is targeted by a gunman (Jason Rainwater) whose trademarks include dolls with their eyes cut out. Morissa: Tuesday Knight. Sam: Ally Walker. Bailey: Robert Davi. Havlovitch: Scott Williamson. Angel: Erica Gimpel. John: Julian McMahon.
Episode 5
Unsoiled Sovereignty
Sat, Nov 2, 1996 60 mins
While an ecoterrorist fixated on cleanliness (Rob LaBelle) is planting bombs around Pittsburgh, Sam fixes an eye on an attractive ATF bomb expert (A Martinez). Grace: Roma Maffia. Nathan: Michael Whaley. John: Julian McMahon. Bailey: Robert Davi.
Episode 6
Modus Operandi
Sat, Nov 9, 1996 60 mins
Jack is back in business: he kills the old man who had fixed Sam's toys when she was a girl. Coop: A Martinez. Donny: Ross Bagley. Becker: Don Keefer. Landry: Harrison Page. Mary Huffstodt: Ann Gee Byrd. Sam: Ally Walker.
Episode 7
Night Dreams
Sat, Nov 16, 1996 60 mins
Three women are missing---and two of them were taken from bloody bedrooms where investigators find evidence of a ritual involving candles and the head of a jaguar. Waverly: Stephen Lee. Jennifer Mason: Debi A. Monahan. Julie Rafer: Eve Brenner. John: Julian McMahon.
Episode 8
Cruel and Unusual
Sat, Dec 14, 1996 60 mins
Murder victims are found in cages with dry-cleaning bags over their heads. They'd been tortured, but each in a different way. McDern: Gary Stretch. Catherine Evers: Wanda de Jesus. Irene Klinger: Kim Darby. Helen Oaks: Debra Christofferson.
Episode 9
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Sat, Jan 4, 1997 60 mins
The unit probes arson and murders on Native American reservations; Jack breaks into Bailey's apartment and steals his ID. Joe: Russell Means. Maddy: Irene Bedard. Carl: Pato Hoffman. Crews: Stuart Proud Eagle Grant. Molly: April Breneman.
Episode 10
Shattered Silence
Sat, Jan 11, 1997 60 mins
A noted Alabama surgeon is abducted upon his return from a consultation in Russia---two years after his best friend, another renowned physician, disappeared. Ally Walker. Barbara Chapin: Patricia Charbonneau. Nathan: Michael Whaley. Dana Shaw: Morag Dickson. Kroneneberg: Buddy Farmer.
Episode 11
Doppelganger
Sat, Jan 18, 1997 60 mins
A psychiatrist at a hospital for the criminally insane is murdered---in the MO of an inmate (Edward Albert), a serial killer who had both motive and opportunity. But Sam, who has a history with the man, doesn't think he did it. Wexler: Barry Cullison. Sam: Ally Walker.
Episode 12
Learning From the Masters
Sat, Feb 1, 1997 60 mins
Murder victims turn up in strange "poses," after having been garroted and stabbed. Meanwhile, the VCTF's computer system is acting strangely. Edgar: Brian Brophy. Jerzy: Gibby Brand. Professor Deshpande: Jennifer Griffin. John: Julian McMahon. Bailey: Robert Davi. Sam: Ally Walker.
Episode 13
The House That Jack Built
Sat, Feb 8, 1997 60 mins
Jack displays his diabolical handiwork on Grace's husband (Norman Snow). But John hits on a way to get to Jack---by hitting on Sam. Rich: Keith Coulouris. Kostos: Craig Wasson. Sister Agnes: Patricia Fraser. Grace: Roma Maffia. George: Peter Frechette.
Episode 14
Shadow of Angels
Sat, Feb 15, 1997 60 mins
Just when the agents find Jack's lair, they're sent to probe the murders of two men with ties to a tycoon (James Coburn). A Martinez joins the cast as Nick "Coop" Cooper. Part 1 of two. Keller: Peter Crombie. Ambrose: Frank Birney. Maria Corso: Carole Ita White. Sam: Ally Walker.
Episode 15
Shadow of Angels
Sat, Feb 15, 1997 60 mins
Conclusion. The agents probe the murders of two men with ties to a tycoon (James Coburn). Meanwhile, they have Jack in their sight. Or do they? Coop: A Martinez. Keller: Peter Crombie. Ambrose: Frank Birney. Maria Corso: Carole Ita White. Sam: Ally Walker.
Episode 16
Film at 11
Sat, Mar 8, 1997 60 mins
An avenging angel kills criminals who have beaten the rap. He also tapes his deeds and sends the tapes to TV stations. Gillette: Ron Kuhlman. Ferrarini: Richard Zobel. Ellen Behar: Colette Kilroy. Professor Bello: Larry Dobkin. Sister Mary: Pat Crawford.
Episode 17
Crisis
Sat, Mar 22, 1997 60 mins
Terrorists working with a nuclear physicist (Robert Sampson) who's a closet pacifist storm a banquet hall and take the diners hostage. Sister Mary: Pat Crawford Brown. Frances: Heather McComb. Bryce Radford: Michael Shamus Wiles. Woodrick: Don Steward.
Episode 18
Blue Highways
Sat, Apr 5, 1997 60 mins
In the Midwest, a man in a big rig causes head-on collisions involving classic cars, and then "collects" their occupants; in Atlanta, Bailey's daughter starts a new school. George: Peter Frechette. Dickerson: James Parks. Emmet: Clement E. Blake.
Episode 19
FTX: Field Training Exercises
Sat, Apr 12, 1997 60 mins
When a "dirty" undercover FBI agent is murdered the Bureau suspects a mole. The chief suspect: Bailey. Behar: Michael Gaston. Joy: Colette Kilroy. Portrero: Jack Conley. Jerzy: Gibby Brand. Michelle: Gina Torres. Sam: Ally Walker.
Episode 20
Into the Abyss
Sat, Apr 26, 1997 60 mins
Sam probes a series of murders in which the victims' faces are covered with lace and their mouths manipulated into ghoulish bloody smiles. Wycoff: Leland Crooke. Handelman: James Handy. Hollister: Dayna Gladstone. Solum: Robert Machray.
Episode 21
Venom
Sat, May 10, 1997 60 mins
A poisoner who's dispatching rich people with toxic creatures is so clever that Jack is beginning to take notice. Part 1 of two. Marjorie: Lori Petty. Logan: Joan Severance. Sung: Ping Wu. Handleman: James Handy. Coop: A Martinez. Frances: Heather McComb. John: Julian McMahon.
Episode 22
Venom
Sat, May 10, 1997 60 mins
Conclusion. The VCTF discovers the identity of the poisoner (as does Jack, of course); and Bailey considers a drastic step after Frances's latest brush with the law. Marjorie: Lori Petty. Logan: Joan Severance. Peety: Philip Bruns. Darla Turner: Deborah Strang. Fender: Gary Ballard.
