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Profiler:S1

Ally Walker (Actor), Julian McMahon (Actor), Carl Schenkel (Director), Dan Lerner (Director) | Rated: Unrated | Format: DVD
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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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" line-up, 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 trend-setting 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

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3.0 out of 5 stars Profiler - technically flawed, Mar 30 2009
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Patricia Glover (Vancouver Island) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Profiler:S1 (DVD)
Profiler: Season One
Loved this series, back when it first ran on TV, and was excited to find it available on DVD. Still love the characters, the actors, the horror, the ongoing mystery of Jack. But - over the years, I had forgotten the one thing that drove me crazy watching it originally on TV - the really horrible sound quality! The two main characters, Sam and Bailey, talk as if they had swollen tongues. The actors are desperately in need of speech lessons, and I was dismayed to find that there are no captions or subtitles! Even replaying most of the scenes over and over doesn't help. A great series spoiled by technical indifference.
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3.0 out of 5 stars great concept, entertaining hiccups, May 20 2010
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Cheryl - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Profiler:S1 (DVD)
As a precursor to the now standard "serial killer" procedural (i.e. CSI, Criminal Minds etc.), Profiler is still the best, with its inventive dark style, engaging camera work, and strong female lead. Admittedly, I had to wait a decade plus to get past the first few episodes (and the laughable over-the-top alpha males), but once the production gelled (disc 2), each episode added further creativity to an already great concept. Unfortunately, the dvd audio quality is poor, requiring intermittent volume adjustments (and no closed captions), but as bonus features there are two commentaries on the pilot, plus some minimal bios and a worthwhile episode of American Justice (Profiles of Evil: Inside the Criminal Mind).
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5.0 out of 5 stars Review & Clearing-up Errors in Amazon's Staff Review, July 11 2004
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Roman Seano "Writer" (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Profiler:S1 (DVD)
I have to take issue with Amazon's Editorial reviewer Jeff Shannon, and his review of Profiler Season I.

Mr. Shannon attempts to review not the DVD itself, but what he *thinks* are the behind-the-scenes truths of the Profiler production. One, he refers to the DVD commentary of Ally Walker - suggesting that she is in fact giving the reason why she left after only "two" seasons. (Psssst, Jeff... it was after THREE seasons - not to mention she headlines the opener of the fourth season).

Then he gives more of his "insight" when he suggests that NBC was troubled by the "miscasting" of Ally Walker. Well, not that I believe Mr. Shannon has any reliable inside information, but what does that have to do with reviewing this DVD? I tend to think that Shannon was insinuating his own feelings about Walker, and trying to use the NBC network - based on rumor - as a way to reinforce them. A more candid review would have read, "I wasn't terribly impressed with Walker, and felt she was miscast in the role."

But that probably wouldn't have held-up against the enormous fan-following of Walker on this show (or as Shannon understated in his review, "growing popularity"), nor would it have stood up well against the fact that after Walker left and was replaced by Jamie Luner, the ratings pretty much tanked.

Make no mistake about it: this is a GREAT show. You will esecially enjoy this Season I DVD. The isolated, episodic stories are each fantastic in their own right, and the Jack thread is very addictive. Ally Walker's performance is compelling, and she leads a solid cast - notably Robert Davi, Peter Frechette, Julian McMahon, and Roma Maffia. You'll watch Season I, and you will RUN to grab Season II.

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