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Profiler
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Profiler was an American Forensic Drama on NBC starring Ally Walker as Samantha "Sam" Waters, a borderline-empathic criminal profiler working for the FBI. Along with the obvious influence of The Silence of the Lambs, it is considered the precursor to modern forensic shows, with its characters operating out of an inexplicably dark room with monitors and chasing overly-elaborate Serial Killers.Also notable for having a series-wide Myth Arc (a rarity in police shows back then) involving the "Jack of All Trades", an elusive killer who is fixated on Sam. Ally Walker left the show early in Season Four, which also wrapped up the Jack storyline.In response to its star's departure, the show underwent a Retool with a suspiciously similar heroine, Rachael Burke. The show's writers also cooked up a brand-new Big Bad for the feds to fight, a faceless crime kingpin named Damian Kennasas. Needless to say, the show wasn't as compelling as before and was soon canceled. As chance would have it, this was mirrored by a B-plot involving the probable shutdown of the task force's office thanks to congressional budget cuts.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })For the trope, see The Profiler. | |
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Body Double | |
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Body Double: Rather bizarrely, Jack has decoys of himself running around everywhere. The first Jack is a transparent fake (an uncoordinated, Eurotrash geek packing a submachine gun); the second is more convincing, and just as amorous toward Sam. This is retroactively explained as a side-effect of Jack's brainwashing; the double literally believes he is the famous killer. Jack recreates Samantha's likeness in "Jill" (Traci Lords), a blonde lookalike whom he schools in the art of murder. | |
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Animal Assassin | |
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Animal Assassin: A serial killer in the season 1 finale uses an assortment of creatures as her weapons of choice: poison dart frogs, sea snakes, venomous spiders, and even an octopus. | |
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Big Bad | |
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Big Bad: Jack of All Trades. | |
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Character as Himself | |
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Character as Himself: To maintain the mystery surrounding its main antagonist, the opening credits list the actor as "and Jack". | |
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Crossover | |
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Crossover: Profiler did two Cross Throughs with the series that aired immediately before it, The Pretender, featuring an identity-swapping hero (Jarod) with no clue to his true past. Le gasp! A forensic psychologist is a Pretender's worst enemy! "End Game" crossed through into "Grand Master", and "Spin Doctor" crossed through into "Clean Sweep". Outside these multi-part crossovers, Jarod also turned up on a separate Profiler episode, "Pianissimo", towards the end of both series' runs. | |
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The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.
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Caught on Tape / int_fa603610 | |
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Clear Their Name / int_fa603610 | |
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Clumsy Copyright Censorship / int_fa603610 | |
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Decision Darts / int_fa603610 | |
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Ending Aversion / int_fa603610 | |
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Enhance Button / int_fa603610 | |
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Forensic Drama / int_fa603610 | |
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Money Mauling / int_fa603610 | |
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Plot-Sensitive Snooping Skills / int_fa603610 | |
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Product Displacement / int_fa603610 | |
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Stranger Behind the Mask / int_fa603610 | |
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The Profiler / int_fa603610 | |
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Wire Dilemma / int_fa603610 |
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