"Profiler" is a stylish, hour-long suspense-thriller. Ally
Walker ("While You Were Sleeping") stars as a brilliant female forensic psychologist with a unique gift for
understanding the criminal mind, who is persuaded by
her former mentor (Robert Davi, "Die Hard") to head up
an elite team of talented professionals who investigate
high-profile crimes throughout the country.
Dr. Sam Waters (Walker) was a fast-track forensic
psychologist with a special skill that enabled her to
comprehend the human psyche and, as a result, to
"think" in pictures and visualize a crime through the
eyes of both the victim and the killer. Such a prized
talent often gives law enforcement an edge in
identifying criminals, but it exacted a heavy price on
Sam: Three years ago she got too close to a serial
slayer named Jack, and he murdered her husband.
Her grief gives a dark, personal edge to their ongoing
battle of wits.
Devastated and guilt-ridden after her husband's death,
Sam retired and retreated with her young daughter,
Chloe (Caitlin Wachs, "Days of Our Lives"), to live an
anonymous life in the country with her close friend
Angel Brown (Erica Gimpel, "Fame"). In the series'
pilot, Sam is coaxed out of self-imposed isolation by
her old friend Bailey Malone (Davi), head of the FBI
Investigative Support Unit, to assist in solving a baffling
spate of serial killings.
Set in Atlanta, Sam joins a federal task force with
Malone as her protective liaison. Her nemesis stalker,
"Jack of All Trades," lets her know he's resumed
tracking her while his own skein of serial murders
continue. However, despite her cat-and-mouse game
with Jack, Sam's mental imagery will be used to
investigate other crimes, taking viewers on a
roller-coaster ride as she matches wits with arsonists,
assassins, bombers, perpetrators of hate crimes, and
other elusive antagonists.
Sam and Malone enlist a crack unit of specialists,
including Detective John Grant (Julian McMahon,
"Magneta"), a handsome, driven professional who is
uneasy with Sam's unorthodox methods; Detective
Nathan Brubaker (Michael Whaley, "Sisters"), an
altruistic ex-attorney; Grace Alvarez (Roma Maffia,
"Chicago Hope"), a gifted forensic specialist; and
George Findley (Peter Frechette, "Dream Street"), a
world-class computer hacker.
"Profiler" is a production of Sander/Moses Productions
in association with NBC Studios. Ian Sander ("I'll Fly
Away") and Kim Moses ("New York News") are the
executive producers. George Geiger ("Miami Vice") is
the co-executive producer. Charles D. Holland
("Murder One") is co-producer. Cynthia Saunders ("L.A.
Law") is the creator and supervising producer.
