History Series / Profiler

* BastardBoyfriend: Jack's "apprentice" Jill had a huge crush on him. He started training her as his DistaffCounterpart and tried making her into an ersatz Sam. He also beat and abused her when her murders didn't meet his standards and she became jealous of his obsession with Sam.

* FlamingSword: One killer used a sword treated with accelerant and set on fire to kill people. The IdiosyncraticWipes for that episode featured a flaming sword sweep across the screen before cutting to commercial.

* RoomFullOfCrazy: The title sequences alludes to this trope by using a [[UsefulNotes/{{Fonts}} typeface]] that resembles crudely scrawled handwriting, making this Credits Full Of Crazy.

* StrugglingSingleMother: Sam doesn't seem to have any financial troubles, but she struggles raise her daughter Chloe without her murdered husband while Jack is stalking her. Her former in-laws also try to get custody of Chloe, unhappy that she's being raised in a bubble with an often-absent Sam.

* StrugglingSingleMom: Sam doesn't seem to have any financial troubles, but she struggles raise her daughter Chloe without her murdered husband while Jack is stalking her. Her former in-laws also try to get custody of Chloe, unhappy that she's being raised in a bubble with an often-absent Sam.

* IdiosyncraticWipes: Several episodes used these on a one-off basis. They included everything from a FlamingSword "cutting" to a commercial to random numbers flashing across the screen [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped that were revealed at the end of the episodes to be real-life rape statistics.]]

* TheFaceless: Jack, played by [[spoiler: Creator/DennisChristopher of ''Film/It1990'' fame]]. He steps into the open at last in Season 3.

* TheFaceless: Jack, played by Creator/DennisChristopher of ''Film/It1990'' fame. He steps into the open at last in Season 3.

* TheFaceless: Jack, played by Dennis Christopher of ''Literature/{{IT}}'' fame. He steps into the open at last in Season 3.

* TheProfiler: Sam, naturally.

* TheProfiler: Sam.

* AnimalAssassin: A serial killer in the season 1 finale uses an assortment of venomous creatures as her weapons of choice: tree frogs, sea snakes, spiders, even an octopus.

''Profiler'' was an American ForensicDrama on Creator/{{NBC}} starring Ally Walker as Samantha "[[InSeriesNickname Sam]]" Waters, a borderline-[[TheEmpath empathic]] [[TheProfiler criminal profiler]] working for the FBI. Along with the obvious influence of ''Silence of the Lambs'', it is considered the precursor to modern forensic shows, with its characters operating out of an inexplicably dark [[TheBigBoard room with monitors]] and chasing overly-elaborate {{Serial Killer}}s.

''Profiler'' was an American ForensicDrama on Creator/{{NBC}} starring Ally Walker as Samantha "[[InSeriesNickname Sam]]" Waters, a borderline-[[TheEmpath empathic]] criminal profiler working for the FBI. Along with the obvious influence of ''Silence of the Lambs'', it is considered the precursor to modern forensic shows, with its characters operating out of an inexplicably dark [[TheBigBoard room with monitors]] and chasing overly-elaborate {{Serial Killer}}s.

See also TheProfiler.

* {{Atlanta}}: The show's setting.

* {{Red Headed Hero}}ine: Rachael Burke.

* CrossOver: ''Profiler'' did two {{Cross Through}}s with the series that aired immediately before it, ''ThePretender'', 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.

* TheFaceless: Jack, played by Dennis Christopher of ''{{IT}}'' fame. He steps into the open at last in Season 3.

''Profiler'' was an American ForensicDrama on Creator/{{NBC}} starring Ally Walker as Samantha "[[InSeriesNickname Sam]]" Waters, a borderline-[[TheEmpath empathic]] criminal profiler working for the FBI. It might be considered a precursor to modern forensic shows, with its characters operating out of an inexplicably dark [[OminousMultipleScreens room with monitors]] and chasing overly elaborate {{Serial Killer}}s.

''Profiler'' was an American ForensicDrama on {{NBC}} starring Ally Walker as Samantha "[[InSeriesNickname Sam]]" Waters, a borderline-[[TheEmpath empathic]] criminal profiler working for the FBI. It might be considered a precursor to modern forensic shows, with its characters operating out of an inexplicably dark [[OminousMultipleScreens room with monitors]] and chasing overly elaborate {{Serial Killer}}s.

Also notable for having a series-wide MythArc (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.

* BigBad: Jack of All Trades.

* EvilMatriarch: Jack is implied to have one.

* TheGrotesque: A psychopath who was deformed as the result of a forceps being used on him during childbirth.
* MasterOfDisguise: Jack masquerades as a small-town sheriff with a hillbilly accent in one episode.

** The crossover with ''The Pretender'' results in some {{UST}} between the two leads, seemingly setting up for a crossover return. You would assume that Ally Walker leaving the show would have torpedoed that idea, but no -- the second Profiler, Rachael, made a cameo on ''The Pretender'' instead. The writers more or less overwrote the romantic tension with Sam, and sparks immediately flew between Jarod and Rachael instead.

* RoomFullOfCrazy: The title sequences alludes to this trope by using a typeface that resembles crudely scrawled handwriting, making this Credits Full Of Crazy.