Profiler — Season 2
All 20 episodes in airing order, with first-run dates and viewer ratings.
- 01
A man who committed 40 murders in Asia in the 1970s escapes from a Calcutta prison and heads for New York. Meanwhile, Sam's suspected of a murder herself, and Bailey's near death after being shot by his daughter.
- 02
A vicious killer, who works only in the rain, beats his victims severely, then picks up their bodies and hurls them. Meanwhile, Jack plays Henry Higgins to a parolee.
- 03
Jack's back, but with changes to his MO; Bailey's new boss is the ex-husband of a woman he's been seeing; George receives an offer he'll have a hard time refusing.
- 04
Coop reenters Sam's life when the VCTF requests his services in tracking a bomber; Frances has been caught and the DA is throwing the book at her.
- 05
Cleanliness isn't next to godliness: one murder victim is found with soap in his mouth and another has been "scrubbed to death."
- 06
Jill kills a boutique clerk to please Jack, while Sam, who's grieving over Coop's murder, is persuaded to go to a college reunion---where a classmate is murdered.
- 07
The VCTF corners Jack, but he escapes---despite being shot by Sam. Meanwhile, Frances turns 18.
- 08
While the VCTF puzzles over a string of North Carolina murders, Jack recuperates at the home of his mother and Sam's in-laws visit her.
- 09
Two men---one in Ohio, the other in New Jersey---are murdered on their 32nd birthdays. Both were killed by a stalker who had been following them their whole lives. Elsewhere, Sam has a run-in with her mother-in-law.
- 10
A mercy killer (of sorts) is harvesting organs for transplantation purposes---then killing the "donors." Meanwhile, Bailey learns from Behar that he's the target of a probe; and Chloe tells Sam that someone has been taking pictures of her in school.
- 11
While the VCTF is preoccupied with break-ins in which the occupants were murdered, Sam's mother-in-law proceeds with her effort to gain custody of Chloe; and Frances tells Bailey that she's been sleeping with John Grant.
- 12
A sniper targets drivers stuck in traffic jams, and with each shooting positions himself farther away from his victim. He also leaves a "message": a replica of an ancient Greek urn. Meanwhile, John can't figure out why Handleman is out to get him.
- 13
The bodies of three young men are discovered; all had been beaten and, it turns out, all had been desperate for money. Sam suspects that they were losers in staged fights to the death.
- 14
While Sam and Bailey track a rapist on the Florida Panhandle, John and Marcus find a guy who can lead them to Sharon Lesher.
- 15
A man who's certain that his son was unjustly convicted of murder kidnaps Angel and threatens to kill her unless the VCTF "proves" that his son is innocent.
- 16
A kidnapper kills an Atlanta city councilman even though the ransom was paid. It seems he wants attention, not money---particularly from one TV reporter. Meanwhile, Jack begins his efforts to spring Jill from jail.
- 17
A "new-age ax murderer" targets abusive people, hacks and burns them, and places crystals in their hands---the MO of an avenging comic-book heroine.
- 18
The VCTF is called in on a year-old murder case. The victim: an 18-year-old beauty-pageant veteran. The prime suspects: her parents. Meanwhile, Jack challenges the VCTF to "a game."
- 19
While Jack schemes to get to the imprisoned Jill, a hooded figure who's obsessed with corruption is setting off explosions around the country. Also: Sam has an unsatisfying meeting---her first in 10 years---with her father.
- 20
While the agents zero in on the hooded bomber, Sam has an unpleasant meeting with her father. Meanwhile, Jack wants to spring Jill.
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