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The Inside

TV·2005–2005·1 season, 13 episodes·FOX·Drama, Crime·1h·7.1·Created by Howard Gordon, Tim Minear

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When one of the profilers in the FBI's L.A.-based Violent Crimes Unit (VCU) is brutally murdered by a serial killer they've been tracking, rookie FBI Agent Rebecca Locke is recruited to join the team and help find the madman despite her lack of field experience. Unbeknownst to Rebecca, famed Supervisory Special Agent VIRGIL "WEB" WEBSTER has personally selected her to join his rogue division - not for her impressive profiling skills, but because of a secret she's keeping. Web knows that Rebecca was abducted and held captive as a child, and the traumatic experience has afforded her unique insight into the mindset of villain and victim alike.

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  1. 01New Girl in TownS01E01 · 6.0When one of the profilers in the FBI's L.A.-based Violent Crimes Unit (VCU) is brutally murdered by a serial killer they've been tracking, rookie FBI Agent Rebecca Locke is recruited to join the team and help find the madman despite her lack of field experience. Unbeknownst to Rebecca, famed Supervisory Special Agent Vigil "WEB" Webster has personally selected her to join his rogue division - not for her impressive profiling skills, but because of a secret she's keeping. Web knows that Rebecca was abducted and held captive as a child, and the traumatic experience has afforded her unique insight into the mindset of villain and victim alike.
  2. 02Old WoundsS01E02 · 6.0When a federal prosecutor who worked with Paul is found murdered, the VCU team takes up the hunt for a serial killer they suspect meets women through an S&M club patronized by a wealthy playboy to whom Rebecca is drawn.
  3. 03Pre-FilerS01E03 · 5.5When a spate of murders targeting future serial killers start piling up, the VCU team find themselves matched against a cunning profiler who executes these would-be killers in the same way they would have killed their victims.

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Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode13Episodes2005Aired 5.6Season avg
  1. S01E01Season's bestNew Girl in TownJune 8, 2005 6.0When one of the profilers in the FBI's L.A.-based Violent Crimes Unit (VCU) is brutally murdered by a serial killer they've been tracking, r
  2. S01E02Old WoundsJune 15, 2005 6.0When a federal prosecutor who worked with Paul is found murdered, the VCU team takes up the hunt for a serial killer they suspect meets wome
  3. S01E03Pre-FilerJune 22, 2005 5.5When a spate of murders targeting future serial killers start piling up, the VCU team find themselves matched against a cunning profiler who
  4. S01E04Everything NiceJune 29, 2005 5.5Web pits the team against one another when an 8-year-old boy is murdered in an exclusive gated community.
  5. S01E05The Loneliest NumberJuly 6, 2005 5.5When callers to a suicide hotline are murdered, Rebecca goes undercover to find the killer, while Paul fears that Web's influence on Rebecca
  6. S01E06The Thief of HeartsJuly 6, 2005 5.5Paul relives his first case under Web when someone copycats a murder by a serial killer currently imprisoned for removing the hearts of his
  7. S01E07DeclawedJuly 13, 2005 5.5The VCU team tracks a serial killer who bites the fingernails off his victims, while Web, who is under investigation, uses his own methods t
  8. S01E08Aidan 5.5When pregnant women are founded murdered with their unborn babies missing, the VCU team tracks a killer who may be trying to replace her own
  9. S01E09Point of Origin 5.5The VCU team investigates a spate of deadly fires that point to a lovelorn arsonist and trigger painful memories of Rebecca's childhood abdu
  10. S01E10Little Girl Lost 5.5Rebecca must face her demons after the rescue helicopter carrying herself and Danny crash-lands in the woods as they search for a young girl
  11. S01E11The Perfect Couple 5.5When four ladies are found murdered after visiting the same nightclub, Rebecca goes undercover but discovers the perpetrator doesn't fit the
  12. S01E12Gem 5.5When a slasher film gets into a 10-year-old boy birthday party, Web's team investigates to discover whether or not the girl in the film is r
  13. S01E13Skin and Bone 5.5Rebecca investigates missing anorexic girls, but it is a set-up arranged by the killer.

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