I am so grateful that NBC has allowed this exciting thriller to stay on the air since 1996, and that other people besides me love this show! It's exciting, creepy, and I always look forward to it. I miss Ally Walker, but the one thing that is better about the show since she left is that the series is less gory without loosing the creepiness and I like that. But then, the Profiler world was shattered when it became official that the lead of the series (Sam Waters / Ally Walker) was going to leave. I believe the character of Sam Waters is one of the most positive, inspirational and original female tv characters ever.

If you get the chance, catch this great show (and I agree with other posters, CSI owes a debt of gratitude to it!) on the Sleuth Network every weekday at 5:00 P.M. Eastern. If you've never seen the show, I guarantee you will get hooked! And, if you're like me and watched every episode when it originally aired (I was in my mid 20s then, wow!), watch it again as you catch SO much more the second time around that you might not have caught the first time. Superbly written and acted! You will not be disappointed!

The style and influence of "Profiler" can be seen today in "CSI" and its many incarnations, "Without a Trace," and especially "Criminal Minds." Unfortunately, "Profiler" is barely remembered, which is due to lurid, melodramatic scripts and one of the weakest leading ladies in television.

In retrospect, it's disappointing that Ally Walker damaged the show, because she was surrounded by a top-notch ensemble cast. Roma Maffia ("Nip/Tuck"), Peter Frechette ("Inside Man"), Julian McMahon ("Fantastic Four," "Nip/Tuck") and the incomporable Robert Davi ("Die Hard," "Licence to Kill") provided great backup, and with a more capable star, "Profiler" would have had a longer life.

Ally Walker...where to begin? Her airheaded affect, with...pauses...every so...often? Her expressions, which were all variations of quizzical and confused. Her character was supposed to be troubled by her visions of crime scenes, but Walker comes off as aloof.

And Sam's "gift?" Unlike the profilers of "Criminal Minds," Sam Waters' insight comes out of psychic territory. WHOOSH - a flash of a military procession and a gun salute...the killer was in the military! Hot dog! If you want to have a psychic detective show, do it, but don't masquerade the art of forensic science and profiling as hocus pocus.

This was a show that was decent Saturday night entertainment, but nothing more. Its technical innovations and camera work were overshadowed by a dreadful lead performance and left a lot of good actors out in the cold. I'd take "Millennium" or "Criminal Minds" over "Profiler" any day of the week.

Loved it when it was on. Watched reruns on Courttv. Just got season 3 dvds. Last dvd (6) has a pic of Marcus Peyton character. He left at end of season two. Did A&E and NBC not notice this when they released the DVD, huh. Loved Sam and John characters best. Inner struggle was great with these characters. ist series when a character was in the credits Jack. Did Dennis Christopher even have a career after this show. Profiler was riviting, made you think a lot. had a very good cast. The guest stars were always very different from the roles they were know for like Bruce Wietz from Hill street Blues.