9.060 minSeason 4 • Episode 20
LatestIn the season finale, Rachel is emotionally distraught after her brother's death and she's further rattled by the mind games played by wanted Agent Marks, who she believes is responsible for a series of murders, but Marks needs her to accomplish his own agenda. Malone has even more concerns when he is ordered to conduct a performance review of his VCTF members as rumors fly in Congress that the elite unit will be disbanded.
Rachel Burke is a criminal profiler, one of the best, actually. She, along with a sophisticated team of specialists on the FBI's Violent Crimes Task Force in Atlanta, investigates crimes throughout the country. Together, they solve the toughest of cases while trying to live their lives as best they can.
Acting
Jamie Luner balances vulnerability and steel—carries the whole show.
Writing
Profiling scenes are genuinely clever, not just technobabble.
Production
Atlanta locations give it texture most L.A.-faked shows lack.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Profiler premiered the same year as Millennium and NYPD Blue's fourth season—NBC was betting hard on dark crime procedurals.
This was peak 'criminal profiler as superhero' era, post-Silence of the Lambs—Rachel Burke predates Criminal Minds by nearly a decade but rarely gets credit.
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