42 minSeason 1 • Episode 8
LatestProfit's manipulations come to a head: A secret from Nora's past may hold the key to derailing a hostile takeover of G&G; Joanne and Sykes come close to finding who the real Jim Profit was and Bobbi faces a near-death experience that makes her realize what she really wants.
Jim Profit works for a multinational company, and isn't above using any means necessary to get ahead, and that includes bribery, blackmail, intimidation, extortion, and even murder. Now everyone at the company, including the president, Charles Gracen are oblivious to his dark side, as a matter of fact, Gracen thinks of him as a golden boy. But when Joanne Meltzer, the company's security chief looks into his eyes, she sees something sinister.
Acting
Adrian Pasdar's reptilian charm is genuinely disturbing
Writing
Profit's asides to camera are Shakespearean villainy
Production
Excessive '90s corporate aesthetic aged into nightmare fuel
Creators
John McNamara, David Greenwalt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fox canceled it after 4 episodes aired, but all 8 were produced—becoming an illicit VHS trading holy grail until the full DVD release in 2005.
Pasdar studied actual corporate psychopaths and based Profit's physicality on sharks—still, immobile, then sudden violence.
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