Show Title: Profiler Audience Rating: Mature (for violence) Warnings: It's an FBI procedural focusing on serial killers, so pretty much anything you can think of involving that (with the exception of rape/non-con as I don't think that features in any of the episodes). Length of Episodes: 1 hour Length of Series: 4 seasons of around 20-22 episodes each (though the last two seasons are by an entirely different production company and are far inferior to the first two; you can watch just the first two seasons and not miss much, in my opinion) Why you recommend it: Features a strong female lead whose strength and skill is her intuition rather than toughness. Cast is overall somewhat diverse, especially given when it aired (1996-2000). Plus the relationship between the main two characters is very good friends with hidden love on one side and there's an awful lot of "platonic" touching.
Despite the warning above (which I added to be safe), I did not find it very violent or gory, and there are small bits of humor here and there that lighten things up a little. If you like procedurals at all, you definitely need to watch this one! It was groundbreaking for a few of the techniques later used on CSI and other shows.
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Audience Rating: Mature (for violence)
Warnings: It's an FBI procedural focusing on serial killers, so pretty much anything you can think of involving that (with the exception of rape/non-con as I don't think that features in any of the episodes).
Length of Episodes: 1 hour
Length of Series: 4 seasons of around 20-22 episodes each (though the last two seasons are by an entirely different production company and are far inferior to the first two; you can watch just the first two seasons and not miss much, in my opinion)
Why you recommend it: Features a strong female lead whose strength and skill is her intuition rather than toughness. Cast is overall somewhat diverse, especially given when it aired (1996-2000). Plus the relationship between the main two characters is very good friends with hidden love on one side and there's an awful lot of "platonic" touching.
Despite the warning above (which I added to be safe), I did not find it very violent or gory, and there are small bits of humor here and there that lighten things up a little. If you like procedurals at all, you definitely need to watch this one! It was groundbreaking for a few of the techniques later used on CSI and other shows.
Watch a brief promo clip from when it was airing.