Episode 24 of "Profiler"
s02e02 Primal Scream
Title: Primal Scream
Original Air Date: 11/08/1997 on NBC
Plot Outline:
Four people have been brutally beaten to death in Atlanta. The VCTF is called in to investigate the seemingly random murders. Though there are no eyewitnesses, people near the crime scenes recall hearing an eerie wailing sound right around the time of the murder. Sam (Ally Walker) soon discovers another connection, all the murders happened in the rain. The team consults with a psychologist who specializes in seasonal disorders. He informs them of a syndrome where people become extremely violent in response to certain types of weather. Meanwhile, Jack waits at a prison gate for Sharon Lesher (Traci Lords), a violent felon, who is being released on parole. Later, he takes her back to his lair and it becomes clear this is the beginning of an "unholy alliance." Back in Atlanta, Bailey (Robert Davi) laments the fact that the police plan to charge his daughter Frances (Heather McComb) with attempted murder once they determine her whereabouts. Sam and the team interrogate suspects prone to fits of rage and stumble upon a lead to the killer. Eventually, clues lead to a construction worker afflicted with the seasonal disorder described earlier. In a chilling final sequence, Jack takes Sharon to a beauty shop where he asks the beautician to make her hair look exactly like the woman pictured in a photograph he carries...who's the woman? Dr. Samantha Waters.


