Episode 25 of "Profiler"
s02e03 It Cuts Both Ways
Title: It Cuts Both Ways
Original Air Date: 11/15/1997 on NBC
Plot Outline:
Jack's back and he's wreaking havoc with his new lethal protégé, Sharon Lesher (Traci Lords). The VCTF is summoned to New Orleans when the murder of a research librarian has the earmarkings of a Jack kill. Once on the scene, Sam (Ally Walker) is perplexed by what appears to be inconsistencies with Jack's prior modus operandi. Though certain Jack is responsible for the murder, she considers rethinking her profile of him. To that end, she consults one of her old professors to get a fresh perspective on the case. Sam and the professor agree that Jack is beginning a new chapter in his obsession with Sam. Two more murders occur in rapid succession and it becomes clear Jack is sending clues as to what this new chapter will entail. Bailey (Robert Davi) receives a call from his fugitive daughter, Francis (Heather McComb), who refuses to heed her father's pleas to return to Atlanta. George (Peter Frechette) is confronted by his past misdeeds when a corrupt attorney asks him to use his computer hacking skills to embezzle funds from a local bank. The episode concludes with the team following Jack's bread crumb trail to two potential victims on opposite coasts of the country. the team splits up, sending Bailey to Maine, and Sam and John (Julian McMahon) to San Francisco. In an exciting climax, we see the team utilizing video feeds to communicate with one another as they enter what could be traps left by Jack. What they discover instead, are the bodies of two almost simultaneously murdered women. This leads Sam to make the chilling realization that Jack is no longer working alone.


