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“Manhunter”
Opening & Closing Theme: "Midnight Blues" by Gary Moore
Airing time; Tuesdays @ 10:00pm
Status; ordered season 1 – 13 episodes
Category; Drama (crime)
Production company; MapleStar Entertainment
Running time; 60 minutes
~creators~
D.A. Johnson
~Series synopsis~
FBI agent (Paul Brooks) follows the nation's most baffling murder cases. In order to find the killer he must know the perpetrator inside and out. The problem is that every time he steps into that world he comes one step closer to not being able to step back out again. With a psych and violent history of his own he is considered a ticking time bomb by the department, to be used only when absolutely required. He's tolerated as long as he produces results, but if he ever fails, or steps over that line he fears that he will be dealt with by the bureau - permanently.
~cast~
Paul Brooks...a natural FBI profiler
David Cubitt
Lindy Hill...FBI bureau chief
Daniel Benzali
Daniella Symanski...Paul's sometimes partner
Connie Britton
Simone X...prostitute whom Paul just can't resist
Jasmin St.Clair
Dr. Trevor Cierney...Paul's psychiatrist
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Howard Hesseman
Matty Sadie...Paul's high strung ex-wife
Carla Brooks...Paul's estranged daughter
~episode guide~
1.01 – “Pilot” – in post-production
Paul is brought out of sabbatical to follow up on a decade old murder case. A west coast writer had mysteriously disappeared but without a body the trail grew cold. Finally, the body had been found; and with it 6 more. Of the 7 bodies only the former author provides any clues as to motive. On his way to solving the crime Paul must sort through not only the 7 bodies but a decade worth of urban legends, including the belief that the body had been already found, many of them traced back to the author’s wife.
Lindy Hill out of place in a suit and tie comes to see Paul Brooks as he contemplates the ocean at sunset in front of his beach house.
He quietly tells Paul that he's needed. Paul turns his venom to his ex-boss asking him what's wrong with the "psychics, mediums, and forensic teams, they seem to be the latest rage. Hire them and sweep your own trained guys away." Lindy doesn't back down telling Paul this is his opportunity to do good again, to come back. He leaves him without receiving an answer.
Paul shows up at Lindy's office the next day. He's briefed that a west coast writer had mysteriously disappeared over a decade ago but without a body the trail grew cold. Finally, the body has been found buried; and with it 6 more bodies seemingly unrelated.
Paul examines the evidence, the crime scene, and looks at possible suspects. Lindy tries to get Paul to accept a new partner, Daniella but he pretty much ignores her and only lets her tag along. When Daniella finally goes to see Lindy to quit the case Lindy tells her about Paul. He's the best FBI trained investigator he has ever seen. He has an uncanny ability to climb into the killer's mind. Daniella says that is standard FBI procedure. But Lindy, tries to find the words to express it. Finally he just says Paul is different, he doesn't try and think like the killer and victim, he tries to become the killer, the victim, the witness, whatever. He says thats what gets Paul in hot water with the Bureau, his extreme methods. Daniella agrees to stay on the case and keep an eye on Paul.
Paul finally shares some information with Daniella, the many urban legends surrounding what happend to this presumed dead writer. He asks her to chase them down.
When she comes back to him with info, it's that one rumor was that the body had actually been found and it was all a big FBI cover-up. Paul shrugs "so what". Daniella says the rumor and many others seem to have started with his wife.
Daniella is nervously standing guard outside the luxurious home of the former wife, while Paul breaks in to look for clues. She becomes bored and after a couple hours worried. She tries to radio him inside but there is no response. Entering the house she finds him in the writer's former studio, which looks untouched since his death as if a museum. Paul has stripped off his own clothes and is wearing clothes of the suspect and typing away at the typewriter on his desk. Daniella breaks his "trance" and he goes ballistic on her, yelling and shouting. This stops when they spot the wife coming home.
They close the door to the writing room and quietly go about putting the studio back in order.
Some time later back at headquarters Paul interrogates the wife. He starts off with good cop, saying that evidence has been found that her husband had been killed by the mob. But once it turns to motive the wife thinks she is in the clear because there was basically no insurance money in her name.
Paul lets the bomb drop that they have already connected the dots between the mob hits and her husband. The only connection her husband had with the other 6 bodies was that they had shared the same freezer for several years until it was time to move the bodies. The others were mob hits, mob business, but her husband was a hired hit. Paid off under the table from proceeds of the author's last book. It didn't leave the widow with much, just her freedom from an oppressive and irritable husband, and a monthly royalty cheque to live on. Daniella says to the widow, "sometimes I just don't understand people". Paul whispers, "but I do".
1.02 – “Unfinished Business”
Someone is killing off various people who are all connected to the Oklahoma bombing. The FBI is baffled because there seems to be no rhyme or reason behind this connection. Reluctantly they bring in Paul Brooks and ask him to get inside the mind of the killer(s).
After following the leads, looking for connections and coming up blank its Paul's partner Daniella who makes the break through. There are only two murders that are connected; one to extract information to set up another. The second murder is a revenge murder over evidence given that led to the eventual arrest of the perpetrators of the murder. The other 4 murders, tragically were designed for no other reason then to throw the detectives off the scent. Paul has to be physically restrained by his boss bureau chief Lindy Hill at the time of arrest from attacking the killer.
1.03 - "Inside the Box"
When an FBI agent is murdered inside the Seattle-Tacoma FBI field office and no clues turn up, other then he has been poisoned, they turn to the LA bureau to solve the case. Hill believes Brooks is the only one that can be trusted because he has no friends in the bureau to protect.
Brooks receives the usual cold shoulder from other agents who don't like their office being investigated and their friends questioned. However, things get turned up a notch when his partner Daniella is jumped and beaten at night entering her apartment.
Brooks suspects a FBI "guest" (a suspect) may have been involved, getting himself into a jam to gain access to the building. In the end though it turns out the man was unhappy with the bureau and its chief and took his own life, doing so in a manner which he hoped would bring some scrutiny to the way the office was being managed.
Things don't turn out that way though as the victim is written off as a nut, until Paul and Daniella unravel the identity of the agents who beat her up, and trace the orders to the chief; getting him ousted.
1.04 "Old School"
Dr. Cierney attempts to help Brooks distance himself from his cases. However when a former IRA agent is found dead on American soil that plan gets thrown out the window. With the FBI unable to question key suspects their greatest hope to solving the case is to sort out motive by stepping into the mind of the killer. CIA interference prevents Brooks from closure, which also stops him from being able to exit the mindset of the killer.
At the end of the episode Brooks jeopardizes his job and the case when in a fit of rage he assaults Simone X.
1.05 - "Dropping a Dime"
Paul recieves a dinner time phone call at home from a man who claims to have killed before, and will do so again in one hour unless he is caught. Paul has to scramble to covertly notify his FBI handlers, to try and authenticate what the caller is telling him, and to try and find or prevent him from repeating murder. One hour told in real time format.
1.06 - "Doing My Time"
Paul finally gets his day in court for assaulting Simone X, and pleads guilty to lesser charges to do only a month in prison. While doing his time Paul meets an imate who he believes to be innocent of the murder charge for which he has already done over 20 years. Can Paul figure out who the real killer is?
1.07 - "A Little Prick"
For once Paul takes on a case where the victims are still alive. But their death sentence has already been served. The FBI is stumped when a would be killer randomly injects people with the Aids virus. When Paul does his usual methods of thinking like the perp, and becoming the perp, he believes the only way to catch him may be to infect himself.
1.08 - "Cashing Out"
The nation is on edge as a serial killer brazenly kills ATM patrons at close range while wearing a disguise. Soon the killing spreads and Paul is brought in to find the killer, or killers. Is this a case of a very mobile and transient killer, or has the nation been so captivated that he has spawned copycats?
1.09 - "Knocking on Heaven's Door"
When two Jehovah Witness' both turn up dead after canvassing neighborhoods in rural New Hampshire Paul Brooks is brought in by the FBI to solve the crime before another finds the same fate.
1.10 - "Almost Dead"
Paul is brought in when Hollywood's #1 scream queen is thought to be in danger from a celebrity stalker. However, the case gets turned on its head when the perp defies all of Paul's profiles and inexplicably turns his attentions to Paul's partner Daniella.
1.11 - Special Two Hour Edition "Gator Bait"
It's the Christmas season and a sniper is once again terrorizing America. However, this time instead of choosing an urban center or major freeways, the sniper is prowling the Alligator infested swamps of southern Louisiana. Targets have included wildlife harvestors, drug runners, and law enforcement. The unfamiliar terrain, bad assumptions, as well as the unhospitable conditions make this Paul's most challenging case yet.
1.12
1.13
1.14
1.15
1.16
1.17
1.18
1.19
1.20
1.21
1.22
Opening & Closing Theme: "Midnight Blues" by Gary Moore
Airing time; Tuesdays @ 10:00pm
Status; ordered season 1 – 13 episodes
Category; Drama (crime)
Production company; MapleStar Entertainment
Running time; 60 minutes
~creators~
D.A. Johnson
~Series synopsis~
FBI agent (Paul Brooks) follows the nation's most baffling murder cases. In order to find the killer he must know the perpetrator inside and out. The problem is that every time he steps into that world he comes one step closer to not being able to step back out again. With a psych and violent history of his own he is considered a ticking time bomb by the department, to be used only when absolutely required. He's tolerated as long as he produces results, but if he ever fails, or steps over that line he fears that he will be dealt with by the bureau - permanently.
~cast~
Paul Brooks...a natural FBI profiler
David Cubitt
Lindy Hill...FBI bureau chief
Daniel Benzali
Daniella Symanski...Paul's sometimes partner
Connie Britton
Simone X...prostitute whom Paul just can't resist
Jasmin St.Clair
Dr. Trevor Cierney...Paul's psychiatrist
This image is reduced by 2%, click it to view full size.
Howard Hesseman
Matty Sadie...Paul's high strung ex-wife
Carla Brooks...Paul's estranged daughter
~episode guide~
1.01 – “Pilot” – in post-production
Paul is brought out of sabbatical to follow up on a decade old murder case. A west coast writer had mysteriously disappeared but without a body the trail grew cold. Finally, the body had been found; and with it 6 more. Of the 7 bodies only the former author provides any clues as to motive. On his way to solving the crime Paul must sort through not only the 7 bodies but a decade worth of urban legends, including the belief that the body had been already found, many of them traced back to the author’s wife.
Lindy Hill out of place in a suit and tie comes to see Paul Brooks as he contemplates the ocean at sunset in front of his beach house.
He quietly tells Paul that he's needed. Paul turns his venom to his ex-boss asking him what's wrong with the "psychics, mediums, and forensic teams, they seem to be the latest rage. Hire them and sweep your own trained guys away." Lindy doesn't back down telling Paul this is his opportunity to do good again, to come back. He leaves him without receiving an answer.
Paul shows up at Lindy's office the next day. He's briefed that a west coast writer had mysteriously disappeared over a decade ago but without a body the trail grew cold. Finally, the body has been found buried; and with it 6 more bodies seemingly unrelated.
Paul examines the evidence, the crime scene, and looks at possible suspects. Lindy tries to get Paul to accept a new partner, Daniella but he pretty much ignores her and only lets her tag along. When Daniella finally goes to see Lindy to quit the case Lindy tells her about Paul. He's the best FBI trained investigator he has ever seen. He has an uncanny ability to climb into the killer's mind. Daniella says that is standard FBI procedure. But Lindy, tries to find the words to express it. Finally he just says Paul is different, he doesn't try and think like the killer and victim, he tries to become the killer, the victim, the witness, whatever. He says thats what gets Paul in hot water with the Bureau, his extreme methods. Daniella agrees to stay on the case and keep an eye on Paul.
Paul finally shares some information with Daniella, the many urban legends surrounding what happend to this presumed dead writer. He asks her to chase them down.
When she comes back to him with info, it's that one rumor was that the body had actually been found and it was all a big FBI cover-up. Paul shrugs "so what". Daniella says the rumor and many others seem to have started with his wife.
Daniella is nervously standing guard outside the luxurious home of the former wife, while Paul breaks in to look for clues. She becomes bored and after a couple hours worried. She tries to radio him inside but there is no response. Entering the house she finds him in the writer's former studio, which looks untouched since his death as if a museum. Paul has stripped off his own clothes and is wearing clothes of the suspect and typing away at the typewriter on his desk. Daniella breaks his "trance" and he goes ballistic on her, yelling and shouting. This stops when they spot the wife coming home.
They close the door to the writing room and quietly go about putting the studio back in order.
Some time later back at headquarters Paul interrogates the wife. He starts off with good cop, saying that evidence has been found that her husband had been killed by the mob. But once it turns to motive the wife thinks she is in the clear because there was basically no insurance money in her name.
Paul lets the bomb drop that they have already connected the dots between the mob hits and her husband. The only connection her husband had with the other 6 bodies was that they had shared the same freezer for several years until it was time to move the bodies. The others were mob hits, mob business, but her husband was a hired hit. Paid off under the table from proceeds of the author's last book. It didn't leave the widow with much, just her freedom from an oppressive and irritable husband, and a monthly royalty cheque to live on. Daniella says to the widow, "sometimes I just don't understand people". Paul whispers, "but I do".
1.02 – “Unfinished Business”
Someone is killing off various people who are all connected to the Oklahoma bombing. The FBI is baffled because there seems to be no rhyme or reason behind this connection. Reluctantly they bring in Paul Brooks and ask him to get inside the mind of the killer(s).
After following the leads, looking for connections and coming up blank its Paul's partner Daniella who makes the break through. There are only two murders that are connected; one to extract information to set up another. The second murder is a revenge murder over evidence given that led to the eventual arrest of the perpetrators of the murder. The other 4 murders, tragically were designed for no other reason then to throw the detectives off the scent. Paul has to be physically restrained by his boss bureau chief Lindy Hill at the time of arrest from attacking the killer.
1.03 - "Inside the Box"
When an FBI agent is murdered inside the Seattle-Tacoma FBI field office and no clues turn up, other then he has been poisoned, they turn to the LA bureau to solve the case. Hill believes Brooks is the only one that can be trusted because he has no friends in the bureau to protect.
Brooks receives the usual cold shoulder from other agents who don't like their office being investigated and their friends questioned. However, things get turned up a notch when his partner Daniella is jumped and beaten at night entering her apartment.
Brooks suspects a FBI "guest" (a suspect) may have been involved, getting himself into a jam to gain access to the building. In the end though it turns out the man was unhappy with the bureau and its chief and took his own life, doing so in a manner which he hoped would bring some scrutiny to the way the office was being managed.
Things don't turn out that way though as the victim is written off as a nut, until Paul and Daniella unravel the identity of the agents who beat her up, and trace the orders to the chief; getting him ousted.
1.04 "Old School"
Dr. Cierney attempts to help Brooks distance himself from his cases. However when a former IRA agent is found dead on American soil that plan gets thrown out the window. With the FBI unable to question key suspects their greatest hope to solving the case is to sort out motive by stepping into the mind of the killer. CIA interference prevents Brooks from closure, which also stops him from being able to exit the mindset of the killer.
At the end of the episode Brooks jeopardizes his job and the case when in a fit of rage he assaults Simone X.
1.05 - "Dropping a Dime"
Paul recieves a dinner time phone call at home from a man who claims to have killed before, and will do so again in one hour unless he is caught. Paul has to scramble to covertly notify his FBI handlers, to try and authenticate what the caller is telling him, and to try and find or prevent him from repeating murder. One hour told in real time format.
1.06 - "Doing My Time"
Paul finally gets his day in court for assaulting Simone X, and pleads guilty to lesser charges to do only a month in prison. While doing his time Paul meets an imate who he believes to be innocent of the murder charge for which he has already done over 20 years. Can Paul figure out who the real killer is?
1.07 - "A Little Prick"
For once Paul takes on a case where the victims are still alive. But their death sentence has already been served. The FBI is stumped when a would be killer randomly injects people with the Aids virus. When Paul does his usual methods of thinking like the perp, and becoming the perp, he believes the only way to catch him may be to infect himself.
1.08 - "Cashing Out"
The nation is on edge as a serial killer brazenly kills ATM patrons at close range while wearing a disguise. Soon the killing spreads and Paul is brought in to find the killer, or killers. Is this a case of a very mobile and transient killer, or has the nation been so captivated that he has spawned copycats?
1.09 - "Knocking on Heaven's Door"
When two Jehovah Witness' both turn up dead after canvassing neighborhoods in rural New Hampshire Paul Brooks is brought in by the FBI to solve the crime before another finds the same fate.
1.10 - "Almost Dead"
Paul is brought in when Hollywood's #1 scream queen is thought to be in danger from a celebrity stalker. However, the case gets turned on its head when the perp defies all of Paul's profiles and inexplicably turns his attentions to Paul's partner Daniella.
1.11 - Special Two Hour Edition "Gator Bait"
It's the Christmas season and a sniper is once again terrorizing America. However, this time instead of choosing an urban center or major freeways, the sniper is prowling the Alligator infested swamps of southern Louisiana. Targets have included wildlife harvestors, drug runners, and law enforcement. The unfamiliar terrain, bad assumptions, as well as the unhospitable conditions make this Paul's most challenging case yet.
1.12
1.13
1.14
1.15
1.16
1.17
1.18
1.19
1.20
1.21
1.22