A Name You Can't Trust
Features: DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Aspect Ratio 1.33:1, Dolby Digital Stereo, Audio Commentary, Interviews, Deleted Scenes
In April 1996, Fox aired the two-hour pilot for a daring new series called Profit. Even before the first commercial break, audiences were stunned. Critics where blown away. And in one of the most controversial moves in TV history, the network pulled the show after only four episodes. Adrian Pasdar delivering what The New York Daily News calls "a totally committed, even dangerous performance" - stars as Jim Profit, a charismatic sociopath who turns a horrific childhood secret into a ruthless climb up the corporate ladder. For the first time in primetime, here was a 'hero' for whom greed, blackmail, incest, sexual manipulation and even murder were all in a day's work. Lisa Zane, Keith Szarabajka, Lisa Blount and Lisa Darr co-star in this legendary series that New York Newsday called "deliciously evil and amazing...an incredible achievement in unorthodox television!"
Experience every startling moment of Profit now collected for the first time ever - including the final four episodes that were never broadcast in North America - plus all-new Extras that reveal the legacy behind the series that shocked the world.
"Lean mean and terifically addictive! An uncommonly sharp show." Entertainment Weekly
Editor's Note
At the multinational corporation of Gracen and Gracen, executive Jim Profit (Adrian Pasdar) is the golden boy: handsome, effective, efficient, on the fast track to the company's top positions. What his superiors don't realize, however, is that Profit's success is largely due to his pure and unadulterated ruthlessness. No tactic is too low or too unsavory for Profit, who uses blackmail, sex, murder, and more to get what he wants. But Profit has two problems that may stop him in his tracks: suspicious Gracen security chief Joanne Meltzer (Lisa Zane) and his own traumatic childhood experiences. PROFIT was short lived in its initial broadcast run on the Fox network, with only the pilot and three additional episodes being shown before the program was cancelled, presumably due to its subject matter and sociopathic protagonist. THE COMPLETE SERIES contains the two-part pilot and seven other episodes, including four that were never broadcast.
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