Profiling Paris

Chloé Saint-Laurent is a profiler and works with a police team to solve murders in Paris. She's very sweet, she wears very colored clothes and a huge yellow bag. She looks like a little girl who need a doll, but she's very smart and a very good profiler. Step by step, she fit in the team and her colleagues, very reserved at first, became her best friends.

Profiling Paris (2009-2020) is a French crime procedural series created by Fanny Robert and Sophie Lebarbier for TF1. Its heart is profiler Chloé Saint-Laurent (Odile Vuillemin), a sweet, brightly dressed psychologist who carries a huge yellow bag and looks almost like a doll, yet reads suspects with sharp precision. Working alongside a Paris police team that includes Grégoire Lamarck (Jean-Michel Martial), Hippolyte de Courtène (Raphaël Ferret) and Thomas Rocher (Philippe Bas), she is drawn into one murder investigation after another, each built around interviews, psychological readings and the slow reconstruction of a killer's mind. The engine of the show is the gradual thaw of a team that begins reserved toward the newcomer and becomes her closest friends. Spanning ten seasons and 102 episodes, it works as a case-of-the-week procedural with recurring characters and an evolving team dynamic rather than a single continuing mystery. Set in contemporary Paris, it has a warm, humane tone that balances grim crimes with affection and gentle humor. Viewers who enjoy The Mentalist, Mindhunter and Wallander will find resonance in its blend of psychological insight and European police drama. A French TF1 production, it suits audiences who want a character-driven crime series.

• Cracking the Caseshared police procedural structure and a warm, character-driven team dynamic built around a criminal profiler
• Mindhuntershared profiler-led murder investigations with an offbeat, empathetic lead solving cases through psychology
• The Mentalistshared case-of-the-week murder investigations built around a quirky, brilliant investigator and a close-knit team
• Wallandershared European crime procedural tone with a psychologically minded investigator at the center of a police team

Created by

Fanny Robert, Sophie Lebarbier

Release Date

2009-04-23

Episode runtime

52 min

Rating

7.5 / 10 (36)

What is Profiling Paris about?

A bright, sweet-natured criminal profiler joins a Paris police team and wins over her reserved colleagues while solving murders.

What is Profiling Paris like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Profiling Paris as measured, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as easy to follow.

Is Profiling Paris violent?

Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Profiling Paris as moderate.

Which shows are like Profiling Paris?

Shows with a similar feel include Cracking the Case, Mindhunter, The Mentalist, and Wallander.

How long is Profiling Paris?

Profiling Paris: 10 seasons, 102 episodes.

Is Profiling Paris still running?

No, Profiling Paris has ended.

Where can I watch Profiling Paris?

In United States, Profiling Paris streams on PBS, PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel, Thirteen, WETA+.