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Profit

Profit is the best show you have probably never heard of. Adrian Pasdar (Heroes´s Nathan Petrelli) stars as Jim Profit, a businessman without a conscience who ruthlessly follows his goals. At the moment, his goal is to climb the career ladder at the corporation, “Gracen & Gracen.” His boyishly good looks and the shallowness of the business help him disguise what he really is: a sociopath without feelings.

But Profit sure does have the brains to make up for it: He spins a web of blackmail, deceit, bribery, and crime that would do any soap opera credit, were it not so evil and dark (not to forget wildly entertaining). And yet, you can’t help but root for him.

Profit has been compared to American Psycho more than a few times, but also has a lot of moments that bring TV’s Dexter to mind. Some of the special effects (and haircuts!) may seem outdated by today’s standards, but the mind-blowingly good acting and writing sure aren’t. The show was axed by FOX in 1996, not least because of scenes like this: Profit finds a beautiful woman waiting for him in his office. He makes out with her just to then greet her with, “Hello, mom.” But luckily, all eight completed episodes (plus, tons of bonus material that clearly shows how much fun everyone involved had) are now available on DVD and one can relive all the great plot twists, sexy voice-over and sleeping in a moving box – you have to see it to believe it.

Written by: Johanna Schoenfeld

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