Will Graham is a former FBI agent who recently retired to Florida with his wife Molly and their young son. Graham was a 'profiler'; one who profiles criminal's behavior and tries to put his mind into the minds of criminals to examine their thoughts while visiting crime scenes. Will is called out of his self-imposed retirement at the request of his former boss Jack Crawford to help the FBI catch an elusive serial killer, known to the press as the 'Tooth Fairy', who randomly kills whole families in their houses during nights of the full moon and leaves bite marks on his victims. To try to search for clues to get into the mind of the killer, Will has occasional meetings with Dr. Hannibal Lecktor, a charismatic but very dangerous imprisoned serial killer that Will captured years earlier which nearly drove him insane from the horrific encounter that nearly cost Will's life...
Written by matt-282
The studio wanted Michael Mann to re-team with Don Johnson, the star of Mann's show
Miami Vice, but Mann wanted William Petersen who he had worked with on
Thief. Jeff Bridges was also discussed.
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Goofs
Continuity:
When Francis rips through the painting with a shotgun.
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Quotes
[first lines]
Jack Crawford:
We should have talked at the boatyard. You don't wanna talk about it here. Will Graham:
I'm not fallin' all over myself to talk about much anywhere, Jack. See more »