''Mindhunter'' is an American

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television series created by

Joe Penhall Joe Scott Penhall (born 1967) is an English-Australian playwright and screenwriter, best known for his award-winning stage play '' Blue/Orange'', the award-winning West End musical ''Sunny Afternoon'' and creating the Netflix original series ' ...

, based on the 1995 true-crime book '' Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit'' by

John E. Douglas John Edward Douglas (born June 18, 1945): "...my parents almost chose that as my middle name instead of the more prosaic Edward." is an American retired special agent and unit chief in the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He ...

and Mark Olshaker. The series debuted in 2017 and ran for two seasons. Executive producers included Penhall,

Charlize Theron Charlize Theron ( ; ; born 7 August 1975) is a South African and American actress and producer. One of the world's highest-paid actresses, she is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. In 201 ...

, and

David Fincher David Andrew Leo Fincher (born August 28, 1962) is an American film director. Often described as one of the preeminent directors of his generation, David Fincher filmography, his films, of which most are psychological thrillers, have collectiv ...

, with Fincher serving as the series' most frequent director and de facto

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, overseeing many of the scriptwriting and production processes. The series stars

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Holt McCallany Holt McCallany (born Holt Quinn McAloney; September 3, 1963) is an American actor. He is known for portraying FBI Special Agent Bill Tench on the series '' Mindhunter'' (2017–19) and has had leading and supporting roles in various television se ...

, and

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, and follows the founding of the

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in the

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(FBI) in the late 1970s and the beginning of

criminal profiling Offender profiling, also known as criminal profiling, is an investigative strategy used by law enforcement agencies to identify likely suspects and has been used by investigators to link cases that may have been committed by the same perpetrato ...

. The first season of 10 episodes debuted worldwide on

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on October 13, 2017. The second season was released by Netflix on August 16, 2019. In January 2020, Netflix announced that the potential for a third season was on indefinite hold as Fincher wanted to pursue other projects, but may "revisit he seriesin the future". In February 2023, Fincher confirmed that the series was officially over.

Plot

''Mindhunter'' revolves around FBI agents Holden Ford and Bill Tench, along with psychologist Wendy Carr, who operate the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit within the Training Division at the

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. Together they launch a research project to interview imprisoned

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s to understand their psychology with the hope of applying this knowledge to solve ongoing cases. The first season takes place from 1977 to 1980, in the early days of

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and criminal profiling at the FBI.

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has a recurring role in this season as notorious serial killer

Edmund Kemper Edmund Emil Kemper III (born December 18, 1948) is an American serial killer convicted of murdering seven women and one girl between May 1972 and April 1973. Years earlier, at the age of 15, Kemper had murdered his paternal grandparents. Kemp ...

, who is the first to assist Ford and Tench in understanding how a serial killer's mind works. Other notable serial killers featured in the first season include

Montie Rissell Montie Ralph Rissell (born November 28, 1958), also known as Monte, is an American serial killer and rapist who raped and murdered five women between 1976 and 1977 in Alexandria, Virginia, where he lived. Early life Rissell lived the first seven ...

played by

Sam Strike Sam Strike (born 18 January 1994) is an English actor. He made his acting debut in the 2013 revival of the CBBC series ''M.I. High'', before gaining popular success playing Johnny Carter in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' (2013–2014). Dur ...

Jerry Brudos Jerome Henry "Jerry" Brudos (January 31, 1939 March 28, 2006) was an American serial killer and necrophilia, necrophile known as the Lust Killer and the Shoe Fetish Slayer who committed the kidnapping, kidnap, rape, and murder of four young wome ...

played by

Happy Anderson Happy (Eric) Anderson (born November 19, 1976) is an American actor who has worked in film, television, and on and off Broadway. He is best known for his roles as Mr. James "Jimmy" Fester on Cinemax's ''The Knick, a''nd Jerry Brudos on the Netfl ...

Richard Speck Richard Benjamin Speck (December 6, 1941 – December 5, 1991) was an American mass murderer who killed eight student nurses in their South Deering, Chicago, residence via stabbing, strangulation, strangling, slashing their throats, or a combina ...

played by Jack Erdie, and

Dennis Rader Dennis Lynn Rader (born March 9, 1945), better known as the BTK Strangler or simply BTK, is an American serial killer and rapist who murdered at least ten people in Wichita, Kansas, Wichita and Park City, Kansas, between 1974 and 1991. Although ...

also known as BTK, played by Sonny Valicenti. The second season takes place in 1980 and 1981, with Ford and Tench investigating the Atlanta murders of 1979 to 1981, which included at least 28 deaths, mostly children. This is based on the real case of

Wayne Williams Wayne Bertram Williams (born May 27, 1958) is an American convicted murderer and suspected serial killer who is in life imprisonment for the 1981 killings of two men in Atlanta, Georgia. Although never tried for the additional murders, he is als ...

, who was charged and convicted for the murder of two adult men but was never tried for the killing of the children and adolescents, causing mass outrage and questions over Williams's guilt as the children's cases went cold. The second season also features other infamous murderers, such as

David Berkowitz David Richard Berkowitz (born Richard David Falco; June 1, 1953), also known as the Son of Sam and the .44 Caliber Killer, is an American serial killer and former U.S. Army soldier who committed a series of stabbings and shootings between 1 ...

, also known as Son of Sam, played by

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, William Pierce Jr. played by Michael Filipowich, Elmer Wayne Henley Jr. played by

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, and

Charles Manson Charles Milles Manson (; November 12, 1934 – November 19, 2017) was an American criminal, cult leader, and musician who led the Manson Family, a cult based in California in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Some cult members committed a Manson ...

, played by

Damon Herriman Damon Herriman (born 31 March 1970) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as Dewey Crowe on the FX neo-western crime series '' Justified'' (2010–15), and Romeo on the Starz drama miniseries '' Flesh and Bone'' (2015). He is ...

Cast and characters

Main

as Holden Ford, a

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in the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit (BSU) *

as Bill Tench, a special agent in the FBI's BSU *

as Wendy Carr, a psychology professor working towards tenure at

Boston University Boston University (BU) is a Private university, private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. BU was founded in 1839 by a group of Boston Methodism, Methodists with its original campus in Newbury (town), Vermont, Newbur ...

who joins the BSU. She is a

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lesbian. *

Hannah Gross Hannah Gross is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Debbie Mitford in the Netflix drama '' Mindhunter''. Early life Gross grew up in Toronto. She is the daughter of actors Martha Burns and Paul Gross. She attended New York ...

as Debbie Mitford (season 1), Ford's girlfriend and a graduate student in sociology at the

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Cotter Smith Joseph Cotter Smith (born May 29, 1949) is an American stage, film, and television actor. Early life He was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Madeline (née Cotter) and John Lewis Smith, Jr., who was a federal judge. He graduated from the ...

as Robert Shepard (season 1; guest season 2), the assistant director at the FBI Academy overseeing the BSU *

Stacey Roca Stacey Roca (born 12 September 1978 in Southport) is an English actress, known for portraying Rachel in ''The Office'', Claudie Stephenson in '' Strictly Confidential'' and Nancy Tench in Netflix drama '' Mindhunter''. Background Born in South ...

as Nancy Tench (season 2; recurring season 1), Bill's wife * Joe Tuttle as Gregg Smith (season 2; recurring season 1), a special agent newly assigned to the BSU *

Michael Cerveris Michael Cerveris Jr. (born November 6, 1960) is an American actor, singer, and guitarist. He has performed in many stage musicals and plays, including several Stephen Sondheim musicals: ''Assassins (musical), Assassins'', ''Sweeney Todd: The ...

as Ted Gunn (season 2), Shepard's successor as overseer of the BSU * Lauren Glazier as Kay Manz (season 2), a bartender and Carr's love interest * Albert Jones as Jim Barney (season 2; guest season 1), an Atlanta FBI agent *

Sierra McClain Sierra Aylina McClain (born March 16, 1994) is an American actress and singer. As an actress, she was first recognized for her role as Sierra in ''Daddy's Little Girls'' (2007). She had her breakthrough as Nessa Parker in ''Empire'' (2016–2018) ...

as Tanya Clifton (season 2), a hotel worker who brings Holden's attention to the

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June Carryl June Carryl is an American actress and playwright who has made numerous television appearances such as '' Mindhunter''. Career Carryl, sometimes credited as June Lomena, has appeared in film and television, largely in character roles. She has ...

as Camille Bell (season 2), a grieving mother of Yusef Bell, one of the Atlanta murder victims and the organizer of the Committee to Stop Children's Murders

Recurring

Ed Kemper Edmund Emil Kemper III (born December 18, 1948) is an American serial killer convicted of murdering seven women and one girl between May 1972 and April 1973. Years earlier, at the age of 15, Kemper had murdered his paternal grandparents. Kemp ...

, a serial killer interviewed by Ford and Tench * Alex Morf as Mark Ocasek, a police officer from

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* Joseph Cross as Benjamin Barnwright, a murder suspect in Altoona *

Marc Kudisch Marc Kudisch (born September 22, 1966) is an American stage actor, who is best known for his musical theatre roles on Broadway. Early life and education Kudisch was born in Hackensack, New Jersey, the son of Florence and Raymond Kudisch. His fam ...

as Roger Wade, a Fredericksburg elementary-school principal * Michael Park as Peter Dean, an

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(OPR) investigator * George R. Sheffey as John Boylen, an OPR investigator * Duke Lafoon as Gordon Chambers, an Adairsville detective * Peter Murnik as Roy Carver, a

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detective *

, a serial killer interviewed by Ford and Tench * Sonny Valicenti as ADT serviceman /

(BTK) * Zachary Scott Ross as Brian Tench, Bill and Nancy's adopted son *

Nate Corddry Nathan Harris Corddry (born September 8, 1977) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his roles as Adam Branch in the NBC drama series ''Harry's Law'' and for his role as Gabriel in the first two seasons of the CBS sitcom '' Mo ...

as Art Spencer (season 2), a detective investigating a murder near the Tench household * Regi Davis as

Maynard Jackson Maynard Holbrook Jackson Jr. (March 23, 1938 – June 23, 2003) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 52nd mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, from 1974 to 1982, and again as the city's 54th mayor from 1990 to 1994. A member of the ...

(season 2), mayor of Atlanta * Gareth Williams as Redding (season 2), the chief of Atlanta police * Drew Seltzer as Dale Harmon (season 2), Bill and Nancy's neighbor *

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as Lee Brown (season 2), the Atlanta police commissioner *

Brent Sexton Brent Sexton (born August 12, 1967) is an American actor best known for his roles in the television series '' Bosch'', '' The Killing'', ''Life'', and '' Deadwood''. He has guest starred in several other television series, such as ''The Expanse ...

as Garland Periwinkle (season 2), a retired agent who assists the Georgia Bureau of Investigation * Christopher Livingston as

(season 2)

Guests

Lena Olin Lena Maria Jonna Olin (; born 22 March 1955) is a Swedish actress. She has received nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Mentored by filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, she made her screen d ...

as Annaliese Stilman (season 1), Carr's former lover and head of the psychology department at Boston University *

(season 1), a serial killer interviewed by Ford and Tench * Jack Erdie as

(season 1), a mass murderer interviewed by Ford and Tench *

(season 2), the serial killer known as "Son of Sam" *

as Elmer Wayne Henley Jr. (season 2) * Michael Filipowich as William "Junior" Pierce (season 2) * Corey Allen as

William Henry Hance William Henry Hance (November 10, 1951 – March 31, 1994) was an American serial killer and soldier who is believed to have murdered four women and molested three in and around military bases before his arrest in 1978. He was convicted of murde ...

(season 2) *

(season 2); Herriman previously portrayed Manson in the 2019 film ''

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.'' *

Christopher Backus Christopher Backus is an American actor, director and screenwriter. Backus made his television debut in NBC's ''Will & Grace'', followed by landing roles in '' The O.C.'', ''Life on Mars'', ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia,'' ''Sons of Anarc ...

Tex Watson Charles Denton "Tex" Watson (born December 2, 1945) is an American mass murderer who was a central member of the "Manson Family" led by Charles Manson. Watson is often described as the tactical ringleader of the Tate-LaBianca murders on August ...

(season 2) *

Morgan Kelly Morgan Kelly (born 23 June 1976) is a Canadian actor, best known for his roles on ''Being Erica'' and '' Killjoys''. Career Kelly is known for his role on '' Fries with That?'' as Alexander "Alex" Kurzi. He also appears on '' Falcon Beach'' as ...

Paul Bateson Paul Bateson (born August 24, 1940) is an American convicted murderer and former radiographer. He appeared as a radiologic technologist in a scene from the 1973 horror film ''The Exorcist'', which was inspired when the film's director, William F ...

(season 2)

Development and production

The development of ''Mindhunter'' began in 2009 when Charlize Theron gave a nonfiction crime book titled '' Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit'' to David Fincher. In January 2010 the ''Mindhunter'' project was set up at Fox 21, which had optioned the book, along with premium cable channel

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Scott Buck Scott Randall Buck is an American television writer. Buck has written for several television series including '' Six Feet Under'', ''Rome'', Showtime's ''Dexter'', ''Everybody Loves Raymond'', '' Coach'', ''Inhumans'', '' The Oblongs'' and '' Ir ...

was tapped to write the pilot. Fincher, who was mostly known as a director and producer in films, felt at that time that television was "completely foreign" until he worked on the political drama ''

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'', for which he co-produced and directed the first two episodes. When Fincher finally felt comfortable with television as a medium after doing ''House of Cards'', Theron suggested playwright and screenwriter

as the project's writer, replacing Buck. In December 2015, ''Mindhunter'' was moved to streaming service

, with Fox 21 dropping out of the project. In February 2016, Netflix announced that the production of ''Mindhunter'' would be based in

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, Pennsylvania. Filming began in May 2016, and open casting calls were held on April 16 and June 25, 2016. Episode 9 of season 1 was filmed in

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at the

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. The series was renewed for a second season before its premiere on Netflix. The character of Holden Ford is loosely based on FBI agent

, on whose book, ''Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit'', the show is based. The character of Bill Tench is based on pioneering FBI agent

Robert K. Ressler Robert Kenneth Ressler (February 15, 1937 – May 5, 2013) was an American Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI agent and author. He played a significant role in the offender profiling, psychological profiling of violent offenders in the 1970s a ...

. Wendy Carr is a fictional character based on psychiatric forensic nurse researcher Ann Wolbert Burgess, a prominent

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nursing professor who collaborated with the FBI agents in the Behavioral Science Unit and procured grants to conduct research on serial murderers,

serial rapist A serial rapist is someone who commits multiple rapes, whether with multiple victims or a single victim repeatedly over a period of time. Some serial rapists target children. The terms ''sexual predator'', ''repeat rape'' and ''multiple offending' ...

s, and child molesters. Her work is based on treating survivors of sexual trauma and abuse, and studying the thought process of violent offenders. The serial killer characters were modeled on the actual convicted criminals and their prison scene dialogues were taken from real interviews. Although not explicitly stated, it is implied that the ADT serviceman seen in several short vignettes throughout the first season is

, the BTK Killer. This is clarified in the second season. The musical score was written by Jason Hill. The second season was originally reported to consist of eight episodes; however, the season ultimately contained nine episodes. Shooting took place between April and December 2018. Directors for the second season were Fincher,

Andrew Dominik Andrew Dominik (born 7 October 1967) is an Australian film director and screenwriter. He has directed the crime film '' Chopper'' (2000), the Western drama film '' The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford'' (2007), the neo-n ...

, and

Carl Franklin Carl Franklin (born April 11, 1949) is an American filmmaker and former actor. Franklin is a graduate of University of California, Berkeley, and continued his education at the AFI Conservatory, where he graduated with an M.F.A. degree in direc ...

. In November 2019, a potential third season was reported to have been put on indefinite hold until Fincher finished working on his next film, ''

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''. Fincher planned to make five seasons. In January 2020, Netflix announced that the cast had been released from their contracts and that the series was on indefinite hold, as Fincher was busy with other projects. A Netflix spokesperson stated, "He may revisit ''Mindhunter'' again in the future, but in the meantime felt it wasn't fair to the actors to hold them from seeking other work while he was exploring new work of his own." In October 2020, Fincher confirmed the series was done for now, and a Netflix spokesperson said that a third season may be possible "maybe in five years". The next month, some of the reasons to suspend the series were fleshed out – cost (Fincher stated, "It had a very passionate audience, but we never got the numbers that justified the cost."), production (the second season showrunner was fired and eight of the scripts were rewritten), management (co-producer Peter Mavromates said of Fincher, "Even when he wasn't directing an episode, he was overseeing it."), and exhaustion (Fincher said, "I certainly needed some time away"). In February 2023, Fincher confirmed that the series was officially over.

Episodes

Season 1 (2017)

Season 2 (2019)

Reception

Critical response

The first season received positive reviews from critics. On

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, the season has a score of 79 out of 100 based on 25 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". On

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, it has an approval rating of 96% with an average score of 8 out of 10, based on 102 reviews. The site's critics consensus reads: "''Mindhunter'' distinguishes itself in a crowded genre with ambitiously cinematic visuals and a meticulous attention to character development." The first season of ''Mindhunter'' was named among the best TV shows of 2017; it was ranked No. 10 on Metacritic's year-end list of the best TV shows of 2017 compiled from rankings by various critics and publications. The second season was also acclaimed. On Metacritic, the season has an average score of 85 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". On Rotten Tomatoes, the second season holds an approval rating of 99% based on 70 reviews, with an average rating of 8.3 out of 10. The site's critical consensus reads: "''Mindhunter'' expands its narrative horizons without losing sight of the details that made its first season so rich, crafting a chilling second season that is as unsettling as it is utterly absorbing."

Accolades

References

External links