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MINDHUNTER (Seasons 1 & 2)

Netflix Mini-Series 🎥 Review: “MINDHUNTER”. Critics gave it a 97% the users an 95%. Rated: TV-MA with 10 episodes in season 1 and 9 in season 2 with a running time of 1 hr each and an IMDb of 8.6/10. Cast: Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv, Hannah Gross, Cotter Smith, Stacey Roca, Joe Tuttle, Michael Cerveris, Lauren Glazier, Albert Jones and Sierra McClain just to name a few!

Catching a criminal often requires the authorities to get inside the villain's mind to figure out how he thinks. That's the job of FBI agents Holden Ford and Bill Tench. They attempt to understand and catch serial killers by studying their damaged psyches. Along the way, the agents pioneer the development of modern serial-killer profiling. The crime drama has a strong pedigree behind the camera, with Oscar-nominated director David Fincher and Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron among the show's executive producers.

Mindhunter is an American crime thriller web television series created by Joe Penhall, based on the true crime book Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit written by John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker. The series is executive produced by Penhall, David Fincher, and Charlize Theron among others, and debuted worldwide on Netflix on October 13, 2017. The second season was released on August 16, 2019.

My daughter recommend that I watch this and she was spot on! This was a fascinating, suspenseful drama exploring the origins of criminal psychology and profiling. It takes place in the mid 70’s when criminal profiling was in its beginning stages for the FBI.

I binged 19 episodes in just a few days and it hit a home run with me. First of all, David Fincher can do no wrong in my eyes, blending trance-like music with scenes that are unforgettable. He does this a few times and he is definitely the master at it. Every scene, every line, well-constructed and nothing wasted.

Mindhunter gets into your head very quickly and not only for the content, but for the era it is held in. If you weren't born in the 70's, that's OK because the producers here have done a masterful job in recreating America in that decade. I honestly don't know how they did it scene after scene.

Mindhunter is a series where each character leaves an indelible mark on your psyche. The content is deep and makes you wonder. I highly recommend that you start binging now. Season 2 was just released and season 3 is goin in production. I can’t wait.

No mater what you might think in the first couple episodes - STICK WITH IT - you won’t be sorry!!