Mindhunter (TV series)

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Mindhunter is an American crime drama 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. In November 2017, Mindhunter was renewed for a second season.

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Plot

Set in 1977 - in the early days of criminal psychology and criminal profiling at the Federal Bureau of Investigation - Mindhunter revolves around FBI agents Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff) and Bill Tench (Holt McCallany), along with psychologist Wendy Carr (Anna Torv), who interview imprisoned serial killers in order to understand how they think with the hope of applying this knowledge to solving ongoing cases.

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Cast and characters

Main

• Jonathan Groff as Holden Ford, a special agent in the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit
• Holt McCallany as Bill Tench, a special agent in the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit
• Hannah Gross as Debbie Mitford, Holden's girlfriend and a post-graduate student at University of Virginia
• Anna Torv as Wendy Carr, a closeted psychology professor working towards tenure at Boston University
• Cotter Smith as Shepard, unit chief of the FBI National Training Academy

Recurring

• Stacey Roca as Nancy Tench, Bill's wife
• Joe Tuttle as Gregg Smith, an FBI Special Agent
• Alex Morf as Mark Ocasek, a detective
• Joseph Cross as Benjamin Barnwright
• Marc Kudisch as Roger Wade
• Michael Park as Peter Dean
• George R. Sheffey as John Boylen
• Duke Lafoon as Gordon Chambers, a detective
• Peter Murnik as Roy Carver, a detective
• Lena Olin as Annaliese Stilman, head of the Boston university department and girlfriend of Wendy Carr
• Thomas Francis Murphy as McGraw, a detective
• Cameron Britton as Edmund Kemper, a serial killer interviewed by Ford and Tench
• Sam Strike as Montie Rissell, a serial killer interviewed by Ford and Tench
• Happy Anderson as Jerry Brudos, a serial killer interviewed by Ford and Tench
• Jack Erdie as Richard Speck, a mass murderer interviewed by Ford and Tench
• Sonny Valicenti as ADT Serviceman (based on Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer)

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Development and production

In February 2016, Netflix announced that the production of Mindhunter would be based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Filming began in May 2016, and open casting calls were held on April 16 and June 25, 2016. The series was renewed for a second season before its premiere on Netflix.

The character of Holden Ford is based on FBI agent John E. Douglas, and Bill Tench is based on pioneering FBI agent Robert K. Ressler. Dr. Wendy Carr is based on psychiatric forensic researcher Dr. Ann Wolbert Burgess, a prominent Boston College professor who collaborated with the FBI agents in the Behavioral Science Unit and procured grants to conduct research on serial murderers, serial rapists, 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.

The musical score is written by Jason Hill.

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Episodes

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Reception

On Metacritic, the first season has a score of 79 out of 100 based on 25 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 96% approval rating with an average score of 7.83 out of 10 based on 79 reviews, and the site's critical consensus states, "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 by Time, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, New York Observer, Slant Magazine, Vanity Fair, Vogue, Yahoo, and The Independent. 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.

Accolades

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References

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External links

• Official website
• Mindhunter on IMDb

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