Netflix has officially confirmed the dramatic series, Mindhunter, will be back for a second season. Mindhunter is a fresh take on crime procedurals, delving into the murders committed by serial killers as part of the research process by FBI agents to get into the minds of people who repeatedly kill.
Jonathan Groff (Looking, Glee, Frozen) and Holt McCallany (Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Blue Bloods) lead the cast that includes Anna Torv (Fringe, Secret City), Hannah Gross (Unless, Marjorie Prime), and newcomer Cameron Britton who earned rave reviews for his portrayal of infamous serial killer Ed Kemper in season one.
The dramatic thriller was created by Joe Penhall (The Road) and is executive produced by David Fincher (Gone Girl, The Social Network, Zodiac), Joshua Donen (The Quick and the Dead), Charlize Theron (Girlboss, Hatfields & McCoys), and Cean Chaffin (Gone Girl, Fight Club). Fincher directed four episodes of the first season. Asif Kapadia (Amy, Senna), Tobias Lindholm (A War, A Hijacking), and Andrew Douglas (The Amityville Horror, U Want Me 2 Kill Him?) each directed two episodes of season one.
The first season was released in October 2017 and currently sits at 96% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with 69 fresh reviews and only three rotten. In his review, NPR’s David Bianculli explained what sets it apart. “Most TV crime dramas are whodunits. Columbo famously reversed things by starting with the murder, and making it a ‘How’d he get him?’ Mindhunter, in contrast to both those approaches, is all about motive. It’s a ‘Whydunit,'” wrote Bianculli.
The Mindhunter Plot: How do we get ahead of crazy if we don’t know how crazy thinks? In Mindhunter, FBI agents Holden Ford (Groff) and Bill Tench (McCallany) study the damaged psyches of serial killers in an attempt to understand and catch them, and in the process pioneer the development of modern serial killer profiling.
