Mindhunter
Season 1
10 listed hours · 2017–2019 · Netflix
From the desk
How this season is filed
FBI agents and a psychologist interview imprisoned killers to invent behavioral profiling — fluorescent dread, Fincher frost, long silences. Joe Penhall from the Douglas/Olshaker book; Groff, McCallany, Torv as office tragedy. Two seasons of process-as-thrills, then the stall that enlarged the cult. Serial-killer television without gore as the main course.
TV Flash files Season 1 of Mindhunter (2017–2019) on Netflix as the first listed season of 2 — 10 listed hours, 2017-10-13 from “Episode 1” (S01E01) to “Episode 10” (S01E10). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.
Desk essentials in this season
- S01E01 Episode 1
Season one's first hour is Fincher frost: FBI interviews as the invention of profiling, process-as-thrills from the first silence.
- S01E07 Episode 7
A mid-season-one process hour: long silences as the thriller, imprisoned killers as the research beat, not a chase montage.
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S01E01 Episode 1
In 1977, frustrated FBI hostage negotiator Holden Ford finds an unlikely ally in veteran agent Bill Tench and begins studying a new class of murderer.
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S01E02 Episode 2
Holden interviews the eerily articulate murderer Ed Kemper, but his research provokes negative feedback at the Bureau.
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S01E03 Episode 3
Dr. Wendy Carr joins Holden and Tench in their first success, when their insights lead to an arrest.
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S01E04 Episode 4
Bill and Holden consult with Dr. Wendy Carr to begin classifying their subjects. They receive surprising news.
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S01E05 Episode 5
Holden and Bill return to a perplexing case in Pennsylvania where a set of clues leading in multiple directions leaves no shortage of suspects.
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S01E06 Episode 6
Wendy considers an offer. Holden and Bill struggle to communicate the meaning of their findings to the judicial system in the baffling Altoona case.
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S01E07 Episode 7
Wendy takes a career risk to relocate and join the team full time. Holden and Bill find it harder to keep the emotional intensity of work at bay.
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S01E08 Episode 8
Bill and Wendy interview candidates for a fourth member of the team. Holden is intrigued by complaints about a school principal's odd habit.
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S01E09 Episode 9
Holden's methods during a disturbing interview with mass murderer Richard Speck create dissension among the team and kick off an internal FBI probe.
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S01E10 Episode 10
The team cracks under pressure from an in-house review. Holden's bold style elicits a confession but puts his career, relationships and health at risk.
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