Mindhunter

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Season 2
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 13, 2017
Season #: 2, 1
User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 188 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 168 out of 188
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 188
  3. Negative: 9 out of 188
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  1. Jdank
    Aug 18, 2019
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I really hate to give this a 6 because I love the show and I loved certain parts of Season 2 but when it ended I was so unsatisfied I had to write this immediately. The whole Atlanta thing got dragged on way to long. They made it a show where they leave everything they built behind to focus on Holden and Tench getting stonewalled every direction they go. That in itself was frustrating because they finally made progress. I still love the show and will rewatch the Manson episode and some others which I really enjoyed.

    Edit: I changed my mind a bit after sleeping on it. Good season and I still love the show but I just feel they could of taken what they built in season 1 and went to new heights with S2    … Expand
  2. SuperMax156
    Aug 24, 2019
    5
    This show is pretty good, but what has made it worse than the first season is the obnoxious lesbian character who was not as big a characters in the first series. She is completely shoehorned into the show and is portrayed as morally superior to the, surprise, surprise white men. Unfortunately what we have her is the retarded liberal politics spoiling what is otherwise a very good show.This show is pretty good, but what has made it worse than the first season is the obnoxious lesbian character who was not as big a characters in the first series. She is completely shoehorned into the show and is portrayed as morally superior to the, surprise, surprise white men. Unfortunately what we have her is the retarded liberal politics spoiling what is otherwise a very good show. Still worth a watch, just do what I do, fast forward when this characters is on screen. Don't worry, you won't miss anything, her character is completely irrelevant and adds nothing to the show or advances the plot in any way.… Expand
  3. garmonbozia
    Aug 21, 2019
    6
    First season of "Mindhunter" was very meandering, chaotic and boring at times. Season 2 is better, but it still has some problems. it is more focused on storytelling and on characters. But not all of the creators' choices were good. I found Holden a bit lacking storywise. I liked his rocky relationship with mothers from Atlanta, but that's it. The screenwriters forgot about his panicFirst season of "Mindhunter" was very meandering, chaotic and boring at times. Season 2 is better, but it still has some problems. it is more focused on storytelling and on characters. But not all of the creators' choices were good. I found Holden a bit lacking storywise. I liked his rocky relationship with mothers from Atlanta, but that's it. The screenwriters forgot about his panic attacks so quickly that it added completely nothing to the story. I found Wendy's lesbian storyline utterly tiresome. It's the same story we've seen so many times in different shows e.g. "E.R." in the 90's. It really brings nothing new to the table just recycles well known themes. Bill's family drama was probably the best if it comes to characters. The interviews with serial killers aren't my favourite part. It's like watching talking heads (all of the show is kinda like that) but you can see real versions of interviews with those killers on you tube, so praising the show for just imitate those is not that interesting. I wish they were more dramatic, and have more to do with a plot or with characters. Yes, they have some elements of that but imho not enough. Also I're read books about serial killers so most of the stuff aren't nothing new for me. This show lacks in suspense, lacks in drama, lacks in engaging action and situations. They are here, but they are scattered rather scarcely throughout the season. For me - there were moments of boredom during those 9 hours of TV. The action is too slow, it becomes too repetitive and uneventful. I liked Fincher's "Zodiac". It was also "talking heads" but there was action, thrill, and emotions in it. Maybe the creators should've shortened the season to make it more condensed. I do believe some of the scenes were unnecessary and some of the plots should be trimmed a bit. I liked that we got the feeling of a pack from our main characters under the wings of a new boss. Maybe they still don't trust one another and aren't rely on themselves 100% but they are a team and it shows and it's a great development. At the end of the second season every of the main characters ends up in a lonely place - so now I guess is the time when they should be a real team.

    And rember just because one of the creators of the show is David Fincher, doesn't mean you have to give his work 10/10 ;) I loved "Seven" or "Zodiac" but I completely hated "Gone girl" - the most ridiculous, bonkers and stupid movie in years.    … Expand
  4. mongz79
    Aug 18, 2019
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Warning: Some spoilers

    This season was really disappointing. I was expecting them to do a lot more with developing Holden's character, especially the way the first season ended. Instead, they spent a lot of time on Tench and his family(which wasn't that interesting), and on Wendy and her new relationship(which wasn't interesting at all). They seemed to take the focus off of multiple cases, and instead focused most of the second season on one case, which was a mistake. I was astonished at how little time they spent on Manson. It seemed like a huge missed opportunity. But the worst decision by far, was to barely have Kemper in the entire 2nd season, and he's basically an afterthought at that. The way the first season ended, it was prime for them to continue to develop Kemper and Holden's odd relationship. For me, I enjoyed the first season so much, because it spent the most time on Holden, who is brilliant, and his forays into communicating and developing relationships with serial killers. The second season, he's not the lead character, and we are forced to follow Tench dealing with a serious, but boring home life,along with following Dr. Carr and her new relationship. I guess I'm confused as to why the show is based on the minds of serial killers, but so much time is spent on the mundane and trivial relationships that could be in almost any drama. Where is the mind hunting? I hope for the 3rd season, if the 2nd season is successful, it returns to the formula that made the first show a success in the first place.    … Expand
  5. SWEEPtheLEG175
    Aug 19, 2019
    6
    Season 1 has more tension. Both start off slow, but you never get the same tension you get in first season. The acting, production, and directing are sill fantastic. The Atlanta Child Murders just drag on.
  6. OlivierPiel
    Aug 20, 2019
    4
    very underwhelming, a real let down after season 1. It seems that the characters are overwritten and oversimplified at the same time. The clichéd American Hollywood tropes that had mostly evaded season 1 appear everywhere to pander to 21st century neuroses that didn't exist in the 80's (lesbianism, oversimplification of racial tensions, even work/life balance etc...) Dr. Carr is avery underwhelming, a real let down after season 1. It seems that the characters are overwritten and oversimplified at the same time. The clichéd American Hollywood tropes that had mostly evaded season 1 appear everywhere to pander to 21st century neuroses that didn't exist in the 80's (lesbianism, oversimplification of racial tensions, even work/life balance etc...) Dr. Carr is a particularly annoying and implausible psychologist, delivering self-assured yet naive ad-hoc scientific verdicts based on razor-thin evidence and sample size, whereas psychology is the scientific field where doubt and prudence should be at the center of every observation.… Expand
  7. Mcgregor
    Feb 6, 2020
    4
    I hope they re-watch season 1 and recapture some more of that because this season is making me wonder if I should keep watching.

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#24 Most Discussed TV Season of 2019

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Metascore
85

Universal acclaim - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Ed Power
    Jan 3, 2020
    100
    The series fascinates rather than unsettles. Yet the picture it paints of Manson, Rader and the rest is never glib. It’s a remarkable achievement and one of those rare “binge-watch” shows that lives up to the billing. You really will want to snaffle it down in one sitting.
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  2. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Jack Seale
    Dec 3, 2019
    80
    Mindhunter gets out of sleuth-cliche jail through our fascination with the real cases it dramatises: those who have devoured the BTK and Atlanta cases via true-crime podcasts and Wikipedia binges ought to appreciate the lurid creepiness of the former and the elusive oddness of the latter. It’s all a quality guilty thrill.
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  3. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    Aug 28, 2019
    80
    The show’s narrative is more cohesive this season, too. The team is driven to collect more data from the killers because the so-called Atlanta Child Murders are unfolding and they want to help out with their newfangled profiling. It’s all very, very dark, which for me is very, very intriguing.
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