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I Waited Two Years for Mindhunter Season 2…
Was it Worth the Wait?
Absolutely.
For the un-initiated: Mindhunter is a Netflix original that follows the FBI’s behavioral science unit — their speciality, serial killers.
Beginning in the late 1970s and following real events, season 1 takes us along through the development of this groundbreaking method for studying killers, focusing on their psychology and — to be somewhat redundant — learning what goes on inside their “mind” through interviews with notorious murderers.
Season 2 sees this methodology put into practice, used to solve the Atlanta Child Murders, which occurred from 1979–1981 — an investigation that was actually re-opened a few months ago.
Both season 1 and season 2 of Mindhunter have received rave reviews — 97% and 98% on Rotten Tomatoes, respectively.
But I don’t think anyone that watches is questioning how good the show is. Especially for lovers of the true crime genre, Mindhunter is just simply intoxicating.
Though after voraciously consuming season 1 in October, 2017, I waited and waited and waited — patiently! — for season 2.
I thought about it less, but the show never completely escaped my ‘mind’. Given the success of season 1 — and the money that Netflix…
