This is a very, very slow paced "think piece" about how, in the 1970s, the FBI began to do profiling in order to understand why and how people do unthinkable things to each other.
And when we hear some of these people share their stories it's really no wonder they've turned to what we call deviant behavior. Mindhunter is essentially about crime solving with academics. But the eventual goal is crime prevention. Beware! It's dark. Both in content and visually. (We can hardly see it.) Much of it is interviews with serial killers. Not for the squeamish.
Just by coincidence, if you believe in that sort of thing, I have just finished re-reading the # 1 bestselling "Silence of the Lambs" by Thomas Harris. I read it the first time when it came out in 1988, and then saw the film which won the Big Five Academy Awards in 1991 for best film, producer, director, screenwriter and actor."Silence of the Lambs" is fiction. But it also explores why people do evil things to other people. FBI rookie Clarice Starling gets inside Buffalo Bill's head. She also has great respect for Dr. Lector's intellect and rules of conduct.
I don't think he'd ever bushwhack me - it's rude, and he wouldn't get to ask any questions that way. Sure he'd do it as soon as I bored him.
So if you, like me, must wait for season two of Mindhunter, I suggest you re-read "Silence of the Lambs." It's full of brilliant minds, evil and good. And this time around I was way more aware of the strong, smart, good women, especially Clarice and Catherine Martin.
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