Mindhunter Season 1
Overview
Mindhunter Season 1 is the first season of Netflix's psychological crime thriller, based on the true-crime book Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit by John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker. The first season is set in the late 1970s, at the beginning of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit. The series follows two FBI agents, Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff) and Bill Tench (Holt McCallany), who travel the country interviewing imprisoned serial killers to understand their psychology. They hope to use this knowledge to solve ongoing cases. The first season features interviews with real-life serial killers, including Ed Kemper (Cameron Britton), who is calm, articulate, and terrifying; Jerry Brudos (Happy Anderson), who has a foot fetish; and Charles Manson (Damon Herriman), who is charismatic and manipulative. The first season ends with Holden having a panic attack.
