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Mindhunter

Two FBI agents, fighting the departmental stigma of backroom boys - those who try to complicate the status quo of simple Means, Motive, Opportunity (MMO) of crime-solving with academics - work to develop an innovative investigative field incorporating psychology, anthropology and sociology as a method to reveal the motive. They acknowledge classic crime-solving - MMO - as no longer sufficient because criminality is becoming more complicated as Motive graduates from need and greed to inexplicable and irrational reasons. They theorize applying deeper psychological evaluation will posit new questions. Simply, asking Why will lead to the Who. This series focuses on the development by two men, two agents, of a new criminal field and does so through story lines of visiting the sociopathic mind. Use this page to compare tone, genre fit (Crime, Drama, Mystery), first airing in 2017, and whether this series is worth starting now.

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Story of Mindhunter

Two FBI agents, fighting the departmental stigma of backroom boys - those who try to complicate the status quo of simple Means, Motive, Opportunity (MMO) of crime-solving with academics - work to develop an innovative investigative field incorporating psychology, anthropology and sociology as a method to reveal the motive. They acknowledge classic crime-solving - MMO - as no longer sufficient because criminality is becoming more complicated as Motive graduates from need and greed to inexplicable and irrational reasons. They theorize applying deeper psychological evaluation will posit new questions. Simply, asking Why will lead to the Who. This series focuses on the development by two men, two agents, of a new criminal field and does so through story lines of visiting the sociopathic mind.

Use this page to compare tone, genre fit (Crime, Drama, Mystery), first airing in 2017, and whether this series is worth starting now.

Title facts

  • Type Series
  • Release year 2017
  • Released 13 Oct 2017
  • Runtime 60 minutes
  • Content rating TV-MA
  • IMDb rating IMDb 8.6/10 from 391,041 votes
  • Genres Crime, Drama, Mystery
  • Languages English
  • Countries United States
  • Seasons 2 seasons

Cast

Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv

Direction and writing

Written by: Joe Penhall

Awards and recognition

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. 5 wins & 34 nominations total

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