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Mindhunter

Mindhunter

Description: Catching a criminal often requires the authorities to get inside the villain's mind to figure out how he thinks. That's the job of FBI agents Holden Ford and Bill Tench. They attempt to understand and catch serial killers by studying their damaged psyches. Along the way, the agents pioneer the development of modern serial-killer profiling. The crime drama has a strong pedigree behind the camera, with Oscar-nominated director David Fincher and Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron among the show's executive producers.
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime
Year Released: 2017
Number of seasons: 2
Number of episodes: 19
First episode air date: October 13, 2017
Program Creator: Joe Penhall
Writers: Joe Penhall, Elizabeth Hannah, Joshua Donen, MORE
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