Mindhunter

Mindhunter (2017) 

Mindhunter provided me with my strongest TV experience of 2017. If there is anything that could harm it in the eyes of viewers, it is somewhat paradoxically its connection with David Fincher, from whom, as the author of the legendary film Seven, you expect a bit of thrilling excitement and corresponding genre elements. Gunfights, chases, and fights are something you would search for in vain in Mindhunter. The categorization of a thriller seems somewhat confusing to me because it is much more of a psychological drama, which reminds me a bit of the HBO series In Treatment. Nevertheless, such precisely modeled, convincing, and charismatic characters are practically non-existent elsewhere in other series to this extent. Every detail fits perfectly, which can play and often does play its role in the story's structure. If you don't mind that the series is mainly driven by dialogues, give it a chance and watch two intellectuals in the ranks of the FBI who, along with their colleague from the civilian sector, try to lay the foundations of behavioral science, use it in practice, and repeatedly come into contact with multiple murderers and psychopaths, which of course has an impact on their own psyche. For me, this is the highest level of sophistication that I probably won't get to indulge in again soon as a fan of various series. Overall impression: 95%. (01/01/2018)