Had some trouble sleeping last night after finishing season 2 of Mindhunter!

[frelling_tralk]

Especially the opening and closing shots with the BTK killer *shudders

Comments

[mazephoenix]

I really liked this. Holden was the least intriguing one and it's a shame they sidelined Wendy so much. Kudos to the guys playing the killers-shudder. I do wonder who really killed all those kids. One person or several? Williams didn't seem wholly innocent but who knows? It was a very good season though and the actor playing Bill really shone.

[frelling_tralk]

I actually thought that Wendy was sidelined more in the first season, it’s been a while since I’ve watched it admittedly, but the only plot of hers I can only remember from then is her feeding the stray cat, so I was pleasantly surprised when season 2 seemed to be giving her a bigger role at first. It’s just a shame that it all fizzled out towards the end, she really wasn’t doing much of anything in the final episodes

Agreed that it was a good season for Bill, it felt like he was the main focus this season after the first season was more centred around Holden

And yeah idk, it seems like Williams must have been involved in some of the killings at the very least as there’s just too much pointing to him, but I can understand the families frustration, it’s hard to conclusively say that you have the guy when he was never actually charged with the children’s murders

[mazephoenix]

I felt so bad for the parents of those kids. So terrible to never have justice of any kind for their loved ones.

[lilly_the_kid]

I enjoyed this season a lot overall. However it was kind of strange that Holden seemed to lose interest in some of the killers so quickly. And I agree about Bill's son and his story being a bit of a stretch. That pulled me out of the story at times.

I heard about the candy man killer about half a year ago for the first time and also couldn't believe I hadn't heard about him earlier. John Wayne Gacy apparently was inspired by him and even copied his handcuff trick. Everyone has heard about Gacy but not about Corll. Weird.

[frelling_tralk]

Yeah I thought the way they handled it was interesting in what it added to Bill’s story and how he handled his job after that, but it did seem kind of extreme to reveal that his seven year old had been involved in something as dark as killing a toddler, it felt a bit tv contrived.

And I guess that Holden losing interest in some of the interviews did at least give the other guy (whose name I can’t think of at the moment!) a chance to step up, it would be cool to see him become an official part of the team next season. But still it was funny to see Holden be *such* a fanboy when it came to someone like Manson, and then just seeming downright bored with some of their other interview subjects. It is certainly interesting to consider what it is that seems to fascinate public attention with some criminals, but not others

[snogged]

I really enjoyed this season.

I also enjoyed knowing that the research and work they did on the Atlanta child murders actually opened up some cold cases from that time.

The BTK Killer is pretty damn terrifying. I read his daughter's autobiography and my heart broke for her.

[frelling_tralk]

I can’t imagine how you would even begin to cope with a revelation like that

[waltzmatildah]

I just finished this season as well, and I agree that it kind of fizzled out. In fact, because it was only 9 episodes long (and season 1 was 10), I didn't even realise I was watching the season finale until the credits rolled with the information regarding the real-life outcome of the Atlanta murders case. I definitely enjoyed season one more, even though season 2 started out promising big things. Do you know if a season 3 is in the works?

[frelling_tralk]

It seemed to me that what made the biggest difference was that Holden only really seemed excited about two of the serial killer interviews, otherwise he seemed pretty much over that aspect of it, I guess that they were more ready to start applying their theories to real world cases this season. And it probably didn’t help that it was based on a real life murder investigation, and those don’t always tend to be as neatly tied up as tv shows. I was a bit confused at first at all of these doubts and sense of let down being introduced in the end after it seemed so certain at first that they had their guy, and then it all made a lot more sense when I read up on the real case that it was based on, but of course tv crime/detective shows don’t usually end that ambiguously as a general rule, so that was something a bit different from what many viewers were perhaps expecting. Tbh I was kind of expecting Holden to work up a way more detailed profile, and for the unit to be a lot more helpful when it came to tracking down the killer, and instead

[orangerful]

I think the Atlanta Child Murder storyline really showed lots of issues with how much in their infancy the BSU really is. Holden wants it to be ready for prime time, but it wasn't and when he tries to force a profile to appear, it becomes obvious that he is stretching. The racism running rampant in the city was throwing off the entire investigation. The police just didn't take the idea of it being one killer seriously. I think that is why it is still considered unsolved because there really were too many loose ends to say for sure

[frelling_tralk]

I thought the same thing about Manson, I guess that he’s better known than most partly because it was a famous person that was killed, but I found it amusing to see Holden almost acting like a fanboy around him, while Bill found him completely unimpressive