The Netflix series follows the founding of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit (BSU) in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Based on the 1995 non-fiction book Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit by John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker, the show chronicles the origins of modern criminal profiling. Series Overview

: The series ran for two seasons (19 episodes total) before being placed on indefinite hold in 2020. In 2023, Fincher confirmed the series had definitively ended. Season 1 Highlights (1977–1980)

The first season establishes the BSU at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia . Colonial Parkway Murders - Facebook