Mindhunter Season 2: A killer instinct slightly softened
“Seems to me, everything you know about serial killers has been gleaned from the ones who’ve been caught,” convicted murderer Ed Kemper tellsheroes Holden Ford and Bill Tench midway through the Netflix drama’s second season. Kemper is trying to insert himself into one of Ford and Tench’s ongoing investigations, but the line also plays as something of a meta comment onSeason One. In that original batch of episodes, inspired by the pioneering real-life work of John E.
Tench spends much of the season focusing on his unraveling family, after learning that his son Brian was present when several older kids unwittingly killed a toddler — and that Brian then suggested they crucify the boy. This not only leaves him frequently absent from work, but makes him distracted and suggestible when he’s there. During the interview with Manson, for instance, he loses his temper thinking about sociopaths who manipulate others into participating in despicable acts.
McCallany is terrific at portraying how helpless and afraid the big, strong, and seemingly unflappable Tench becomes over the course of the season. But the crisis with Brian feels way too manufactured, particularly when contrasted with the very real events being dramatized down in Atlanta. It’s the kind of arc lots of procedurals resort to in order to create emotional stakes for the characters and the audience.
On the whole, this season feels like a transitional one for the show . Dennis Rader , the BTK killer, continues to lurk in the background, mostly appearing in pre-credits teasers that promise his path will eventually cross our heroes’, but that will have to wait for at least another year. And even the Atlanta case doesn’t seem like tremendous proof of the team’s methods, since it’s old-fashioned stakeout work that introduces them to Williams.
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