Binged the whole Mindhunter series in 3 days and wow that finale rage is real

I finally watched Mindhunter on Netflix after my coworker kept telling me it was a masterpiece. Got through all 19 episodes in a 3 day stretch last week, barely sleeping or eating, it was that good. But then the show ends on a massive cliffhanger with Bill and Holden in 1991 and they never made season 3. Why would Netflix drop something this tight with zero closure? Anyone else still bitter about that cancellation?

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reesemiller25d ago

I read somewhere that the real FBI guys from the Behavioral Science Unit were actually pretty upset with how the show portrayed Holden, so maybe the cancellation was a blessing in disguise. I still think the finale was a gut punch though, especially with the BTK stuff just sitting there unresolved. My buddy who worked on a true crime podcast says Netflix saw the numbers drop off after season 1 and just moved on to other cheaper shows. It's a bummer because that interview with Ed Kemper in season 1 was some of the best TV I've ever seen.

paulw8725d ago

Look man I gotta disagree hard on this one. You say "that finale rage is real" but honestly I was glad it ended where it did. The show was getting kinda repetitive by season 2 with Holden doing the same "I'm a genius profiler who knows better than everyone" routine over and over. Plus that whole BTK subplot was WAY more interesting than the main story and they barely touched it. At least the ending gave us some real tension with Bill's personal life falling apart instead of another interview where Holden tries to one-up some serial killer.