Mindhunter
Excellent. Highly recommended, if you like this sort of drama. In the late 1970s two FBI agents fight to expand criminal science into what is now called 'profiling' by delving into the psychology of murder and getting uneasily close to all-too-real monsters.
Executive Producer David Fincher's (directed Se7en, Fight Club, Zodiac, The Social Network, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and Gone Girl) handiwork is all over this project. One reviewer said
"the 10-episode first season is so in tune with Fincher’s sensibilities that it plays almost like a TV series version of Zodiac." Fincher directed the first and last 2 episodes of Season 1. Netflix hired some excellent writers. Four of the 5 wrote for Mad Men.
Quotes from rotten tomatoes:
Netflix's Mindhunter finds a different path around the cliches, by showing how they were created in the first place.
Even though we know criminal profiling becomes the norm, it's enlightening to see Ford and Tench fight for the right to ask questions and watch in horror as they get answers.
Beautifully composed and tensely paced, Mindhunter is darkly addictive. The show deals with more than a few disturbing concepts and cases - those with a weaker constitution for such grim matters may find the stark details a little challenging to bear.
First season dropped on Netflix this week.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/mindhunter/s01/