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.
I know the Brian storyline has divided people. It probably was a little too heavy handed, but I really enjoyed it. Like Wendy's storyline, it gave us a sharp contrast in how things have evolved in child psychology. Lots of things I read pointed out that Brian might be on the spectrum, that he is dealing with trauma, but Nancy and Bill have no way of understanding that yet because that way of thinking wasn't mainstream yet. And I did like the idea of throwing this at Bill, if only to shake his faith that the BSU profiles were 100%. Are killers born or made or evolve?
I'm really interested in what they decide to do with Season 3. It feels like Wendy's turn to be in the spotlight since Holden and Bill have had their time. There's a lot to explore with her character.
But, yeah, it definitely creeped me out. Not Manson, I think he is more "celebrity" than mastermind. I just happened to listen to a podcast about another crazy person who Manson apparently copied (I think they briefly mention it in Mindhunter) so he wasn't even an original kind of crazy. Holden fawning over him and pretty much getting *nothing* of substance for his notes amused me. I guess he is all about manipulation, planting seeds, sort of like the candy killer you mentioned.
I swear, I need to watch the season AGAIN and write down all the parallels and connections between the cases they are studying. There was a lot going on. I binged the season and kind of regretted it afterwards, should have savored it!!!
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
I agree that the storyline with his son did add a lot to Bill’s character, even though I did find it a bit of a stretch. I’m curious to see what kind of role Brian plays in future seasons now that Nancy has left with him
And yeah that was one thing that surprised me, I was expecting Holden to have more of the answers than he did tbh, and instead his profile seemed pretty vague and they only ended up stumbling across the killer more out of luck than anything else. I suppose it makes a difference that it’s loosely based on a real life crime unit, and that doesn’t always make for such tidy answers as you get with your average detective show
I’m not sure when I will get around to rewatching season 2, but I was thinking afterwards that I wish I had given season 1 a rewatch beforehand, I’ve found that I’ve forgotten a lot of what happened in it as there was such a long gap between the two seasons!
I know the Brian storyline has divided people. It probably was a little too heavy handed, but I really enjoyed it. Like Wendy's storyline, it gave us a sharp contrast in how things have evolved in child psychology. Lots of things I read pointed out that Brian might be on the spectrum, that he is dealing with trauma, but Nancy and Bill have no way of understanding that yet because that way of thinking wasn't mainstream yet. And I did like the idea of throwing this at Bill, if only to shake his faith that the BSU profiles were 100%. Are killers born or made or evolve?
I'm really interested in what they decide to do with Season 3. It feels like Wendy's turn to be in the spotlight since Holden and Bill have had their time. There's a lot to explore with her character.
But, yeah, it definitely creeped me out. Not Manson, I think he is more "celebrity" than mastermind. I just happened to listen to a podcast about another crazy person who Manson apparently copied (I think they briefly mention it in Mindhunter) so he wasn't even an original kind of crazy. Holden fawning over him and pretty much getting *nothing* of substance for his notes amused me. I guess he is all about manipulation, planting seeds, sort of like the candy killer you mentioned.
I swear, I need to watch the season AGAIN and write down all the parallels and connections between the cases they are studying. There was a lot going on. I binged the season and kind of regretted it afterwards, should have savored it!!!
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I agree that the storyline with his son did add a lot to Bill’s character, even though I did find it a bit of a stretch. I’m curious to see what kind of role Brian plays in future seasons now that Nancy has left with him
And yeah that was one thing that surprised me, I was expecting Holden to have more of the answers than he did tbh, and instead his profile seemed pretty vague and they only ended up stumbling across the killer more out of luck than anything else. I suppose it makes a difference that it’s loosely based on a real life crime unit, and that doesn’t always make for such tidy answers as you get with your average detective show
I’m not sure when I will get around to rewatching season 2, but I was thinking afterwards that I wish I had given season 1 a rewatch beforehand, I’ve found that I’ve forgotten a lot of what happened in it as there was such a long gap between the two seasons!
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