None of this means the two-season Netflix series is canceled, exactly; both the service, and cast, are reportedly enthusiastic about getting a third season of huntin’ minds on the books. It’s just that Fincher (who directs roughly half its episodes and serves as showrunner) is currently pretty busy, working on other projects like his long-gestating movie about Citizen Kane writer Herman J. Mankiewicz. But as much as Netflix likes Mindhunter and all, it’s not going to keep paying performers to sit around not catching serial killers while Fincher is working on other stuff.
It’s always possible that the Mindhunter team might one day reassemble, although it’ll get less and less likely as the show’s busy cast finds roles on other series or films that do not involve the bagging and tagging of persistent murderfolks.. But even if we never get back in touch with the BSU, we’ll always know that the true pleasures were the minds we hunted along the way, a sentiment captured so poignantly in the show’s Paul F. Tompkins-penned theme song once upon a time.
