I binge-watched both seasons of this series and have read many of the hundreds of reviews just to hear what other viewers have to say. I totally agree that the focal switch to the Atlanta child murders was laborious and caused the series to lose momentum. However I strongly believe that the purpose behind all of that was to follow the arc of what happened with the then new science/art of criminal profiling. It became political football rather than a straightforward FBI investigation which, if left alone, may have had a very different outcome. I felt encouraged when a new FBI senior agent took over, giving the Special Agents all of the support and leeway they so richly deserved only to show his true colors in that final scene as he boarded the private jet. It's a shame that all these years later so many of the murders remain unsolved because the multitude of cases were considered solved and/or closed. I suggest anyone read John Douglas's book by the same name (Mindhunter) to get a more precise version of what happened with agents (himself and a handful of other agents) who pioneered the whole concept of combining good, old-fashioned detective work with psychology to give criminal profiling it's early, imperfect wings, much like the Wright brothers first few flights.
Review of Mindhunter
