MINDHUNTER (2017)

Name: MINDHUNTER
Released: 2017
Rating: 8.2
Cast: Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv, Stacey Roca

TV-MA 8.2/10 IMDb

Drama Crime

An agent in the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit develops profiling techniques as he pursues notorious serial killers and rapists.

Creator: Joe Penhall

Cast: Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv, Stacey Roca

Content Warnings

Identity & Discrimination

Hate crimes (depicted) (referenced)Homophobia / transphobia (depicted) Racial slurs / racism (depicted)

Mental Health & Emotional

Death of a child Forced institutionalization Grief / bereavement (major focus) Suicide (discussed or ideation) (referenced)

Other

Car accidents / crashes Gaslighting / emotional manipulation Infidelity Kidnapping / abduction Wrongful imprisonment

Phobias & Sensory

Confined spaces (claustrophobia) Drowning / underwater scenes

Sexual Content

Sexual coercion / non-consensual situations (referenced)

Substance Use

Alcohol abuse (depicted) Drug use (depicted)

Violence & Physical Harm

Animal cruelty / animal death (referenced)Child abuse / harm to children (referenced)Domestic violence / intimate partner abuse Gore / graphic violence Gun violence Sexual assault / rape (referenced)Torture

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Does It Get Worse?

Gets Worse Content intensity increases in later seasons.

12 series-wide warnings apply across all seasons.

Season 1 10 warnings

Avg severity:(3.0)

Grief / bereavement (major focus)Gaslighting / emotional manipulationInfidelityDrowning / underwater scenesAlcohol abuse (depicted)Drug use (depicted)Child abuse / harm to childrenDomestic violence / intimate partner abuseGore / graphic violenceGun violence

Season 2 10 warnings

Avg severity:(3.3)

Grief / bereavement (major focus)Gaslighting / emotional manipulationInfidelityDrowning / underwater scenesAlcohol abuse (depicted)Drug use (depicted)Domestic violence / intimate partner abuseGore / graphic violenceGun violenceTorture

Season 3 11 warnings

Avg severity:(3.5)

Forced institutionalizationGrief / bereavement (major focus)Suicide (discussed or ideation)Gaslighting / emotional manipulationInfidelityAlcohol abuse (depicted)Drug use (depicted)Domestic violence / intimate partner abuseGore / graphic violenceGun violenceTorture

Season 4 12 warnings

Avg severity:(3.7)

Grief / bereavement (major focus)Car accidents / crashesGaslighting / emotional manipulationInfidelityWrongful imprisonmentAlcohol abuse (depicted)Drug use (depicted)Child abuse / harm to childrenDomestic violence / intimate partner abuseGore / graphic violenceGun violenceTorture