MINDHUNTER

Red tape hinders Holden's plan to narrow his suspect pool. A weary and heartsick Bill tries to connect with his son. Wendy rethinks her relationship.

Yeah, fucked up my truck with that go-kart.

Let's get anything corroborative we can, get 'em in here.

I won't allow what amounts to be a fishing expedition to jeopardize that.

- No. How do I get that? - You gotta get that off your work order.

Thank you. Hey, honey.

And I'm still looking for something permanent.

No, no. It's nothing like that. It's... nothing.

This is my place of business.

might go out and get me another kid.

Don't look like it much as you checking that watch.

- We start with breaking news... - He passed, huh?

I can do that.

to recognize some very special members of our audience.

Any ID?

And the family issue I'm dealing with happens to be that my seven-year-old son

We may even get lucky and catch him in the act.

We don't even know who we looking for.

Atlanta's not Baltimore.

on the so-called "Bat Patrol."

♪ And ME, I eat dust ♪

Wen? Are you there?

near the stadium.

- Yes, we're here. - Awake here.

Hitting a dead end, Holden suggests a bold plan to draw the killer out. Bill's family faces more scrutiny. Wendy chafes as her job begins to shift.

- Mm-hmm. My whole life. - So you know your way around.

You're in people's homes,

with your truck.

You're tellin' me you went into the woods to jack off?

I'm no good to anyone after 24 goddamn hours.

- Hello. - He's fucking with us.

Every major county except for Rockdale.

This sounds like a whole lot of screwin' around,

- He had no interest in ever talking to us. - I thought you had him primed.

your expertise is needed here in analysis.

We want him to identify these sites as memorials.

I do not, in any way, want to diminish any of those aspects of healing.

weekends tryin' to catch my breath.

The doctors said he was fine,

What we do is still pretty new,

You remember me, right?

Tell him you want to keep going. He's not a mind reader.

You're already here four nights a week.

You keep saying that... that we'll just figure this out,

but there are rumblings city hall might open an investigation.

- We all do, Agent Tench. - Thank you, sir.

But this guy isn't preying on our victim pool.

They say it takes time.

Uh... where he was.

He wrote "I Feel Your Love in the Sunshine,"

It's a blessing Patrick never had to know about him.

The city says early investigations point to a faulty boiler.

Please, let me be very clear, there is no evidence of Klan involvement.

We are not your adversaries in this problem.

While we are losing babies!

the explosion, the killings. They didn't care what he had to say.

I need an agent from the bureau to serve as liaison for the operation.

We can't not investigate that.

The FBI officially sends the BSU to Atlanta to investigate the missing and murdered children. Wendy second-guesses her interview methods.

and spent between two and six weeks in the Hudson River.

Tickled to death? Whole new meaning.

to open an FBI investigation

right after the directors' retreat.

I'll spend the afternoon here, do what I can.

Anybody can roll a camera on a piece of muscle

Addison was holding court at the bar.

The fear... that's what you want to play with.

How far you can go.

- Less time? - Crazy, right?

Of course.

This has grown.

Staked out a three-mile stretch of Sigman Road overnight...

Was it because the baby was crying?

and has no interaction with his peers.

Good to know.

Brian?

focus on their next move instead of just reacting.

Can we really learn from someone like him, Agent?

these killers develop a sickening personal signature.

Fine.

"Do you find yourself initiating conversations?"

So he rope-a-doped you?

Folks have been saying that a few of these boys

to go back to a specific site where he had killed before.

I'm redeploying today's search to a previous dump site...

And sometimes they go to Elsie's. There.

I wasn't here.

No police-type vehicle.

Excuse me a moment? Mr. and Mrs. Peteet, right this way.

You are the very lifeblood of the arts in Atlanta.

The men who perpetrate them are compelled to repeat the crime...

Bill's devastating family situation spills over during his interview with Holden's holy-grail subject: Charles Manson. Wendy's new romance heats up.

I'm asking you, as the leader of your department,

- I'm happy to talk to Ted. - No. You're not talking to anyone.

Yeah. You know, just... I'll be back in tomorrow.

slow... parker.

I've got real shelves, and I don't think that shelves equate

So whether he participated or not, he's culpable.

with a subject who hasn't actually taken a life.

and will be critical in determining Brian's future.

All grew up in average homes, had high school educations,

they'd emerge and create a new civilization.

No.

And you keep it locked?

We need to establish a baseline for how he behaves in this environment

prejudice, and follies.

Oh.

All of them.

Now is the only thing that's real.

It was Sadie who started hearing messages in the White Album.

Right and wrong got nothing to do with it.

I'm tired of being your goat. I'm tired of being your reflection.

- That's it. - Bill.

- You can't spend one more day? - No, I can't.

Why exactly were you late, Mr. Tench?

Charlie's not a tough guy, so he created a prophet persona.

But Charlie was giving us so many drugs, we didn't know what fear was.

What happened in the house?

And then we went into the living room.

I hope not.

What if the point of Helter Skelter wasn't a race war?

People who only had to have their fear removed to do what they did.

The good news is, I'm already a fan, so there's no need to sell me.

Berkowitz, even Manson, that they have never said to anybody else.

I'll get your drink, and we can finish our conversation.

and the older boys ended up suffocating the toddler.

Holden develops a controversial profile in the Atlanta slayings. Wendy conducts her first interview and finds being on the front lines suits her well.

You a cop?

Woman who swept up at the church. Had a young son.

Were you asked to consult on this case?

and was running it by the unit

Go on.

You'll just have to do it from the comfort of Quantico.

and the center pins in a straight line...

You know, so wise that I barely took a breath without seeking her approval,

I'd already done what my parents wanted, what he wanted.

I remember it was a huge case.

Henley and another young man, David Brooks,

So, how does a teenager go from victim

We were getting briefed by the case agent. He got a little sidetracked.

Here. For roughhousing.

Watch his reaction.

I don't care what that says I said. I never killed anyone.

Everyone of y'all are the same.

You know what assumptions tell me?

I am only interested in your side of the story,

I didn't think much. He was payin' 200 for each.

- and rape those boys. - I never raped anyone.

He passed me, I shot him three more times in the back.

Did he ever ask me to suck his dick? Is that what you want to know?

I have a motto.

Yes. Commissioner, I'd like you to meet Agents Tench and Ford

All are from the same socioeconomic background.

He might drive a vehicle disarming to kids.

What do you mean? Who told you this?

the woman, that relationship, that was...

Does this look like we don't care about our children?

It's a dollar.

You need to talk to your wife.

Bill gets drawn into a horrifying crime that hits close to home. Holden receives an intriguing offer while in Atlanta to interview a pair of killers.

You been up long?

- Yeesh. - I was up all night.

I brought you some shoes.

None.

What am I gonna say?

I ain't half, I'm whole-witted.

- You know what I mean. - No, I don't. What do you mean?

He up and dissipated.

Junior, you confessed to all three of those.

- I was intimated. - Intimated?

I liked being on the road.

I imagine not everybody you meet on the road is polite.

Weren't no confession.

The next great metropolis has got some issues.

There it is. It's a queen bed for one night?

You in town for a conference?

- Mostly miss. - Thank you.

- You look kind of young for FBI. - Ernie.

Angel.

She has seen too much pain.

We waited, we prayed, but we are done.

I was going, but, um... got a bug. He said he could handle it.

With her, and Venus Taylor, and Willie Mae Mathis.

'Cause they were white.

In fact, they didn't even know Gail Jackson existed.

Mr. Hance, you met Karen Hickman, Gail Jackson,

No, just... local.

so these kids, sadly...

And they reopened every single one of them to investigate.

Copy that.

And he's assured me that they're already following up

Never seen her as that.

Three of his victims tied up and raped, murdered. BTK-like.

We should look into that.

well, we'd like to know...

To glean insight into the elusive BTK killer, Bill and Holden interview the Son of Sam, who makes a startling admission.

But every time we get a letter, we get a new detail.

♪ To the ground ♪

They had to have seen everything.

I got nothin'.

somehow sacred,

But the son of a bitch wants credit for every single one.

Can't be a buck-forty soppin' wet.

On that Thursday, your sister left her car in the driveway,

The jacket was bulky.

I... couldn't tell what was going on.

Uh... no.

Everything would be different if I had only shot him.

He must have heard me move because he was on me again.

Um... He wore a watch.

Every time I walk into a store, every time somebody walks into a room.

Kevin wasn't expected either.

maybe peeping neighborhood girls, assaulting prostitutes.

Look at this page.

Because all of our subjects are important.

but their effects are very real.

Whatever you feel about Holden's health, if he blows this with Berkowitz,

and away from all these assholes?

And he says a demon inhabiting a neighbor's dog made him do it.

He came down to my cell in the middle of the night.

- Is he shitting me? - Guy's killed seven so far.

They had this absurd theory

- Found out she never wanted me. - That must've been hard.

And once they've done that, they are in complete control.

They tormented me.

A guy who talks to dogs, hears demons.

They all bought it, David, didn't they?

I never wanted to rape anybody.

You go out every night,

His own narcissism forces him to admit that the demons were fabricated.

Naming himself, communicating with the media.

Organized or disorganized?

Mrs. Tench, are you the Realtor for 1159 Cimmaron Court?

There's a lockbox. The combination is the street address.

We have a lot of latent evidence, and we need to eliminate her.

Amid sweeping changes at the BSU, Holden deals with severe repercussions from his close encounter with Ed Kemper.

I got two coolers of beer.

Well, you know Dale? He's got the Tudor around the corner.

Do they tell you why they do it?

Sure we do.

End of the day. He ask for Holden?

- Well, this has been cold for a while. - His last victim was in '77,

So sloppy, it's a miracle he got away with it.

After the last one, they asked if they should tell the city

Peg is gonna finally make me visit all those grandkids.

I'm sorry. I had to get to the end.

we know he can learn.

He does what he does best, but on the track.

If it recurs, benzodiazepine works. Here's a script with one refill.

So having a captive pool of subjects whose issues are profound

between method and madness, Dr. Carr.

- Yes. - Then here's what's gonna happen.

He came in, dropped his things, went upstairs without a word.

was it somehow racially determined?

With OPR, I took full responsibility for suggesting the transcripts be altered.

I...

OPR has officially closed its inquiry.

This room is being wired for a CPU to handle all your data.

Followed the marines one day after work. Like a line of ants.

Actually, they said I had several. I don't remember.

But his most lasting legacy could be our Behavioral Science Unit,

like trout, pike, and bass...

I've only had the honor of working with you for 3 of your 27 years.

You're practically sneaking out of your own party. I just feel like...

Jesus. You really are a pussy.