Mindhunters

Mindhunters has quietly become one of the more dependable crime dramas currently available in Australia on Netflix, and in the US on Starz Apple TV Channel and Kanopy. The length is exactly right for the story it is telling — nothing rushed, nothing dragged out. With 1,345 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. Kathryn Morris sets the tone, and the ensemble matches it scene for scene. Put it on tonight on Netflix and see for yourself.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, Mindhunters earns its spot. The plotting in Mindhunters is tight enough that the twists feel earned rather than assembled. Trainees in the FBI's psychological profiling program must put their training into practice when they discover a killer in their midst. Based very loosely on Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None. Kathryn Morris and Jonny Lee Miller lead a cast that never lets the mystery feel thin. It hit screens in 2004. Mindhunters is at its best in the quiet scenes between the plot beats, where the character work actually happens. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

Viewers who think they have seen every crime drama tend to find Mindhunters proves them wrong. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. A contained runtime means every scene is doing real work. Kathryn Morris anchors it, but the writing does the real work. If you are going to commit to one crime drama this month, make it this one.