‘Mindhunter’ Season 2 Release Date Confirmed By David Fincher
Fire up the tape recorder and get ready to buddy-up to some serial killers all over again.Mindhunter, the excellent Netflix series from producerDavid Fincher, is finally coming back for a new season – and soon.Mindhunterseason 2 will debut on Netflix next month. It’s been over a year since the first season, which debuted on the streaming service in October 2017.
Minhunteris one of my favorite shows – not just on Netflix, but in general. So I’ve been eagerly awaiting its return, which has taken a very long time – at least in streaming series terms. The entire first season dropped on July 13, 2025, and the show was renewed for a second season not long after. Since then, though, all has been quiet on theMindhunterfront. Until May of this year, when executive producerCharlize Theronrevealedthat the show was likely to return in August.
Now, David Fincher has confirmed that and revealed an official date:August 13. Fincher dropped the news while appearing onThe Treatmentpodcast, andDeadlinereports Netflix has confirmed it.Mindhunter"follows ambitious FBI agent Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff) as he struggles to comprehend incarcerated killers, so that he might use this knowledge to catch others. He’s teamed with experienced agent Bill Tench (Holt McCallany) in the Behavioral Science Unit and will work with his sometimes reluctant partner to find new methods of investigation. Together they will meet some of America’s gravest killers – and face the cynicism and scorn of the tradition-bound hierarchy of the 1970s' Federal Bureau of Investigation. Ford will risk empathizing with ‘evil’ in order to save lives." The pair are also assisted by Wendy Carr (Anna Torv), a psychology professor who believes in what they’re doing, even if most of the FBI does not.
The series is based on true events, and the bookMindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unitwritten by John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker. Groff’s character is a fictionalized version of Douglas, while McCallany’s part is based on FBI Agent Robert Ressler.
An official synopsis for season 2 hasn’t been released yet, but in the past, Finchersaidthe second season might involve the Atlanta Child Murders from the ’70s and ’80s. One confirmed bit of info is that infamous killer and cult leader Charles Manson will figure into the season somehow, played byDamon Herriman– who isalsoplaying Manson in Quentin Tarantino’s upcomingOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood.
