The show is a slow starter and I struggled through the first episode. I also don't think the synopsis gives the right idea on what it is about, hence it did not meet my initial expectations.
The acting is solid and the cases are quite well selected. The profilers are also presented much more realistically instead of the classic American way of making them magicians or superheroes who can catch any criminal anyplace.
However, the mentor- talented recruit relationship, as well as the personal development of the lead character, are so similar to "Mindhuner" (2017-2019), it feels uncomfortable to watch.
The story of the Crime Analysis division is also quite close to what was happening at the FBI in the late 1970's, when profiling was being introduced by FBI Special Agent John Douglas aka Holden Ford from "Mindhunter".
For the sake of it, I would also note a storyline with a misused police ID card the show creators seem to have simply dropped just because it did not have it in "Mindhunter".
Still, I would rather watch two interpretations of one great story than a hundred senseless blunders, so I do not regret seeing the series.
The acting is solid and the cases are quite well selected. The profilers are also presented much more realistically instead of the classic American way of making them magicians or superheroes who can catch any criminal anyplace.
However, the mentor- talented recruit relationship, as well as the personal development of the lead character, are so similar to "Mindhuner" (2017-2019), it feels uncomfortable to watch.
The story of the Crime Analysis division is also quite close to what was happening at the FBI in the late 1970's, when profiling was being introduced by FBI Special Agent John Douglas aka Holden Ford from "Mindhunter".
For the sake of it, I would also note a storyline with a misused police ID card the show creators seem to have simply dropped just because it did not have it in "Mindhunter".
Still, I would rather watch two interpretations of one great story than a hundred senseless blunders, so I do not regret seeing the series.