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IncompatibleOrientation: He seems to have some interest on Dr. Carr, who unbeknownst to him, is a LipstickLesbian.
* ItsAllMyFault /MyGodWhatHaveIDone
MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[DefiedTrope Defied]]. Whenever someone tells him he's gone too far, he refuses to accept it and feel guilty about it. He believes himself to be right but misunderstood.
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KangarooCourt: The way he sees the FBI's internal affairs commission. He points that while this started with a complaint from Speck about feeling disrespected by Holden, the investigating board itself has nothing but contempt for Speck and doesn't care about what he says.
*MeaningfulNameKnightInSourArmor: It is easy to see why he is the main character, but he is rarely the favorite one.
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* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Tends to wax eloquent when addressing his students or fellow police officers, to their bafflement orannoyance. annoyance.
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* ChromosomeCasting: So far, all the criminals interviewed are men, primarily men who murdered women and girls. Truth in television, more or less, as the real-life FBI unit focused almost exclusively on male offenders, with female ones being little more than a footnote.
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* StandardFiftiesFather: Bill's appearance (including a shockingly square haircut) and bluff demeanor suggest a slightly more grizzled version of this, in contrast with younger and hipper Holden. But his relationships with his family are more flawed and also more affectionate than this trope typically evokes.
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* {{Gayngst}}: Downplayed; she is a lesbian, and a minor plot point in one episode involves her hiding her sexuality to ensure employment with the [=FBI=]. That said, there isn't much emphasis on this issue, and she seems comfortable with being gay.
* WomenAreWiser: Between Bill, Holden and Wendy, she is easily the most intelligent.
* WomenAreWiser: Between Bill, Holden and Wendy, she is easily the most intelligent.
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* {{Gayngst}}: Downplayed; she is a lesbian, and a minor plot point in one episode involves her hiding her sexuality to ensure employment with the [=FBI=]. That said, there isn't much emphasis on this issue, and she seems comfortable with being gay.gay and there isn't overmuch emphasis on it.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: ''Usually'' has a good reason for calling out Holden and Bill, though sometimes he simply seems to be mean. His outbursts also seem tailored to their circumstances. When the agents' actions serve a purpose (such as applying for funding without telling him), Shepard usually backs off after making a show of anger. When they cross an obvious line (especially in Episode Eight, when Holden seems on the verge of arresting or recommending charges against a school teacher without a formal investigation), he's much quicker and harder in coming down on them.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: ''Usually'' has a good reason for calling out Holden and Bill, though sometimes he simply seems to be mean. His outbursts also seem tailored to their circumstances. When the agents' actions serve a purpose (such as applying for funding without telling him), Shepard usually backs off after making a show of anger. When they cross an obvious line (especially in Episode Eight, when Holden seems on the verge of arresting or recommending ready to recommend charges against a school teacher without a formal investigation), he's much quicker and harder in coming down on them.
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!!Special Agent Gregg Smith
->'''Portrayed By:''' Joe Tuttle
An FBI agent who joins the Behavior Science Unit in episode eight.
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* BadLiar: He admits that he ''hates'' lying, isn't good at it, and feels so guilt-stricken about lying to the Office of Professional Responsibility about the Speck interview that he ultimately mails them the unredacted tape behind his colleagues' backs.
* TheMole: Holden and Bill fear that he's this for Shepard; it isn't the case, though he isn't untrustworthy for other reasons
* {{Nepotism}}: His dad is an old friend of Shepard's and he's assigned to the unit despite Bill preferring a more qualified candidate. That said, he is a perfectly competent and hardworking agent; his faults lie elsewhere.
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!!Special Agent Gregg Smith
->'''Portrayed By:''' Joe Tuttle
An FBI agent who joins the Behavior Science Unit in episode eight.
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* BadLiar: He admits that he ''hates'' lying, isn't good at it, and feels so guilt-stricken about lying to the Office of Professional Responsibility about the Speck interview that he ultimately mails them the unredacted tape behind his colleagues' backs.
* TheMole: Holden and Bill fear that he's this for Shepard; it isn't the case, though he isn't untrustworthy for other reasons
* {{Nepotism}}: His dad is an old friend of Shepard's and he's assigned to the unit despite Bill preferring a more qualified candidate. That said, he is a perfectly competent and hardworking agent; his faults lie elsewhere.
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* IHaveThisFriend: Holden gets him to open up about his crimes by asking him to describe the actions of a hypothetical killer doing the same thing.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Has a fling with another student. Holden is not happy to find out about it.
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* SensitiveGuyManlyMan: Played with: physically and in his outward demeanor he is the manly man to Holden's sensitive guy, but in terms of their actual relationship and handling of suspects (being more emotional and empathetic with victims vs. Holden's detachment), the dynamic is inverted.
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* SensitiveGuyManlyMan: SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Played with: physically and in his outward demeanor he is the manly man to Holden's sensitive guy, but in terms of their actual relationship and handling of suspects (being more emotional and empathetic with victims vs. Holden's detachment), the dynamic is inverted.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: Despite his veneer as a tough, old-fashioned agent, his personal life is a nightmare (between his troubled child and a wife who seems on the verge of leaving him) and his job weighs heavily on him.
* SensitiveGuyManlyMan: Played with: physically and in his outward demeanor he is the manly man to Holden's sensitive guy, but in terms of their actual relationship and handling of suspects (being more emotional and empathetic with victims vs. Holden's detachment), the dynamic is inverted.
* WhatTheHellHero: He's as happy as Shepard to chew Holden out when he acts unprofessionally.
* SensitiveGuyManlyMan: Played with: physically and in his outward demeanor he is the manly man to Holden's sensitive guy, but in terms of their actual relationship and handling of suspects (being more emotional and empathetic with victims vs. Holden's detachment), the dynamic is inverted.
* WhatTheHellHero: He's as happy as Shepard to chew Holden out when he acts unprofessionally.
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* {{Gaynst}}: Downplayed; she is a lesbian who has to hide her sexuality to ensure employment with the [=FBI=], but it's a relatively minor part of her character.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Usually has a good reason for calling out Holden and Bill, whether it's for going behind his back, unauthorized research and travel expenses, or generally acting out of line.
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* JerkassHasAPoint:Usually ''Usually'' has a good reason for calling out Holden and Bill, whether it's though sometimes he simply seems to be mean. His outbursts also seem tailored to their circumstances. When the agents' actions serve a purpose (such as applying for going behind his back, unauthorized research funding without telling him), Shepard usually backs off after making a show of anger. When they cross an obvious line (especially in Episode Eight, when Holden seems on the verge of arresting or recommending charges against a school teacher without a formal investigation), he's much quicker and travel expenses, or generally acting out of line.harder in coming down on them.
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Sonny Valicenti
!! Serial Killers
Interviewees questioned by the team of Ford, Tench, and Carr, as well as other serial killers operating in the late 1970s.
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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: The show'steasers before his importance becomes clear. casting member, Laura Mayfield, [[http://www.newsweek.com/mindhunter-netflix-david-fincher-cast-689791 stresses that the actual men playing these serial killers]] are kind, respectful, hard-working people. Presumably this is to avoid ActorRoleConfusion given how unpleasant the men they're depicting are.
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Sonny Valicenti
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* CreepyCrossdresser: This trope is played with where Brudos is concerned -- he cheerfully admits to being a fetishist of women's high heels and more grudgingly admits to wearing some of the garments he plundered from local women. Tench and Ford [[TransEqualsGay needle him about this to no conceivable benefit]] until Carr calls them out.
* FatBastard: Overweight and personally unpleasant.
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* BrainyBrunette: A postgraduate student with an impressive knowledge of sociology. Holden (who otherwise isn't the most humble person) happily admits that she's smarter than him.
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* BaitAndSwitchTyrant: He's a close-minded jerk the first few times we meet him, and he only agrees to support Holden and Bill's research because of his friendship with Bill rather than believing it holds any value (and even then, only under the strictest of conditions). That said, Shepard grows more supportive of their efforts as the season develops, though he's still willing to call them on the carpet when they act out of line.
* ByTheBookCop: Would rather solve crimes the old-fashioned way, and (at least initially) prefers suspects dead or in jail without caring much about their motivations.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Usually has a good reason for calling out Holden and Bill, whether it's for going behind his back, unauthorized research and travel expenses, or generally acting out of line.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: On his bad days.
* ByTheBookCop: Would rather solve crimes the old-fashioned way, and (at least initially) prefers suspects dead or in jail without caring much about their motivations.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Usually has a good reason for calling out Holden and Bill, whether it's for going behind his back, unauthorized research and travel expenses, or generally acting out of line.
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!!Special Agent Holden Ford
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JonathanGroff
A special agent in the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Holden is very, ''very'' off. He seems to be on the spectrum considering his difficulty with social interactions. This often leads to him coming across as a callous, unfeeling jerk.
* CompletelyMissingThePoint: He tends to take sarcasm and the like at face value.
* CowboyCop: He's not rabid or HotBlooded, but he does go above the heads of his superiors multiple times.
* FreudianTrio: He's the Ego, with Bill and Wendy as the Id and Superego respectively.
* TheProfiler: He's the original.
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!!Special Agent William "Bill" Tench
->'''Portrayed By:''' Holt [=McCallany=]
A special agent in the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit.
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!!Deborah "Debbie" Mitford
->'''Portrayed By:''' Hannah Gross
Holden's girlfriend and a postgrad student at University of Virginia.
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!!Dr. Wendy Carr
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/AnnaTorv
A psychologist at a Boston university.
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* BrainyBrunette: She's highly intelligent.
* WomenAreWiser: Between Bill, Holden and Wendy, she is easily the most intelligent.
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!!Shepard
->'''Portrayed By:''' Cotter Smith
Unit chief of the FBI National Training Academy.
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!!Dennis Rader
->'''Portrayed By:''' Sonny Valicenti
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!!Edmund Kemper
->'''Portrayed By:''' Cameron Britton
* FauxAffablyEvil: Kemper is remarkably likable. He's polite, articulate and honest. Despite his size, he's rather disarming. He also genuinely considers Ford to be his friend, and it's suggested that the feeling might be somewhat mutual.
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!!Jerry Brudos
->'''Portrayed By:''' Happy Anderson
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!!Richard Speck
->'''Portrayed By:''' Jack Erdie
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!Main
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!!Special Agent Holden Ford
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JonathanGroff
A special agent in the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Holden is very, ''very'' off. He seems to be on the spectrum considering his difficulty with social interactions. This often leads to him coming across as a callous, unfeeling jerk.
* CompletelyMissingThePoint: He tends to take sarcasm and the like at face value.
* CowboyCop: He's not rabid or HotBlooded, but he does go above the heads of his superiors multiple times.
* FreudianTrio: He's the Ego, with Bill and Wendy as the Id and Superego respectively.
* TheProfiler: He's the original.
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!!Special Agent William "Bill" Tench
->'''Portrayed By:''' Holt [=McCallany=]
A special agent in the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit.
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!!Deborah "Debbie" Mitford
->'''Portrayed By:''' Hannah Gross
Holden's girlfriend and a postgrad student at University of Virginia.
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!!Dr. Wendy Carr
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/AnnaTorv
A psychologist at a Boston university.
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* BrainyBrunette: She's highly intelligent.
* WomenAreWiser: Between Bill, Holden and Wendy, she is easily the most intelligent.
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!!Shepard
->'''Portrayed By:''' Cotter Smith
Unit chief of the FBI National Training Academy.
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!Serial Killers
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!!Dennis Rader
->'''Portrayed By:''' Sonny Valicenti
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!!Edmund Kemper
->'''Portrayed By:''' Cameron Britton
* FauxAffablyEvil: Kemper is remarkably likable. He's polite, articulate and honest. Despite his size, he's rather disarming. He also genuinely considers Ford to be his friend, and it's suggested that the feeling might be somewhat mutual.
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!!Jerry Brudos
->'''Portrayed By:''' Happy Anderson
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!!Richard Speck
->'''Portrayed By:''' Jack Erdie
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