# Mindhunter

9 Hacker News commenters recommended Mindhunter and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as one of Netflix's best shows, with strong first seasons. Common caveat: quality drops in later seasons.

## Why people recommend it

- Among Netflix's best shows (3 comments): "Department Q and Mindhunter are only two that I think of that were decent." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46157369)) "Orange is the New Black, Mindhunter, Squid Game, Adolescence" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46165628)) "Mindhunter was probably the last really good show they had." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46158564))

## What people warn about

- Quality drops after first seasons (1 comments): "First few seasons Netflix keeps it together before crapping the bed" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47546578))
- Good but not exceptional (1 comments): "Mindhunter, Dahmer, House of Cards were something I liked but nothing beyond that" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46158953))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Halt and Catch Fire](https://hackerapproved.com/p/halt-and-catch-fire.md): 166 recommend
- [Babylon 5](https://hackerapproved.com/p/babylon-5.md): 86 recommend
- [Silicon Valley (TV series)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/silicon-valley.md): 52 recommend
- [Andor](https://hackerapproved.com/p/andor.md): 52 recommend
- [The Wire](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wire.md): 39 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Mindhunter", https://hackerapproved.com/p/mindhunter/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).