How did Bill and Holden came across each other in Mindhunter? Details explored

Netflix’s Mindhunter premiered in 2017 and has been one of the most popular series from the streaming giant. It follows Special Agents Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff) and Bill Tench (Holt McCallany), who begin their journey to understand the psyche of serial killers.

With troubles in their own lives, the duo forms an unlikely companionship, while their many travels and they help each other during the tough times in their lives. They first came across each other in Episode 1 of Mindhunter Season 1, and through their casual talk in the cafeteria, Bill convinced Holden to join him in his lectures around the country.

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Mindhunter: How did Bill and Holden come across each other? Details explored

With only two seasons, Mindhunter is still regarded as one of the best thriller shows on Netflix. It tells the story of how Bill and Holden came together to understand the minds behind horrific crimes across America. From the beginning of the series, it is evident that Holden is curious and wants to understand the psychological aspects and the mind of a criminal so that he can prevent any kind of human loss.

In the premiere episode of Mindhunter Season 1, he even returns to college to understand more about criminology. But the real change happens when he finally meets Bill Tench, who approaches him in the cafeteria. He asks him to have a smoke, which Holden refuses. Even this simple exchange proves that the relationship between the two would be growing with the viewers.

Tench asks about him going back to college, and also teases him about being put into recruitment by Robert Shepard, the assistant director of the FBI Academy. Holden tries to put it as just being useful while also trying to learn.

Later, Tench calls him a "Blue Flamer," one who is too enthusiastic to do good, and advises him to take it slow. Holden confesses that he wants to become a better instructor, finding new ways to teach the future agents. Bill then asks him to join him during his travels to different cities, where he gives lectures to police officers and shares information about what the FBI knows. In exchange, he also comes across new information himself.

It doesn’t take much time for Holden’s curious mind to take up on that offer, as we see him accompanying Tench in his next quest to the city of Iowa.

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Iowa becomes the place where Bill and Holden are assigned to work together for the first time on a case, beginning their chaotic companionship, where Holden often goes far from the book, and Bill has to bring him back to get him to follow the rules.

While they worked together and came across monstrous criminals like Edmund Kemper and Montie Rissell, they both learned to rely on each other, as Bill began to broaden his horizon and let Holden experiment, and also helped Holden during his vulnerable times.

Apart from Jonathan Groff and Holt McCallany, Mindhunter also stars Anna Torv, Cameron Britton, and Damon Herriman, among many others.

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