Mindhunter isn’t your usual serial killer thriller. Unlike other popular shows like Hannibal or Bones, it’s much more than a couple of cops trying to catch the criminal who commits vicious crimes. Instead of merely solving cases, the main characters delve deep into a murderer’s mind and use special traits to catch criminals in the future rather than the present after a human life is taken.

It follows the story of protagonists, Holden Ford: a goody-two-shoes, a rookie FBI agent who specializes in hostage situations and is passionate about his work, Bill Tench; a veteran in the behavioral science unit who acts almost like a mentor to Holden, and Doctor Wendy: a Harvard professor in psychology who left her job and her partner to pursue the group’s goals to make a book about the evolution of their findings in criminal profiling, and their journey to make the concept of mental illnesses in the 1970s become a widely known attribute when it comes to crimes in law enforcement.

In episode one, the protagonist, Holden Ford, is already a likeable character. He’s relatable in a way; curious, ambitious, willing to pursue his passions in any way possible, but you can also see it could lead to his very own downfall later on in the show. We’ll see how he slowly grasps at an exciting opportunity to connect with many monsters in history, such as Ed Kemper, and even if his partner, Bill Tench, is repulsed and put off by this idea, he goes along with it, seeing how it may be useful in the near future.

As the show progresses, Holden changes from his good-hearted self to a man who is practically just like the infamous criminals he interacts with on a weekly basis, gaining narcissistic traits, becoming completely reckless, getting a hungry taste for power, and jeopardizing the group’s entire project. The audience feels scared for him, as they used to want to cheer for him, but now they worry for his well being when his actions mar his relationships, his job, and even his own mental and physical health.

Mindhunter first aired on Oct. 13 and is on Netflix. Each episode is around an hour long and each minute is definitely worth it.