sasha_melanson Absolutely loved this series. Can not wait for another season with another Manhunt of another felon.

Dyveke75 This is a dramatization om the Unabomber saga that is best enjoyed as fiction. Some of the most bizarre episodes, such as the Harvard psych experiments, are quite close to the truth, but the film makers' choice to let the FBI agent and the Unabomber meet face to face, distorts the true story of the investigation and the trial. Almost all of the characters, including Fitz and Kaczynski, are so-called composite characters, or entirely made up. The show uses first person point of view in a very effective manner. Ted Kaczynski starts out as Hannibal Lecter, because Fitz sees him that way, but he ends up being manipulated and chrushed by the system. At first glance Worthington's Fitz looks like the familiar stereotype of the lone, brilliant profiler fighting against his unenlightened bosses, but in fact he longs for their recognition. Fitz is clearly an anti-hero; obsessed, sullen, casually illoyal to family, friends and co-workers. In the last episode he turns into the sinister dr. Henry Murray from Harvard, and uses his psychological insight to manipulate Kaczynski into pleading guilty. But he still doesn't get the respect he craves from the world. In the end, as he drives into the sunset with the beautiful linguist, he stares at the red light, the symbol of the technological society, as if it is all he ever desired.

keganlyndsay Coming from a background in Criminology and Criminal Psychology, the BAU has always fascinated me. Which also means that I fell in love with the good old Criminal Minds series, and have since been interested in anything relating to this topic, but never have I been as hooked as I am on Manhunt! What an incredible piece of work. Highly recommended for those of you who love intense, well-filmed, detailed episodes, while also catering to those of you with similar interests into this field. Getting to see both sides of the story - Kaczynski and Fitzgerald - gave a complete and interesting picture to what happened. Although I knew the case in detail, I was still kept on the edge of my seat the entire time...in every episode...without fail.Excellent job.

hurshjoshi-13332 The parallels between the Fitzgerald and Kaczynski are one of the many narratives that make this such an enthralling watch. In many ways the similarities between the two, and the inner beast that lurks inside this reviewer (and I suspect a growing number of people who have ever found themselves disenchanted) might be what separates those that find this show thrilling and those that simply don't understand its subtle but growing hype.The truth is that many of us have dark thoughts, feel the pain of loneliness, or feel the desire to watch the world burn at times, but faced with the prospect very few want to see it in actuality because it would be against our primal instincts to burn that which we are connected to. It is that which makes Ted Kaczynski such a fascinating case study, and in turn gives this show the underlying steel to go with it obviously engrossing source material. His total detachment from the world despite having so much to offer from an intellectual capacity, in itself is a tragic tale. However instead of travelling down the obvious narrative of the white knights riding in to catch the bad guy, this show gives real insight into how someone could fall so far, and how far reaching the consequences can be. Was he a snowflake? Or does what he did, make him a snowflake in his eyes?When we were young, we were all snowflakes, and as the world later teaches us, if we are all snowflakes, none of us are. Of course what he did was ultimately evil, but the journey through his mind, and also the comparisons between how close the average man (Fitzgerald) can get to connecting with that world view offer a startling insight into where the world is at this moment in time.In addition, special mention has to go to the wonderful casting, and the wonderful performances by Paul Bettany and Sam Worthington. One has to wonder the depths of method acting Paul Bettany must have gone to, to steal every second he is on screen.