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Mastermind: To Think Like A Killer dropped on Hulu Thursday, July 11, and it's pretty much what you'd expect from a streaming-service three-parter in the genre. Returning to the oft-told origin story of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit (BSU), Mastermind sets up from the perspective of Dr. Ann Burgess, already a pioneer in victimology and sexual-assault research; based, I think, partly on Burgess's book with Steven Constantine, A Killer by Design, it includes talking-head interviews with Burgess, Constantine, and many others, plus the serial-killer-interview audio that powered much of the BSU's early profiling attempts, and deeply Carter-presidency b-roll and re-enactments.

Series director Abigail Fuller (the Oprah episode of Dear..., among other projects) is occasionally heard from off-camera, and it's clear Fuller is invested in the topic. She has a sure touch with vintage visuals; Mastermind is very watchable. Alas, this ground is beyond well-trodden, and a project about Burgess's contributions probably should have gotten its bite at this subject apple much sooner in order to feel satisfying. It's good, but it might not feel like a full meal at this late date.