i just finished s1 of mindhunter, and i don't understand why holden is so... interesting?
like i know autism is a spectrum, but he doesn't exactly exhibit anything "special" except his really interesting fascination with serial killers. bill says this himself that holden not being affected by all this (the gore and violence) and these people makes him the same as them. im thinking that holden is kinda like dexter in the same sense that they're both psychotic. one part of the show that really stood out to me is during the finale when holden and debbie break up, he literally just walks away. it's not exactly his character to make this whole huge thing about it but if you look back to the beginning of their relationship, i'd imagine he'd have some kind of deeper, more emotional response than just "ok lmk when i can get my stuff." also, the hug scene with ed and holden? now im assuming that his panic attack was caused by 1. the interview (the tape) 2. bill "betraying" him and 3. debbie, but could it also be that he's realizing that maybe he's not too different from ed? if you look back to the very first episode, it shows his apartment. the apartment is genuinely empty like only the bare necessities. bare spaces and simplicity are usually connected to someone who loves control, which we see in holden. he wears the same suit, he does things his way, and even the later conversations with debbie show us his personality. i haven't seen s2 yet, but i wouldn't be surprised if it was revealed that holden is one of them. could totally be that he's on the spectrum, but i think i'd be cool that he's one of the guys that the BSU is trying to study.
ps: why is holden the only one with extreme character development? bill remains bill, and we only see wendy after ep3 but she remains the same as well.
ps^2: i miss baby holden :(
