A petition calling for Netflix to make the third season of the true-crime series Mindhunter has resurfaced and reached 10,000 signatures.
The crime thriller show first premiered on the streaming service back in 2017, with the second season dropping two years later. It was centered around serial killer police investigations during the 1970s and 1980s.
The series follows FBI agents Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff), Bill Tench (Holt McCallany), and Wendy Carr (Anna Torv) as they use their detective skills to interview murderers to understand their psychology.
Some of the events of the show were based on the true crime book of the same name, which was written by John E Douglas and Mark Olshaker in 1995.
In 2020, the streaming giant informed viewers that the show wasn't canceled, but on indefinite hold, as the executive director David Fincher was occupied with other projects.
However, Fincher clarified in a recent interview with the French publication Le Journal du Dimanche that the third season will, in fact, not be happening at all for a number of reasons.
Watch the trailer for the most recent season of Mindhunter:"I'm very proud of the first two seasons. But it’s a very expensive show and, in the eyes of Netflix, we didn’t attract enough of an audience to justify such an investment [for Season 3]," he explained. "I don’t blame them, they took risks to get the show off the ground, gave me the means to do Mank the way I wanted to do it, and they allowed me to venture down new paths with The Killer."
"It’s a blessing to be able to work with people who are capable of boldness. The day our desires are not the same, we have to be honest about parting ways," Fincher added.
The director's claim of the show not pulling in enough viewers flies in the face of all the people who took to Change.org to sign a three-year-old petition begging for the show to return. The petition has now reached a whopping 10,000 signatures.
A fan named Dawn Bruner kickstarted the plea back in 2020 and wrote: "We have watched, rewatched, and binge-watched, as well, we have dedicated hours to discussing our favorite scenes and characters, marveling at your brilliance, your attention to the minute details, appreciating the little quirks, nuances, and peculiarities."
"Even if the numbers didn't add up in Season 2 as they did for the first season, we are still out here waiting faithfully and clamoring for more," she penned.
"So we respectfully ask you to please reconsider your priorities and make the time to film Season 3, soon, and if that isn't a possibility and/or cannot be arranged, then please consider another director for Season 3."
"While the quality may not be at Fincher level, there are many mega-talented directors out there," Dawn added. "Please don't let such a brilliant series die."
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