I’ve started this post three different times. I kept changing what I wanted to write about as the latest episode of The Mentalist (“Bloodshot”) went on. First I was going to talk about how predictable it was that Jane was going to become blind at some point. It’s usually one of the things a TV […]
Some would argue that The Mentalist, if not a copycat, is at least a shout-out to Psych. They’ve even tossed each other a few nods, with the pineapple showing up a couple of times on The Mentalist and Shawn’s character on Psych mentioning watching The Mentalist. That’s all in good fun, and coming from a […]
Sure, I could talk about how obvious the identity of the killer was on last night’s episode of The Mentalist. But I’d rather talk about lesbians. One of the plot twists in the episode was the fact that a couple of the Real Housewives of Sacramento County were lesbians. Rigsby and Cho caught them in […]
Hey, if Patrick Jane can make random observations during an investigation, I can make them in a post. 1. This week’s episode was one of the most entertaining of the series so far. Lots of humor and personality mixed in with the murder stuff. It also gave us two ideas for spin-off shows. There was […]
(Season 1, Episode 13 – “Paint It Red”) “Jane doesn’t get sick, Rigsby doesn’t date because he’s in love with you, and the Kings aren’t playing tonight.” – Lisbon, to Van Pelt I loved the start of this episode. When the Pittsburgh Steeler player made that last interception and sealed the game for … oh, […]
(Season 1, Episode 12 – “Red Rum”) Patrick Jane is one of the weirdest characters on television. Think about it, he usually has a smile on his face and says wiseass things, even to parents who have just lost their son. It’s almost as if he does whatever he wants, acts however he wants, and […]
(Season 1, Episode 11 – “Red John’s Friends”) “He is Man.” – bloody scrawl on victim’s wall Well, you knew that they weren’t going to catch Red John tonight, right? Here we are, halfway through the season and the first new episode of 2009, and it’s a big Red John story. Most of the episodes […]