Posts Tagged Under ‘The Mentalist’
By fred | May 20, 2009
(S01E23) It’s almost a requirement, as the season ends we need to get back to that series arc that turn Patrick Jane, otherwise light and funny, into a dark and dangerous character. Because as he said before, and I’m sure he means 100%, when given the chance, once he’ll find Red John, there won’t be no such thing as the law and bringing him to justice, all that will matters is revenge, and making sure he pays for what he did.
But of course, that is only for in a few years when the series will end, and until that we have a long road ahead of us, made of little (or not so little) clues as we did get with this episode. A new murder to investigate, and one that will be linked to the infamous serial killer of course, but one very unlike all his other crimes, in more than one way.
Read the review of “The Mentalist: Red John’s Footsteps [season finale]” »
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Shows: The Mentalist
In Series: The Mentalist Season 1
By fred | May 19, 2009
* At 8.00 CBS has the season finale of NCIS
* While there’s a new episode of Reaper on The CW
* At 9.00 CBS has the season finale of The Mentalist
* On Fox there’s what’s called a “preview” of Glee (even though the press release also refers to it as the pilot…)
* And on The CW there’s a new 90210
* Then at 10.00 on CBS it’s the series finale of Without A Trace
* On NBC there’s the season finale of Law & Order: SVU
* And FX has a new episode of Rescue Me
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Shows: 90210, Glee, Law & Order: SVU, NCIS, Reaper, Rescue Me, The Mentalist, Without A Trace
By fred | May 13, 2009
(S01E22) We all know that this show is about Patrick Jane first, and that while he’s only a consultant for the CBI, it is him who will solve the mystery of the weekly crime they’re investigating and who will, in the end, come up with a little plan to fool the killer into either confessing or revealing himself. It’s the way it always go, and by now we don’t even care to pretend that Lisbon is the one in charge.
And it’s fine, really, her role is to act shocked and apologized for whenever Jane will do something he wasn’t supposed to do, but that because he’s not a cop and doesn’t really cares for the rules he did anyways, and have the team either help him concocting his plan or do the boring cop stuff that needs to be done, because at the end of the day they still actual actual, legally admissible evidences (although sometimes, you have to wonder…).
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Shows: The Mentalist
In Series: The Mentalist Season 1
By fred | May 12, 2009
* At 8.00 onABC there are two new According To Jim
* On CBS there’s a new episode of NCIS
* And The CW has a new Reaper
* At 9.00 CBS has a new The Mentalist
* On Fox there’s the season finale of Fringe
* And The CW has a new 90210
* At 10.00ABC has a new episode of Cupid
* On CBS there’s a new episode of Without A Trace
* And FX has a new Rescue Me
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Shows: 90210, According To Jim, Cupid, Fringe, NCIS, Reaper, Rescue Me, The Mentalist, Without A Trace
By fred | May 6, 2009
(S01E21) Patrick Jane might be the star of this show, he can’t be the only one responsible for an episode’s success (or failure), the other players have obviously an important role to play as well. More than those working alongside of Jane, the CBI crew, the second-most important player might just be the bad guy of the week, the criminal Jane is looking for, his opponent.
And I believe that the reason this episode was such a good one, comes directly from this week’s opponent to Jane. The reason I think things worked so well and were so interesting wasn’t so much about actions, but motives. It wasn’t in what was being done, but how and why. I think the reason I enjoyed this episode as much as I did, was because of how similar to Jane himself his opponent was this week.
Read the review of “The Mentalist: Miss Red” »
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Shows: The Mentalist
By fred | May 5, 2009
* At 8.00 ABC has a new episode of Scrubs
* On CBS there’s a new episode of NCIS
* And The CW has a new Reaper
* Then at 8.30 there’s the season finale of Better Off Ted on ABC
* At 9.00 CBS has a new episode of The Mentalist
* On Fox there’s a new Fringe
* And The CW has a new 90210
* At 10.00 ABC has a new episode of Cupid
* CBS has a new episode of Without A Trace
* On NBC there’s a new episode of Law & Order: SVU
* And FX has a new episode of Nip/Tuck
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Shows: 90210, Better Off Ted, Cupid, Fringe, Law & Order: SVU, NCIS, Reaper, Rescue Me, Scrubs, The Mentalist, Without A Trace
By fred | April 29, 2009
(S01E20) Yesterday it was Castle and today it is The Mentalist. Both shows share obvious similarities, starting with that they each have a crime to be solved at the center of their episodes each week, but that’s not really the reason we tune in and watch the show. The reason we do, is to see the main characters - here Patrick Jane – work their magic and have fun doing what they do, all the while solving that crime of course.
But if in both cases the solving of the crime isn’t really the most interesting part of the episode or even the reason we watch the show in the first place, it still matters of course. What does matter, is that it doesn’t suck, that it’s not completely boring and not making any sense, it needs at least that much not to spoil the whole fun. Unfortunately, this episode suffered from that same weakness/problem as did Castle on Monday…
Read the review of “The Mentalist: Red Sauce” »
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Shows: The Mentalist
By fred | April 28, 2009
* At 8.00 ABC has two new episodes of According To Jim
* On CBS there’s a new episode of NCIS
* And The CW has a new Reaper
* At 9.00 CBS has a new episode of The Mentalist
* On Fox there’s a new Fringe
* And The CW has a new 90210
* Then at 10.00 on ABC there’s a new Cupid
* CBS has a new episode of Without A Trace
* NBC a new episode of Law & Order: SVU
* And on FX there’s a new Rescue Me
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Shows: 90210, According To Jim, Cupid, Fringe, Law & Order: SVU, NCIS, Reaper, Rescue Me, The Mentalist, Without A Trace
By fred | April 8, 2009
(S01E19) The Mentalist is one of those shows where you’re not really tuning in to see a crime being solver and a murderer get caught, but more to see how the team of detectives – and, especially, their favorite consultant – will eventually get there. So if the case of the week is rather predictable it’s not the end of the world, and it might not even be that big of a deal.
On many occasions in the past we’ve been able to figure out who had done it (long) before they did, or at least before they arrested him/her/them as Jane usually knows quite early on as well, and it didn’t made the episode any less good, because the fun parts isn’t there. The problem with this week’s episode isn’t that it was very easy to figure out who was the bad guy, it goes deeper than that.
Read the review of “The Mentalist: A Dozen Red Roses” »
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Shows: The Mentalist
In Series: The Mentalist Season 1
By fred | April 7, 2009
* At 8.00 on CBS there’s a new episode of NCIS
* While The CW has a new episode of Reaper
* Then at 9.00 CBS has a new The Mentalist
* And on Fox there really is, finally, a new episode of Fringe
* While The CW has a new episode of 90210
* And on TNT there’s a new Trust Me
* Then at 10.00 ABC has a new Cupid
* On CBS there’s a new episode of Without A Trace
* NBC has a new episode of Law & Order: SVU
* On FX there’s the season premiere of Rescue Me
* While TNT has the season finale of Trust Me
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Shows: 90210, Cupid, Fringe, Law & Order: SVU, NCIS, Reaper, Rescue Me, The Mentalist, Trust Me, Without A Trace
