(Season 1, Episode 5) “Anything can happen on TV. The question is, where have you seen that done in real life?” -Jane, about his cell phone trick I can tell you the precise time that I figured out who the killer was tonight. It was at 9:49pm ET. That’s pretty good for these shows, actually, […]
(Season 1, Episode 4) “Ah, the handsome one. You’re gay, yes?” – murder victim’s mistress, to Jane Anyone else get the feeling that this could serve as the pilot episode? The start of the episode shows the Mentalist logo, but it isn’t the opening we’ve been seeing; there’s text on the screen telling us what […]
(Season 1, Episode 3) “What, you thought he’d crack under bad lighting conditions?” – Teresa, to Jane, about a suspect’s interrogation So, are all of the episode titles for The Mentalist going to have the word “Red” in them? We had “Red Hair and Silver Tape” and now “Red Tide.” With the serial killer’s name […]
(Season 1, Episode 2) This show is a combination of really cool scenes and really ridiculous ones. Cool: the rock, paper, scissors game with the sheriff. Ridiculous: the guy fainting after hearing that a handwriting expert is in the room. Come on, that would never happen. And that has me worried. I’m really good at […]
(Season 1, Episode 1 – Series Premiere) I have to admit that I was a little nervous about The Mentalist when I first heard about it. It sounded like just another CSI/Criminal Minds retread with maybe a dash of Psych or Monk if we were lucky. But it turns out to be a lot different […]
