I re-watch an episode here and there, like taking a piece of candy as a treat for myself, and occasionally binge three in a row. These are characters I like to hang out with. The mysteries are better than your average network cop show, despite the glossy production values. Love it. As good as "Elementary" in a different way.
Especially effective (kudos to the writers) is the occasional, very rare, outburst of violence in the middle of an otherwise rather tame, cerebral show. I like to be surprised, and The Mentalist surprises me over and over.
I like the idea of using a con to catch a bad guy. I especially love how some episodes circle back to someone we met in the first ten minutes who was hurt by a crime, to distribute some of the ill-gotten gains to those deserving people. Patrick Jane -- a very interesting character.
I've cried during some episodes of The Mentalist, a very unusual reaction to a cop show. (The only other one I can think of is "Unforgotten.")
Especially effective (kudos to the writers) is the occasional, very rare, outburst of violence in the middle of an otherwise rather tame, cerebral show. I like to be surprised, and The Mentalist surprises me over and over.
I like the idea of using a con to catch a bad guy. I especially love how some episodes circle back to someone we met in the first ten minutes who was hurt by a crime, to distribute some of the ill-gotten gains to those deserving people. Patrick Jane -- a very interesting character.
I've cried during some episodes of The Mentalist, a very unusual reaction to a cop show. (The only other one I can think of is "Unforgotten.")