EPISODE
SEASON
The Mentalist - Season 1
California Bureau of Investigation, dedicates his life to hunting down and killing Red John; a serial killer and murderer of his own family.
12 March 1962, Huntsville, Alabama, USA
13 May 1988, Joliet, Illinois, USA
16 November 1945, Dallas, Texas, USA
18 August 1942, Houston, Texas, USA
24 June 1981, Alameda County, California, USA
21 May 1986, California, USA
13 August 1957, Canada
September 23, 2008
There's an old-school feel to the storytelling (shades of "Columbo") that makes it feel comfortable - perhaps too comfortable, or at least too easy.
September 23, 2008
We don't need another cop show, that's for sure -- especially on CBS. But if we're going to have one anyway, "The Mentalist" is definitely the way to go.
September 23, 2008
As a show, The Mentalist sets the power of science on the side and says up with people. In turn, we're paying it attention.
September 23, 2008
As the setup for a TV show, this is no more ridiculous than Profiler and at least as likely as Patricia Arquette. And so far, so-so.
September 23, 2008
The stories seem dashed-off, and whodunit quickly becomes whocareswhodunit.
September 23, 2008
For the most, "The Mentalist" plays like just another clue-sifting procedural, so forgettable that I had difficulty recalling the particulars of the central case 15 minutes after watching it.
September 23, 2008
By now, of course, eccentric white male smartypants on police procedurals are all too common.
September 23, 2008
Too many serial killers threaten to overwhelm "The Mentalist."
September 23, 2008
Unless the storytelling gets more interesting, you have to really like Baker to make "The Mentalist" more than something you pay casual attention to at best.
