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Liveblogging The Mentalist 4.21 – Ruby Slippers
First day of sweeps, surely this is going to be a good episode, unlike the last two. Well, there are drag queens, so they get credit for fun! “On the other hand, he’s very forceful…and extremely...
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The Mentalist 4.23: Red Rover, Red Rover
A few weeks ago I decided I was not going to waste my time reviewing the stand-alone episodes of The Mentalist. The mysteries are terrible and the character development sometimes sprinkled amid the...
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TV Review: The Mentalist 4.24 “The Crimson Hat”–“Good luck, Teresa; love you.”
I guess The Crimson Hat (★★★) explains why last week’s sudden reveal of Jane breaking down did not make sense. Like everything else Jane does, it was a con, and a long con at that. I was surprised and...
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The Mentalist Season 5 Premiere Promo
Those of you that watched last night’s re-run of season four’s finale, The Crimson Hat, were treated to a promo for next week’s season five premiere, The Crimson Ticket. Like all promos, especially on...
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Five Things I’m Looking Forward to This Week – Sept 30 – October 6
1. Sunday Night Television – I’m past the point of being angry at the cable and broadcast networks for shoving every show I watch into a three hour window on Sunday night. Instead, I’m just going to...
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Sunday Night TV Roundup: Revenge, The Mentalist, The Good Wife, Boardwalk...
Rarely do eagerly anticipated events live up to expectations. It is always when you have no or lowered expectations that you are left with a “Damn, that was awesome” reaction. Don’t mistake me; I...
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TV Review: The Mentalist 5.05 –“Red Dawn”– 100th episode shows Jane, Lisbon...
For a show whose premise is built on the past of the main character, The Mentalist has spent very little time fleshing out Patrick Jane’s history. Sure, there have been episodes that focus on Jane’s...
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TV Review: The Mentalist 5.06 “Cherry Picked”–“We all have our weaknesses.”
November is sweeps which means a return, if only slightly, to the Red John storyline. Jane is interviewing prisoner transport drivers that would have had the opportunity to drive Lorelei somewhere...
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TV Review: The Mentalist 5.16 – There Will Be Blood
Second verse, same as the first. Though I should probably say twentieth, or thirtieth verse, same as the first. “There Will Be Blood” was just like every other Red John episode: Jane comes so very...
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Sunday Night TV in 11 Bullet Points
The Walking Dead The exit of Glen Mazzara as The Walking Dead show runner might not be a bad thing. It is a serious problem when, after 15 episodes, your main character is TSTL. I was seriously bored...
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The Mentalist Season Six Spoilers
It seems the internets is buzzing with news on The Mentalist. Well, at least as much as the internets buzzes about The Mentalist. It isn’t a show entertainment sites spend a lot of time talking about....
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Red John is dead. Long live The Mentalist.
Well, thank God that’s over. When I learned the first six episodes of season six would deal exclusively with resolving the Red John storyline, I assumed I would be posting weekly episode recaps. Then,...
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The Good Wife and The Mentalist – One show hitting its stride, the other...
Last year, amid the disastrous Kalinda/Nick storyline, I dinged The Good Wife for sucking. Not long after, due to my wonderfully, erudite post, they jettisoned that storyline and went back to what...
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