Every time I watch an episode, I feel that I'm in an advert for perfect grooming, not a hair out of place not even on the sets..,. I guess the attempt here is to make a crime thriller for the Jr high crowd portraying a criminal world concocted in the Disney studios with cardboard characters, adolescent relationships and a message that psychic and intuitive awareness are fraudulent and need an overaged juvenile Sherlock Holmes who can debunk it. If you need more depth, realism and adult maturity, try Elementary..... but if you need to watch tv with teens this might fit the bill... Addendum: So, 4th season makes a shift. The most robotic actress painfully locked into a cosmetic wrapper was freed to actually be someone authentic. Something shifted and more realism was injected into the script. I guess someone got the message. Though, the main character is still so wimpy, always hiding from the danger and smiling to hide his cowardness...
Review of The Mentalist
The Mentalist
(2008–2015)
If you like abysmally shallow, inauthentic stereotypes then watch this show...
10 April 2021