The Mentalist

[mind_wander]

Have anyone heard of this new CBS show: The Mentalist-To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. ? A detective and an independent consultant, Patrick Jane who is protrayed by Simon Baker, working with the California Bureau of Investigation (CBI) who has a remarkable track record by using his razor sharp skills of observation for solving serious crimes. What you think about it?

[Flamethrower]

I vaguely remember this. Why do you ask?

[Monte314]

I watched one episode... I found it interesting.

[mind_wander]

I haven't seen it yet; trailer looks interesting. Able to read people's mind, then they aww in amazement.

[jikin]

So, the debut was last night. Did anybody here watch it? If so what did you think?

[Marlowe221]

The show may very well be great (I haven't seen it yet), but the idea is nothing new.

The observation of small details and drawing conclusions from that data was Sherlock Holmes' main technique as well (though of course he used other methods as well).

Interestingly enough - Psych and House, MD do essentially the same thing....

Marlowe

[Claptonian]

I saw one commercial and my first thought was that they ripped the concept from Psych.

[Doppelbock]

The Bad Astronomer (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) has a really good blog post that summarizes the first episode -- sounds like a great show. Warning, there are spoilers gallore in that post.

DB

[jikin]

I did actually get a chance to see part of it. Originally I had forgotten about it and came in about half way through. My perception was that it was laughably unrealistic and I turned it off . I was just curious if anyone who had seen the whole episode thought differently.


Interestingly enough - Psych and House, MD do essentially the same thing....



I do occasionally catch House or Psych. I find them both entertaining; I found the Mentalist annoying.

[PHS Philip]

I watched it. It wasn't as good as I was hoping (for instance, they didn't really have mentalist tricks in use. I was hoping that it would really use a lot of the mentalist tricks, because I find them fascinating), and it was a little clumsy at times, but it was by no means terrible. Most of its problems will probably be fixed in the next few episodes.

[enfpchick]

I saw it and liked it and will watch it whenever i get a chance.

[zibber]

I LOVED the pilot. I thought for a second that it was going to be the male version of Medium, but the lead character makes it clear from the start that he rejects any kind of supernaturalism. He is a young, handsome James Randi. If the quality of this first episode is maintained, this is going to be good.

(NB: With big shows like Heroes, Prison Break and any CSI completely running out of ideas, I'm always happy with solid new stuff to help me procrastinate!)

I've heard about Psych but never took the trouble to check it out. Is it very similar? More or less serious?

I watched one episode... I found it interesting.

Either you got a mega, mega early prerelease, or you're talking about a different show entirely :laugh:

[enfpchick]

(NB: With big shows like Heroes, Prison Break and any CSI completely running out of ideas, I'm always happy with solid new stuff to help me procrastinate!)


I tried it watch Heroes yesterday and completely agree that they are
seriously running out of fresh ideas.
But I hope that wont happen with this show

[Anderson]

I don't even watch tv anymore, since video became so readily available via Youtube.

[zibber]

I don't even watch tv anymore, since video became so readily available via Youtube.

Good luck finding entire episodes on Youtube :laugh: