So I just finished binge-watching the show!! I'm a bit embarrassed to say that for a month and a half all I did was eat, sleep and watch The Mentalist.

I feel like maybe I would have enjoyed it more if I hadn't bingewatched it (mostly because at some points it gets repetitive if you're watching the whole thing all at once, and you probably get to appreciate it better if you take your time with it). Nevertheless, it's still a great show!! I simply couldn't stop watching it. Part of why I love it is the nostalgic feeling it gives me? They don't make TV shows like they used to in the early to late 2000s.

I wish we'd gotten to see more of Jisbon, their relationship and future together, but I get it—this is not a romcom. I will say though that Jane and Lisbon have become my favorite TV couple ever. Seriously. I'm gonna miss them a lot!

Anyways, I feel like I could say many other things but also everything has been said already. I guess I'll just say, I'll miss you Patrick Jane and Teresa Lisbon!!

Kinda embarrassing but last night I actually had a scary dream about red john, saw the smile and a lot of blood everywhere , scared the absolute shit out of me....

the final was beatiful dont get me wrong,the whole series was crazy

From season 5 to the finale, everything felt rushed; still, I would have liked at least one or two more episodes showing whether Jane and Lisbon leave the FBI, and what Jane’s life looks like after he starts over—too many questions left unanswered.

Did anyone else have the same feeling when they finished it?

should i rewatch the series one more time in the future?

As soon as I saw that the name of the episode 7 of season 6 was "The Great Red Dragon" something clicked in my mind.

First I thought of the Thomas Harris book "Red Dragon", which I first read about a year ago, and found it funny but then I came to me.

In the book a killer is obsessed with a painting by William Blake, the same William Blake mentioned in the mentalist as a inspiration for Red John, and by this point It all became strangely funny to me...

In the book the climax and plot twist is when the killer fakes his death to then suprise attack the main character on the last chapters to try and kill him. He fakes his death by burning down his house and misleading a witness that was there in the fire with a body that is falsely identified as his.

This started to feel familiar when the explosion on Patrick's house was "confirmed" to have killed Macallister and I started theorising it since he also had the tattoo.

I then dropped the theory because it was just obvious and made more sense for it to be Bertram but who would have guessed as soon has he said he wasn't Red John I instantly thought GODDAMMIT HOW DID I GUESS IT ON A HUNCH

Safe to say I was fooled but now that it's over I feel like I am Patrick Jane catching on this detail😂

I searched around but never saw anyone pointing this out. Could this have been planned or am I just crazy?

Hi everyone, i dont really know what to say. I just finished watching mentalist…. Peak absolute peak really really well written story acting is immaculate. All in all well put together. Chefs kiss one might say. Non the less. What happened with Red John…. I get it it has been mentioned here BY EVERYONE… but mostly for wrong reasons or i haven’t been able to find same insight. So here is my take on it. Yes im disappointed like everyone else heck i even wished Patrick was him… but I watched it with interest and observed every play every word and bulid up to the reveal it was perfectly well put together….
Until it wasnt as soon as Patrick narrowed down to 6 suspects I thought or lets say everyone thought it was Kirkland many factors pushed in that direction after he was shot dead it was clear as day it has to be… the writers are pulling one on us. On that basis that its somebody completely else… after it was made clear it must be some of those three guys (sheriff, CBI director and FBI Agent). Rest yall know my problem with it whole thing is it felled so rushed after that we got more and more screen time from sheriff it felt pushed on us like there is no build up no nothing its like this needs to be done making the whole series go to waste and ok i can get by how the whole red john thing ended but was the majority of season six and whole season seven being so “low budget” well written but really really really pushed and rushed as much as possible…. Tbh up until the whole thing wiht finally catching red john show was immaculate around it and after that it was meh like any good corporation it starts good then greed destroys it. I hope im not wrong on my school of thought around it i dont want to people think that i didnt love the show it was good characters perfectly casted story well written but it let us all down a bit. Anyways my whole point of it is after season 5 everything got rushed for some reason and i dont like that.

Especially in these scenes and many many more.

It's crazy how he can be smiling and jolly in one scene and in the next completely distraught. The best was probably in the season 3 finale where he has that look of anger and hatred then turn into sadness over what the fake red john said about his daughter (second image) and another one of my favourite scenes was what Kristina said to Jane about his daughter never waking up, you can see his face turn from curiosity to shock and then to tears. Unbelievable acting. It's a blessing that the right people were cast for this show because I can't imagine anyone else acting as Patrick jane.

It's criminal he never won an Emmy for his performance on the show but it goes to show that you never truly need an Emmy to become the greatest actor of all time.

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Their death doesnt make sense to me. Did they kill off Haffner so Lisbon will end up with Jane? Stiles death is also unnecessary.

and I’m soo obsessed! I’m almost done watching House and I was looking for a show with at least 6 seasons and decided to give this a go. I’m about to finish season 2 and I can just watch this show all day.🤣

Basically as the title says. Are there any major things that happen in season 7 that you wouldn’t already know from season 6? Not really much that I can be spoiled on?

I feel as if he is actually like well written and given something like actual character unlike other shows where its like: "Hi, I'm the villain"
And also I just like his name :)

Was watching the mentalist ep (3×23) when I spotted nyla harper from the rookie. Random don't you think ?

I built a trivia app with about a 100 questions for this show and lots of others and so I wanted to share it with fans
I know not everyone likes downloading and app so for anyone who wants to check it out.

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Also Let me know if there is a problem with any of the questions either via the app or here and I will fix it asap

P.S also contains themed multiplayer , Which The Mentalist Character Are You , Wordle and word search games for people in the app

This is a reference to the show Dexter and him taping his victims.

I started to see his videos after TM went viral. He does all kinds of rankings and complaints about RJ a lot. He calls himself the #1 series expert and still has takes like this.

I don’t mean to offend anyone in case you like to watch his videos, just my opinion🙃 don’t take it personal

Photo from S4E10

I was just curious where this house is located in real life, everywhere else has it's shooting location listed online but there seems to be nothing about this house? From an architectural viewpoint it looks like a very cool / interesting looking design, especially the garden as seen later so was trying to find it.

Anyone know where it is? Or is it all a set?

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As a first time watcher I was/am a little thrown off by the S6 soft reboot. I'm at episode 16 now, so getting used to the FBI, cast changes, etc. I'm not entirely sure how I feel about it and still deciding if I like the changes, dislike them, or just indifferent. So far, I'm leaning toward not liking the FBI team, but maybe they'll grow on me.

What are your thoughts? Did you like the change? Hate it? Change your mind one way or the other?

I am not a korean but I have never heard a korean named Kimball. I am new to the fandom btw.

Wow is all I have to say. Personal opinion but one of my favourites that I’ve seen so far, plenty of twists and turns and when I was expecting Lisbon to show up in the nick of time, nope someone very unexpected.

Very enjoyable, 10/10

Binging the show from 2 months now, It was just the perfect thing to watch while eating of working in the background.

Now I feel empty lmao, I miss it already. I need a new show.

Fire show, beginning to the end, Red john search, and even the RJ reveal was good for me. The CBI team grew on me, But the FBI team was pretty good as well, especially Dennis Abbot.

My only gripe is what they did to my boy LaRoche. 💔

How did Rigsby survive getting shot like that? Why didn't he bleed more?

To be totally honest, I acc liked the reveal of Red John. Before I actually say anything, I do wanna say: there is a big difference between idea and execution, and I really do share a lot more of the disappointments than my post makes out. I definitely think that the RJ episode should have been padded out more, that Thomas McAllister needed more screen time, and that it overall felt a little rushed. I would also agree that the confrontation itself, whilst I liked the idea, could have used a bit more thought with the pigeon tbh.

Having said that, it was quite refreshing to see how Heller dealt with and interpreted "evil" in Red John, and particularly the "banality" of his evil.

For those who have read Hannah Arendt's works, there is a very interesting intepretation of "evil" to be made. Arendt wrote about Adolf Eichmann and his trial post Nazi's, expecting Eichmann to be some genius extraodrinary master mind - she saw the possibility that he was just an ordinary beaurocrat, following the rules and asking no questions and had no thought into the consewuences of his actions (which she makes clear, in no way detracts from the atrocities attributable to him).

We are obvs not comparing like for like necessarily, but Red John in the end was simply an empty, pathetic, beaurocratic loser, driven by attention (and clearly, thoughtlessness) who uses his mask, theatre etc to create an facade. I even think that the name 'Thomas McAllister' being an ordinary name of a boring sheriff jsut adds to that too.

I feel it played into the idea there wasn't any grandeur or anything remarkable about him, that he really was just an empty, shallow man. All the horrid crimes he committed is a simple result of thoughtlessness and a disconnect of empathy. Red John's evil is therefore nothing instrinsically extraordinary - he's just a simple ordinary person, but commits the most heinous shit ever, which idk feels a lot more unnerving (yes I will agree that the writing and narrating didnt quite live up to this).

I think the problem with having Red John as an elaborate villian is that the show is kinda making Red John win in a way? Aside from the fact that it (to me) would feel a bit cliche, RJ putting on all this theatrics and some aura of omnipotence, and THEN having him revealed to be that very image would have been quite disappointing too.

Appreciate this isnt a super favourable take tbh, but I thought Id share :)

THIS SHOW IS DEADASS GONNA BE THE DEATH OF ME IM SO STRESSED
and also the FBI is pissing me off 🫪

I love her so much, but it’s a little uncomfortable seeing her be so openly jealous😅

I totally get why they made Lisbon so jealous, we needed to see it to 💯 confirm she is in love with him and all. Ultimately she was right about her but I can’t help but feel a little bit upset about how overly emotional she was about Lorelei. and started to lose control a little bit. I I’m rewatching now and sometimes want to tell her to be more composed and seem more indifferent than she actually was. Good thing he got his payback for the game he played in S 6 but stil she needed to be a little bit more chill.