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The seasons score between 60% and 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. The first season of The Mentalist received mostly positive reviews, with critics being divided on the procedural format, but praising the performance of Simon Baker. On Rotten Tomatoes, season one has an overall rating of 60% from 25 critics, with the consensus saying, "The setup and episodic storytelling is far from original, but The Mentalist distinguishes itself from other procedurals mostly due to the talents of Simon Baker." On Metacritic, season one has a score of 65/100, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Robert Bianco of USA Today felt the pilot episode lacked in originality, but praised Baker, saying, "The Mentalist…
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60 of 248 · most liked firstMy mother needs a new show to binge, and I have been tasked with finding one for her. Preferably something with nice long seasons and a lot of them, just that pre-streaming glory where you can settle in and watch 100 eps. She just finished The Mentalist & I have rec'd All Sci-Fi already. IDEAS?
neutral · AI labelView post →Will Oz the Mentalist still appear on every sports show on television after Pablo Torre exposed his tricks? awfulannouncing.com/podcasts/pab...
neutral · AI labelView post →Bob and Nora were engrossed in the detective series The Mentalist. "It's amazing how Simon Baker stays one step ahead in the #slipstream of crime," Nora noted. Bob nodded. It was such a thrill that he forgot all about his spicy nuts. #vss365
neutral · AI labelView post →I've been watching The Mentalist (great show!) and suddenly I see Pedro Pascal sans mustache and he's almost unrecognizable! 😲 I didn't recognize him until he spoke!
positive · AI labelView post →Oz the Mentalist won't stop until he's invaded every sports show on television.
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm watching an episode of The Mentalist from 2014 and Pedro Pascal turned up and I did not know he was in this show and I spent MINUTES staring at the screen thinking 'who is that? He is insanely hot. And vaguely familiar, but mostly insanely hot. He'd be even hotter with some facial hair... aha!'
neutral · AI labelView post →YouTube gave me a shorts with a moment from Mentalist and I was like, "I need to watch The Mentalist again." I guess rewatching a show for the 6th time is okay, right?
positive · AI labelView post →I’d have some room on my iPad if I didn’t feel it necessary to have all 50 episodes of the show Evil, 152 episodes of The Mentalist, & 29 episodes of Yellowjackets downloaded to my device. Maybe the 4K versions of Interstellar & Aliens are a bit much. Hi, I’m Tiki, and I like my shows available.
neutral · AI labelView post →I really like having an easy-watch procedural on in the background while I’m doing stuff, but Castle, Elementary, The Mentalist, even Murdoch Mysteries…none would exist unless people were garrulous & stupid enough to show up in police precincts w/o a lawyer present. It’s shut the fuck up Friday.
negative · AI labelView post →Bluesky fix yourself I have opinions about the cop procedural show The Mentalist that need sharing.
neutral · AI labelView post →My favorite running joke on Psych was calling this show a ripoff except people liked The Mentalist more
neutral · AI labelView post →Lego is amazing, no matter the age. My nephew agrees and has created a replica of “The Mentalist” office. If you enjoy Lego, love the show or simply want to support a creative project, why not give this a 👍 via beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...! #lego #creativity #thementalist
neutral · AI labelView post →I’ve been sacked out on the couch all day. I’m on The Mentalist S6 and have moved from Kit Rocha’s Beyond to the Gideon’s Riders spinoff series. Taking periodic breaks to rest my eyes and ice my face.
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s taken me a while to really think hard about my 15 favorite television shows. I only came up with 10. Rebooted 1980s Twilight Zone Evil (Both shows tie to Rockne S. O’Bannon) The X-Files Cybill Star Trek: TNG Babylon-5 Cheers (Coach years) The Bob Newhart Show The Mentalist Murdoch Mysteries
positive · AI labelView post →I'm rewatching The Mentalist and just like House earlier, I miss this kind of show. Lots of episodes, crazy unrealistic storylines, flawed but clever main character. I love me a deep dive, slow burn, well thought out 8 episode series, but this is what I grew up watching 😃
positive · AI labelView post →The Mentalist is one of those shows that somehow got away with being so much weirder than a network law enforcement procedural should be. They just get to say batshit things in a completely deadpan manner so often on that show lmao Also, Kimball Cho is one of my favorite fictional crime fighters .
positive · AI labelView post →If there's one thing I deeply love about The Mentalist it's that Robin Tunney is always standing around like the 🧍♀️emoji. (I love MANY things about this show.)
positive · AI labelView post →The Mentalist would have been a very different show if it was just 151 episodes of Simon Baker staring intensely at cleavage.
neutral · AI labelView post →I have watched Ludwig four times, and I have fallen asleep in the middle of Ludwig four times. It's no criticism, it's something that a particular kind of gentle formulaic detective series does to me. The Mentalist is also extremely reliable in this way.
positive · AI labelView post →2/3 These past two days (yes, DAYS!) I've binged on 42 episodes of The Mentalist on Now TV's Alibi channel, which was recommended to me some years back (by George @retiredbroker, I think). Why the obvious overkill, you ask?
neutral · AI labelView post →Bajoran Helicopters in this episode of The Mentalist!
neutral · AI labelView post →Most of our fan group members know Tim Kang mainly as the stoic and deadpan agent Kimball Cho from the great show The Mentalist. Let's give Cho some more attention with (hopefully) a weekly issue. @timkang.bsky.social #thementalist #magnumpi #timkang Facebook Fan Group "Tim Kang Fans International"
neutral · AI labelView post →The Mentalist is a great show but it would be even better if at the end of an episode he said "You just got mentalized."
neutral · AI labelView post →Amazing commission I did for @millasketches ❤️ The Mentalist art, in this economy? If anyone asked me that I would do a fanart of this show I would never believe it 😮 I used to watch this show when I was a teen, felt nostalgic drawing this ❤️ #thementalist #patrickjane #digitalart
neutral · AI labelView post →in s03e05 of the tv show The Mentalist, the titular protagonist makes a bet on the podium of a horse race, correctly guessing the first, second, and third horse to win a bet for $500, showing a winning ticket he bet 50 cents on.
neutral · AI labelView post →2/2 Netflix just added a whole bunch of bingeable series: Stargate SG-1, Person Of Interest, The Mentalist, Southland, The Man In The High Castle. I'm bingeing on New Amsterdam, Netflix and Channel 5 (thanks @buzzbead.bsky.social) and Game Of Thrones on NOW (cheers @yamiacat.bsky.social).
neutral · AI labelView post →+ I also like: -Bojack Horseman -Inside Job -The Mentalist -House M.D. -Hannibal -Castlevania (Netflix show) -Resident Evil -Musicals (Hamilton, Beetlejuice, Heathers)
neutral · AI labelView post →I've been watching shows I started to watch when released but never did see the whole show. Like: The Mentalist Covert Affairs Agents of Shield Angel China Beach
neutral · AI labelView post →The Antagonist-Especially in Procedural Crime Shows. It just feels like they all create drama & impose obstacles for no particular reason other than "stirring things up". For me, Vance from NCIS & Madeleine Hightower on The Mentalist exemplify this. Every show does this and I find it annoying!
negative · AI labelView post →The tv show The Mentalist did an excellent job explaining it's a con artist running a scam by using mico expressions and any background information they can find. Empaths don't tell people that they are gifted with being highly intuitive or sensitive to others emotions. There's no need to.
positive · AI labelView post →Five shows to know me: • OFMD • The Nanny • The Mentalist • Bob’s Burgers • The Muppet Show Bonus I Love Lucy
neutral · AI labelView post →What's telling is, the last drama to outdraw NCIS on a Tuesday was... THE MENTALIST, a CBS show whose lead-in was NCIS.
neutral · AI labelView post →A sweet reminder of The Mentalist with this song called Lisbon & Jane. #thementalist #teresalisbon #patrickjane #TVMysteries #tvseries #tvshow https://open.spotify.com/album/3u3c0TuDZZ0qHlDPxjiZNW?si=E_naaGT_TCeRpGyZXkXGyA
neutral · AI labelView post →This is every single good show ever made. Lucifer, The Mentalist, Hannibal, Castle, Bones, Elementary, High Potential, House, Medium, and also The Blacklist which was terrible and should not be on this list
neutral · AI labelView post →First tv show for the new year: The Mentalist Season 1 Episode 2. Imagine my surprise when I recognized the Sheriff in the episode is the exact character and actor that is revealed as Red John in Season 6!!!
neutral · AI labelView post →Tv show called The Mentalist
neutral · AI labelView post →The Mentalist is an American procedural drama television series that ran from September 23, 2008, until February 18, 2015, broadcasting 151 episodes over seven seasons, on CBS.[1] Created by Bruno Heller, who was also its executive producer, the show follows former "psychic" Patrick Jane (Simon Bake
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching The Mentalist (15 or so years late) and the most believable thing about the show is that Patrick Jane didn't magically become a superhero after he started consulting for the police. He grimaces at gruesome murder scenes, he hides when there's gunfire...basically, he acts like I would.
positive · AI labelView post →The most accurate cop show is The Mentalist because it a) shows that the police generally aren’t good at the job and b) portrays the extensive ways in which they cover up each other’s brutal criminal acts.
positive · AI labelView post →@timkang.bsky.social Hello! What a beautiful memory! one of the scenes from an episode in the series The Mentalist, unforgettable Cho!
neutral · AI labelView post →Simon Baker's delivery of "Hell hath no fury like a slut outflanked!" and then getting slapped for it is one of my favorite moments in The Mentalist so far. I love this show so much.
positive · AI labelView post →The Mentalist is a very good low calorie TV show.
positive · AI labelView post →So I'm like "yes, I do, and I've seen it in TV shows". The other teacher is from Sacramento and I'm like "I'm sure there was a TV show I watched there, but I can't remember which" and then a classmate remembered it was The Mentalist! I don't know if I have friends here from Sacramento tho. 😅😂😅😂
neutral · AI labelView post →Those are some good show. I remember staying up on Thursday nights to watch the Mentalist.
positive · AI labelView post →Oz the Mentalist at the Correspondents' Dinner is the cultural equivalent of McDonald's at the White House. I'd be embarrassed to show up for that reason alone
neutral · AI labelView post →wykyk: Some days start off so well until something shows up that ruins your day. #thementalist #patrickjane #tvshows #TVMysteries #tv
neutral · AI labelView post →Time for a little Simon Baker in the morning. #simonbaker #thementalist #mondaymorning #tvseries #TVMysteries #tvshows
neutral · AI labelView post →:deep breath: So there's this show called The Mentalist--
neutral · AI labelView post →Thinking again about my favourite pro-vigilantism television show, CBS’ The Mentalist
positive · AI labelView post →Oh I know that drives me nuts! Mijy used to watch that show “The Mentalist” and they were “based” in Sacramento but would be at a case in LA, San Diego, wherever in about a 20 minute drive.
neutral · AI labelView post →This is literally my mother’s only complaint about High Potential (besides the outfits) and we just had a whole conversation about it last night. I love a Veronica Mars season-arc mystery more than a Monk or The Mentalist series-long mystery because it gives you runway instead of a cage.
neutral · AI labelView post →One if my favourites. Went downhill after the 5th series but at least we got a proper ending re. Jane and Lisbon. Owain Yeoman and Tim Kang have a podcast series "The TV Police" which they bill as the ultimate rewatch podcast of The Mentalist. Some nice anecdotes and reminiscing
neutral · AI labelView post →While Hublet was away, I discovered that The Mentalist was on Netflix, so I started a rewatch. Still an excellent series, although everyone’s tiny flip phones really date it. Still think the creators weren’t sure whether Jane was Red John or not at the end of series 1.
positive · AI labelView post →GN CU2MAM4 ☕ FYI a little good news, Simon Baker (The Mentalist) has a new show coming March 11th on Prime called Scarpetta. Get some sleep I don't think Iran can retaliate against us that quickly. #ImpeachTrump
neutral · AI labelView post →Lmao this is eerily prescient! I just finished The Mentalist last night and that one had become a load-bearing show for me.
positive · AI labelView post →If you're a fan of "The Mentalist," we encourage you to check out "Bones," "Castle," "Fringe," "Hannibal," and several other series in the same spirit.
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm always a sucker for a series based on the smartest person in the room, House, The Residence, and the Mentalist delivers wonderfully. Good call.
positive · AI labelView post →You know... I think it's a touch disrespectful that "The Mentalist" gets to show up above "Psych" when I'm specifically searching for the latter on Amazon. I get that they paid for the privilege, but still.
negative · AI labelView post →I am just going to say that the repeated "one more thing" never stops being wonderful, and I will never ever complain about any detective show that hinges on close observation tipping its cap to the great Columbo. #thementalist
positive · AI labelView post →What if they made a procedural show with all the best characters from different shows Cho and Lisbon from the Mentalist, Temperance and Angela from Bones, Luther from . . . Luther.
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