EPISODE
SEASON
The first season kicks off at the scene of murder by famed serial killer John. John has just killed his daughter and wife. The Bureau of investigation is finally after John.
1 January 1957, Chicago, Illinois, USA
19 March 1979, Kentucky, USA
27 May 1948, Brooklyn, New York, USA
5 July 1990, Armenia
27 January 1966, Okinawa, Japan
17 January 1962, Denver, Colorado, USA
16 October 1968, Chicago, Illinois, USA
31 January 1951, Lynwood, California, USA
18 May 1970, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
11 May 1980, Menlo Park, California, USA
1 December 1992, San Diego, California, USA
10 December 1975, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
19 March 1969, Walla Walla, Washington, USA
29 June 1968, Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA
28 August 1967, Los Angeles, California, USA
29 October 1976, Norman, Oklahoma, USA
21 January 1963, San Francisco, California, USA
September 23, 2008
There's an old-school feel to the storytelling (shades of "Columbo") that makes it feel comfortable - perhaps too comfortable, or at least too easy.September 23, 2008
As a show, The Mentalist sets the power of science on the side and says up with people. In turn, we're paying it attention.September 23, 2008
By now, of course, eccentric white male smartypants on police procedurals are all too common.September 23, 2008
Unless the storytelling gets more interesting, you have to really like Baker to make "The Mentalist" more than something you pay casual attention to at best.September 23, 2008
As the setup for a TV show, this is no more ridiculous than Profiler and at least as likely as Patricia Arquette. And so far, so-so.September 23, 2008
We don't need another cop show, that's for sure -- especially on CBS. But if we're going to have one anyway, "The Mentalist" is definitely the way to go.September 23, 2008
Too many serial killers threaten to overwhelm "The Mentalist."September 23, 2008
The stories seem dashed-off, and whodunit quickly becomes whocareswhodunit.September 23, 2008
For the most, "The Mentalist" plays like just another clue-sifting procedural, so forgettable that I had difficulty recalling the particulars of the central case 15 minutes after watching it.