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The pilot to a television series accomplishes its purpose when many viewers expect seven years worth of fall through spring episodes and help product profitability through unrecompensed social marketing. The debut episode to The Mentalist brings together all of the finer elements conducive to success:
• attention to action, characters, dialogue, props, and venues;
• match of best actor/actress to role; and
• respect for timeliness and timing.
For example, the storyline concerns a committed quartet of best-qualified agents within the California Bureau of Investigation and their case-closing reputation thanks to consultant Patrick Jane (Simon Baker), a cold-reading, good-guessing, super-attentive, trick-playing, ultra-observant ex-psychic whose astuteness gets him paid to solve complex crimes and track serial super-killer Red John (Xander Berkeley).
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Website: http://www.cbs.com/shows/the_mentalist/
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Mira, Please let me know what you think of the series when you can view it. Simon Baker is so endearing that it's a shock to recall that he actually can play an unlikeable person (in "Margin Call" by J.C. Chandor).
I just searched the @British catalogue and they don't have the Mentalist. Amazon UK has seasons 1-6 for 39.99 pounds. I'll put it on the waiting list :)
Mira, I hope that it all sorts out.
The first five seasons may be the easiest since they're the highest regarded in the series. Internet articles and comments show some indication of minor disappointment in the sixth and seventh seasons because of one group of fans finding romance between two characters plausible and others not.
As for me, I find the series educationally entertaining, particularly when Simon Baker adds directing and producing to his standard acting inputs into the series.
Interesting comment. I'll look for it at the British Council Library, but they may not have the complete edition yet. Still, they may have some of the seasons.
Yes, it's a well-acted, well-written series which ended in February 2015. The final, seventh season in fact is already available on DVD since the series has quite a fan base. Simon Baker not only provides compelling interpretations of an endearing character, but also directorial and production inputs into a number of the episodes.
I've seen Simon Baker on TV but I didn't know his name, nor had I heard of The Mentalist. It sounds like a well-written, well-acted series.