Should you watch The Mentalist?
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The Mentalist
Series · 2008
Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.
The sides of The Mentalist
- A fake psychic working with the police
- A serial killer called Red John
- Cases solved by reading people
The Mentalist is good for you if…
- you like a weekly case cracked by watching how suspects lie.
- you like Simon Baker's charm as Patrick Jane, smiling while he grieves.
- you want a long hunt for Red John, the killer who took Jane's family.
The Mentalist is bad for you if…
- seven seasons of cases is too much for you.
- you want shootouts and chases more than conversations in a room.
About: grief · revenge · deception
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