Thursday, October 8, 2009

The Mentalist - The Scarlett Letter, S02E02

While I liked this episode, everything I liked was character relevant and not murder relevant. This may be because it was so easy to figure out who the murderer was. It was so obvious from the moment Patrick Jane (Simon Baker) mentioned that the Senator and her husband had no sexual chemistry the she was gay. Probably because the rumours said that the husband was the one having the affair with the murder victim.

It might have been cool to see Jane be thwarted when each clue his abilities ought to have revealed was not found. After all, the concept of having someone eavesdrop on our investigative team was pretty neat. The whole affair, however, was not fully realized. Though Jane's reveals kept falling through, he never seemed fazed or confused by this. He had apparently already figured out that there was a fixer from the start. I would have been more interested if, for once, it seemed a case eluded Jane.

But enough about that.
1. Rigsby (Owain Yeoman)'s new hair is terrible. The spikes are so the hair of a 15 year old, not a full grown adult cop. If he doesn't change that soon, then Cho (Tim Kang) is right, he will die alone.
2. Cho is trying to get Rigsby to make a move on Grace (Amanda Righetti) despite it not being allowed. He is the man.
3. Grace was amazing when she decided to embrace her feminine wiles to confuse a suspect.
4. The new opening is garish. Please bring back the clean The Mentalist in white on black.
5. Lisbon (Robin Tunney)is in mandatory counselling after nearly being killed at the end of the first season. She doesn't like it, though she seems to be okay with the almost being shot thing. Is she faking it that well, or is there some other reason she doesn't like therapy?
6. Patrick Jane is an addict. I'd never thought of it that way before, but it is SO true.
7. Cho is going on a date with the daughter of the women he met at the post office of last season's finale. I love Cho and that chick was pretty hot so let's all hope it works out for them.

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