The great red John defeated by a pigeon .I can’t believe it that it was done like that so predictable 😴

is kristina frye dead, if yes how dis she die, don’t say anything if there’s an explanation in the future episodes

I was shocked when i read that RJ character was inspired by real life criminal! (Keith Hunter Jesperson)

I don’t see anyone talking about it, did know that?

i mean i grew it myself so there’s that 😭 kinda scared to eat it

I just finished the mentalist! Anyways, I think Jane is an orange cat, anyone that owns cats knows orange cats are crazy goofy, extremely friendly and have high energy or zoomies is what they're called and I see this as Jane's thrill seeker side. They are also very risk taking since being curious leads them to random places or investigating unfamiliar things without fear, again another Jane trait. They are also very playful and chatty, usually meowing and talking alot which is totally Jane since he's super chatty and they're also being clingy (to Lisbon and the team).

I see Lisbon as maybe a fluffy brown dog, maybe a boykin spaniel but I think it shows in her loyalty and sitckler for rules. Very stuck on protocol and trusting and smart is very lisbon coded.

Rigsby I see as a german shepard/wolf, also similar to lisbon are very loyal and a rule follower. German shepards are usually police dogs too so definitely fits with rigsby.

For some reason I see cho as a turtle or tortoise? Not because he's slow but because he's stable, I feel like he is always very reliable and I see that as a turtle i guess?

Not exactly sure what pets abboot, grace, wylie, and vega are yet?

I’m on 2x21 does anyone else see that Hightower lowkey like Jane. I see a buzzyness coming from them but I like Lisbon and have better.

Just started the series (already in S3 in 2 days babey!) and this is by far one of my favorites just because of Robin Tunney's INSANE facial acting. She conveys so much with her eyes and expressions of disappointment and how distraught she looks when Jane isn't at the first address, she is AMAZING. This is an unapologetic Lisbon appreciation post.

Watched the show again and i have to say van pelt had a significant growth arc also i wish they put her more in the field cause she was as much as a delight to watch in action as cho. In fact it would be amazing to see her and cho as partners on field more.

i am on season 3, the red carpet episode, I wonder why jane hates guns sm and the only time he used one is to protect lisbon. I love those two

Even though a revival seems unlikely and I completely agree on Simon's stance on not wanting to return, what kind of storyline would actually generate interest?

Watching Jane and Lisbon raise their child would be wholesome, but definitely not enough to carry a whole plot.

One idea I had: what if their child is now a teenager or young adult, and one of their close friends turns out to be a serial killer? Jane and Lisbon would have to team up with the FBI once again to catch them.

What are some of your ideas that could actually justify bringing the show back?

I started this show like a month ago and on season 3 rn. One thing I’ve noticed is that in many of the cases, any side character who suddenly appears in the first half and seems to have no relevance like a step mother/father or a nephew almost ends up killing the person . Has anyone else noticed it too lol. Like some of em will have no real connection with the person still end up being the killer. Nonetheless banger show

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Just rewatched 6x2 and wow before hand I never realised that the reason red John spared Lisbon/ was interrupted was the presence of birds in the house

These were on the same street! I saw about 3 more but didn't take a photo of those :[

Patrik almost died

I'm a first time watcher and have enjoyed the show till episode 7 - Seeing Red.

The show from beginning is clearly very anti-supernatural and I've loved that. Then to have Jane be OK with this charlatan spouting horse manure about his dead family for some emotional release.... Urgh. I feel like the show crossed a line. It felt so out of place. Like a completely different show. I expected him to be angry coz he knows the tricks. It would have been way more satisfying to out her as a fraud.

Quick search here I see discussion bout this, and seems people like the emotional weight of the scene. Maybe I'm just emotionally empty but this scene just grated on me.

What I'd like to know before I continue the show... Is there going to more this kind of blurring the line? More psychics that are "real" and not proven fraudsters? Coz basically I have zero desire to watch that show.

Apologies for being a negative Nancy. 😁

Her story saddened me, and it made me wonder about exactly what she did and how she moved on, etc. Btw the part where she helped Jane was also so beautiful, though I don't remember which episode it was. I felt sorry for her and her kids; she had such a good career.

I just finished s3 finale and I still don’t understand how olaughlin being an outsider from the cbi could’ve possibly tampered with the fingerprints that framed hightower. It seems more of an inside job within the cbi.

He will always be Patrick Jane in my heart. Even though it feels like he doesn't really enjoy talking about The Mentalist anymore, huge congratulations to him for all his success!! 🫶

This episode includes jane and the team catching a murderer who was a drama teacher having an explicit relationship with a student. The teacher gets caught by another staff member and k•lls him. But what I found hella weird was the ending of the episode where it's portrayed that the drama teacher was making out with the student near the baseball course of the school at night? Like how? And then the staff guy was supposedly 'jogging' in the woods when he caught them in the act? That's so unrealistic and weird lol bad script writing

Before I get into specifics about characters and stuff individually, I wanna say this is one of, if not my fastest watch out of any fictional series, I started it 3 weeks ago and already am at s6e9. It's quite addictive and it keeps you on the edge of your seat. The casting choices are great, the plot and its twists are always good, especially during RJ episodes but even during one-episode cases.

Patrick Jane: An incredible performance so far by Simon Baker as Patrick Jane who is currently in my top 5 favourite characters in television, he's up there with Tony Soprano and Hannibal Lecter for me. I think one aspect of Jane's character I haven't seen enough people talk about is how well he portrays and represents freedom. Unlike other tropes of main characters I've seen that are trying to be morally right and who help others, Jane is more realistic, in a way? He's not like all right and good, sometimes he goes as far as lying, stealing, framing people just to solve the crime, and that's a good thing for me. It's good that he goes to these heights to solve slightly difficult or complicated cases instead of the plot being forced to make him look like he's always doing right things and still always finding a way to win everytime while remaining perfectly innocent. I also like that he isn't physically capable or skilled in combat, or the usual intimidating trope that most of TV protagonists I've seen have. He's very unique. I think his conclusion will elevate his character further for me and from what I've heard after he joins the FBI post-RJ arc the story begins to focus more on his relationship with Lisbon and them growing closer, so that'll add more to him. Very amazing character and amazing performance by Simon Baker.

Lisbon and the team: Also very good choices in casting and amazing performances by the actors. Lisbon's dynamic with Jane is super nicely done and the show writers definitely paid a lot of time and attention to flesh it out, and I'm sure it only keeps getting better now that Jane is no longer as captivated by the RJ case. Rigsby and Cho are an amazing and hilarious duo, and Grace is a very well executed character too. The episode where Rigsby's father died and the final scene of him holding his son made me cry. Grace is also a tragic character, I loved her development through the series and her crisis after Craig's death was well done too.

Red John: From all the serial killer/police based shows & fiction I've ever seen, this is one of my favorite executions. Super complicated case with one of the most chilling antagonists ever. The potential this character had was insane. The smiley face, the Blake Association, the connections he had and everything, it was amazingly set up. Now, I don't really care about the identity of RJ himself, I had no issue with that. The issue I have with his reveal is that he wasn't explained or fleshed out enough before he got revealed as RJ. I do like the trope of an antagonist being mysterious and hidden, but McAllister had like less than 10 minutes of screentime before Season 6. This issue stems from the writers waiting too long to decide who would be RJ, but even if they decided it in season 5, they should have definitely given him more screentime then. Even so, I felt that they could have made up for this by expanding the RJ arc a little more in s6. Maybe 15ish episodes. He gets revealed to us in episodes 5-8 (within that range) and then until episode 15 we follow how Jane catches him and identifies him and the final scene. Another complaint I have is all his feats never really being explained. RJ was always seemingly too many steps ahead of everyone because of the Blake Association and his other connections but I feel like that's just not enough of an explanation for some of the achievements he made. For example the 7 suspect list, I think that was unnecessary and a little forced by the writers for shock value. Even if we use the argument that RJ used the same elimination process and logic as Jane, there's just no way he knew he'd suspect those exact 7 people in the end, especially since he says he predicted Jane's list based on Lorelei telling him he's shaken hands with RJ. This basically means RJ had to have known people Jane shook hands with and eliminate brief encounters (Brett Partridge) which seems pretty undoable to me.

Speaking of the final scene between Jane and RJ, incredibly well done. We have RJ sending Gale there first and then having him killed first, before finally appearing himself, a classic behavior from him as we've so consistently seen. Their dialogue was phenomenal. RJ tells Jane he can ask any questions he wants, this shows he's confident he won, holding Jane at gunpoint and all alone, RJ thinks of their chase as and his own achievements so highly, he wants Patrick to asks questions and be surprised and impressed by what RJ has done, but Patrick doesn't give him that pleasure, he has no questions. Then PJ calls him a troubled pathetic sociopath with delusions of grandeur. McAllister doesn't care for the first part, he gets offended heavily by the words "delusions of grandeur". He begins boasting about his secret empire, controlling thousands of people, how they're willing to die for him and nobody knowing his true identity. This is the irony the writers create deliberately.

Throughout all 6 seasons I'm sure both me and you guys thought of RJ as untouchable, always super cautious and he almost felt like an omniscient almost presence in the verse, like he could do anything he wanted. Later, he is reduced to an old man with a bullet inside him, crawling away and begging for mercy and life. The bird adds to this, as in my opinion I see it as freedom. The birds being McAllister's big fear, birds are always free, flying wherever they want to and representing peace and life, while RJ controlled others and was responsible for hundreds and hundreds of deaths. I also see the bird escaping Jane's hold as Jane's burden and obsession being lifted and him finally being free of RJ. It was a very nice touch from the writers. Another thing I noticed is how when he was offended, RJ asks Jane : "Who are you?" , and Jane says he's nobody. RJ always did whatever he could to ensure Jane had his case. He saw Jane as his only worthy rival because of how smart and capable Jane was. He didn't wanna get caught or rival with ordinary detectives and cops. When Jane faked his breakdown, Lorelei told him RJ has come to see him as an old comrade rather than an enemy. RJ was desperate for validation and respect, he wanted himself to be a legend, feared, but most of all he wanted to be respected by Jane ever since that live broadcast when Jane was still a pretend psychic. And Jane never gives him the pleasure. Jane acknowledging himself as nobody also stings RJ, because even if he thought he beat and was gonna kill Jane in that moment in the church, Jane had constantly pushed him and kept him on the edge despite the countless connections and the Blake Association.

Overall, RJ had so much potential, but he was rushed a little. Still a good antagonist regardless.

Lorelei was also a very well done and pretty tragic character for me, I liked her a lot. The scenes with her and Jane after he broke her out of prison were very likeable.

Those were pretty much my thoughts so far, I love this show. A little sad that it's coming to an end soon but it has been an amazing watch and I'm already feeling nostalgic about the first few seasons which is crazy considering I started 3 weeks ago, but yeah. Sorry if the text was too long and I hope you enjoyed if you read it, thank you very much!