The Mentalist (Merged)

At the risk of double bumping for old news (and having trailed through 12 pages of search results before asking this question) is it correct that House series 5 is Sky 1 or DVD only - ie no terrestrial broadcast now?

I'm afraid I'm so out of touch, I still thought Five had just delayed it until the autumn schedule.
 
I'm really enjoying The Mentalist. It is formulaic but i like the characters and trying to guess who did it.

Thanks for the info about the 20th, I'm on holiday then but i'm definitely recording it.
 
I can't be the only one who thinks the mentalist himself has a dodgy accent? I know Simon Baker is Australian, in fact I quite like the mix of aussie and american so not really a bad thing :D
 
As someone who freely uses butter in his cooking (indeed all dairy products feature heavily), I am now concerned that it's only a matter of time before I take up the life of a serial killer.

:eek:
 
I've been watching this since it began, although I'm not entirely sure why I'm still watching it, since every episode leaves me feeling a little deflated and.... bored.

The main character, The Mentalist, is a good character. He's interesting, charming, intriguing, a good actor..... and I think that's the only thing the show has going for it. Him. Not his 'abilities', which as someone pointed out, aren't used to their full potential. I hoped it would be some sort of play on Derren Brown's style of work.

Actually, as a whole, considering the dark past of his character, and the serial killer plot bubbling in the background, I expected it to be a lot darker than it actually is. It could easily be made darker, with some blackly comic moments, but a grittier undertone. I think that would make it have more of a style to it...

The other problem is, as people have said, the plots are so obvious, there really isn't much trickery involved, and the supporting characters, both main and the guest stars, are rubbish and 1 dimensional. The other investigators seem only to serve purpose in rolling their eyes at The Mentalist and then having to begrudgingly accept he was right at the end of every episode.

I mean, is that how it's going to play out every. single. week? He picks up on something they don't. They don't believe him and go off on some other trail. He follows his own and concludes the case with relative ease. They all look pissed off but have to admit he's pretty good at what he does.

*blinks*
 
The pilot left no impression me apart from the look a like issue.
However I will watch some more episodes to see how much it improves and to watch Carrot's son in law. Could they get Lucy Davis on there too even if only as a corpse.......
 
I didn't know in the beginning that Simon Baker was Australian either, but I had him checked out what seems like a long time ago now! ;)

The big difference with Baker is that his Aussie accent makes him even more sexy. :cool:
 
I suggest to those who are worried they contact Five, and ask if they have the rights, but I dont see there is a reason to worry. If we get to June I will e:mail them myself.
 
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