I have wanted to watch The Mentalist all the way through for many years, but I never got around to buying all the DVDs back in the day, and once streaming services became accessible here in Aus it took ages for me to find this show available on one of them.
I got through the series this year, 2020, and really enjoyed it. Sometimes I thought it was a bit silly, and it got frustrating at times watching Jane be the actual boss of everyone, rather than a consultant. It frustrated me watching him basically tell Lisbon and everyone else what to do. But of course they all had their impact on him as well.
This is the story of a man so damaged from his personal trauma that he's cut himself off from people but inevitably there are connections forged, whether he wants there to be or not. It was a long character arc to accompany him and the rest of the cast on, with many ups and downs, stops and starts along the way. But it was a satisfying ending that tied things up very nicely.
The show wasn't quite the same in the last season or two given some cast departures, but it was nice that the two main ones were featured at the end of the series, to wrap things up.
I got through the series this year, 2020, and really enjoyed it. Sometimes I thought it was a bit silly, and it got frustrating at times watching Jane be the actual boss of everyone, rather than a consultant. It frustrated me watching him basically tell Lisbon and everyone else what to do. But of course they all had their impact on him as well.
This is the story of a man so damaged from his personal trauma that he's cut himself off from people but inevitably there are connections forged, whether he wants there to be or not. It was a long character arc to accompany him and the rest of the cast on, with many ups and downs, stops and starts along the way. But it was a satisfying ending that tied things up very nicely.
The show wasn't quite the same in the last season or two given some cast departures, but it was nice that the two main ones were featured at the end of the series, to wrap things up.