The Mentalist (TV Series) Miss Red (2009) User Reviews

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[claudio_carvalho · 9/10 · 5 December 2021]

The owner of the Gaia Software Company, Jim Gulbrand, who is under investigation of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), is missing and CBI investigate the case. Patrick, Lisbon, Cho and Rigsby find his corpse chained to the anchor of his yacht. They interview his brother Keith, who is a musician that will inherit his assets; his partner and friend Rick Bregman, who would have no motive to kill Jim; his ex-wife Kathryn Stubbs-Gulbrand, who had a troubled divorce with him; his security engineer Stuart Hanson, who is handicapped in a wheelchair; and his present lover, Dr. Brooke Harper, who is a psychiatrist. They also learn that Jim was a nice and competent man that had hidden ten-million-dollar cash. But when CBI find that Dr. Harper is a con-artist, she becomes their prime-suspect.

"Miss Red" is a great episode of "The Mentalist", with a plot with many twists. As long as the CBI agents, motives appear for the urder of Jim Gulbrand. The real killer was a great surprise in the end. Sad to know through IMDb that the gorgeous Lisa Sheridan has recently died. My vote is nine.

Title (Brazil): "Miss Red"

Do all doctors have unreadable writing?!

[Tweekums · 8/10 · 23 December 2017]

When multimillionaire businessman Jim Gulbrand is murdered on his yacht the CBI are called in. As the investigation proceeds it emerges that Gulbrand had removed ten million dollars from his bank account and there is no sign that he spent it or invested elsewhere. If somebody knew about the money it would provide a powerful motive. Obvious suspects include his ex-wife who clearly wants every single cent she thinks she is owed and his and his fiancée, Dr Brooke Harper, who Jane quickly suspects isn't who she claims to be. There is also the question of the key found round Gulbrand's neck.

This episode was a lot of fun with an interesting central mystery and plenty of funny moments; I particularly liked how Jane decided that Dr Harper is a fraud based on the fact that her writing is legible... the stereotype about doctor's with unreadable writing is clearly widespread! It isn't the first time Jane has come up against somebody not that dissimilar to his former self; that isn't a problem as the scenes between Simon Baker's Jane and Lisa Sheridan's 'Dr Harper' were rather fun. The ending features a nice twist; I certainly didn't see it coming. Overall another enjoyable episode.

"Here we go."

[ttapola · 6/10 · 22 January 2010]

Remember when Van Pelt and Rigsby's kiss was interrupted *five* episodes ago? Remember when Jane hypnotized Rigsby and told him to do what he wanted the most, which resulted in Rigsby kissing Van Pelt three episodes ago? Surely their now mutual attraction should be addressed by the characters? Well, better play it safe for those viewers who watch only every fourth episode or for any equally stupid "reason", the writers seem to think. While on stakeout, Rigsby manages to say "Grace, I've been thinking that maybe--" before Van Pelt interrupts him because two of the suspects are in action. Oh well, maybe next week...

The case of the week is about as clever as the double meaning in the title. "Mis-read", get it? Oh, coming up with that one surely took hours! There is actually one unexpected twist at the climax, but otherwise we've seen all this before: irresistible con-woman, the protagonist (ie. Jane) meeting someone *similar* to him but of the opposite sex and opposing side of the law/nature and both clearly admiring each other, possibly even feeling attraction towards each other. But their relationship is DOOMED! Oh the agony! Will she return? Will we care? Will we the f-- Where's the innovation? This episode isn't even as funny as most episodes are. In the end Jane gets to gloat again, but that joke is starting to overstay its welcome. Even if we're supposed to see how irritating he is, asking the viewers to root for a bastard is a tall order if the show goes on for years like the makers of this are wishing. They sure need to start inventing something pretty soon.

Hey, how about some agony because of the murder of Jane's family? How come we're *never* shown that side of him even though we are reminded of it by as many episode titles referencing "red" as possible? Oh yeah, and the dice thing, Jane being able to roll whatever he wants - actually anyone being able to do that with enough practice - since "it's in the wrist"... It's possible - in theory. If you can hold the dice in *exactly* the same position and orientation in relation to the rolling surface and make the *exact* same throwing motion with the *exact* same speed and the *exact* same force with your hand, then you WILL get the exact same result. A robot can be programmed to do this. Can a human do it repeatedly? I seriously doubt it.