The Mentalist (TV Series) At First Blush (2012) User Reviews

The Trial

[claudio_carvalho · 8/10 · 9 January 2022]

When Patrick sees the trail of Eve Mulberry, who owns a hand-made wine with her partner and best friend Amy Barron, he concludes she is innocent of the murder case of Carlos Ruiz. He convinces Lisbon to investigate the case while the jury is still deliberating. He finds that Eve had had a love affair with the victim, and discovers the real killer.

"At First Blush" is another episode of "The Mentalist" where Patrick Jane believes that the suspect is innocent. He decides to take over the case and resolves it in a short time. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "At First Blush"

Great acting stands out regardless

[kjk11861 · 6/10 · 30 June 2012]

I am a huge fan of the Mentalist with the exception of Amanda Righetti. That being said, this episode was one of those "I saw that coming from a mile away" shows. Tim Kang is so good as Agent Cho I have to believe he's not really acting which makes him a terrific actor. It took me awhile to figure out where I'd seen Bonnie Sommerville before; Friends fans unite. And lastly, Samaire Armstrong? What were they thinking? She has to be someone's girlfriend or something because the girl can NOT act. The best part of the show was Jane's use of the cameras; fooled suspect and suspected-suspect alike. It wasn't fair that Owain Yeoman (Agent Rigsby) got to fake the Irish accent...he's Welsh and had a head start.

Charming in its stupidity

[yavermbizi · 4/10 · 3 January 2022]

My overall rating of "The mentalist"'s Season 4: 4/10.

So the whole idea/plot of this episode is so contrived and outright insane, it's impossible to take seriously or even jokingly, it's just hard to stomach, but I liked a certain video-game quality it seemed to have. "The mentalist" sometimes makes it easy to ignore the constant large-distance travel the characters do, or that each episode tends to resolve huge investigation in two days' worth of time or so, while people just lounge around to be interrogated at will. In this episode, the "fast travel" is basically impossible to ignore, and the scene where Jane and Lisbon meet Gretchen in the wine cellar has a certain cutscene vibe to it: maybe it's the location reminding me of "Dishonored" or something, but Gretchen's scene-opening walk and the "Hey, it's you again" "dialogue" just have that something. Gretchen's a breakout character for me with the few lines she does have, and the way Jane writes her off after that scene is so bizarre it's absolutely hilarious.