The Mentalist (TV Series) Cheap Burgundy (2012) User Reviews

Shakespeare and the Pizzeria

[claudio_carvalho · 8/10 · 11 January 2022]

When the young woman Matilda Cruz is found dead, CBI agents believe that the killer lured Matilda in a chat room for lovers of Shakespeare. Patrick and Lisbon go to the company where she worked and see her boss Gary Philo speaking to the press and offering a ten-million-dollar reward to information about her murderer. Patrick accuses Gary of being the killer and the man punches him in the nose and is arrested by Lisbon. When they arrive at the CBI office, FBI Agent Susan Darcy requests the service of Patrick to help her in the murderer of Katie Bauer, who was married with a man from a wealthy family. Patrick and Susan investigate the case and the main suspect is the former soldier James Barca, who is missing. Lisbon carries out the investigation of Gary whole Patrick and Susan investigate Katie Bauer's case. But Susan has a hidden agenda.

"Cheap Burgundy" is an episode of "The Mentalist" were Teresa Lisbon and Patrick Jane work separately. But as usual, Patrick solves both cases, using his cunning and culture. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Cheap Burgundy"

Fun but ultimately frustrating

[charlie-moritz · 7/10 · 13 March 2012]

I always like The Mentalist because of Patrick Jane - I think for a lot of guys like me he's someone you would love to be clever enough to be. However the way he catches the character of Craig Sheffer using a clever dupe is bothersome as they just assume the catch, but what he gave up was the -definition- of circumstantial evidence. If they had his name on the chatroom then maybe they could trace it to him, but just the fact that he appreciates Shakespeare is nothing, they couldn't hold him on it and they certainly couldn't prosecute with just his implicit admission that he was a fan of Shakespeare. On this show they seriously need to stop having the method of catching people as getting them to look a little foolish and then confess everything because they were caught in a lie; this is't admissable in court so they could just stop talking and lawyer up to avoid incriminating themselves. The saying "I take the fifth" ring a bell? It may cast suspicion but that isn't worth its salt in court.