The Mentalist Review: Is Red John Back?
My heart is still pounding from the final scene of "Red Moon." That's always the sign of a good episode.
With serial killers, possible wolves, the phases of the moon, wannabe psychics and Red John, this week's installment of The Mentalist kept me guessing until the end.
Jane’s complete honesty with Lisbon about his motives for working with the CBI is refreshing. He’s never lied to her. He wants his revenge against the man who murdered his wife and child and a judge and jury don’t factor into that picture.
Lisbon may think she can control him or change his mind, but if she can’t, she certainly can’t say he didn’t warn her.
I have to say the sleazy trucker who hit on Keeley was suitably pathetic and creepy. When Cho asks him what Keeley’s response was when he asked her out, he responds, “I think she was intrigued.” Uh, no. Somehow I don’t think intrigued is the word Keeley would have used - but since she’s dead, I guess we can’t ask her to confirm that.
So now the CBI attic has an office chair, a makeshift table, a desk lamp and a cot with blankets and pillow. Jane is even taking people other than CBI agents up their for private chats. Are they charging him rent for that space?
I’m glad that Lisbon realized Jane was playing the wannabe psychic. She’s worked with Jane long enough now to catch on to his games.
They certainly left Jane alone in the motel room with the serial killer for quite some time. I know Cho and Rigsby were right outside the door, but if he had had a gun instead of a knife, Jane could have been in real trouble.
The twist at the end was great. Todd taunting Jane was a given, but finding Todd on fire surprised me. Now is Lisbon right, did another cop do it to exact revenge for the murders? Could Todd have set himself on fire and could Red John have been involved somehow?
I could practically hear Jane’s heart beating as he sat in the hospital chair, the words “tiger, tiger” echoing in his mind as Todd died in front of him. How far is Red John’s reach and how far can he push Jane until he snaps?
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November 24th, 2011 7:39 AM
Wouldn't it be delicious if Jane was Red John, and didn't know it. All that access, all that insider info... Very Fight Club.
March 15th, 2011 11:14 PM
okay first off.. Whoever said Lisbon is RJ your wrong.. Secondly.. Am I the only one who thinks JJ Laroche is a freak?! He's a flippen creepy stalker person who can't leave Mr. Jane or the CBI alone!! " I know it sounds fake but we have a website and everything" (; Long Live Mr.Jane(: "Jisbon"
March 15th, 2011 11:14 PM
okay first off.. Whoever said Lisbon is RJ your wrong..
Secondly.. Am I the only one who thinks JJ Laroche is a freak?! He's a flippen creepy
stalker person who can't leave Mr. Jane or the CBI alone!!
" I know it sounds fake but we have a website and everything"
(; Long Live Mr.Jane(:
"Jisbon"
Rank: Guest Star
November 29th, 2010 4:44 PM
Touche! Xavier you have me there, a slip of the keys can really leave one questioning, so I will relent but still remain squeamish about the misuse of the language, as I too had to learn English as a second language. The next year should bring all of us to our knees however as the plots will have us turn every which way looking for RJ's accomlice at the CBI. I vote for the inconspicuous agent who is always sitting behind Grace's desk. Can't wait for all your reasonings also.
November 25th, 2010 12:35 PM
student of trivia, insulting people that write their opinions and comment on theories about any television show is bad and unnecessary: "using poor grammar is inexcusable. All of you wannabe plot writers need to clean up your spelling, or has testing ruined education. Some of these comments seem to come from 3rd graders."
I agree that english is a very rich language, so is spanish (my native language), italian, french, german and so on. I speak all five of them so I can tell. I understand that everybody is entitled to make some grammatical errors when writing (unless you are being tested on the language). You for instance should take a closer look at your spelling before telling others to do so. I quote you again: "Red John will deffinately take his place". Please somebody correct me if I am wrong , but I believe you were trying to say DEFINITELY instead. Meaning, that RJ will certainly and absolutely take his place.
As for the show that brings people to this forum, I guess that we
Rank: Guest Star
November 22nd, 2010 4:07 PM
The english language is marvelously rich and captivating. However, using poor grammar is inexcusable. All of you wannabe plot writers need to clean up your spelling, or has testing ruined education. Some of these comments seem to come from 3rd graders. As for next year on the Mentalist, Red John will deffinately take his place, and many reprobates of his ilk will be uncovered. What fun!
November 21st, 2010 2:10 AM
what did the guy say in the end before dying..? i could not quite catch it
November 20th, 2010 9:39 PM
Lets think people, every red john episode has that one retired guy from the unit. The guy would have access to the whole cbi. Why else would this guy keep coming back whenever there is a red john episode. There has been two episode where red john's little slaves have been captured and they both have died within the cbi. Red john did not want them to find out who he was so he killid them, the only way he could have killed tod was to get inside of the cell and burn him, and the lady in the first season he had to be there to slip a poison in her drink. So it could very well be the old luitenit from the cbi.
November 20th, 2010 1:32 AM
Loved this episode, already the start was great. Lisbon when a deer walks by "Does it bite? [...] it could have killed me!" "I have a feeling i am going to be sorry (for taking this case) [... 10 sec later...] yeah, i am already sorry."
Tbh the amount of stretching out the Red John episodes and storyline became nearly unbearable and I did not like many of the S3 episodes as much as I did previous seasons, but this episode was definitely great, was great fun to watch.
Myrddin
November 19th, 2010 9:56 PM
How you guys are gonna be shocked when you find out that Lisbon is Red John...Think about it: Has all those men doing things for her, has unlimited access at the CBI station, seems to know how Jane will react when he finds out...And what do we know about her past? Unfortunately we'll never find out because they wills string the Red John till the end and that won't be for a while as the ratings are great...