One-sentence review of S2 of The Mentalist

[mrissa]

It's going to be hard to top the one where the clown kills the mathematician, but I'm sure they'll try.

(Also: insufficient Cho! I mean, granted, I would watch Agent Cho, His Girlfriend, and His Dead Best Friend's Gran. Especially if it was on after Everybody Loves Reid's Mom. But seriously, one Cho-heavy episode is nothing like enough.)

Comments

[morr.livejournal.com]

I like Cho's character, but I prefer Van Pelt for screen time.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Now ask yourself: why might the two of us vary on this point?

(Seriously, I was very pleased with Van Pelt getting to do more field work this season, especially when she turned out to be a quite competent pursuit driver.)

[morr.livejournal.com]

I'm choosing to see it as a failure of some sort on your part.

However, I will concede that Cho's character is much better. But I don't think Van Pelt is really meant as anything but scenery.

Also, I don't think the writers even know what they're doing with Red John at this point. It's all over the place and it seems like everyone is in on it as soon as they're off camera.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Yah, I don't know. I only watch on DVD, so I haven't seen any of S3, but the place where they were with Red John at the end of S2 seemed like it was trying to open things up and instead made them seem a bit incoherent. So I am planning to watch S3, but I'm not sure the Red John stuff won't be terminally dumb.

(Seriously, William Blake? I am having a Bull Durham moment here: what do they mean, William Blake?)