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Tomorrow´s the big day when Psych Returns. I already watched the episode and wrote a full review with spoilers and quotes from Psych S05E10 Extradition II.
During an interview we had with Psych stars Dule Hill and James Roday, Tami Gill from AccidentalSexiness.com asked them about pitching for a The Mentalist / Psych Crossover.
Here´s what they said
James Roday: You have to come up with that fool-proof argument for CBS of why it makes sense to cross their show that has 100 million zillion viewers with our show that has…
Dule Hill: They’re like, “We think not. You want to take our 100 million viewers to how many viewers? Oh, and what’s the name of the show? Oh, okay, okay.”
James Roday: And then we’d say, “Yes, but our 4 million are crazy, like, they’re foaming at the mouth. They’re like…”
James Roday: “…the best fans of anyone on television. And a lot of your 100 million might be sort of, you know, they might fair-weather fans. This is a way to fuse those two ideas.” If he’s still on the phone at that point, then you should feel good.
So, would you like it if Psych and The Mentalist did a crossover episode? Would you watch it? I know I would
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We are reviewing all the cancelled shows and renewed shows of the season.
Although CBS hasn´t already renewed The Mentalust for a second season. Now, reports say that CBS is going to renew The Mentalist for a new season. So, everything´s good!
The Mentalist is an American crime procedural television series which debuted on September 23, 2008 on CBS.
Simon Baker stars as Patrick Jane, an independent consultant with a fictionalized version of the California Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He has a remarkable track record for solving serious crimes by using his amazing skills of observation. He also makes frequent use of his mentalist abilities and his semi-celebrity past as a psychic medium using paranormal abilities he now admits he feigned. He abandoned his pretense out of remorse when his attention-seeking behavior attracted the attention of a serial killer who killed his family.
The pilot episode had an audience of 15.6 million viewers in its first airing, and 7.8 million in a re-airing three days later. It also introduced some of Jane’s backstory, indicating that his wife and daughter had been murdered five years before the series began by a serial killer known as “Red John.”
On October 15, 2008, CBS ordered a full season of The Mentalist. The December 2, 2008 episode (“Flame Red”) was the highest-rated television show of the week, marking the first time a program in its first season had achieved that distinction since Desperate Housewives four years earlier.
On January 7, 2009, the show won the award for “Favorite New TV Drama” at the 35th People’s Choice Awards.
Are you happy that The Mentalist gets renewed for a second season by CBS?
Now here are Tons and tons of spoilers and the complete recap of The Mentalist – Season 1 Episode 22 – Blood Brothers.
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Jane, Lisbon and Rigsby trek through the woods behind a local police chief. She leads them to a crime scene, a dead private school kid, beaten to death. He was found when they activated his ankle bracelet.
The principal explains that Justin had some truancy issues recently at Bright Arch, a wilderness program and high school for troubled youth. Jane picks up on the fact that the principal doesn’t like Chief Brody. She’s not impressed with Jane’s glib attitude. Jane thinks he was dumped in that spot after a struggle uphill. He goes looking for the spot. He thinks Justin was buried alive. And lo, they find an empty shallow grave.
The Bright Arch kids gather around Principal McLain and CBI team. He tells them they can learn and grow from the experience. A kid named Brian asks if they get to do the sacred fire ceremony on Friday. He tells the students to answer the CBI questions.
Justin’s parents arrive. His dad comes after McLain, blaming him.
Lisbon talks to them. Dad David heard about the program from a friend. He said Justin had become violent lately, but just shouting.
Jane inspects a photo of McLain in his office, decked out in camo and hunting gear. He says students come by word of mouth. They follow a code of honor and discipline by learning wilderness skills. A dour girl named Cassie brings the principle some tea.
When she leaves he says she’s blossomed recently.
Justin had been there three months. When he left campus for several hours yesterday and wouldn’t tell them where he was he got eight hours in the “reflection room” and ankle monitoring for two weeks. “Confinement and dog collars,” says Jane, “that’ll certainly encourage a little discovery of inner resources, I guess.” The principal says it’s in the brochure.
Jane asks if he’s heard of Z Krew, a name carved into a tree. Nope.
Cho and Rigsby dig through students’ tents. Cho calls the place spring break in Cancun compared to juvie, which he was in as a kid. He finds what could be a treasure map. They follow it.
Jane watches an uptight woman in short shorts barking at students while leading a knot-tying class. He cuts her down to size by tying her hands and sending her to check with her boss. The kids, impressed that he put their teacher in her place, are happy to talk. He finds a boy named Elliot who’s been there for two years. They say Justin was basically good, but fought a lot. They look at each other nervously when Jane asks what he was doing in the woods. Somebody mentions the Ax Man Zachariah who lives in the woods. A kid says a year ago they found a townie kid chopped up in the woods. He asks them about Z Krew. Nobody answers.
Lisbon puts a stop to his questioning when the principle and untied teacher return.
Rigsby and Cho wander through the woods and come upon a cabin, marked on the map with a skull and crossbones. They find Justin’s shoe print nearby.
When they knock on the door no one answers. Then they turn around to find a wild eyed woodsman with a shotgun on them. Chief Brody jogs up casually behind him, calling him a fool and takes his gun. He called 911 when they knocked. They take him in.
He says he’s never heard of CBI. Cho admits they need better brand awareness. Winston says he has nothing to do with the kids at the program, but they harass him. He built fences, planted poison oak, installed alarms. Three or four of them were at the house the night before last throwing balloons full of red paint. They always wore masks.
Jane asks the principle who Zachariah is and calls him a liar when he says he doesn’t know. Jane accuses him of being scared of Zachariah.
The principle says Winston is a crazy old man who made things up.
Jane addresses the students, with the principal looking on. He asks who wants to see some magic. He holds up his hands and slowly moves them, watching the kids. He singles out a kid scratching his leg, saying he’s going to read his thoughts. He says the kid is thinking about throwing paint bombs at the crazy man’s house the night Justin died.
Jane talks to Warren, who wants to know how he called him out. He tells him about the poison oak rash scratching and the fact that only grows near Winston’s house. He says Zachariah was a lumberjack hundreds of years ago who got pinned beneath a log in the river. He says he was so angry at his friends for leaving him that he chopped off his own arm to free himself then chopped his friends to bits. He says the lumber camp was in the same spot as the school is now. He says Z Krew wears masks so the only people they know is the one who asked them to join the game. He gives up Brian, who goes running as soon as he sees Rigsby and Cho after him. Rigsby tackles him into the lake.
Brian says there’s no talking on Z Krew ops, they cooperate by notes and sign language. He says it’s about running around in the woods, not murder. He thinks Cassie is involved in Justin’s death somehow. He says Justin was in love with her. He saw them arguing.
The principal says it’s ridiculous to think she killed him.
Van Pelt shows up just in time to see Rigsby hosing off outside. He squeezes into a tiny camp tee. Lisbon says Cassie’s missing.
Jane thinks searching for her sounds tedious and takes off on his own. The camp searches.
Jane makes a daisy chain under the bridge leading into camp. He pops up when he spots the principal leaving. He says he’s going into town and Jane says that’s where he needs to go. He get in the passenger seat and they drive through the gate.
The principal asks Jane to get out and shut the game behind him. He says no, that he’ll drive off without him. He has three theories as to why: fear, shame or guilt. Then Jane says: “Cassie, I have a gift for you.”
She pops up out of the back and puts on Jane’s daisy chain. Jane rides with them back to camp, presenting her for Lisbon and Chief Brody. Principal McLain asks for a lawyer and Jane says he was sleeping with Cassie. Brody slaps him.
Back at CBI HQ, Lisbon and Jane talk to her. She says it’s true. Twice a week for a few months. She says she was scared, but McLain’s just a “sad creep.” She says nowhere is safe. Jane suggests Zachariah made her do it. They’re a little unclear on how a legendary zombie lumberjack influenced her.
Lisbon drops in on Rigsby and tells him to arrest McLain for statutory rape. He says he was being caring. When Rigsby accuses him of killing Justin to keep his secret, he asks for his lawyer.
Jane tells the team they need to get back for the sacred fire ceremony.
Back at camp, Jane says they’re going to start with a ghost story. The kids say it’s bad luck to talk about Zachariah. Jane tells them after Zachariah hacked his friends the townspeople built a huge bonfire in this very spot and burned Zachariah alive. He says Zachariah made a solemn vow that if someone writes a Z on the ground and calls his name three times, he’ll take them away. But if the sinner doesn’t repent he’ll take the person away to his lair. The kids scoff at the ghost story. Jane asks if anyone has the nerve to call his name. Three boys do it. Nothing happens. Jane says they forgot the most important part, marking the ground with a Z. He hands his walking stick to Elliot, who makes the mark. There’s a pause where nothing happens and then a hand shoots out of the ground and grabs ahold of him. Jane asks Elliot if he killed Justin. With the hand grabbing onto him, he confesses, scared. Then Rigsby pops up out of the dirt.
Jane compliments Elliot on the system he had going, keeping kids in line with Zachariah stories and McLain in line with blackmail. He says Justin was soft on Cassie but when he found out what she was doing with McLain on his order, he threatened to tell. In flashback we see Elliot bashing Justin’s head in with a rock.
Elliot asks Jane how he knew it was him. Flashback to Cassie bringing McLain tea in a cup with Zs on it, a warning to keep quiet. He was the first one to bring up Zachariah and had been there the longest and then at the fire ceremony he saw he wasn’t buying the schtick because he knew the truth.
Jane walks oustide to see Van Pelt talking to Justin’s parents. He tries to dodge them, but gets called over. They thank him. He tells them their son died bravely and saved a young girl a lot of trouble, grieving parents clearly aren’t his thing.
Now here are Tons and tons of spoilers and the complete recap of The Mentalist – Season 1 Episode 20 – Red Sauce.
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Lisbon blows out her birthday candles and open presents. Jane guesses, correctly, that Van Pelt got her a yoga mat. And then he wins $10 on the fact Rigsby got her a gift certificate for a spa treatment. Then again that Cho regifted her a nice bottle of champagne. Jane says his is on the way.
They get a call.
A man is dead in a pile of sticks, shot in the head. No ID, but Jane thinks he worked in an arcade because he had a token and cheap prize on him. He thinks he came from up river because the river flooded recently and he’s on top of the sticks.
Lisbon swears grumpily that she’s not grumpy that Jane didn’t get her a gift.
They go to an arcade up river. The tokens match. A manager IDs the guy as Ed Diedricksen. He trips all over himself talking to Jane. He says his wife said Ed was away on a family emergency.
They talk to people in the arcade. Rigsby shares that he hates talking to teenagers, it’s like talking to mud. Jane shows some whippersnappers how pinball is supposed to be played.
Cho, VP and Lisbon go to visit Ed’s wife Jenny. They paid for the house in cash, no mortgage advice needed. It’s big.
Rigbsy enjoys himself a lollipop at Jane goes Tommy on the pinball. The kids stand in awe. And then it turns out that Jane hypnotized one.
The kid says Ed would get them weed or loan them money, but would charge a high vig. He tells about a time Ed broke a kid’s finger for flipping him off. He says Ed cussed in something foreign. Jane taps the kid twice on the shoulder and he blinks, looking totally confused.
Jenny watches the team from inside but won’t let them in. Lisbon decides they have reason to believe someone’s life is in danger. They bust down the door and are greeted with a shotgun-wielding Jenny. She says she has people coming.
Jane calls, telling Lisbon he thinks the Diedricksens were in witness protection. And then more armed men rebust in the door. Lisbon IDs her team. The US Marshals ID themselves. Jenny relaxes.
CBI breaks the news about dead Ed to Jenny, and the Marshals. They knew he was missing but that’s all. Ed used to be in the mob when he was Ed Russo.
The US Marshal thinks they must have contacted someone from their old life. Jane tells the Marshals that Ed was selling drugs as a front for a biker named Tiny.
VP and Cho talk to Jenny/Gina. Jane picks up that Gina doesn’t like it there. No good Italian food. She thinks Ed’s old mob boss did it. She says they didn’t talk to anyone from their old life, or anyone at all. She thinks somebody paid a marshal to rat them out. Jane promises her they’ll catch them.
Lisbon hands out assignments. VP and Rigsby drop in on a biker garage. When they ask for Tiny he comes at them. They cuff him. He says Ed was a rat. He says a few weeks ago he and Ed got busted with ten pounds of weed and Ed got out right away. He assumed he was a snitch. But he says he didn’t kill him.
At the office, Rigsby reports on Tiny’s story and says the arrest report shows no trace of Ed.
VP says the old mob boss Sonny Bataglia retired and the new boss would have no reason to want Ed dead. As luck would have it, Sonny retired to a golf course nearby.
Jane interrupts his game. He says he’s not a cop and he’s alone. Sonny responds by telling his goon to shoot Jane. The goon draws a gun.
Jane starts talking, saying there are three reason he’s not terrified. 1 – You don’t get to be Sonny’s age shooting people willy nilly on golf courses. 2 – He can significantly improve his golf game. 3 – He knows where to find Eddie Russo.
Sonny starts on golf first.
Lisbon welcomes the two US Marshals to her office. She asks them if they got Eddie off the hook for a drug bust. They say no. Exley says Russo was all out testimony and no use to them anymore. He thinks it was either the local cops or she’s just as misinformed as she is disrespectful and dumb.
Lisbon notices Jane is gone. She decides not to send someone after him.
Back on the course, Sonny follows Jane’s advice, singing as he swings. He’s pleased. Now he’s ready to talk Eddie Russo. Jane sees that Sonny didn’t know. He breaks the news. Sonny doesn’t know who did it. He says if he finds out, he’d like to send whoever did it some flowers and a thank you note. He gives Jane his number. He says it must have been an angry husband, Ed was a degenerate skirt hound.
Jane reports back to CBI, saying that Sonny didn’t do it.
VP reports that Ed’s car was just towed from outside the arcade, which means someone picked him up from work.
Cho and Rigsby talk to the manger to find out who picked Ed up. His wife, a pretty black lady about 5′ 10″, which perfectly describes Marshal Knox.
Marshal Exley comes storming into CBI, angry they put in an official request to talk to his partner. Lisbon tells him the police department confirmed Knox sprung Ed the night he got arrested. They can’t find her.
Police officers inspect a stopped car. Knox is at the wheel. She’s barely breathing. They find pill bottles and a note saying “I’m sorry.”
They take her to the hospital. Lisbon tells Exley his partner looks like she’s going to be OK. Jane suggests Exley talk to Knox. He thinks Knox was having an affair with Ed and Exley was secretly in love with her. He says if Exley knew about their affair he’d be their prime suspect. Jane says Exley’s best defense is a total lack of detective skills.
Cho and Lisbon go to the hospital. Jane dials VP’s phone and tells her to ask for Mary. Sonny answers. He does the same thing with Rigsby’s phone and asks Rigsby if he has shiny sweats.
Jane preps VP as they go talk to Jenny. She’s supposed to stay until Gina’s comfortable and then leave. Jane calls Sonny himself, asking if anyone has left any messages for Mary. Sonny curses him out.
Jane brought groceries. He plans to cook for her.
Later, he stirs the sauce and talks to Gina. VP gets her call and excuses herself. Jane shares wine with Gina after a good meal. He tells her they think her husband had an affair with Knox. She doesn’t buy it, says that he changed. But Jane doesn’t buy it. He asks her to confess to killing Eddie.
He tells her he talked to Sonny, and he thinks that she encouraged Eddie to rat in the first place. He tells her she can make him look good with the cops and confess or make him look good with Sonny and die. Jane dials and hangs up, saying Sonny’s associate is on his way. Then he dials Sonny to “prove” how mad he is. Jane refers to the woman they spoke of earlier, saying he’ll put her on. Sonny, irate about prank calls for Mary, lets loose a string of descriptive and vulgar death threats, which Gina believes are meant for her.
Jane asks her which it’ll be, confess or die. Jane looks out the window, saying he’s there. Gina sees Rigsby walking up in his sweats and shades, looking like a hired gun.
Jane takes out a tape recorder as she confesses, saying she followed Eddie and shot him then dumped him over the edge. Agent Rigsbys arrests her. She knows she’s been played.
Exley tells Lisbon and Jane that Knox wanted to apologize personally. He apologizes, too, saying he was out of line. Jane hugs him.
Lisbon tells Jane that toying with mafia bosses is no way to close cases. He thinks Lisbon is still grumpy about the birthday present thing. He sticks a bow on her office door. She opens it. There’s a pony inside.