The Mentalist 2.07 Red Bulls (2009, Light Crime Drama) – 6/10 TV review

Cast / crew Creator: Bruno Heller Simon Baker: Patrick Jane Robin Tunney: Teresa Lisbon Tim Kang: Kendall Cho Owain Yeoman: Wayne Rigsby Amanda Righetti: Grace Van Pelt Terry Kinney: Sam Bosco Rey Gallegos: Raoul Dominic Hoffman: Hicks Seana Kofoed: Mrs. Kent Art LaFleur: Louis Earlen Meredith Monroe: Verona Westlake Marissa Skell: Mia Westlake Vincent Ventresca: Duncan Weaver Gregory Itzin: Virgil Minelli Co-Executive Producer: Tom Szentgyorgyi Producer: Charlie Goldstein Writer: Tom Szentgyorgyi Director: David McCoy Barrett Executive Producer: Bruno Heller

Mentalist, The 2.07 Red Bulls (2009) Bosco and Lisbon are assigned to team up together when their cases overlap. Lisbon has the five-years-dead body of a kidnap victim while Bosco is handling a current kidnap with a very similar modus operandi. Bosco is dismayed to have Jane on his team while Jane sees an opportunity to prove himself and perhaps assist Bosco on the Red John case. 6/10 Fun episode with the police even doing a bit of detection (Lisbon gleans the vital information from a retired cop) and Jane pulling out an improbable stunt ("I’ve got expensive stunts if you don’t like the cheap ones.") to trap the guilty. The macho posturing between Bosco and Jane is fun and there is an exciting interlude for Rigsby and Van Pelt (after the action sequence, she ostentatiously doesn’t return his "I love you" but the physical contact of a chastising slap is probably the next best thing). Again, no objectionable explicitness and a light touch are keeping this show highly watchable. This Mentalist, The episode contains gun violence. Links Previous episode: Black Gold and Red Blood Next episode: His Red Right Hand

Posted by Mister Slimm on November 18, 2009

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