I loved how Jane's plan worked. I loved how Jane convinced the person watching that Abbott was corrupt. I knew Jane noticed the camera the first time he walked in the room.
As much as I enjoyed it from the start, the reboot has really found its feet in the last 4 episodes. Again this week, everything worked. Great case, the team has come together really well, all the characters and interactions are working, Jane is on top form and just...being Jane, just everything.
I loved this case because 1) Jane got to do magic, put on a show with Lisbon and Abbott was heavily involved and 2) it gave me a few Twin Peaks feelings. Plus I didn't guess the killer. Bravo.
I even find myself more impressed with how they're handling the Pike thing than I thought I would be, given that it's largely a plot device. It comes across as authentic, even if it's happening fast. We all know Lisbon will choose Jane in the end, but we need drama on the way...
One final note...ABBOTT IS AWESOME. I need a fic with Jane/Abbott set entirely on a speeding golf cart. MAKE IT HAPPEN, SOMEONE...
I agree with Connor Davey regarding the last 4 episodes which worked perfectly. The last one was funny, clever, with a good share of the tasks. One again, each members found their places and I guess a plan from Jane about the love affair of Lisbon with Pike... I don't trust Jane with his nice regards on it, and I'm sure he (Jane) is thinking on a plan to make Lisbon back to him :-) Best regards from france where the show meets a very good audience.
Pike and Lisbon have zero chemistry I don't even want her with Jane but Pike it seems really forced. The case was really good though I was constantly guessing and wrong everytime
Maybe i'm in the minority here but each episode i find it harder and harder to let the good points outweight the bad ones, what makes it even more dificult if that no matter how the case is handled its the characterisation that keeps letting things down.
The show at times is pretty schizophrenic in how it deals with the characters and how it tries to move their arc forward.
Firstly we get the reboot and they hint at something between Jane and Fisher, then they drop that completely and have other characters hint at JIsbon, we get episode after episode of no or very little Jane/Lisbon interaction so they can play up the Fisher thing, then we get almost forced Jane/Lisbon action in order to push forward the Jisbon relationship by using the worst possible plot device they can, Jealousy.
They butcher the characters in order to force something that they pretty much in six years laid the groundwork to happen naturally, its just galling at times to see what they've done to the show and the characters but worse of all it's the damn laziness of it all.
Suddenly Jane's Jealous, suddenly Lisbon's turned from someone who put work first to someone who stops in the middle of cases to take phonecalls from her boyfriend, these people are simply uncregonisable from the people they used to be.
As for the case itself, the flaws in the narrative outweigh any cleverness in the solving of it imo.
Firstly we get the point being made that it's 120 miles away and will take 2 hours to get there and then we get suspect after suspect or witness after witness being sent from the place back to hq in order to be interrogated and then have the info relayed back to Jane on the phone, no wonder america's debt is so large, the bloody fbi keep ferrying people around for no damn reason.
Would it not have made more sense for Jane to speak to these people and then continue his investigation instead of waiting for someone else to relay relevant details.
Also sending Jane and Lisbon alone to investigate pretty much sums up how stupid it was earlier in the season to send Jane continually with Fisher, it really shows that the writers didn't have a plan and were simply stalling in order to wait until Lisbon and Pike were together in order to create fake drama.
I miss the old show, the old dynamic, at least that was real, at least it wasn't forced.
There's really nothing I can't agree with in your post. You summed it up better than I could've done and above all, you hit the nail on the head. I'm no shipper for Jane and Lisbon, but the soap operish shit they're trying to pull off right now is just terribly transparent and shallow. I gave up on the show after the 2nd season and came aboard out of sheer boredom in the 5th season, but I guess I'll stop altogether after this season. We know who was Red John, that was all I've ever wanted to know, so no reason for me to stay tuned for what once again became a generic network shit.
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whats up with red viper stealing jane's girl
ReplyDeleteI loved how Jane's plan worked. I loved how Jane convinced the person watching that Abbott was corrupt. I knew Jane noticed the camera the first time he walked in the room.
ReplyDeleteAs much as I enjoyed it from the start, the reboot has really found its feet in the last 4 episodes. Again this week, everything worked. Great case, the team has come together really well, all the characters and interactions are working, Jane is on top form and just...being Jane, just everything.
ReplyDeleteI loved this case because 1) Jane got to do magic, put on a show with Lisbon and Abbott was heavily involved and 2) it gave me a few Twin Peaks feelings. Plus I didn't guess the killer. Bravo.
I even find myself more impressed with how they're handling the Pike thing than I thought I would be, given that it's largely a plot device. It comes across as authentic, even if it's happening fast. We all know Lisbon will choose Jane in the end, but we need drama on the way...
One final note...ABBOTT IS AWESOME. I need a fic with Jane/Abbott set entirely on a speeding golf cart. MAKE IT HAPPEN, SOMEONE...
Red viper? Jane's girl?
ReplyDeletehahahhaah yes he plays the red viper in Game of thrones
ReplyDeletePlease renew the Mentalist.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Connor Davey regarding the last 4 episodes which worked perfectly. The last one was funny, clever, with a good share of the tasks. One again, each members found their places and I guess a plan from Jane about the love affair of Lisbon with Pike... I don't trust Jane with his nice regards on it, and I'm sure he (Jane) is thinking on a plan to make Lisbon back to him :-) Best regards from france where the show meets a very good audience.
ReplyDeletePike and Lisbon have zero chemistry I don't even want her with Jane but Pike it seems really forced. The case was really good though I was constantly guessing and wrong everytime
ReplyDeleteMaybe i'm in the minority here but each episode i find it harder and harder to let the good points outweight the bad ones, what makes it even more dificult if that no matter how the case is handled its the characterisation that keeps letting things down.
ReplyDeleteThe show at times is pretty schizophrenic in how it deals with the characters and how it tries to move their arc forward.
Firstly we get the reboot and they hint at something between Jane and Fisher, then they drop that completely and have other characters hint at JIsbon, we get episode after episode of no or very little Jane/Lisbon interaction so they can play up the Fisher thing, then we get almost forced Jane/Lisbon action in order to push forward the Jisbon relationship by using the worst possible plot device they can, Jealousy.
They butcher the characters in order to force something that they pretty much in six years laid the groundwork to happen naturally, its just galling at times to see what they've done to the show and the characters but worse of all it's the damn laziness of it all.
Suddenly Jane's Jealous, suddenly Lisbon's turned from someone who put work first to someone who stops in the middle of cases to take phonecalls from her boyfriend, these people are simply uncregonisable from the people they used to be.
As for the case itself, the flaws in the narrative outweigh any cleverness in the solving of it imo.
Firstly we get the point being made that it's 120 miles away and will take 2 hours to get there and then we get suspect after suspect or witness after witness being sent from the place back to hq in order to be interrogated and then have the info relayed back to Jane on the phone, no wonder america's debt is so large, the bloody fbi keep ferrying people around for no damn reason.
Would it not have made more sense for Jane to speak to these people and then continue his investigation instead of waiting for someone else to relay relevant details.
Also sending Jane and Lisbon alone to investigate pretty much sums up how stupid it was earlier in the season to send Jane continually with Fisher, it really shows that the writers didn't have a plan and were simply stalling in order to wait until Lisbon and Pike were together in order to create fake drama.
I miss the old show, the old dynamic, at least that was real, at least it wasn't forced.
There's really nothing I can't agree with in your post. You summed it up better than I could've done and above all, you hit the nail on the head. I'm no shipper for Jane and Lisbon, but the soap operish shit they're trying to pull off right now is just terribly transparent and shallow. I gave up on the show after the 2nd season and came aboard out of sheer boredom in the 5th season, but I guess I'll stop altogether after this season. We know who was Red John, that was all I've ever wanted to know, so no reason for me to stay tuned for what once again became a generic network shit.
ReplyDeleteAh. I don't watch that show,so thank you for the info.
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