Good thing I've been watching plenty of television to keep my skills sharp.
The Mentalist:
This show is basically a vehicle for watching Simon Baker move and talk. He is a former fake psychic who has super good powers of observation that allow him to help solve crimes. Its the same kind of situation as Sherlock Holmes, and Dr.House MD, except in those scenarios the tragic genius is usually right 70% and wrong 30% and in the Mentalist Simon Baker is right like 90% of the time. He is supposed to be a consultant so I guess he doesn't necessarily have to answer to anybody but the rest of the characters all seem to be under his thumb in a weird way that I don't find believable.
The reason the show has survived into its 4th and ordered 5th season is because ladies love to see sad puppy Simon Baker be all charming and tortured. Its hard for me to believe that anyone cares about any of the other characters as they are pretty flat and undeveloped. Don't get me wrong, I'm not made of stone, I like that sad puppy shit as much as the next lady but it couldn't hurt to insert some snappy dialogue and develop the characters more, because a lot of the mystery/police procedural shows are rehashing the same kinds of crimes and criminals, so in order to keep an audience I think its a good idea to have us become invested in the characters.
