Relive The mentalist : First Season

1. Simply put: it was the television event of the year, the series that has practically devoured the competition, the only - or at least one of the few - to achieve and overcome the obstacle of the 20 million viewers.

The Mentalist, CBS flagship along with - just think '- NCIS and winner of People's Choice Award for best drama series, created by that Bruno Heller, who wrote and produced a gem raw and foul-mouthed like Rome, is not only the surprise of the year promptly confirmed for a second season, but has re-launched explosively the figure of the detective and investigation pure. Why? How Is It? He deserves it? After the cut we'll find out.

It 's true, in terms of plot and premise similarities there, especially Psych, but is the show of USA Network's Monk as Maigret: here, no frills dramatic or pathetic, the tone is ironic, witty, light, but never grotesque, farcical or merely ridanciano and often the thickness of the story is more interesting than the show itself would imply.

The scripts are written with care, especially in the game with the cliché of the classic yellow (significant episode 1 × 16, Bloodshot, where Jane is temporarily without a view) and the royal exaggerate not ever limiting - clear - to follow the star.