Throughout this week’s The Mentalist episode, I had a nagging song playing in the back of my head. You all know “You Don’t Mess Around with Jim,” right? Well, Patrick Jane may be all smiles and sunshine, but you don’t want to mess with him either. If you’re on his wrong side, you’ll be had, big time. Even if you’re on his good side, he’ll find a way to get you, somehow; maybe he’ll buy you a pony for your birthday or something.

It stems from the sheer brilliance of Jane; he’s always several steps ahead of the best of them (except Red John, so I can’t wait for the finale, “Red John’s Footsteps”), just like he was with the “grieving” widow and the golfing mobster boss this week.

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(Season 1, Episode 4)

I am so glad that this series continues to push out excellent episodes, as it would be so easy by now to tumble down a hill of suckitude and cause me to hate having to review it every week.

I’m glad I haven’t seen the original version of this show yet. I feel fortunate, actually, that I get to see this show with fresh eyes, not constantly drawing comparisons. From what I’ve heard, this show is following rather closely to the original, so the real test for this series will be in episodes that completely stray from old material.

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