(:RED BLOG:): December 2011

Monday, December 19, 2011

|PRESS RELEASE| 4.12 - My Bloody Valentine

JANE AND THE CBI INVESTIGATE THE DEATH OF A MOB BOSS’ SON, ON "THE MENTALIST," THURSDAY, JAN. 19

Eric Winter ("Brothers and Sisters") Returns as Detective Craig O'Laughlin

"My Bloody Valentine" — With very little evidence, Jane and the CBI investigate the death of a mob boss’ son. Meanwhile, while taking an eyewitness in for questioning, Van Pelt is haunted by the memories of O'Laughlin's shooting, on THE MENTALIST, Thursday, Jan. 19 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

SERIES REGULARS:

Patrick Jane ................................. Simon Baker

Teresa Lisbon ............................ Robin Tunney

Kimball Cho ...................................... Tim Kang

Wayne Rigsby ......................... Owain Yeoman

Grace Van Pelt ...................... Amanda Righetti

GUEST CAST:

Michael Rady ..................... Luther Wainwright

Eric Winter ............................ Craig O'Laughlin

Kristy Wu ............................................ Janpen

Sergio Porchetto .............................. Jeff Licon

Joaquim de Almeida ............ Gabriel Porchetto

Matt Battaglia ............................... Curtis Nett

Bree Turner .............................. Iris Porchetto

Michael Reilly Burke ............... Andrew Kellogg

Jillian Bach ............................. Sarah Harrigan

Luis Moncada ............................... Luis Osorio

Randy J. Goodwin ..... Agent Bernie Westeroff

Ronnie Gene Blevins ............... Ellwood Spiller

Bob Rumnock ...................................... Doctor

Scott Connors ................ Gabriel Porchetto Jr.

WRITTEN BY: Tom Szentgyorgyi

DIRECTED BY: Elodie Keene

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Source: CBS Press Express.

Thursday, December 15, 2011

|PRESS RELEASE| 4.11 - Always Bet On Red

THE CBI TEAM INVESTIGATES THE MURDER OF A HIGH-END DIVORCE ATTORNEY, ON "THE MENTALIST," THURSDAY, JAN. 12

Catherine Dent (“The Shield”) Returns as FBI Agent Susan Darcy Who Questions Jane about Panzer’s Death. Samaire Armstrong (“Dirty Sexy Money”) Returns as Summer, Cho’s Informant.

“Always Bet on Red” — Jane and the CBI must narrow down the long list of suspects after a high-end divorce attorney with many enemies is killed on his speed boat. Meanwhile, Jane is questioned about whether Red John was responsible for Panzer’s murder, on THE MENTALIST, Thursday, Jan. 12 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

SERIES REGULARS:

Patrick Jane ................................. Simon Baker

Teresa Lisbon ............................ Robin Tunney

Kimball Cho ...................................... Tim Kang

Wayne Rigsby ......................... Owain Yeoman

Grace Van Pelt ...................... Amanda Righetti

GUEST CAST:

Catherine Dent ........... FBI Agent Susan Darcy

Samaire Armstrong ............................ Summer

Don Franklin ................................. Larry Dersh

Heather Mazur ....................... Colette Santori

Rudolph Martin .............................. Brock Marx

Ely Pouget ...................................... Teri Maier

David Carey Foster ........................ Tom Maier

Andrew Borba .......... Inspector Bobby Wilson

Geoffrey Wade .................................. Minister

Jeff L. Williams ............................. Alton Creek

Bubba Ganter .............................. Bouncer #2

WRITTEN BY: Ashley Gable

DIRECTED BY: John Showalter

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Source: CBS Press Express.

|SPOILER| EP previews tonight's return of 'old Patrick Jane,' more from Red John

The Patrick Jane that was thought to be gone forever is making a comeback tonight.

For The Mentalist‘s midseason finale, executive producer and writer Daniel Cerone says they wanted to give fans a chance to see the Patrick Jane of the past — with a twist. “We always thought it’d be fun to see the old Patrick Jane. You know, the psychic hookster in a shiny suit, but the only real way to do that would be a flashback episode, and those types of episodes generally turn out to be disappointing.” Instead, he says, they opted to bring the old Jane into the present, and give the characters a chance to “experience first-hand who Jane really was before his wife and daughter were murdered.”

In the episode, Jane finds himself afflicted with dissociative fugue, a form of amnesia. “Fugues are usually precipitated by a stressful event. So in that way, we brought Jane out of the past,” Cerone says. “So what we’ll witness is who Jane was before the death of his family. He was a wilder, more untamed character, you know who was a lot of fun but not the most trustworthy guy.” But in that lies a predicament for Jane’s newfound friends. “Patrick Jane is arguably a tortured soul. His wife and daughter were murdered by a serial killer, who he’s been obsessively hunting ever since but you strip those memories away you have this charming con man without a care in the world. So is the compassionate act to just to let him go, let him live in ignorance of Red John and the family he lost?” he says. “I mean, why make him remember and live that pain all over again? That’s sort of a interesting dilemma that we end up presenting our team with.”

Speaking of Red John, while he won’t pop up in this episode, Cerone says, “There is a nice hand off that occurs because ‘Fugue in Red’ is episode 410 [it] kind of summarizes or resets who Red John is in Patrick Jane’s life and [the next new episode on Jan. 12] basically picks up that baton and runs with it. It does kick off the second half of the season as this FBI case intensifies.” While the show has backed off the Red John storyline for much of the first half, Cerone says to waiting fans, “It will definitely ramp up, and become deeper toward the end of the season more than the middle part. But we do have a nice build.”

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Source: EW.com.

Monday, December 12, 2011

|PROMO| 4.10 - Fugue in Red - CBS 2

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Friday, December 9, 2011

|SPOILER| Red John Mystery Will ‘Ramp Up’

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The Red John storyline has taken so many twists and turns since last season’s epic finale that that storyline has largely taken a back seat to other fun capers. But that won’t be the case all season. In fact, Daniel Cerone, executive producer and writer of next week’s “Fugue in Red,” tells me this week’s episode, which will find Jane reverting to his con-man ways after an accident, will "reframe who Red John is in the life of our character" and ultimately set the stage for a second half of the season that will see more action from this fan-favorite storyline.

"[This] will definitely ramp up toward the end of the season more than the middle part, but we do have a nice build,” he says. “We’ve introduced this character, Darcy, who is investigating the supposed reemergence of Red John, but the more time that she spends with Jane, the more suspicious she’s going to become of him. So that investigation into Red John is going to take many twists and turns before the end of the season."

Meanwhile, loyal reader Rebecca wrote in asking for scoop on Cho and his new CI, Summer. Happy to hear of the positive response to Summer, Cerone offered up, "Cho is such a mystery man because he has a very stoic exterior," he says. "So we thought it would be fun to create a character who could try to get under that and, you know, opposites attract. So we wanted to find both a character and an actress who were sort of completely random and untethered as possible just to see what would occur. So far, it’s been a lot of fun because there is natural chemistry between them."

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Source: Inside TV (EW.com).

|PROMO| 4.10 - Fugue in Red - CBS

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Thursday, December 8, 2011

|PROMO| 4.10 - Fugue in Red - CTV

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|SPOILER| 4.15 - War of the Roses

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Episode 4.15 of The Mentalist will be called "War of the Roses". Written by Ken Woodruff.

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Source: The Mentalist Writer.

|SPOILER| Craig Bierko Previews 'Creepy' Case, Morena Baccarin Teases Her 'Juicy' Encore

American Horror Story has nothing on The Mentalist, which this Thursday (CBS, 10/9c) has Jane collaborating with an alive "dead" man (played by Craig Bierko) to track down a would-be murderer.

Also on the horizon for the crime drama: the return of Erica Flynn, the vexing vixen-slash-murderous matchmaker played by Morena Baccarin.

First up: This week, Bierko (Boston Legal) guest-stars as "Doc" Duggan, a retired pro football QB who is believed dead after someone blows up his car. Relishing the rare chance to pick the brain of a "murder victim who's alive," Jane, with Lisbon, work with Doc to deduce who might have tried to sack him for good. Ashley Williams (How I Met Your Mother) plays Doc's ex-wife.

"He's kind of a larger-than-life character, an ex-quarterback who's got his own restaurant and bar," Bierko says, examining Doc. "After he's thought to have been killed, he's hidden away at CBI as Jane tries to figure out what happened. And... that's all I'm allowed to say!"

Indeed, Bierko grew most cryptic when pressed for other details on his visit and any twists involved, except to say that this Mentalist episode, as typical, "has got a lot of different spinning wheels," and that the mystery surrounding Doc's apparent brush with death "gets a little creepy."

"I like playing guys who are sort of in that margin where you can't quite figure out if they're up for having a great time or if they're hiding something a bit more diabolical," he added. "And I will say that this kind of satisfied that itch a little bit... It'll be fun for the audience to try to figure out what really is going on."

Looking beyond The Mentalist's imminent holiday break (starting after the Dec. 15 episode) I recently asked Morena Baccarin (Homeland, V) about her upcoming encore as high-end matchmaker Erica Flynn, whom we last saw being arrested for murder in the April 2011 episode "Every Rose Has Its Thorn."

When TVLine first reported on Baccarin's re-booking, the speculation was that the CBI may need to pay Erica a visit behind bars, perhaps for a consult on a new case. But as the actress herself muses, "She was apprehended and going to go to trial, but you don't know if she actually made it to prison. After all, she covered her tracks pretty well, and nobody could really prove anything..."

Baccarin had not quite yet gotten her hands on the actual script at the time I spoke to her, but said she had been told "it’s really juicy."

Currently wowing Showtime viewers with her emotional scenes as Homeland's widow-no-more, Baccarin said of her Mentalist comeback, "It'll be fun to do something completely different – get back to my evil roots a little bit!"

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Source: TV|Line.