|SNEAK PEEK| 5.14 - Red in Tooth and Claw 2

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Source: SpoilerTV

|SNEAK PEEK| 5.14 - Red in Tooth and Claw

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Special thanks to: @RobinTunneyBlog <3
Source: SpoilerTV

|PROMO| 5.13 - The Red Barn (Extended)

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Source: televisionpromos

|PROMO| 5.13 - The Red Barn - CBS

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Special thanks to: @iamrachel
Source: Hails Migails

|PROMO| 5.04 - Blood Feud (CTV)

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|PROMO| 5.04 - Blood Feud (CBS)

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|BTS| Random pics from the set

Nina Corrado shared more pictures with the fans today on twitter! Second one is from season 3, third one is Simon on his birthday two years ago and the fourth one had no caption... we'll assume it's the cast in a party! (No idea how recent... anyone care to guess?)

 

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Source: Nina Corrado

|BTS| Dove Cameron on working with Robin Tunney and Simon Baker

Dove Cameron, a guest star for 5x02, shared her impressions on working with Robin and Simon.

Robin is kind of quiet, but she’s hilarious when she opens up to you. She’s insanely smart. She’s always stating random facts that she finds in some book that she’s reading. She’s really sweet, pretty sarcastic. She’s really easy going. Sweetest woman, I’ll never forget what she said to me on the last day. She’s my favorite, I love Tunney.

And Simon…What can I even say about Simon. He’s goofy. He’s a goofball. He’s really funny. He was always running around set, being wild. He would always do things like; pick up a mini hammer, run over to me and tap my knuckles with it like they were marimbas. Or one time he hooked up a scary looking machine (Unplugged and antique, of course) to my finger tips and turned it on “Full Voltage” and we played Frankenstein. He’s a nickname guy, too. I always had a nickname. Both really lovely people that I was lucky to work with.

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Source: @RobinTunneyBlog, i-love-patrick-jane, Dove Cameron's Tumblr

|PROMO| Sunshiny Jane

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Special thanks to @RobinTunneyBlog
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|SPOILER| Polly Walker joins The Mentalist

Fans of The Mentalist looking to get a read on the show’s upcoming fifth season, take note: Rome hellraiser Polly Walker is joining the cast in a major recurring role, TVLine has learned exclusively.

The English actress — who scored a Golden Globe nod for her role as Julius Caesar’s manipulative niece on HBO’s period drama — will play Senior FBI agent Alexa Shultz, a gorgeous, fierce and incredibly competent alpha female with a quick-witted personality.

Walker’s post-Rome credits include Syfy’s Caprica and Sanctuary. She’s set to make her Mentalist debut in the show’s season premiere on Sunday, Sept. 30.

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Source: @Aleee_O, tvline.com

|SPOILER| Crew call, set picture (5x01)

Click to see full-size.

INTERROGATION ROOM 1 - Van Pelt hears Betty’s confession, Mendelssohn actually took his own life.
LISBON’S OFFICE - Despite her promise, Lisbon eavesdrops on Jane interrogating Lorelei.
BULLPEN - Van Pelt updates Lisbon, the victim was suffocated and strangled.
ELEVATOR TO BULLPEN - The team shares info about the victims and will follow up with the next of kin.
INTERROGATION ROOM 2 - Van Pelt interrogates the adoring apprentice. There(?) was a thai(?) gem cutter.


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Special thanks to: soullessgem for the transcript! & @RobinTunneyBlog for the heads up.
Source: @ncorrado

|SPOILER| TVGuide Megabuzz

Now that the Red John case is again red-hot, look for the CBI offices to be flooded with Feds for several episodes. Among the new faces are the FBI's regional director — described as a ferocious alpha female — and one of her top agents, a good guy whose temper sometimes gets the best of him. While they're sure to push Jane's buttons, one case will also force him to battle wits with someone who is always two steps ahead of him. The twist? She's only 15!

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Source: @luvthementalist, TvGuide.com

|SPOILER| New characters' info

The FBI is getting involved... and staying involved. We're going to meet three feds who will recur significantly throughout the season. First up is FBI Agent Gabe Mancini, a forty-something guy with a strong moral compass but, unfortunately, a quick temper. His partner is Reede Smith -- quiet and smart, but young and disheveled. They're joined by the regional director of the FBI, Agent Alexa Schultz, described as "a ferocious alpha female." Rawr.


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Special thanks to: @RobinTunneyBlog
Source: blog.zap2it.com

|SPOILER| Season Five TV line scoop

We start this week’s column with a dip into the reader mailbag, where Erin asks: “Do you have an Inside Line on The Mentalist?” As a matter of fact, the CBS procedural – which, remember now, has moved to Sundays at 10/9c – has put out a casting for not one, not two but three FBI agents. Yeah, apparently that season-ending shoot-out has left a big multi-jurisdictional mess to be mopped up. Among the new recurring G-people are a handsome “good guy” named Gabe, a “ferocious alpha female” named Alexa and quiet lunk named Reede.

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Source: TVLine, The Mentalist Foro en español

|NEWS| Bruno Heller teases season five

TVG article week June 6-10, 2012
The Mentalist “Will they ever catch Red John”

Patrick Jane staged an elaborate trap for the serial slayer Red John, but the whole thing back fired when the Feds moved in and inadvertently killed CBI boss Luther Wainwright. Still executive producer Bruno Heller swears progress is being made, thanks to the capture of Red John’s accomplice, Lorelei Martins. “This will help lead Jane and the CBI to some really important, concrete facts about Red John next season.” Heller says.

“There will be a cascade of information – how he operates, who’s with him and who isn’t, and what his game really is.” How can we over look Jane’s escalading lawlessness, especially after he buried a man alive? “He got away with shooting a man in cold blood at a shopping mall this time last year.” Heller notes “His charm and his abilities will certainly get him past this.”


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Credit for the transcription to Tia from simonizecomau.proboards.com
Special thanks to: Robin's Green Shades
Source: Tv Guide

|INTERVIEW| Bruno Heller talks Season 4 finale and Season 5

Get that limo! Get that limo! But that dastardly Red John outsmarted Patrick Jane again in the season 4 finale, having used a decoy to fool the CBI team. Worry not: EW.com has an interview with The Mentalist creator Bruno Heller, who wrote tonight’s episode, answering burning questions about the finale, sharing thoughts about Red John’s identity, and giving hints as to what fans can expect next season and beyond (could The Mentalist suffer the same abrupt conclusion as CSI: Miami?).



Entertainment Weekly: You got to jailbreak Patrick Jane from the constraints of the CBI. Bet you had fun writing this one.
Bruno Heller: It was a laugh. These last few episodes of the season are always a challenge and a laugh because you get to break out of that CBI prison.


I particularly liked the first scene at the bar, I thought that was very well done.

That’s the other thing. Simon [Baker] takes such joy in being able to stretch that character, to take it to the edge of the character. It’s great fun for the actors as well.



Red John’s accomplices don’t tend to survive long in custody. Given the ending, are we to expect this one (played by Emmanuelle Chriqui from Entourage) to stick around?

They’re like Spinal Tap drummers, aren’t they? Yes, I hope so.




In the first season I thought Red John was just a serial killer. But he’s evolved to be more of a Moriarty-type villain with this web of other people under him and lots of money. Can you give me your sense of how you see the character?

The character is consistent in the sense that he has grown with time. He’s a bit like anyone who’s very successful at what they do, this superstructure grows up around you. Over time, he’s evolved as you say, from a serial killer to something more than that. I hate to use this analogy, and it may be an inaccurate one, but it’s like an actor. You start out by saying lines, then as you move up the ladder you start to think you’re more than a simple human being. Power attracts power and this is how great criminal psychopaths get power.


There’s this smart line near the start of the third act of Seven, where the audience is warned that when we meet the film’s serial killer, there’s no way he’s going to live up to our expectations. He’s just a man. Has that concerned you, building up the villain for so long that it can’t top expectations?

Sure, if season 5 we just opened a door and said “tah-dah!” and it was some mid-range actor, that would be disappointing. The trick is going to be — and this is coming — bringing the audience along and making them second guess themselves and ask, “Is that him? Is that him?” Red John ultimately is just a man — whenever you see the great criminals reduced to the flesh it’s sort of disappointing. I have two seasons or so to make it come true. I can guarantee that people will be disappointed.


Will you cast Red John next season?

Will I cast him? He might already have been cast. You might already have seen him.


So chances are when Red John is revealed, it will be somebody we already know rather than a “tah-dah” walking-out-of-the-fog moment.

Yes, it would be very disappointing if we did that and it was Nigel Lythgoe or something. I suppose if we could get Elvis Presley to come back we’d do it that way.


I thought Bradley Whitford did a good job as a faux Red John in last year’s finale.

He had a lot of fun doing it. It’s not quite sacrilegious, but verging on it, pretending to be Red John. I think we got away with it, the audience came with us on that one.


What else can we expect next season?

As you see at the end of last episode, it’s not that Jane is No More Mr. Nice Guy, but we’re certainly going to see a little more of that hard darker side of him. That’s one of Simon Baker’s great assets as an actor, he can play both charming and dark at the same time. The show is not going to turn into a much darker show, but that character will show more of those colors. We’re getting closer to the meat of what the show is about.


There’s a Sherlock Holmes show this fall, a character that inspired The Mentalist. Fox has a new show called The Following about a serial killer who creates a cult of serial killers. Were you like, “Hey, there’s already a show about all this!”

There’s room for any number of shows along these lines because it’s a universally beloved genre. I hear the Sherlock Holmes show [CBS' Elementary] is very good and I look forward to seeing it.


CSI: Miami was canceled after a decade on the air without the producers having time to write a series finale. Have you been reassured by CBS that you’ll get to have a final-season arc?

There’s no assurances in this business. It’s the job of myself and everybody else on this show to keep it working as well as it does to ensure we get that final arc. A show that’s been running this long with the degree of success it’s had, we’ll know well in advance of that sort of outcome and we’ll adjust accordingly. I’m not concerned about that.


Assuming you’re fortunate enough to get a “final season” heads-up, have you considered throwing out the crime-of-the-week format and turning your show into a serialized drama about Jane chasing Red John?

It’s a good question. Most writers would rather write serialized drama because it allows you to explore [the characters] in depth. If it seemed that’s what the audience wanted, we’d consider going there. But I think the audience so far is coming to us because it’s a procedural detective show and I’d be loath to break faith with that deal. I think you can have your cake and eat it, and we have.


Any thoughts about moving to Sunday nights in the fall?

I’ve always left that side of things to the experts who know what they’re doing. And more to the point, if I thought making a fuss would make any difference then I would feel differently. But there’s aspects of this job you don’t have control over. Our audience will follow us and hopefully we’ll also find a different audience than we found on Thursday nights.


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Source: insidetv.ew.com & Robin's Green Shades

|NEWS| CBS moves The Mentalist to Sunday nights

CBS released the fall schedule for 2012/13 and for Season 5 The Mentalist says goodbye to Thursdays and hello to Sundays. The show will be airing at 10PM after The Good Wife. The Sherlock Homes update Elementary will get The Mentalist's old spot on Thursdays at 10/9c.

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Source: CBS and TV Guide.

We just don't know yet if CBS wants to kill the show or they're just incredible dumb. So, with all the respect, fuck you CBS.

|SPOILER| The Mentalist casts Emmanuelle Chriqui

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Entourage Emmanuelle Chriqui is joining The Mentalist as a major new love interest for Simon Baker’s Jane, TVLine has learned exclusively.

The actress has been cast in the recurring role of Loraliei Martins, a mysterious new woman in Jane’s life who may be too good to be true.

Chriqui is set to debut in the CBS drama’s May 17 finale and then return for at least five episodes next season.

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Source: Michael Ausiello (TV|Line)