Post by mirium on Feb 4, 2009 10:56:11 GMT -5
They showed a rerun Mentalist last night (Feb. 3, 2009) but it was a good one IMO -- guys who had served together in the same Reserve unit and come back to their home town were dying in fires. The little discussions about revenge -- what it was and whether it was a good idea -- sort of brought out the contrast between what a nice guy Jane seems to be most of the time, and his agenda for helping the cops. I wonder if his need for revenge is sort of a hangover from his "previous self" (which seems to have been a little sleazy, before his wife and daughter were killed) or because he feels so strongly?
I'm also trying to decide whether his advice to the victim's daughter was hypocritical -- he told her to not try to get revenge, which is the opposite of what he's doing himself -- or if he was being honest, because their situations really were different.
I'm also trying to figure out the symbolism at the end, where it started to rain after a long drought. It was clearly Big Symbolism, because the corn instantly turned green and healthy ;D, but who or what was reviving? The town, the victim's daughter, Jane himself, someone/something else? :smiley-think005:
I'm also trying to decide whether his advice to the victim's daughter was hypocritical -- he told her to not try to get revenge, which is the opposite of what he's doing himself -- or if he was being honest, because their situations really were different.
I'm also trying to figure out the symbolism at the end, where it started to rain after a long drought. It was clearly Big Symbolism, because the corn instantly turned green and healthy ;D, but who or what was reviving? The town, the victim's daughter, Jane himself, someone/something else? :smiley-think005:
