Bloodshot (Mentalist, March 17, 2009 episode)

[mirium]

(episode where Jane is temporarily blinded)

Rigsby is turning into the standout supporting character, at least for me -- so clueless, but he's got strength of character and he's not pushy about it. I did wonder if his hostility toward the lawyer/boyfriend was just because he sensed a rival, or if he had a bad feeling about the guy generally and wrote that off because he was a rival.

Jane's behavior was a bit odd, but in a further-insights-into-his-character way. He might be a Nice Guy now, but once he was under stress, the old nastiness sure seemed to peek out and whop people -- seemed to me that a lot of his "niceness" in this episode was laced with showing himself that he still had the power to manipulate people. And I tried to figure out if there was any rhyme or reason to when he took off the bandages and/or glasses and when he kept them on, other than showing his facial expressions more to the camera for certain scenes. Was he trying to feel uninjured? To look uninjured, or more injured, to affect how people treated him?

[babs]

I don't know, but he seemed very..angsty to me in this. At least we got to see a glimpse back to when he was a scammer.

The whole Rigsby and...*looks up her name*Grace thing is adorable, as well as amusing. I think the hostility was just because the guy was with his girl. At least Grace realized in the end that he really does care for her...the almost kiss..I knew they'd go in and ruin it with a janitor or something. So depressing =c

Anyway, I think I figured out the whole Grace's boyfriend being the badguy thing out pretty quickly. He JUST happens to show up when some guy is out to get Jane. A little odd, I thought.

I personally would've liked to have seen Jane trying on different pairs of funny or kiddy glasses. Would've made my day!

[luf100]

I loved last nights episode. I had no clue about Grace's boyfriend, and the minute he kicked Rigsby in the back of the leg I was like WHAT?! Ahahaa, I had like, no idea.

I think Jane took the bandages off the first time because he said something like how was he going to know if he could see if the bandages were there? Then later they put them back on when he had that little attack thingy (or whatever happened there) after the flashback.

I really like how they started off the show with two characters on the verge of having a relationship. It's almost as if we've been watching the show for seasons and seasons and they're finally getting around to them having feelings for each other. With the almost kiss already last night, I was almost squeeing. xD

The ending was awesome. I laughed so hard at Jane trying to drive and Grace trying to tell him where to go. xD I loved it.

I do miss how they stopped putting "red" in the episode titles though...

[mirium]

They haven't stopped putting Red in the titles, they're just getting more subtle about it -- "Bloodshot" is appropriate, it suggests bullets but refers to eyes, which were kind of important. I'm glad they're taking that route, I can't see how they could keep coming up with titles that actually had "Red" in them, but they can keep the allusions going forever.

[babs]

Well, at least they're sticking with things related to the colour...they used Scarlett, and now blood, right?

[furrymom1]

wow this beautiful man simon baker is on the cover of tv guide again this week i think it is the 2nd time in 6 weeks. don't tell my lover boy H that i think jane is adorable..H still rules jeanne