No Time Jump For Jisbon, Where Will Couple Be In Premiere?

Patrick Jane and Teresa Lisbon will still be new to the dating game when The Mentalist returns for season 7.

The CBS drama will only skip forwards a few weeks when it returns in 2015, according to TV Line. For Jane and Lisbon, the Jisbon relationship will still be in its infancy.

Despite the short time frame, the FBI team will undergo a little shakeup between "Blue Bird" and the confidently titled "Nothing But Blue Skies." Agent Emily Swallow's Kim Fischer is out, and Agent Abbott will bring in a young rookie as her replacement.

Played by Make It or Break It's Josie Loren, Agent Michelle Vega will be fresh out of the academy when she joins the Texas-based team. Although the newbie won't start off on good terms with Jane, TV Line reports that Loren has already been upped to the status of series regular.

Set to air in early 2015 on CBS, the seventh season will start off with "Nothing But Blue Skies" before heading into "The Greybar Hotel," "Orange Blossom Ice Cream," and " Pink Rocks."

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Some news from twitter (airing date, no. of episodes, last season)

@thebakerboy2 It is not official but we are all working under the very strong assumption that this is the last season.

— Jordan Harper (@jordan_harper) sierpień 14, 2014

@anagcorpas @thebakerboy2 I don't like to speak in absolutes but we do not expect more than 13. We have planned the season based on 13.

— Jordan Harper (@jordan_harper) sierpień 14, 2014

@GennarAmber Sometime in early 2015. I want to say January, but you never know...

— Tim Kang (@Tim__Kang) sierpień 14, 2014

Wedding Bells for Patrick and Teresa? Emily Swallow Leaving

The highly-rated police procedural drama series by CBS, "The Mentalist," has been speculated to return to television somewhere in September or October as filming for the upcoming seventh season has already begun, according to reports.

Show creator Bruno Heller revealed to The Hollywood Reporter some insights on what to expect in the forthcoming season, which will include a "satisfying conclusion."

"The pleasures of the show rests in the byplay between Robin [Tunney] and Simon [Baker]. Getting rid of Red John allowed us to focus on that human aspect of the show. Red John, as it turns out, was a convenience for Jane because it meant he didn't have to confront the rest of his life and what he's doing," he said.

With regards to the speculations whether fans could hear wedding bells for Simon Baker's Patrick Jane and Robin Tunney's Teresa Lisbon, the executive producer indicated that there will be resolution for those questions.

"After [Red John] goes, for both Lisbon and Jane, there is a palpable sense of 'What now? Do I really want to continue doing the same thing?' It left the two of them without an excuse to decide where that relationship was going. They had always been able to keep it separate. Those questions start bubbling up and the rest of the season was the resolution of those questions," Heller explained.

Meanwhile, Emily Swallow took to her social media to confirm the alleged news of her not returning to season 7.

After appearing to 14 episodes in "The Mentalist," Swallow, who plays an FBI agent named Kim Fischer, will leave the team. The site also speculated that there's likely another female character to take Fischer's place in the story.

Zap2It, on the other hand, indicated the return of Morena Baccarin as Erica Flynn, a matchmaker who murdered her husband. The character was last seen escaping from prison and later called Jane offering some information in exchange for pardon.

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Emily Swallow Won't Return As Kim Fischer, Cast In Bravo Series

Emily Swallow will not return as Kim Fischer during season 7 of The Mentalist.

After only 14 episodes, the FBI agent will leave the team. Swallow confirmed recent rumors on Monday.

"Don't be sad! I'll still be popping up on your tv screen :)," Swallow tweeted in response to a concerned fan on Sunday.

The actress will indeed continue her TV career, this time on Bravo's Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce.

It is currently unknown why Swallow was written out of the upcoming season. The character of Jane Fischer only appeared in the post-Red John world, and it looks like another female agent will quickly take her place. Josie Loren will appear as rookie Agent Michelle Vega in the 13-episode seventh season, and she will probably be introduced in the premiere.

Filming for season 7 is already underway, with episode 3 ("Orange Blossom Ice Cream") already completed and episode 2 ("Graybar Hotel") currently in progress. The premiere, "Nothing But Blue Skies," will shoot next.

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‘NYPD Blue,’ ‘Franklin & Bash’ alum to guest

Who is the latest actor joining the world of Patrick Jane? It’s someone who may already know a thing or two about solving cases on TV.

Per a post on her official Twitter, “NYPD Blue,” “The Jamie Foxx Show,” and “Franklin & Bash” actress Garcelle Beauvais is going to be guest-starring on an upcoming season 7 episode of “The Mentalist.” As for who she will be playing, all we can tell from some photo online is that she will be someone within the world of law enforcement.Her character has a badge, after all, and seems to mean business.

“The Mentalist” is still in the early stages of season 7 production, but has already taken a big risk in filming in some pretty public places. Luckily, they don’t have anything that spoiler-related that they necessary need to hide this early on in the season. We know that Jane and Lisbon now know how the other one feels, and we’re assuming that they’ll try to make a relationship work now. As for whether or not it will, that remains to still be seen (but we’re feeling hopeful).

Sadly, there is still no official premiere date for the show, but if we were one to guess, our assumption would be that the show will come on the air in either January or March. It’ll be the former if CBS has a show they want to replace on the schedule; meanwhile, it’ll be the latter if they have a good fall schedule and want to just air the show out until the May sweeps. There’s no confirmation that this is the final season, but that is our feeling going into it. (We’re fine with being pleasantly surprised later.)

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Simon Baker To Direct, Which Episode Will Actor Take?

The Mentalist's Simon Baker will step behind the camera once more in season 7.

Despite the truncated season, Baker will double his work load by jumping in the director's chair. With only 13 episodes set to air in season 7, it won't be long before the actor has to start prepping for his second job.

Unfortunately, Baker's project is not quite set in stone. The CBS drama is still ironing out the details regarding which episode the Australian will take on.

"I think I better wait until it's nailed down a little better," said writer Jordan Harper when fans asked him for more details.

Baker is no stranger to taking the helm on The Mentalist - the actor has directed one episode a season since season 3. Starting with "Red Moon" in 2010, the actor went on to make "Blinking Red Light," "Red Sails in the Sunset," and the first post-Red John episode.

In the meantime, The Mentalist will kick off season 7 with "Nothing But Blue Skies," "The Graybar Hotel," and "Orange Blossom Ice Cream."

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'The Mentalist' Season 7 Spoilers: Sociopath To Upset Jisbon? Erika Flynn Returns

The Mentalist's Patrick Jane and Teresa Lisbon better watch their backs; sociopath Erika Flynn is back and looking to drive a wedge into the newly created Jisbon relationship.

Played by Firefly's Morena Baccarin, Entertainment Weekly reports that Flynn will reappear in episode 3 of season 7. Guilty of murdering her husband, Flynn first appeared in season 3's "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" and later escaped custody in Season 4's "War of the Roses."

When fans next see Erika, she will be overseas.

"Jane teams up with Erika Flynn in Beirut, Lebanon, where he and Lisbon have gone at the request of the CIA to take down an international weapons dealer," Entertainment Weekly reports. "Erika has agreed to help Jane and the CIA in exchange for a pardon on the murder charges she's still facing and the chance to return to the U.S. But as always Erika has agendas of her own, one of which may, or may not, be inserting herself between Jane and Lisbon."

Will this wily seductress wreck Jane (Simon Baker) and Lisbon's (Robin Tunney) relationship, or will the two investigators be wise enough to steer clear of her traps? Find out more when The Mentalist returns in 2015.

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Morena Baccarin returning to 'The Mentalist'

Everybody’s favorite Firefly Companion and Homeland refugee is returning to CBS’ The Mentalist.

Morena Baccarin is coming back to the veteran crime drama for a guest star appearance in the third episode of season seven. She’ll reprise her role as sexy sociopath Erika Flynn, who previously manipulated and seduced Patrick Jane (Simon Baker).

Here’s the set-up: “Jane teams up with Erika Flynn in Beirut, Lebanon, where he and Lisbon have gone at the request of the CIA to take down an international weapons dealer. Erika has agreed to help Jane and the CIA in exchange for a pardon on the murder charges she’s still facing and the chance to return to the U.S. But as always Erika has agendas of her own, one of which may, or may not, be inserting herself between Jane and Lisbon.”

The Mentalist will return to CBS in midseason.

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Filming Out Of Order, Which Episode Is First?

The Mentalist cast is back on set, but they are not filming for the season 7 premiere.

The CBS drama started rolling cameras on Wednesday for "Orange Blossom Ice Cream," but the actors are weaving their tales in a non-linear fashion.

"Episodes 1 and 2 aren't really the first two episodes," said writer Jordan Harper on Sunday. "We're shooting out of order right now."

Patrick Jane (Simon Baker) and his FBI pals have a long way to go before their mid-season premiere, so the program's late return to the studio and non-sequential schedule won't affect when the episodes air.

Whichever number episode the series is currently shooting will involve a bit of time in the FBI's Austin headquarters. Newcomer Agent Michelle Vega (Josie Loren) will join Agent Kimball Cho (Tim Kang), Agent Dennis Abbott (Rockmond Dunbar), and the sandy-haired Mentalist in the bullpen for these scenes.

It is unknown, however, whether or not Vega will be introduced in the premiere or if viewers will have to wait several episodes to meet her. Due to the short 13-episode season, the wait won't be overly long either way.

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Production begins for Simon Baker, cast

If you’re a fan of “The Mentalist,” we certainly feel your pain when it comes to the lack of news and updates on the show right now. No one knows when the final season is going to premiere, at least other than the fact that it is not going to happen until at least midseason.

However, we can at least tell you this: Production is underway for Simon Baker and the cast! Filming started this past week, and will continue more than likely for at least the rest of this year. Thanks to a shorter 13-episode order, everyone will likely have more time off than they have since starting the show so many years ago.

As for what the story will revolve around, we’re sure that Patrick Jane’s personal life will suddenly become more of a focus after so much was put into his relationship with Lisbon. We’ll learn how they work as a couple, and also whether or not there is anything personally that ends up complicating their dynamic on the job. Of course, we’re sure that there is also going to be at least some sort of Big Bad-like character, even if it is not another Red John.

What the show will also be potentially feeling this season is a sense of closure. While it has not been confirmed necessarily that season 7 will be the last, the delay for a renewal this past spring, coupled with the current ratings in the 18-49 demographic, make that a likely possibility. The show may opt to come up with what will be a worthy ending for the show in the case that this is it, while also leaving a tiny crack open if there is another season at some point.

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A few more notes on a new character

As a “Mentalist” fan, you must be feeling the burn right now. It is not exactly clear when the show will be returning to CBS, and there’s also the large possibility that season 7 could be the end of the road. At least you have Jane and Lisbon, right? We at least feel pretty good that the show is not going to turn around and suddenly break them up now after getting them together, mostly because that would be the most awful thing imaginable.

Unfortunately, we have no further news right now about the relationship between these two. Instead, we are here to write a little more about the Michelle Vega character. If you remember from when we last wrote about her, we described her as a very ambitious new FBI agent who is looking to become very proficient with all forms of combat. We’ve learned a little more now, and it’s starting to sound like she will be more of an on-the-job adversary to Patrick Jane than someone he can rely on for shenanigans.

According to a report from TV Guide, this character is actually going to be fairly by-the-book, and is willing to work so hard to impress her superiors that she’ll sacrifice almost everything in her life. This means not having a whole lot of friends or free time, and we’re not sure that this is something Patrick would support at all. Now that Red John is dead, the guy likes to fit in some of his time for relaxation.

As for when “The Mentalist” could return, our guess right now would be either in January as a three-month fill-in series while another show is on hiatus, or March where it could run straight through to the end of the May sweeps. Either way, we expect a run weekly of all 13 episodes, and then we’ll see where the chips fall for the show from there.

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'The Mentalist' Season 7 To Bring Back Summer Edgecombe? Tim Kang Hopes Cho's Old Flame Returns

The Mentalist will only have a 13-episode seventh season, but Tim Kang is hoping that writers will find room to bring back one of Cho's old flames.

The CBS series closed the book on the Red John-era last fall, but every so often an acquaintance from the CBI days manages to find their way into Patrick Jane's (Simon Bakers) new FBI world. While these visits mostly occurred while the Grace Van Pelt (Amanda Righetti) and Wayne Rigsby (Owain Yeoman) were collaborating with their old coworkers to take down Richard Habiach, Kang remains optimistic that there may be a future role for Summer Edgecombe (Samaire Armstrong).

However, Armstrong's current work could hinder that plan.

"She's on @Resurrection now," Kang told a fan on Twitter. "Trying to get her to come back to @Mentalist_CBS. Cho misses her."

Summer first appeared in season 4 as a prostitute and CBI informant. Cho and summer quickly struck up a romance but their relationship went south when her drug use became a heated issue. After leaving the states, a pregnant Summer returned in season 5 with her fiancé.

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Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on Mentalist

Question: My favorite show is The Mentalist. Do you have any news for Season 7? –Snežana

Ausiello: A new woman is about to enter Patrick Jane’s (professional) life. The CBS drama is casting the series regular role of Michelle Vega, a rookie FBI agent who is a student of combat and weaponry and is unfazed by high-pressure situations (such as when the show awaited that 11th-hour renewal).

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‘The Mentalist’ season 7 spoilers: Meet Michelle Vega (sort of)

It has been a long time since there has been some significant TV scoop on “The Mentalist” season 7, and to be fair, it is also going to be a long time until the series comes back on CBS. Earlier today, the network revealed their fall schedule, and it was predictably not a part of it.

Luckily, we can at least come swooping in here with some of the first casting news about a series regular. According to TVLine, the woman’s name in question here is Michelle Vegas, and she is a brand-new FBI agent who is working to become an expert of all sorts of combat. Also, she will not be stressed at all during difficult situations. Basically, it almost feels like the show is casting its own version of Kate Morgan from “24,” except in neophyte form.

Personally, we hope that she somehow finds a way to end up with Cho, mostly because that guy really needs a lot of loving right now. (We’ll take anything that gets him to show off his not-on-the-job side again.)

As for the state of the Jane / Lisbon relationship for the time being, the jury is still out. We would imagine, though, that the show would not give us the romantic moment that they did in “Blue Bird” without some sort of further continuation of it now. In the event that these 13 episodes coming up are the last for the show, they likely need to show how this relationship will work. There are going to be challenges, and just because these two are now seemingly together does not mean that the struggles are over at all.

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Final season will be action-packed, hints show's creator

The seventh and final season of "The Mentalist" will be action-packed and will be filled with thrilling chases, according to the show's creator.

Bruno Heller described what will happen to the next season of the TV series without revealing too many details. "Up until now if you're comparing it to Moby Dick, which is one of the analogies I used to describe the length of the chase, next season the whale has been sighted and they're in the small boats and chasing the whale," Heller told Entertainment Weekly report.

It is obvious that Heller is referring to the long chase for Patrick Jane. The show's creator promised that the next season will be faster paced, more thrilling, more action, more surprises. He also said that there will be mysteries every week.

Meanwhile, although US TV network CBS confirmed the renewal of the upcoming season of "The Mentalist," the series may lose its timeslot on Sunday's primetime. Moreover, the series will have fewer episodes compared to previous seasons. According to Carter Matt, "The Mentalist" will have 13 episodes next season to tie up the loose ends and bring the whole series to conclusion.

It seemed that the show is not in CBS' priority list as the show is suffering in poor ratings. However, the new plot twists as well as the new turn in Patrick Jane and Theresa Lisbon relationship may bring the ratings up of the show's final season.

CBS has not announced the official premiere date yet of "The Mentalist" season 7, but the writers of the TV series are already back at work. Writer / producer Jordan Harper recently confirmed via Twitter that the writers are planning the next season.

Cast Simon Baker’s Patrick Jane Faces New Intellectual Equal From FBI? Actor Joe Adler Joins As Series Regular

"The Mentalist" season 7 spoilers are here and Simon Baker's Patrick Jane will encounter new challenges, including perhaps an intellectual equal within the FBI. Actor Joe Adler, meanwhile, has been promoted to series regular.

According to Deadline, who dished out some "The Mentalist" season 7 spoilers, Joe Adler has been included in the cast as a regular. He will reprise his role as Jason Wylie, who the website described as a "lighthearted and brilliant FBI computer expert."

Apart from his skills on the computer, Joe Adler is enamored with Patrick Jane's mind games.

"Adler's promotion is not a surprise as has appeared on a recurring basis in every episode of the show ... when the Red John storyline was wrapped up and the show's setting was moved from California to Texas," the website added.

The upcoming season will also have a 13-episode arc although CBS did not include "The Mentalist" season 7 in its fall lineup.

"The Mentalist" season 7 spoilers will revolve around Patrick Jane and Jane Lisbon's budding romance after the FBI agent finally confessed his feelings for her partner.

In the season 6 finale, Patrick Jane (Simon Baker) finally professed his love for Teresa Lisbon (Robin Tunney) before he was herded away. That confession is the only thing that Teresa wanted in order to turn down Agent Pike's invitation to live with him in Washington D.C.

Robin Tunney, in an interview with TV Guide, explained her character's mindset when she did decide to go with Agent Pike.

"There's somebody who's sort of declaring themselves, and I think there's something really flattering about that," she said. "That's there on the table and it's real ... I've been inviting Jane to declare himself and he hasn't."

The Christian Today said the "The Mentalist" always premieres in September and this year will probably be no different.

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Patrick Jane and Teresa Lisbon's romantic relationship

he veteran police television series "The Mentalist" will not just be full of action and suspense in the next and final season, it will also be filled with drama and romance because of the blooming Patrick Jane (Simon Baker) and Teresa Lisbon's (Robin Tunney) relationship.

In the season 6 finale, Jane confessed his love to FBI agent Lisbon. He boarded the airplane and broke the rules of the airport's security just to admit his feelings to her.

The next season will definitely explore the emotions and relationship of Jane and Lisbon. The two will work together solving crimes and make their personal relationship work. Also, there might be a love triangle between Jane, Lisbon, and Agent Marcus Pike (Pedro Pascal) Pike is inviting Lisbon to live with him in Washington.

However, creator Bruno Heller said that the final season will have more action scenes compared to the previous ones. "It's much faster paced, more thrilling, more action, more surprises. We'll still be delivering those mysteries every week. But just as you see with the last episode of the season, there's no more tracking and more chasing," Heller told Entertainment Weekly.

Moreover, the writers of the show are now busy working on the final season of the police hit drama, finishing what they have started at season 6--the Patrick Jane and Teresa Lisbon romance.

Karl Sonnenberg, who portrays CBI Karl, tweeted that the cast of will start shooting on August, and that the writers are now working on the story. "‏Some principal shooting the middle of July. The full crew starts the 1st week of August. Writers are working," he said.

Unfortunately, "The Mentalist" fans will have to wait longer for the upcoming season. Season 7 will only have 13 action-packed and dramatic episodes and will starts in 2015.

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Looking beyond Jane and Lisbon

There have not been too many opportunities as of late to discuss “The Mentalist” thanks to the summer season, and also the fact that the jury is still out even on when we are going to be seeing the show again on CBS. We at least know that there are 13 more episodes coming, and if we were a guessing mad we’d say that spring 2015 is the most-likely destination.

In the times that we have discussed the show, though, we’ve spent the bulk of the time trying to figure out what could come next for Jane and Lisbon. It feels like the two are definitely a couple now, and this is the territory that is going to be mined and explored moving forward. It’s understandable that they would be the focus, given that they happen to be who just about everyone wants to be spending their time talking about right now.

But what about the other characters? We wanted to at least spend a minute or two trying to figure out what some of their own futures on the show could be.

Cho - Since so much time passed between the end of the Red John case and no, it’s hard to know where the guy really is at now. However, we have liked the romantic storylines for him in the past, and anything that causes him to lighten up a little. We’re down for more of that.

Kim Fischer - More than anything else, we just want to know her purpose. At first, we thought there could be a love triangle forming, but that did not turn out to be much. This character needs to be further established before anything else can happen.

Abbott - Keep the quirks coming! At first, we thought that Rockmond Dunbar was stuck with “stereotypical FBI boss” character, but as the season progressed there were some occasional little wrinkles that showed that he may actually be a fun guy to get a drink with off the job.

Rigsby and Van Pelt - They aren’t on the show anymore, but we’d love one last appearance in the seventh season (if it is the last, which is likely given where we are now) just to see where they are now.

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Shorter episodes for final season? (season 7)

The seventh and final season of "The Mentalist" may have a fewer number of episodes than previous seasons.

Although US TV network CBS confirmed the renewal of the upcoming season of "The Mentalist," there is a likelihood that the show will not return to its original timeslot on Sunday's primetime. Moreover, there is still the question of how many episodes the show will feature. Carter Matt reported that the show will have 13 episodes next season to tie up the loose ends and bring the whole series to a conclusion.

One of the things being considered is the ratings of the show. Apparently, the show is suffering poor ratings. However, the new plot twists and blossoming relationship of Patrick Jane and Theresa Lisbon will garner more ratings for the show. Moreover, CBS also has a hard time fitting the series in its seven-day schedule. Thus, a fall premiere date is highly unlikely. It seemed that "The Mentalist" ranks low in CBS priority list.

Meanwhile, although CBS has not announced a premiere date yet, the writers of the TV series are already back at work. Writer / producer Jordan Harper recently confirmed via Twitter that the writers are planning the next season.

It is obvious that the revelation of Patrick Jane's feelings toward Theresa Lisbon piqued the most interest of viewers. Many speculated that the next season will delve into the personal and working relationship of the two. Avid viewers can expect changes now that the agents will work together and will they allow their feelings to get on the way? Moreover, questions hang on what will be Theresa's decision about Agent Pike who invited her to live in Washington with him. Who will Theresa choose? "The Mentalist" will offer more than crime drama next season as writers will also explore the emotions of the two main characters.

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When Will Filming Begin? What Will Patrick Jane Get Up To In Shortened Run?

Patrick Jane (Simon Baker) and his FBI crew are currently on an extended hiatus until 2015, but the delayed season 7 premiere won't stop the CBS series from kicking off production this August.

Writer Jordan Harper ("Violets," "The Great Red Dragon") recently informed fans that The Mentalist writing staff has already gathered to flesh out the short 13-episode season. Following Harper's tweet, The Mentalist's police/medical adviser explained that the series will begin filming at around the same time as previous seasons.

"[There will be] some principal shooting the middle of July. The full crew starts the 1st week of August. Writers are working [now]," wrote Karl Sonnenberg.

It is currently unknown whether or not season 7 will be The Mentalist's finale bow, but series creator Bruno Heller did say that the upcoming season will be like an "encore."

"The purpose of an encore is to get people leaving the theater happy and giving them what they want and hitting your marks as strong as possible, so that will be the intention," Heller told The Hollywood Reporter.

Find out more when The Mentalist returns in 2015.

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‘The Mentalist’ season 7 spoilers: Work begins on the future

Are Jane and Lisbon going to be together? What does that kiss at the end of “Blue Bird” mean for their job? We know that these are just two questions that “The Mentalist” has set up for itself going into the seventh season.

Even though the show doesn’t have a premiere date just yet, we can at least still confirm one thing: The writers are already back at work. Writer / producer Jordan Harper recently confirmed on Twitter that this part of the process has begun. So what does this potentially mean for the rest of production? We imagine that the show is going to try and have some sort of normal schedule, since it’s better to just get the episodes filmed in advance then try to work around whenever CBS decides to put them on the air. We imagine that this is going to come right around midseason, since that gives the show the opportunity to air 13 episodes in a row without taking too many weeks off in between. Any other way that you do that runs the risk of long, annoying hiatuses.

Obviously, the Jane / Lisbon dynamic is something that has the interest of almost everyone piqued, but we still feel like there is much more to tell beyond that. For example, why not introduce a new villain, or tell a longer story? With only 13 episodes this season, there is an opportunity to be perhaps a little less procedural than you have been in the past.

Of course, we will provide more news and updates on the future of “The Mentalist” as soon as they are available.

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‘The Mentalist’ Season 7 Spoilers: Simon Baker’s Patrick Jane And Robin Tunney’s Jane Lisbon Set To Face Their Feelings For Each Other? Premiere Date Still Uncertain

"The Mentalist" season 7 spoilers will revolve around Patrick Jane and Jane Lisbon's budding romance after the FBI agent finally confessed his feelings for her partner. The premiere date for next season, however, has not been set although it will likely be in the mid-season.

In the season 6 finale, Patrick Jane (Simon Baker) finally professed his love for Teresa Lisbon (Robin Tunney) before he was herded away. That confession is the only thing that Teresa wanted in order to turn down Agent Pike's invitation to live with him in Washington D.C.

Robin Tunney, in an interview with TV Guide, explained her character's mindset when she did decide to go with Agent Pike.

"There's somebody who's sort of declaring themselves, and I think there's something really flattering about that," she said. "That's there on the table and it's real ... I've been inviting Jane to declare himself and he hasn't."

Bruno Heller still hasn't provided any "The Mentalist" season 7 spoilers, he did make good on his promise to provide closure between Patrick Jane and Teresa Lisbon before season 6 winds down.

Heller told The Hollywood Reporter that Red John provided Patrick Jane with an excuse to hide his feelings and decide what he wanted to do with the rest of his life. But with Red John gone, both Patrick Jane and Teresa Lisbon suddenly find themselves at the crossroads.

"There is a palpable sense of, 'What now? Do I really want to continue doing the same thing?" he said.

With the death of Red John, Heller said, there's no more excuse for the two of them "to decide where that relationship was going." "They had always been able to keep it separate. Those questions start bubbling up and the rest of the season was the resolution of those questions," he added.

Meanwhile, CBS announced that it is renewing "The Mentalist" for season 7, which is reportedly going to be the last for the TV show. Christian Today said that the "The Mentalist" always premieres in September and this year will probably be no different.

The last minute decision prompted several reports that "The Mentalist" was scheduled to be canned after last season.

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‘The Mentalist’ season 7: When will the final season premiere?

Fans of “The Mentalist” certainly had a chance to celebrate earlier this month with the somewhat-surprising news that CBS had renewed the show for a seventh season. However, the show was not a part of the schedule that was announced during the upfronts, and its 13-episode conclusion is instead somewhere out there in the TV ether.

So when will it premiere? While there are no official answers yet, we can at least provide you with a little more information now to point you in the right direction based on past network trends and what CBS likes to do with many of their shows.

• One thing that you can almost certainly rule out is a premiere this fall. Unless a CBS show does so badly that it is canceled a few episodes in, the network isn’t going to squeeze in another show into a jam-packed schedule that is already scattered thanks to NFL football.
• Given that there are only 13 episodes, we cannot see the show airing them in chunks. Most likely, they will try to do an episode a week until the story is over.
• Nights that you can rule out seemingly include Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays since these lineups are pretty set in stone. Therefore, we’d feel that Mondays, Wednesdays, or Sundays are the best destinations.
• In the end, we’re likely to see the show simply take back its old night depending on how new series “Madam Secretary” fares. It will not have the 10:00 p.m. spot, though, given that “CSI” and its “CSI: Cyber” spin-off are going to be taking the place of it.

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TV Ratings Sunday: 'The Mentalist' Finale Rises + 'The Good Wife' Finale Flat

On CBS, 60 Minutes earned a 1.3, up two tenths from last week's 1.1 adults 18-49 rating. The Amazing Race finale matched last week's 1.7 adults 18-49 rating. The Good Wife finale matched last week's 1.2 adults 18-49 rating. The Mentalist earned a 1.5, up three tenths from last week's series low-tying 1.2 adults 18-49 rating.

Broadcast primetime ratings for Sunday, May 18, 2014 (all Live+Same Day ratings):

Time	Net	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers Live+SD (million)
7:00PM	ABC	America's Funniest Home Videos	1.6	6	6.63
	CBS	60 Minutes	1.3	5	9.82
	FOX	Bob's Burgers	0.9	4	1.95
	NBC	Coldplay: Ghost Stories	0.4	2	1.71
7:30PM	FOX	American Dad	1.2	4	2.36
8:00 PM	ABC	Billborad Music Awards (8-11PM)	3.5	10	10.50
	CBS	The Amazing Race: All-Stars	1.7	5	8.16
	FOX	The Simpsons	1.6	5	3.28
	NBC	American Dream Builders	0.4	1	1.76
8:30PM	FOX	Family Guy	2.0	6	3.85
9:00PM	CBS	The Good Wife	1.2	3	9.04
	FOX	Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey	1.1	3	3.25
	NBC	The Women of SNL (9-11PM) -R	0.8	2	2.55
10:00PM	CBS	The Mentalist	1.5	4	9.68

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Ask Matt: Finales (Mentalist)

Question: I was wondering what you (and other viewers) thought about the finale of The Mentalist. I was very disappointed. For one thing, I'm with Cho: I've always thought of Jane and Lisbon's relationship as more of a brother-sister thing, so having them become a couple is just weird. But putting that aside, the whole ending was so cliché and ridiculous. In fact, I'm wondering if, in next season's premiere, the ending will have been one of Jane's dreams. That's exactly what it felt like, a dreamlike happy ending. If that's the case, it will be easier to swallow. Anyway, this show was so great in the first few seasons, but the last few, not so much. Especially the way they dragged out the whole Red John storyline to the point where nobody cared anymore. And now that everything's changed, and they're with the FBI instead of the CBI, it just feels tired. It doesn't have the energy it once had. What do you think? — Camille

Matt Roush: Can't speak for anyone else, but the Mentalist finale felt to me as if the producers were hedging their bets in case this had been the series finale — and given how touch-and-go the renewal was, they were probably right to do so — so I had no real problem with Jane's over-the-top romantic gesture to win Lisbon's affections. Yes, the set-up of storming the plane was silly, but score one for the shippers. One of the more positive responses I received was from Deana, who wrote: "It was so good that Simon Baker's Aussie accent slipped through several times. A very good way to cap the season." But I agree that the Texas reboot hasn't exactly recharged the show, which seems whenever I tune in to be just going through the paces with a spottier ensemble. Maybe bringing the romance to the foreground (in the tradition of Bones and Castle) will bring some spice back to the show, even at the risk of alienating those who preferred their relationship platonic.

Question: Is there any chance The Mentalist writers would give another shot at a Red John closure? I was among the fans who didn't like the "Red John finale" because, come on, McAllister is Red John? He appeared in what, two or three episodes? I expected something much more creative from a show such as The Mentalist. And Jane pulling out a pigeon from his jacket and throwing it in the sheriff's face? I don't even know how to describe that! I think the Red John episode was kind of lame, and even though the show has moved on, I'm still hoping the writers will surprise us regarding this Red John thing. Do you agree with what I said? Or were you satisfied with the closure they gave Red John? — Alyssa

Matt Roush: There was plenty of room for criticism in the way the show resolved the Red John storyline, but the last thing The Mentalist needs to do at this stage is to go back to that empty well. I can only imagine the mail I'd get if they went there again. Whether you liked it or not, it was way past time to move on, and they have. And so should we.

Question: Just wanted to know what's going on with the schedule for The Mentalist next season? Why did CBS renew it then decide to wait until next spring for the Season 7 premiere? And switch so many shows around? I can bet that some of these new shows won't get the ratings either. We #Jisbon fans waited so long for them to get together, and now we have to wait again! I think that USA Network should pick it up or another network, so we have a full season! If Season 7 is the last season, we the fans have a right to a full season. At least give it a proper send-off!! — Jessica

Matt Roush: Would you rather The Mentalist have been canceled altogether? That was a real possibility for a show this "mature" and expensive — and it's unlikely that anyone would have picked up the tab to keep it going if CBS hadn't stepped up. It's not entirely clear how many episodes this renewal entails, but just because it's not on the fall lineup doesn't necessarily mean a drastically shortened season. And if it does turn out to be the last hurrah, CBS will likely make some promotional noise out of that. In the bigger picture, because I'm something of a programming nerd, I always look forward to CBS's Upfront announcement to see how the network will juggle its assets from season to season. Putting aside the numbness that ensues from so much alphabet-soup sameness on the schedule, moving NCIS: Los Angeles to Mondays makes them more competitive on a night where they've struggled, and moving the durable CSI into Mentalist's worrisome Sunday time period (plagued so often by football and other sports overruns for more than half the year) is another interesting experiment. If any of CBS's new dramas flop, I'd bet The Mentalist would be rushed back on the schedule, possibly creating a new set of scheduling dominoes.

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‘The Mentalist’ season 7: Pedro Pascal reflects on recent arc

For fans of “The Mentalist,” Sunday night may be a rather sad day in that it is the first Sunday since the ACM Awards to not feature a new episode. Before that, it was March when we had to go without new episodes.

So while we transition into the off-season, how about some parting words for a man that is almost indirectly responsible for Jane and Lisbon being together? Without the arrival of Agent Pike on the scene, it is hard to know whether or not Simon Baker’s character would have ever risen to the surface and become the man he needed to be in order to win her over. It is a strange situation in a way seeing Pike disappear into the void, given that he was not a bad guy or a bad person for Lisbon by any means. The only thing that he was really a victim of above all else was just being with her at the wrong time when there was another guy that she cared about.

It is unlikely that we will see Pike again in season 7, but Pedro Pascal reacted to his time on the show while doing a Reddit AMA (one that was geared mostly towards his role as Prince Oberyn Martell on “Game of Thrones”):

“I had an amazing time with Robin Tunney, she is a new friend, and it was a really friendly set. And it was nice because I was sort of, I just signed a new lease on a new apartment in Los Angeles and I was able to drive myself to work everyday, which was cool. And Simon is a really great guy, the two of them have a really special chemistry and it was great to see that in person.”

After many weeks of seeing Pedro on two different Sunday-night shows, this Memorial Day Weekend may be especially empty. Luckily, we know that he will return for the new episode next week, and you can watch a preview for that over at the link here.

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The Mentalist Round Table: 6x22 "Blue Bird" (review)

It was the what shipper's dreams are made of on The Mentalist Season 6 Episode 22, as Patrick Jane was finally honest about his feelings for Teresa Lisbon.

Of course, that was after all of his lies, schemes and manipulations didn't work.

Were you surprised that Lisbon didn't tell Jane she was leaving?

Robin: Yes and no. I was surprised that she let him find out through the grapevine and that really hurt him, but I can understand the avoidance aspect of her actions.

Nerwen_Aldarion: No, she dragged her feet telling him about Pike's offer, of course she would do the same here. She also wanted to give him more time to try and get her to stay since it is obvious she really didn't want to go. Of course Jane would miss all of THOSE signals.

SteeleSimz: No, I wasn't surprised as she stated in the show it was hard. They have such a history together that telling him that she was leaving would have been hard for her. I think keeping it from him was her way of trying to tell herself that she was okay with leaving him. Also I think it is always hard to tell those you are closest with the truth because you don't want to hurt them.

Christine: A little. I understand that it's hard but she only had one week left and everyone in the office seemed to know. I suppose she thought that if she put it off long enough he'd find out on his own and that's exactly how it played out.

Jane really didn't think Lisbon would go to D.C.? Why?

Robin: I think it comes down to a running motif this season - Jane taking for granted that he knows Lisbon. Jane's got blinders on when it comes to Lisbon, and recently he's consistently misread her intentions and underestimated the strength of her will.

Nerwen_Aldarion: In this regard I think Jane is a little selfish, he simply couldn't fathom that she would leave HIM. Partly because I'm sure he knew she had feelings for him but also because he had been taking her for granted until now. Like she said in the episode "I'm a convenience for you" She'd always been there for him, he just assumed she always would...silly man. He didn't realize that she needs more than just his dazzling smile to keep her.

SteeleSimz: I don't think he wanted to believe that she would move on without him. He has always done the running away and when he returned she was there for him. In this case he was the one being left and he deep down believe that she wouldn't leave him because she hadn't left him all the other times. I also believe deep down Jane already knew that Lisbon wasn't in love with Pike and that she was just doing this to prove a point to Jane.

Christine: Denial. Lisbon has always been there for him, whether to help him with Red John or bail him out when things didn't go according to plan. And even if it did take some prodding, she followed him to Austin and the FBI. He really never expected her to leave and I think there was a part of Lisbon that knew it and wanted to prove him wrong. That she wasn't as predictable as he believed.

Abbott saw romance where Cho saw a brother/sister relationship. Which side did you agree with?

Robin: I think that whole conversation was Heller & Co's way of paying respect to the fans who have been debating both sides of the coin for the past year! I'd say we've seen both over the course of the series. For at least the first 4 seasons, Jane and Lisbon were strictly, wonderfully platonic, and I would have cried bloody murder if they tried to put them together then. However, around The Mentalist Season 5, their relationship subtly started to evolve to get us to this point, and it did so quite naturally.

Nerwen_Aldarion: Abbott of course! I'm SHOCKED Cho saw them that way and have to wonder if it was a bit of tongue in cheek to the anti-shippers in the fandom. They always claimed there was a brother/sister relationship but I have a brother, he has NEVER told me that "emeralds look lovely with your eyes", has NEVER teased about seducing me over dinner, has NEVER suggested that he could read my dirty thoughts and then grinned while I blushed...and that was all in season 1! It was there from the beginning, the flirtation and then eventually the deep abiding love. I think it was planned too, but people will see what they want to see sometimes.

SteeleSimz: I agree with Abbott. I was sort of surprised that Cho didn't know it since he has been around them for so long but it was nice change to show that Cho doesn't always see things. I loved that Abbott ordered wine and then poured Cho a glass after Cho admits that he wasn't sure why this bugged Lisbon more than Jane burying someone alive.

Christine: I have to say that I didn't see more than a platonic relationship for at least the first three seasons. Around The Mentalist Season 4 things slowly began to change in a very organic way. By the time Red John was killed, I was rooting for these two to become a couple so I'm thrilled we've finally gotten there.

Did you know the letter was Jane's elaborate plan?

Robin: I knew it from the get-go. As soon as they said all transfers were cancelled, I knew Jane was behind it, and was just waiting for that bomb to go off.

Nerwen_Aldarion: Not at first but when Lisbon "solved" the puzzle I realized it was a ruse, no way Jane wouldn't solve it first and then it all came together way too nicely. I shouldn't have been as surprised as I was though, this is Patrick Jane we are talking about.

SteeleSimz: Not at first but about the time Lisbon solved it on the beach I knew it was a plan. Considering Jane acted like he couldn't figure it out and even Lisbon said that if he "Can't figure out she can't figure it out" I knew that he had written the letter in order to get her to work the case. I do think it is brilliant and would have worked completely if Lisbon hadn't asked about the robe.

Christine: The thought crossed my mind in the beginning but I didn't know until Lisbon solved the clue while walking on the beach. Jane looked so happy with himself that she was having fun and that his plan was working.

Was Lisbon right to be furious at Jane?

Robin: Absolutely. I understood everything she felt; being used, being taken for granted, being deceived yet again. He did what we know she hates - made her the subject of a con.

Nerwen_Aldarion: Does a bear sh*t in the woods? The guy faked evidence (AGAIN) and ruined her plans but not with any honesty but rather more tricks. I wish she'd punched him!

SteeleSimz: Oh, yes of course. Once again he used her, lied to her, con her all to benefit himself. She finally told him what I had been waiting for her to tell him. The whole scene of them speaking through the door was perfect, the acting, the emotions, all of it was what needed to be said after so many seasons.

Christine: Oh yeah. Jane did everything that she hates. He lied to her, patronized her by letting her crack the code, and conned her. Since he didn't share his true feelings, it all made him come off like a selfish jerk who simply didn't want to be inconvenience by her departure. Something would be wrong with Lisbon if she weren't furious.

Some fans think that Jane's desperate run to the plane was out of character. Do you agree?

Robin: I do agree, but would argue that was the whole point of that scene, and what made it brilliant. While it's certainly not out of character for Jane to take extreme measures to get something done, it WAS out of character for him to do so outside of a con or manipulation.

This was a turning point for his character. It would have meant nothing if the end result came from Jane doing something that Jane normally does. His mad dash across the tarmac was symbolic of his realization that his ways were what was standing between him and Lisbon. So for the first time in a long time, Jane did something extreme that was driven by honesty and sincerity, by his acknowledgment of his own truth.

Nerwen_Aldarion: Nope. Jane has buried people alive, faked deaths, robbed a casino and faked a melt down to get himself fired...he is a man that goes to extremes. What was more interesting about this is that this action wasn't something he'd "planned" or anything that was a trick or a con, rather desperation and love fueled his motions here which is why it was so much more poignant.

It also meant so much more to Lisbon that way, where his elaborate con job to get her to stay failed, him finally ripping open his heart to let her see the honesty and love she'd been searching for worked. It makes sense to me, lies come easier to Jane than truth, thankfully he saw that it wouldn't be tricks that would get him his girl.

SteeleSimz: Personally I didn't think it was out of character. Jane has done tons of crazy things in the past and when presented with a final chance he took it. I can see why some fans believed it was out of character. I know a lot of them would have wanted him not to move on from his wife but this is TV and a lot of times in shows you want the happy ending. Would this happen in real life? Who knows.

Christine: The honesty was what was out of character. Jane finally realized he was in love and he was desperate to tell that to Lisbon. Love and desperation can drive anyone to do things that are a little out of character.

Was there anything that disappointed you about the season finale?

Robin: I can't say that there is, really. I loved every second of it, and thought the understated ending was absolutely perfect.

Nerwen_Aldarion: Gosh, that it wasn't two hours? That it had to end? That is about it.

SteeleSimz: I don't think anything disappointed me about the finale. I was looking forward to this episode so much more after we got the renewal news and even if we hadn't I would have been happy with the episode. It opened doors for future episode while closing other doors. I think Bruno and company did the best they could with what they knew might or might not happen. They tried to please fans in the end which is nice. Yes, not all fans are happy but a lot are with how this all played out.

Christine: I would have liked more kissing at the end and maybe a little more conversation once they were being honest about their feelings. Other than that, it was all good.

What was your favorite scene?

Robin: Everything that happened between Patrick jumping the fence to being hauled off the plane. There was SO MUCH in that scene. There's the stuff I mentioned earlier. I loved that he kept running even after twisting his ankle, stumbling yet continuing through pain just as he was about to do with his emotions. I loved that he immediately realized that telling her he loved her and his honesty was worth it despite how terrifying it was.

I loved that he simply confessed his feelings without asking her to stay, showing that he finally understood how to respect her wishes. Listen, not many shows can take a cliché and pack it so densely with subtle but real character work. Also, Simon Baker - my goodness - he owned the hell out of that scene.

Nerwen_Aldarion: From the airport to the end. So much raw emotion as Jane chased her then declared his love. I adored it so much, especially how he was all "That feels good to say" in some ways I think he has never been more honest with Lisbon then he has with anyone, even his wife. Before then his life had consisted of elaborate schemes and being the "smartest man in the room."

But here no amount of charm, wit or cheating would get him what he truly needed. He finally grew up and admitted that he has feelings and that all of his talents have failed him here because they weren't what she needed, she needed his honesty and love. Of course I adored the final kiss, he just looked so...blissful once he saw her, at ease because he realized that he'd been rewarded for his actions.

This was the first pure thing we'd ever seen him do on the show for the past 6 years and it was wonderful to watch as Jane FINALLY started to heal from his wounds. It's amazing to see the man who hid in a room with blood on the walls in the pilot become the man who is willing to let himself open up in front of an entire plane of people and move past his insecurities and problems to be with the woman he loved.

SteeleSimz: I just don't have one favorite scene. I would Jane confess on the plane, it brought tears to my eyes as he admits his love for Lisbon and even though she tells him it is too late he understands but he had to let her know. Then there is the scene is the TSA interrogation room, Lisbon showing up and asking him if he meant it. Then him joking a little before saying he meant every word followed by the kiss was just perfect. Also I personally liked Lisbon throwing water in his face.

Christine: Wow! So hard to choose. I was originally going to say the fight though the door because of the raw emotion but I think I have to go with the final scene. I love the slow realization that dawns over Jane as it sinks in that she came back. That she's here and she loves him and this is really happening. It was sweet and wonderfully joyful. Now I just can't wait for season 7!

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Season 7: Will A Short 'Encore' Run Spell The End Of Patrick Jane Series

The Mentalist is ready to investigate season 7, but there may not be too many episodes for Patrick Jane to deduce.

As March begin and the CBS Upfront loomed ever closer, The Mentalist seemed to be on its last leg. However, the Bruno Heller-created series managed to snag a renewal barely a week before the network's New York City presentation, but the news came with a caveat.

The Mentalist is not scheduled for the fall. Instead, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation will sweep into the program's Sunday evening slot and delay Jane (Simon Baker) and Teresa Lisbon's (Robin Tunney) next adventure until 2015, according to TV Fanatic.


With this late start comes yet another problem - The Mentalist may receive a shorter season, according to the International Business Times. For viewers, this means there is a possibility that there will only be 13 episodes as opposed to the usual 22.

Overall, the terms of the season 7 order makes it sound as if CBS is preparing to do away with The Mentalist after the next cycle. While this hasn't been official announced, Heller has even called the upcoming run an "encore."

"The purpose of an encore is to get people leaving the theater happy and giving them what they want and hitting your marks as strong as possible, so that will be the intention," Heller told The Hollywood Reporter.

The Mentalist definitely gave its audience what they wanted by allowing Jane and Lisbon to fulfill the long-anticipated Jisbon relationship (see video below), so what does Heller have planned next?


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Are Jane and Lisbon finally together? (review)

For six years on “The Mentalist,” you have waited to see if something could happen between Jane and Lisbon .. and on tonight’s new episode. you had an opportunity to finally get an answer. Jane finally started to realize what is feelings truly were, and that now was the only change that he had to make a move on her … if he could figure out a way.

The show wasn’t kidding when it comes to making this a romantic episode. There was the jet plane, the confession, the chase, and so much more. “It was the truth of what I feel” is what Jane told her time and time again, and this was a very nice moment before the angry Air Marshals came and took him away as he made his confession right when she was set to leave to Washington DC.

The end of this episode then came with the big moment: The kiss! The confession! The two are together! This was a moment of great celebration, and for us, a pretty perfect ending. In the event that the show was canceled after six seasons, this could have been enough of an ending … but we are happy that there is more so that we can finally see what these two are like as a couple.

As for Agent Pike, we do feel reasonably bad for him since he seems like a nice guy. But then again, he gets to go be awesome over on “Game of Thrones.” He’ll be just fine. The mystery in this episode was simply okay, but the romance made this one of the most memorable episodes of the show’s entire run. Grade: A-.

SRC: cartermatt.com/

Season 7: What to expect next from Simon Baker, Robin Tunney

Tonight, “The Mentalist” is over for the season … but we’re very thrilled to say now that this is no longer the end of the road for the series! Despite so many initial fears about whether or not the show would be canceled, it is going to be back for a seventh and final season.

Of course, there are not a whole lot of spoilers on the show beyond what aired on CBS tonight, but we can at least tell you now that you’re going to be waiting for a very long time to figure out what is coming up next. The show is not going to be airing until at least midseason following the release of the full schedule, and that means that you better exercise patience. It may end up being a fill-in show for someone who ends up struggling in the ratings.

What we do think will be interesting to explore next season, in addition to a great case, is what happens if Jane and Lisbon are actually a couple. What does that look like? How would Jane learn to really care about someone else and show it all of the time? That is something that he has struggled with on occasions in the past. We’d also love to see a Patrick Jane wedding before the end of this, but that may be too much to ask for. All we can celebrate for now is that we’ll have at least 13 more episodes of Simon Baker and Robin Tunney to go along with the new cast that we have started to get to know now.

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6x22 "Blue Bird" (Sneak Peek x3)

Jane, Lisbon, and a jet plane

The bosses of “The Mentalist” really were not kidding when they said that the season finale Sunday was going to be a “romantic” episode. As a matter of fact, it contains what has to be considered one of the most romantic things that you can possibly ever see in someone trying to chase down a plane!

The great thing about this preview is that it clearly gives you enough to know what is coming between Jane and Lisbon, but leaves so much stuff to the imagination. There’s no confession of love, or romantic kiss thrown our way yet. Instead, you have Patrick telling her that they should try to make their last case special … which she hilarious replies to by reminding him that this is a murder case that they are dealing with here, and that is hardly something that you can celebrate.

Everything leading up to this episode is so delightfully subtle, and the show clearly knows what they are doing. While we feel like there will be enough Jane / Lisbon stuff in here to be happy (remember, this episode may have functioned as a series finale at one point), they probably left at least something more for the next season to ensure that there could be another additional story or two to look forward to. This could be a fantastic final season of the show, and we just have to hope that it there is some other great story cooked up to send us out on a high note.



SRC: cartermatt.com/

Patrick Jane To Finally Resolve Feelings For Teresa Lisbon? Finale Deals With ‘Closure’

"The Mentalist" season 6, episode 22 spoilers will finally provide closure to the unresolved feelings between Patrick Jane and Teresa Lisbon as the FBI agent will confront his feelings toward his partner once and for all.

According to the official "The Mentalist" season 6, episode 22 spoilers by CBS: A new lead in a cold case surfaces, forcing Lisbon to postpone her plans to relocate, and this delay allows Jane to examine his feelings for her and decide how to proceed.

Could that be Patrick Jane finally confessing his feelings toward Teresa Lisbon as he seemed to be going increasingly jealous of Agent Pike? It seems this decision is driven by the fact that Teresa Lisbon is finally choosing to move to Washington D.C. to be with Agent Pike.

"The Mentalist" creator Bruno Heller dished out "The Mentalist" season 6, episode 22 and he said that there's going to be closure, one way or the other.

Heller said that Red John provided Patrick Jane with an excuse to hide his feelings and decide what he wanted to do with the rest of his life. But with Red John gone, both Patrick Jane and Teresa Lisbon suddenly find themselves at the crossroads.

"There is a palpable sense of, 'What now? Do I really want to continue doing the same thing?" he said.

With the death of Red John, Heller said, there's no more excuse for the two of them "to decide where that relationship was going."

"They had always been able to keep it separate. Those questions start bubbling up and the rest of the season was the resolution of those questions," he added.

Simon Baker (Patrick Jane), meanwhile, teased to THR about "The Mentalist" season 6, episode 22 spoilers saying that the finale might provide the audience closure but "it will leave them craving more."

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6x22 (finale) spoilers: ‘Blue Bird,’ and Simon Baker’s moment

You have been waiting for the season finale of “The Mentalist” to come on the air for quite some time now, and on Sunday night, it will be here. At the moment, we’re just thrilled to call it the end of the season and not the series itself. The recent renewal does allow the show an opportunity to breathe a sigh of relief and build more towards something in the fall.

This episode is entitled “Blue Bird,” and before we do anything else, we figure it best to start off here by sharing the official synopsis now courtesy of CBS:

“A new lead in a cold case requires Lisbon to delay her plans to leave for Washington, D.C. with Agent Pike, giving Jane time to finally come to terms with his feelings for her and decide on a course of action.”

The major promises that we have seen when it comes to this episode are that it will offer some sort of closure for Simon Baker and Robin Tunney’s characters, and also set the stage for what the future could be for the two. There is no guarantee that they will end up together at all, but with the feelings finally being brought up, maybe they will at least consider trying to make it work.

Ultimately, this is one of the reasons that we are the most excited about there being a season 7 of the show: It allows for a chance to explore these two in a relationship, provided that this is what happens during the finale.

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6x22 Promo - "Blue Birds" Season Finale

CBS Official Synopsis: “A new lead in a cold case requires Lisbon to delay her plans to leave for Washington, D.C. with Agent Pike, giving Jane time to finally come to terms with his feelings for her and decide on a course of action., on the sixth season finale.”

'Mentalist' Stars, EP Promise Satisfying 'Closure,' View Season 7 as 'Encore'

Showrunner Bruno Heller, along with stars Simon Baker and Robin Tunney, talk to THR about the final two episodes and address the season-ending dilemma facing Lisbon and Jane.

Will Lisbon and Jane finally take the plunge?

Renewed at the 11th hour by CBS, veteran procedural The Mentalist marches toward its May 18 finale with a season-ending question still unanswered: Will Lisbon make the move to Washington, D.C. and end her partnership with Jane? After the Red John wrap-up earlier in the season, exploring the personal dynamics between Jane and Lisbon was the logical next step.

"The pleasures of the show rests in the by-play between Robin [Tunney] and Simon [Baker]. Getting rid of Red John allowed us to focus on that human aspect of the show," executive producer Bruno Heller tells The Hollywood Reporter. "Red John, as it turns out, was a convenience for Jane because it meant he didn't have to confront the rest of his life and what he's doing."

Now that the Red John chapter is over (for the most part), there was no longer a physical obstacle in the way of Jane addressing the Lisbon situation -- just mental ones. "After [Red John] goes, for both Lisbon and Jane, there is a palpable sense of 'What now? Do I really want to continue doing the same thing?' " Heller says. "It left the two of them without an excuse to decide where that relationship was going. They had always been able to keep it separate. Those questions start bubbling up and the rest of the season was the resolution of those questions."

The show's primary focus had always been "the hunt for Red John, the idea of Jane seeking revenge," Baker tells THR, but when that went away and his partnership with Lisbon temporarily ceased, it was time for Jane to figure things out. "You look around and the person standing next to you for five-and-half-years is nowhere to be seen, there's an emptiness and a hollowness," Baker says. Last week's episode was the most recent indicator of the pair's tense (and complicated) relationship, wherein Jane tentatively lets Lisbon go at her doorstep. "it was an obvious progression to get to the idea of longing and missing that person who, when the dust settles, has always been there and [now] she's not there," Baker says.

It's been choppy waters for Jane to get to a place where he can comfortably jump into a romantic affair. "It is not something you can automatically pick up when you're as broken as Jane is," Baker admits. "Just as you get comfortable with any patterns in life, it's going to twist you to change or grow or stretch."

Being one-half of The Mentalist's main couple has been an "interesting" journey to say the least, Tunney tells THR. Though the show has always been billed as a crime procedural, interest in Jane and Lisbon's endgame has been present from the start. Tunney recalls fielding numerous questions over the years about Lisbon and Jane's romantic future, admitting that she'd always answer the same way: a simple "I don't know." "It's always more interesting when the writers and the actors don't know because I don't think you always know in life and also, it becomes less obvious," Tunney explains.

From her perspective, being in such close proximity to Jane during the Red John saga was a factor in turning the tide for Lisbon. "Lisbon did stand by Jane and was really there for him in the hunt for Red John. They're both lonely people and they had this thing in common. Once that was gone, Lisbon really missed him," Tunney says. "She realized that it wasn't just about catching the bad guy: 'I love being around this person and what does this mean?' The last [few] episodes, [Lisbon's wondering,] 'Is he going to declare himself? Is he going to put himself out there? What are we going to do now?' It's going to come to a head."

There is one thing Tunney was OK with in regards to Jane and Lisbon's prolonged courtship: the timing. "It would've been really inappropriate during all the Red John stuff," she says with a laugh. Baker echoed her sentiment: "There also wasn't any room in the show to do it properly."

"The transition to the FBI has been able to give us room structurally in the story to explore the potential for a relationship between Jane and Lisbon," Baker adds. "The threat of [Lisbon] parting in a way has been able to give it its due and be able to play it out properly, as opposed to just a sprinkle here and there."

As The Mentalist readies for the final two hours of season six, the gang promises that a finite resolution will be on tap. "People can expect closure," Tunney says of the remaining episodes. Adds Heller: "We wanted to make sure that the last episode was as fun and humorous and as light-hearted as a crime procedural can be and I think we delivered that." (For the record, Baker jokingly compared the final run to Grease.)

Will fans be satisfied? "I would say yes," Heller says. "This is a popular show. It's meant for the people. We have tried to make a finale to the season that will please and engage and fill our core audience." Adds Baker: "It will by and large give the audience closure, but I suspect it will leave them craving more."

There are already "plans and a blueprint" for the new season, Heller says, adding that the show's seventh year "is like an encore." "The purpose of an encore is to get people leaving the theater happy and giving them what they want and hitting your marks as strong as possible, so that will be the intention," he promises.

The Mentalist airs Sundays at 10 p.m. on CBS.

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SRC: www.hollywoodreporter.com/

6x21 "Black Hearts" (Sneak Peek #4)

6x21 "Black Hearts" (Sneak Peek #3)

‘The Mentalist’ season 7 renewal official, but for how many episodes?

You have to love surprise endings, right? This has proven to be the most surprising May to date when it comes to renewals and cancellations, and you have a perfect example starring right at you in “The Mentalist” over on CBS.

This time a week ago, it looked like the series was looking pretty dead in the water, mostly because the ratings were not that great, and there was not that much room on a crowded schedule. Luckily, CBS has evolved from the dinosaur that it used to be! The network that canceled “CSI: Miami” and “Without a Trace” without giving them a proper ending would not have allowed something like this to happen.

In the end, think of this final renewal as CBS showing that they do care about their fans far more than many believe, and they want them to know that their shows should receive proper endings. “The Mentalist” is going to most-likely have a 13-episode final season coming up (per Deadline), and we personally have to say that we are fine with that. 13 episodes is better than zero, and unless TNT wanting to dive back into a genre that they are starting to get away from, the show was probably not going to return if it was not renewed by its own network.

Hopefully, this additional order will allow for an opportunity for the show to see what happens for Jane and Lisbon after a “romantic” finale coming up in just over a week, and if the two parties can establish some sort of deeper connection if they are both together romantically and on the job. (We’re at least hoping that they end up together romantically.)

SRC: cartermatt.com/

The Mentalist Renewed for Season 7 by CBS

We wonder if Jane say this one coming!

The Mentalist still has some cases left to solve on CBS. The long-running drama starring Simon Baker has been renewed for a seventh season by CBS, E! News has learned.

In the CBS series, Baker stars as Patrick Jane, a consultant with the California Bureau of Investigation, and later the FBI, who uses the skills he picked up as a "psychic" to aid in criminal investigations. Much of the series centered Patrick Jane's quest to find Red John, the serial killer who killed his family.

After the mystery of Red John's identity was solved earlier this season, fans worried about The Mentalist's future. (The series came in second in our Save One Show tournament.) Speculation soon began that Producer Warner Bros. TV had been poking around to find a home for the series that is currently syndicated on TNT if CBS decided not to renew the series.

Empire Records star Robin Tunney and Tim Kang also star in the series, which saw the departure of original cast members Amanda Righetti and Owain Yeoman in the sixth season. The Mentalist was created by Bruno Heller, whose new series Gotham just received a series order at Fox.

The Mentalist was on the cancellation bubble after its ratings began to slip on Sunday nights. Its season six finale airs Sunday, May 11.

In addition to renewing The Mentalist, CBS announced the cancellation of some of its other bubble shows, including The Crazy Ones, Intelligence, Bad Teacher and two others.

SRC: uk.eonline.com/

The Mentalist Creator and Stars Discuss the Jane/ Lisbon Dilemma, Boast of a Love-or-Hate Finale

Three may be a crowd on The Mentalist (Sunday, 10/9c), but four was company when the CBS series’ creator, Bruno Heller, along with leads Simon Baker and Robin Tunney, spoke with TVLine to survey the season-ending arc centered on Lisbon’s D.C. debate and how it’s stirring something in Jane. Read on for their thoughts about navigating that sticky wicket and how the May 18 (series?) finale will split the audience 50-50.

TVLINE | Bruno, I understand that it was always the show’s intent to get to this place with Jane and Lisbon at the end of this season, even dating back to last summer?
BRUNO HELLER | We were certainly thinking about it. When the show started, for me there was not a thought of that at all. But one of the things about TV over the years is the characters develop their own dynamic and direction as truth is revealed, and it seemed to us – and [the actors] can contradict me if they like – that love blossoms. There is a genuine feeling there between the two characters that had to be honored, one that was just natural and organic.

TVLINE | Simon, were you interested to explore this side of….
 
SIMON BAKER | [Interrupts] From the moment I met Robin Tunney. [Tunney and Heller laugh] I looked at her and I said, “You will be mine.” No, you know, it’s one of those things where…. It’s the whole Moonlighting theory that comes into play with long-form TV. It goes on, and sometimes on and on, and do you give the audience what they want, or do you keep the flirtation and tease going? Is that really what they want, is that what they like — to want something? Because as soon as you seal any sort of a deal with anything, it’s like, “Well, that’s that, and from there where do we go?” There are plenty of places always to go, but it’s a risk and a challenge.

TVLINE | But on a character level, were you and Robin interested to ask the question, “What do these two people really mean to each other after all these years?”
 
BAKER | Yes — and that became really evident, I thought, after we closed the Red John story and we did the episode that took place two years later. It was about laying the foundation for the rest of the season, in the sense of it was an episode about longing and missing each other, missing that relationship as it stood.
 
ROBIN TUNNEY | I also think the show has always been something more than just a straight procedural. And once the Red John storyline cleared up, it was like, “OK, these people are left with each other. So how do you create stakes?” There was a history, but there was this idea of “What’s next?” How do they feel about each other? It created sort of an arc where there was a lot at stake, people’s hearts and all that stuff, without, “Oh, we can throw another serial killer into the mix.” It was something that was fitting to the show and it created drama.

TVLINE | Robin, in the closing scene of last week’s episode, what is going on in Teresa’s mind as she stands at the doorstep, wiping tears off her face?
 
TUNNEY | I think she’s just dying for [Jane] to declare himself — and she’s really worried that he won’t. This opportunity with somebody else [Agent Marcus Pike, played by Pedro Pascal] has come up and it’s like, “OK, am I crazy? Should I do this? Am I missing out on something because I’m hanging out waiting for somebody else?” That’s something that’s really scary to her. This guy comes along who’s crazy about her and it’s like, “Am I going to pass up on something that’s real, to hang out and see what happens?” She’s just dying for Jane to declare himself. She’s not sure what else she can do, like, “So, this other guy has asked me to move with him….”

TVLINE | What is it that’s keeping Jane from being more forthright with Lisbon? Is he perhaps not confident in his ability to make her happy, or…?
 
HELLER | Simon can probably answer that better than me, but for me, if you spent so much of your life self-protectively concealing your feelings, for very good reasons, and feel that it was your love that essentially killed other people in your life, that connection to you has been a bad thing, there are all kinds of fears deep down that would stop you from speaking honestly. Men in general have difficulty declaring their emotions, and in this case [Jane and Lisbon] had a long and close, brother-sister relationship, so to suddenly declare a different kind of love is extremely difficult.
 
BAKER | Everything seems to be good, and then suddenly the girl that I like to stand next to has these “demands” upon my character to give more of himself…. That’s a part of it. It’s also that Jane is a broken toy. He looks like he’s gotten to be OK, but really, he’s not functioning completely. I guess Lisbon’s wondering and hoping whether or not he ever will function again, and he’s looking at her, thinking, “She’s going to walk away, and I can’t fix myself. I’ve forgotten how to give of myself and surrender.” So it’s a challenge. You could interpret it a lot of different ways, but I knew what I was playing. I didn’t necessarily choose to articulate it, because I think the nature of someone not being able to surrender to someone else or give themselves up is incredibly private. And I think it has to feel like it’s authentically private for it to be legitimate.

TVLINE | Robin, has this last run of episodes been entertaining for you, to be “the prettiest girl at the dance” with two not-unattractive men fighting over you?
 
TUNNEY | Uh, yeah – after wearing sensible clothes and shoes for five years, it’s been pretty nice.
 
HELLER | That’s Robin’s real life anyway, men fighting for her….
 
TUNNEY | [Laughs] It’s interesting, the storyline between Jane and Lisbon. From the very beginning, I remember the TCA [press tour] and PaleyFest [panel during] the first season, it was like, “Will they or wont they?” And my answer – “I have no idea” — was an honest one. And then throughout the years… [Simon and I] could have grown angry at each other or hated each other, but I grew so fond of him as a human being that the idea of where that was going was so easy to play, because I really enjoyed going to work with him. I feel like it’s a progression of how people bond. That’s the great thing about television, is you have the chance to experience things in real time, over six years.

TVLINE | Bruno, are you willing to rule out Pike as the mastermind behind the season-ending kidnapping mystery? That there won’t be that easy out?
 
HELLER | I’m willing to rule that out, yes. Pike is not the bad guy.
 
TUNNEY | It all seemed too good to be true!
 
HELLER | Sometimes I think I’m way too dumb for this audience, to come up with clever solutions like that. [Laughs] Life is not that complicated or dark – though I wish I had come up with that before.

TVLINE | How satisfying will the finale be if it turns out to be the series’ very final episode?
 
HELLER | You go first, Baker.
 
BAKER | [Thinks] On a scale of 1 to 10….
 
HELLER | Oh, I’ll go first then – “11.” Listen, this last one was written and designed to be a suitable big, happy romantic send-off for the series if that what happens — but it also opens a new chapter if that is not the case. I think we hit the mark well enough. I’m very happy with it. Baker is a perfectionist, so he’s not going to be happy until I’ve created a cross between Gone With the Wind and Psycho or something.
 
BAKER | Oh, Jesus. Can we readdress those references?
 
HELLER | OK, maybe not those two. But one of the reasons the show has gone as long as it has is precisely because these two, especially Simon, are never satisfied. They’re always pushing for more and better, more interesting and fresh and original. We may not have always succeeded, but that is the bar we’ve been trying to get over. I think we’ve done our best and it’s up to the audience to decide how well it’s done.
 
BAKER | We’re in the popularist business with The Mentalist. It’s not Breaking Bad, it’s a show that has had a very consistent audience for six years, and it’s all about pulling our audience in directions where we challenge them a bit. You can’t always give everyone what they want, and sometimes people want to be protected from what they want. I think the best result could be to divide the audience 50-50.
 
TUNNEY | I think it’s going to make a lot of people really happy, and I think it’s going to make some people angry — and that’s the most you can hope for. Because everybody’s emotionally invested in the show in a different way. And that’s good, because they’re genuine reactions. I don’t think anyone will feel in the middle of the road about it.

SRC: tvline.com/

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6x21 "Black Hearts": Jane and Lisbon Tiptoe Around the D.C. Issue (Sneak Peek #2)

The two attempt a serious conversation about the future, but it doesn't quite work out in a first look at Sunday's penultimate episode.



The Mentalist's penultimate episode dives into that very question, with the description promising that a decision will be made over whether Lisbon will leave with Pike for D.C. or stay with Jane and the FBI -- though last week, Jane made the decision to let her go.

The Hollywood Reporter debuts an exclusive scene from Sunday's hour, "Black Hearts," which kicks off with Lisbon coming into the FBI office with Jane's favorite tea as he sleeps on his iconic brown couch. "I always did like that couch," Lisbon says, reminiscing.

After some idle chitchat, Lisbon and Jane start to have a serious conversation about her potential move. "Jane...," she starts. But she's soon interrupted by a ringing phone call from Agent Fischer updating her on the week's kidnapping case.

The Mentalist airs Sundays at 10 p.m. on CBS.

SRC: hollywoodreporter.com/

Season 6 Finale Spoiler: Will Patrick Jane Marry Teresa Lisbon in 'Blue Bird'?

The final episode of the Mentalist Season 6 will be aired on 18 May and fans of 'Jisbon' would love it if the two of them expressed their feelings for each other.

Patrick Jane and Teresa Lisbon are racing against time to bust a human trafficking ring. The pre-finale episode is not just about Jane and Lisbon's fight together against criminal masterminds but also about the most important decision of their life, that is whether or not to be 'in love.'

The official synopsis of "The Mentalist" Season 6, episode 21 reads: "With time running out to save the victims of a kidnapping ring before they are transported overseas, Jane and Lisbon zero in on the criminal enterprise's mastermind. Meanwhile, Lisbon decides if she will move to D.C. with Agent Pike."

Show creator Bruno Heller teased that the finale would be romantic and end all questions about Lisbon's relationship status.

"It's a romantic finale rather than a [suspenseful] finale. With the death of Red John, there's a sense of tying [things] up and certainly this romantic angle is one of them," he told TV Guide.

There is some good news for Jisbon fans as the finale is expected to be more about Jane and Lisbon and their untangling relationship, TVline reported.

In the finale, titled 'Blue Bird, Lisbon will delay her plan to move with Agent Pike to Washington DC as she will be required for a new case. This will give Jane enough time to express his feelings for her, the website reported.

The website also released the pictures of the upcoming finale. Lisbon and Jane appear overwhelmed by emotions and there are chances of Jane proposing to her.

Entertainment website Breathecast suspects Jane secretly intends to marry Lisbon but Agent Pike's hasty advances are ruining his chance.

The show is yet to be renewed by CBS while there are rumours that 'The Mentalist' may move to other networks in order to continue with Season 7.

The Mentalist Season 6 finale episode 'Blue Bird' will air on Sunday, 18 May, on CBS and is directed by Chris Long.

SRC: ibtimes.co.uk/