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.

SRC: cartermatt.com/

'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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