13 February 2011 - Simon Baker

A great article regarding The Mentalist which is very positive.

http://www.frumforum.com/the-a-hole-as-hero

The A-Hole as Hero February 11th, 2011 at 5:31 pm Telly Davidson

Last week, I took a look at the harrowing James Franco film 127 Hours, about injured hiker Aron Ralston’s battle to free himself from a boulder during a week-long ordeal. Perhaps the most important aspects of this humorous and horrifying character study were the questions it posed about the nature of heroism, of risk-taking and endurance and attitude. And those questions are just as relevant to two of TV’s highest-rated and most acclaimed weekly series, Hugh Laurie’s cutting (in more ways than one) medical drama House, and Simon Baker’s sly and snarky sleuthing series, The Mentalist.
On the surface, both of these deservedly top-rated shows are the kind of routine procedurals that have been solving cases and curing illness on our TV screens from almost the beginning. But what puts House and The Mentalist at the top of their respective games is how gleefully they bo ... Read more »

Added by: angel | Date: 12-Feb-11