23 August 2012 - Simon Baker

Lisbon Spoiler from TVLine

Unknotting and opening the reader mailbag (it’s made of burlap, FYI), Erin is "dying to know” what fans can expect this season with Lisbon, played by Robin Tunney.

As it turns out, our Vlada Gelman just got off the horn with show boss Bruno Heller, who revealed that "Lisbon, apart from having to deal with Jane and Lorelai (played by Emmanuelle Chriqui), in the middle of the season sets off on her own journey of vengeance and redemption. That’s a three- or four-episode arc in which she needs to catch her own Lisbon version of Red John, and that’s going to be fun.” I thus open the floor to nickname suggestions for this new nemesis: Rouge Ruby? Candy Apple Candice?

http://tvline.com/2012/08/23/mentalist-person-of-interest-private-practice-modern-family-spoilers-inside-line/

Added by: Fran | Date: 23-Aug-12

'Mentalist' creator promises killer 5th season with major Red John reveal

With CBS’ The Mentalist approaching its 100th episode and moving to a new night, creator Bruno Heller is intensifying Patrick Jane’s hunt for Red John.

"This is going to be a big season in terms of the Red John story,” promises Bruno Heller about the show’s elusive serial killer. "We make a quantum leap forward. Jane (Simon Baker) and the audience will learn something incredibly important about Red John that makes his hunt inches away instead of miles.”

One focal point of the season will be Red John’s accomplice (Emmanuelle Chriqui), who was captured in last May’s finale. The CBI, Jane and the FBI will battle for custody of the key witness who can reveal the killer’s identity — as well as how to best extract that information from her. "As the season unrolls, there’s a struggle to convince her to talk,” Heller says. "The custody battle sets the scene for a longer and more intense rivalry because Jane believes there’s somebody he can’t trust within the FBI, and the FBI feels the same way about Jane and the CBI.”

The agents are led by guest star Polly Walker, who also worked on Heller’s Rome. "She’s a wonderful actress I’ve been wanting to have on the show for awhile,” he says. Though Heller won’t say if Red John’s identity is finally revealed, he did hi ... Read more »

Added by: Fran | Date: 23-Aug-12

The Mentalist Season 5 - Major Spoilers

Mentalist Brings Back William Forsythe & Samaire Armstrong, Introduces Jane's [Spoiler]
Here’s a surprise even Jane didn’t see coming: The Mentalist is bringing back some familiar faces for Season 5. William Forsythe, who stars on Fox’s new drama The Mob Doctor, will return to the CBS procedural as Rigsby’s father, TVLine has learned exclusively. The visit from Rigsby’s "badass, gangster, biker dad,” as executive producer Bruno Heller describes him, won’t be an entirely happy one. "Rigsby’s had a very conflicted and difficult relationship with his dad, for obvious reasons,” explains Heller. "That comes to an epic head in Episode 4. That’s going to be a big episode for Rigsby and [actor] Owain Yeoman.”

Additionally, Samaire Armstrong (Dirty Sexy Money, The O.C.) will make her comeback in Episode 10 as prostitute-turned-CBI confidential informant Summer Edgecombe. She’ll place Tim Kang’s Cho in "a very difficult situation,” Heller says.

Meanwhile, new Community professor Malcolm McDowell will make a "brief, but sensational” cameo as Brett Stiles, the leader of the Visualize Self-Rea ... Read more »

Added by: Fran | Date: 23-Aug-12