Where to watch The Mentalist (2008–2015)
The Mentalist is available to stream in BR on Prime Video, Netflix and HBO Max.
A former celebrity psychic uses sharp observation, deduction, and people-reading skills to help a crime investigation team solve serious cases. While his playful methods set him apart, a personal drive for revenge adds a darker edge to his work.
Cast: Aaron Lohr, Alice Amter, Azura Skye, Casey Strand, Charles Malik Whitfield, Derek Webster, Elon Gold, Kelvin Han Yee, Robin Tunney, Samantha Esteban, Shelby Fenner, Sherman Augustus
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Trivia & production notes
- Creator Bruno Heller developed the concept of The Mentalist as a combination of Sherlock Holmes and a street psychic, blending a detective who helps people with a con artist who deceives them.
- Heller envisioned the lead character having both physical and spiritual grace, imagining someone like Cary Grant for the role.
- The show's CBI headquarters in Sacramento was actually represented by the back of the Pico House in downtown Los Angeles.
- Amanda Righetti and Owain Yeoman departed the show after season six in 2013.
- CBS announced the seventh season would be the final one after ordering 13 episodes in May 2014.
- The pilot episode drew 15.6 million viewers in its first airing, with another 7.8 million watching a reair three days later.
- The December 2, 2008 episode "Flame Red" became the highest-rated television show of the week, making The Mentalist the first first-season program to achieve that since Desperate Housewives four years earlier.
- Psych, which premiered two years before The Mentalist and featured a similar concept of a character with heightened observation posing as psychic, made repeated on-air references mocking the similarities between the two shows.
- Simon Baker received Emmy, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for his performance in the first season.
- The show received an award from the International Igtheism Group during its 10th Anniversary Gala for its scientific and critical thinking content.
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