When The Mentalist first arrived on the scene, I had serious doubts that it would make it past the first few episodes. Apart from the general idea that my love for a show is often the kiss of death, I just wasn’t sure this show was going to connect with audiences. It’s just one of those shows. It’s either going to work very well, or people are going to hate it, but there isn’t a lot of middle ground.
Worse, perhaps, though I’m a fan of the supporting cast (especially Cho – Tim Kang), audiences are pretty well required to fall in love with Simon Baker, and while I was rather fond of The Guardian, I wasn’t at all sure where the collective pulse lie after we got Smith and a few less than glorious film roles.
To my great surprise, based on certain assumptions about the public,...
Worse, perhaps, though I’m a fan of the supporting cast (especially Cho – Tim Kang), audiences are pretty well required to fall in love with Simon Baker, and while I was rather fond of The Guardian, I wasn’t at all sure where the collective pulse lie after we got Smith and a few less than glorious film roles.
To my great surprise, based on certain assumptions about the public,...
- 10/21/2010
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
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