I've just watched both seasons and I am disappointed that it was only two seasons. The acting was superb, the characters were very believable... Its a really good show. But some stories have a natural end..

First i will start with CHEESY. The act, the plot, the script. So wrong. Watching this show lowers your IQ in a second. It is so illogical, and again, so cheesy. The camera is the only decent thing about this show. Second, this show is worse than any TELENOVELA out there. The plot is ridiculous, where in one episode the characters are trying to kill each other, in the next one they are lovers, in the third one they are family, and at last they again are the worst enemies. It just makes no sense. I am so glad it got canceled!

I have to think that this steaming pile of. . . cheese is coming from the same people that brought us the 2008 Knight Rider series, or perhaps Baywatch. With the exception of the appearances by a few b- grade actors pulling up the curve, the acting is pretty horrible. I just can't watch drama this bad. It doesn't work. I'm completely shocked that the rating for this show is as high as it is. Horrible!

Awesome concept, decent cast, mediocre plot lines, poor execution. The Catch does what so many shows fall pray to in being TOO cute - they weave way too much into the tapestry until it's a jumbled mess. A con man hooks up with his mark, a co-partner in a private investigation firm, ends up falling in love with her, and has a hard time splitting from her. Here's where it gets messy: he's got a few co-partners, she's got a few P.I. co- workers, and pretty soon each side has one working for the opposing side, except when they aren't, in which case they are (unless they temporarily aren't in which case they are). The whole thing gets so convoluted one's mind tends to wander, except when it isn't in which case.... oh you get the picture. The Mentalist wasn't necessarily the small screen equal to Marathon Man or anything, but it's charm was it's simplicity - til the final seasons when they wrote half the cast out and moved them. Still, there are much, much more complicated shows on TV for your cerebral fare without being a jumbled mess. So should you? Only if you REALLY feel like concentrating on a show that isn't hard to understand, just hard to hold your focus as it gets sillier and messier, sillier and messier. Except when it's not but still is(n't). :-)