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Watching many of these early season episodes for the first time, similar to NCIS. I wasn't a fan of either early on but once I started watching the shows I became interested. However, networks don't always schedule episodes in order. Fortunately, Lifetime is airing this show in order but only on Thursdays. Anyway, Lorazepam? That is a pretty significant detail that was not revealed until the very end. Was Agent Lisbon unaware she was being medicated? It doesn't make sense. Much of this episode was spent focusing on Lisbon having no memory of the night of the murder but no one has a clue she may have been drugged by Dr. Carmen until Jane can't make a breakthrough with Lisbon using hypnosis? That deduction is not actually revealed until near the end, after Dr. Carmen is trapped. Lisbon should know she is taking Lorazepam so it is an easy deduction! I don't like being left out of the plan to take down the bad guy. I find scenes in crime dramas showing cops formulating a final plan to take down the bad guy are among the most interesting. The writers did the same thing in the season one finale. It doesn't work for most viewers. I'm left thinking, "when did they put this plan together and why weren't we shown it?" It's different when Jane deduces who the bad guy is on his own, just like Robert Goren and Sherlock Holmes would do.

My rating is based on the performance of Robin Tunney and the story - no one is mourning the death of a convicted child sex offender but it is obvious Lisbon was framed. After thinking about the frame job, I knew something was missing. How could Dr. Carmen be so sure that framing Lisbon wouldn't ruin her life even if she isn't convicted? It is never explained. Finally, not a fan of Agent Bosco, he is awkward and often says the wrong thing.

Something was definitely fishy wit that shrink who clearly went out of his way to council Lisbon. I imagined it was one of two things, he either had a wild crush on her and was waiting for the right moment to turn his sessions into some kind of mushy mushy vibe or he was up to something. Honestly I believed it was the first, the entire set up was kind of neat.

The classic part of this episode was watching Jane hypnotize Lisbon and take advantage of it. How did it benefit him to know whether or not she dances to Spice Girls. Although he didn't show it on the surface, he did care about Lisbon's fate as a detective. He lied for her when she claimed to be watching television the night of the murder. He even helped her smoke out the true culprit and clear the suspicions around her.

I knew Robin Tunney from 'Prison Break' and I admired her ability to create Veronica into the shape and form she was, but when I saw the scene with her dancing to Spice Girls music and acting as though she was high then to transform when the psychiatrist presented himself to be a hoax, I definitely applauded her. She has definitely shaped Lisbon into her own self. What added to the benefit of this episode was getting some great insight into Lisbon's family life and also seeing a fraction of how she lived as Teresa.

I knew Lisbon didn't do it, at least that would be the end of her career as a detective and the Mentalist would not do so well in jail, at least Robin Tunney could have taken what she learnt from 'Prison Break' for the betterment of the series. The breakthrough of the real villain incriminating himself by admission of the cross,I have to admit myself was a weak revelation. The frame was well, but after breaking the glass in your office and temporarily going insane, I expected more.

That's the perks that comes with being a detective, there would come those moments where someone blames you for a crime you could have easily prevented, but couldn't really save the world with. You just have to completely check out those you work with or pay to council you, they very well may be your enemy.

Lexa Reviews

http://lexabuti.blogspot.com

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Four Stars

Grade B-

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