2 out of the 3 times Jane solved quickly people were shot. This is why Jane HAS to set things up and manipulate people for a whole episode. By the end he's gift wrapped evidence, proof, and the culprit.
@@Vitross Most of the episodes there's no evidence sure but they're caught in incriminating positions that Jane's set up. That alone makes a strong case.
When it comes to The Mentalist Pilot episode it remains one of the best in my opinion of how to introduce audiences to a new series. Understandably Pilot episodes can be a hit or miss as it's establishing the groundwork for everything to come, but in The Mentalist's case its first episode is a fantastic ride from start to finish. The music, writing, directing, and timing are perfection as is establishing the characters and introducing how Patrick Jane thinks and operates. At the same time, it presents us with the main mystery that will not be resolved until years later and why it affects Jane's entire life and led to him joining CBI. An excellent episode all around!
As some one who habitually lied to his parents for nearly half of his life. I can say without a doubt that was the most guilty "Nooowaah!" I've ever heard.
Incidentally, this was the first snippet of The Mentalist I ever got to see, I remember like it was yesterday (because, well... it sort of was), I was feeling sick all night then relocated myself to the couch and turned on the tv just to have something in the background, which always helps me feel better and less alone, and on came the Mentalist and I saw... This funny exchange. Well, I have to say, I love the show. I've watched all the other Crime shows, of course, NCIS, CSI, Law & Order, Law & Order the cooler one, the closer, Criminal Minds, obviously... But this really sticks out. It's somewhat like Monk but from a different angle if that is at all understandable.
very understandable. the carefree nature of his behavior, yet his attention to detail. gives me a vibe of an intelligent child inside an adult male body. who's also very good at understanding people, he's like the person who actually makes a effort to understand you. the kind of person that is very hard to find these days.
Mother doesn't even care what happens to her anymore after shooting him. Her life was over when she lost her daughter and you can see it in her face, especially when he comes home.
I love that Jane is 100% right about what he said after he asked the guy if he murdered his daughter. Any innocent and grieving father would have 100% punched Jane in the face just for asking that question.
@@oolala53 Except that we aren't talking about "some people". We're talking about what should be a grieving father who was just asked, out of the blue, if he killed his daughter. It's one thing when the cops ask for alibis and the like when they are actively investigating the murder, but it's a whole other thing to straight up ask that question to one of the grieving parents. If it were the innocent mother, she would have slapped him across the face, and if it were an innocent father, he would have punched him in the face.
Just the fact he hesitated makes him guilty. An innocent person would be immediately outraged at being accused of killing their own child. To the point of violence in most cases.
Thanks, but he already searched it. He might have looked in the comments first. But the point is that all clips from TV or movies should precisely name the source right up on top.
I learned from a Sri Lankan tea plantation owner that you don't swish the teabag in the water, you let it brew. The manufacturers, he says, put "garbage off the jungle floor in for color".
@ifedhimspaghetti I think the process he prefers is to allow the actual tea to seap out of the tea leaves by leaving the alone. Swishing delivers color quickly and you remove the leaves without getting maximum value.
@@mattjewett4473 Ok, I do do this already because otherwise I always break the thing, but it is good to know I was right. I mean, I'm always right but it's still nice to be reminded.
It’s worse than it looks. Mom is going to jail. she was not an imminent danger. Her daughter was already gone. If Jane is so perceptive, could he not tell how desperate she was?
this show was the best thing ever. it had a boring ending with Red John. and it should have ended there, but the fans wanted more, so we got another season wich gave the entire show a better ending. but i think this show would have maybe been alittle better if every season had a main villian. like Dexter. Patrick Jane could have people back from his history who turned out to be the main villian through out that season. i think this show would have been better that way.
I have come across many who felt the same way about ending the Red John storyline earlier, but in defense most shows that have a premise like that with the main villain tend to wait until the show's end to resolve it. I agree that when they did end the storyline it was anticlimactic but like you, I agree that ending it and allowing viewers to see the aftermath gave a generally good ending. I also agree that having a main villain each season would have created something interesting and provided a bit more edge that was not related to Red John somehow as we see with O'Laughlin. I actually feel many non-Red John centered episodes were pretty good to show the series was more than just Jane catching the main villian.
@@stephaniemorrissey123 True. I feel we are in a place where attention spans have become shorter than they used to be, but I'm delighted when people end up discovering The Mentalist and other shows from years past for the first time and finding enjoyment in them. I also think there are some good shows out there, but I always come back to The Mentalist for a rewatch every 2 years because of how much I still enjoy the series.
@@stephaniemorrissey123 well, it’s actually about 40 to 45 minutes and I believe on cable, there are a fair number of intelligent shows that are quite popular. I just finished the second season of The Diplomat and I thought it was pretty good.
I sure wouldn't convict someone on the basis of "a mothers intuition", or anyone else's mere intuition. Nor would I acquit anyone of murder because they felt like they knew who killed their child. I sure hope you wouldn't either.
First of all, you would have to tell the truth when you were being vetted for the jewelry, and if you had already decided ahead of time that it was OK for her to kill her husband, you would have to admit that and would likely be excused.
..it appears that you've led a fortunate life in that you might believe Police would have restraint by NOT shooting ANYONE without their hands up high and in clear view when they enter a building directly after shots fired...
He thought they were all investigating a local kid (that he had implicated as the possible likely killer) instead of himself - so he KNEW police were there, but didn't know P. Jane had spoken with the wife and dismantled the mental barriers within her brain to clearly assess her husband's response when P. Jane asked those questions of him.
Pandering to the silly notion that a woman can tell when her husband is lying. So many women jump to conclusions, thinking they're so "intuitive". Then their refusal to change their minds proves to them that they're right.
He was priming her. Wives do know their husband's habits, quirks, and personalities. Likely in ways they don't know themselves. And vice versa, of course, but that wasn't important to Jane here. He was using her as a human lie detector....not that she knew her husband was lying any more than the machine does, but that he was acting off baseline. That's what Jane needed to know. Is he within his baseline behavior, or is he off somehow? Hard to tell with a quick observation. But she could, if her mind was prepped correctly. That she went and got a gun...well.....humans often act irrationally. He had no idea that would be the outcome, but made no sudden moves. Wise, really. Jane was playing her in order to play him...make him off base, make him slip up. That she took it those extra steps..well.....crap happens. It's what Jane does...poke around, poke at people, and see what they betray when they're off balance. If he was within baseline, then Jane would figure he was off track. He uses others in this way quite often in the series.
@@scottclark3761 Nope, sorry, bro. I've encountered waaaay too many females who constantly jumped to stupid conclusions and wouldn't change their minds. You can't build a relationship on that, so I gave up on them, but some of those women did end up married to some poor schmucks. But I can just imagine how those toxic wives must have perked up excited when they saw this pandering scene.
@@jbtechcon7434 I feel bad for you, man. I hope you're choosing better women these days. But in this scene I think it's obvious Jane was setting her up to be hypervigilant to her hubby. The talk of the daughter....you notice he was leading her. Convincing her he knew more than he did. Boosting her confidence in her intuition. He used her like a tool, and played her like a fiddle. She was the weaker one in the relationship. So you use the weak link. It's manipulative as all hell. But that's Jane. As for the viewers, yeah. I am sure the less observant women were nodding along. Simon Baker is a handsome and charming enough dude to do that sort of thing. That's the point. You can lead someone anywhere, if you make them think it was their own idea. Especially if you're attractive.
@@scottclark3761 Your own description of the scene makes it sound like Jane murdered a dude by manipulating his wife! Every single thing you said he did there could be done to an innocent man using a toxic female as a weapon.
He couldn't have known they had a gun, or that she was going to get it. He was concentrated on the husband. But it was the consequence of his manipulations. And, if you follow the series, revenge is kinda his thing. I think he was surprised, but kept his wits about him. An emotional person with a gun isn't the time to be making sudden movements. So he was ok with what happened, but no, there's no way he could have known ahead of time. He was just seeing where the chips fell.
"Honestly it's not as bad as it looks" haha
It' better- justice served- I just hope the wife walks...
This first episode was a masterpiece of drama, establishing characters, establishing backstory, and mystery. The perfect launch to an awesome series!
There will never be an excellent show like The Mentalist. I loved it.
Psych was fun as well.
Lie to me was nice too
@@gnome_de_guerre I will watch it. Thanks.
@@turd3903 Yes. You are right. I love these mind trick TV Shows.
And white collar
2 out of the 3 times Jane solved quickly people were shot.
This is why Jane HAS to set things up and manipulate people for a whole episode.
By the end he's gift wrapped evidence, proof, and the culprit.
Most of the episodes he has no evidence at all and in the real world they would walk
I know exactly the scenes you’re thinking of too haha the ones with the college kids and the one with Neil the Sears Manager.
plus it also makes the police look a bit better seeing they need the time to figure it out and process evidence.
@@Vitross Most of the episodes there's no evidence sure but they're caught in incriminating positions that Jane's set up. That alone makes a strong case.
Not 2 out of 3, 3 out of 3! This one, the one in the shop, the one with the athlete guy. The last two were shot by cops while fleeing
When it comes to The Mentalist Pilot episode it remains one of the best in my opinion of how to introduce audiences to a new series. Understandably Pilot episodes can be a hit or miss as it's establishing the groundwork for everything to come, but in The Mentalist's case its first episode is a fantastic ride from start to finish. The music, writing, directing, and timing are perfection as is establishing the characters and introducing how Patrick Jane thinks and operates. At the same time, it presents us with the main mystery that will not be resolved until years later and why it affects Jane's entire life and led to him joining CBI. An excellent episode all around!
I watched this TV show not knowing what to expect. 5 minutes into the pilot, and I was hooked.
As some one who habitually lied to his parents for nearly half of his life. I can say without a doubt that was the most guilty "Nooowaah!" I've ever heard.
i really fell in love with his character in this scene
Same here..❤
Incidentally, this was the first snippet of The Mentalist I ever got to see, I remember like it was yesterday (because, well... it sort of was), I was feeling sick all night then relocated myself to the couch and turned on the tv just to have something in the background, which always helps me feel better and less alone, and on came the Mentalist and I saw... This funny exchange.
Well, I have to say, I love the show. I've watched all the other Crime shows, of course, NCIS, CSI, Law & Order, Law & Order the cooler one, the closer, Criminal Minds, obviously...
But this really sticks out. It's somewhat like Monk but from a different angle if that is at all understandable.
Love the reference to monk 👌
very understandable. the carefree nature of his behavior, yet his attention to detail.
gives me a vibe of an intelligent child inside an adult male body.
who's also very good at understanding people, he's like the person who actually makes a effort to understand you.
the kind of person that is very hard to find these days.
Monk is such an accurate comparison, but I'm saddened the list of shows didn't include Castle
He's like halfway between Adrian and Shawn.
@@derrickstorm6976 castle is and always will be one of the goats
Mother doesn't even care what happens to her anymore after shooting him. Her life was over when she lost her daughter and you can see it in her face, especially when he comes home.
I love that Jane is 100% right about what he said after he asked the guy if he murdered his daughter. Any innocent and grieving father would have 100% punched Jane in the face just for asking that question.
I don’t believe that at all. Some people just don’t believe that they can perform violence because they don’t like what someone has said to them.
@@oolala53 Except that we aren't talking about "some people". We're talking about what should be a grieving father who was just asked, out of the blue, if he killed his daughter. It's one thing when the cops ask for alibis and the like when they are actively investigating the murder, but it's a whole other thing to straight up ask that question to one of the grieving parents. If it were the innocent mother, she would have slapped him across the face, and if it were an innocent father, he would have punched him in the face.
this was pure gold loved it wish I could have seen all the episodes
Great actress.
I like this so much!
Thanks!
3:56 the same answer with: "SOFIA! Did you take my phone !?" 😂
I love you Simon Baker ❤❤❤
She knew right away. Ha!
Just the fact he hesitated makes him guilty. An innocent person would be immediately outraged at being accused of killing their own child. To the point of violence in most cases.
No. It was such an abrupt question that it takes a normal even non guilty person a bit to process
@@Chugargonfan even the wife knew!
and again the season and episode numbers are missing from the description below forcing people like me to search very long until the episode is found.
I think it’s the pilot.
Pilot episode
Pilot episode yes
Season 1 episode 1.
Thanks, but he already searched it. He might have looked in the comments first. But the point is that all clips from TV or movies should precisely name the source right up on top.
Its very easy to solve extremely difficult cases - when it is in the script!
It was EXACTLY as bad as it looked.
I learned from a Sri Lankan tea plantation owner that you don't swish the teabag in the water, you let it brew. The manufacturers, he says, put "garbage off the jungle floor in for color".
Isn’t it going into your cup either way?
Facts. Honestly this is not as dumb as it looks 😂
@ifedhimspaghetti I think the process he prefers is to allow the actual tea to seap out of the tea leaves by leaving the alone. Swishing delivers color quickly and you remove the leaves without getting maximum value.
@@mattjewett4473 Ok, I do do this already because otherwise I always break the thing, but it is good to know I was right. I mean, I'm always right but it's still nice to be reminded.
Never use tea bags. 'End of Story.'
It’s worse than it looks. Mom is going to jail. she was not an imminent danger. Her daughter was already gone. If Jane is so perceptive, could he not tell how desperate she was?
I laughed so hard I spit!
Dam that was intense
Pilot
which episode is this?
The Pilot episode
first five minutes of the show :D
What episode is this?
Other comments say first scene of the show
It's season 1 episode 1.
S01 E01 when we meet Jane
this show was the best thing ever. it had a boring ending with Red John. and it should have ended there, but the fans wanted more, so we got another season wich gave the entire show a better ending. but i think this show would have maybe been alittle better if every season had a main villian. like Dexter. Patrick Jane could have people back from his history who turned out to be the main villian through out that season. i think this show would have been better that way.
Maybe, but they also had volkov and red john’s allys like o’laughlin that were villains in disguise.
I have come across many who felt the same way about ending the Red John storyline earlier, but in defense most shows that have a premise like that with the main villain tend to wait until the show's end to resolve it. I agree that when they did end the storyline it was anticlimactic but like you, I agree that ending it and allowing viewers to see the aftermath gave a generally good ending. I also agree that having a main villain each season would have created something interesting and provided a bit more edge that was not related to Red John somehow as we see with O'Laughlin. I actually feel many non-Red John centered episodes were pretty good to show the series was more than just Jane catching the main villian.
@@Soccerlass87 oh Red john defined the series as the gave Patrick something to hunt down and take care of. he was a very good villian.
The first blonde woman is extremely beautiful? Prolly has an excellent morals too!
Why they dont make tv series like this anymore?
Because people watch 30-second TikToks and can't be bothered with intelligent shows that last an hour.
@@stephaniemorrissey123 True. I feel we are in a place where attention spans have become shorter than they used to be, but I'm delighted when people end up discovering The Mentalist and other shows from years past for the first time and finding enjoyment in them. I also think there are some good shows out there, but I always come back to The Mentalist for a rewatch every 2 years because of how much I still enjoy the series.
@@stephaniemorrissey123 well, it’s actually about 40 to 45 minutes and I believe on cable, there are a fair number of intelligent shows that are quite popular. I just finished the second season of The Diplomat and I thought it was pretty good.
If I were on the jury...
I sure wouldn't convict someone on the basis of "a mothers intuition", or anyone else's mere intuition. Nor would I acquit anyone of murder because they felt like they knew who killed their child. I sure hope you wouldn't either.
If it were proven that the father DID kill the daughter, I'd say not guilty for the mother. I see it as she carried out the death penalty.
@@stephaniemorrissey123 well you would not be following the law because that’s not how it’s written. Thank goodness.
First of all, you would have to tell the truth when you were being vetted for the jewelry, and if you had already decided ahead of time that it was OK for her to kill her husband, you would have to admit that and would likely be excused.
i dont get why he has his hands up when he literally has a badge on his shirt that says cbi on it
..it appears that you've led a fortunate life in that you might believe Police would have restraint by NOT shooting ANYONE without their hands up high and in clear view when they enter a building directly after shots fired...
of i recall correctly in the show he does that out of a fobia to handguns
Why would she believe that he was there to help her? Had she heard his name before or something? He was just a stranger, right?
How did the husband not notice all the police outside?
He thought they were all investigating a local kid (that he had implicated as the possible likely killer) instead of himself - so he KNEW police were there, but didn't know P. Jane had spoken with the wife and dismantled the mental barriers within her brain to clearly assess her husband's response when P. Jane asked those questions of him.
😂
After this, was there proof that Jane was right?
Do you mean, in this case? Yes, he was right.
Pandering to the silly notion that a woman can tell when her husband is lying. So many women jump to conclusions, thinking they're so "intuitive". Then their refusal to change their minds proves to them that they're right.
He was priming her. Wives do know their husband's habits, quirks, and personalities. Likely in ways they don't know themselves. And vice versa, of course, but that wasn't important to Jane here. He was using her as a human lie detector....not that she knew her husband was lying any more than the machine does, but that he was acting off baseline. That's what Jane needed to know. Is he within his baseline behavior, or is he off somehow? Hard to tell with a quick observation. But she could, if her mind was prepped correctly. That she went and got a gun...well.....humans often act irrationally. He had no idea that would be the outcome, but made no sudden moves. Wise, really. Jane was playing her in order to play him...make him off base, make him slip up. That she took it those extra steps..well.....crap happens. It's what Jane does...poke around, poke at people, and see what they betray when they're off balance. If he was within baseline, then Jane would figure he was off track. He uses others in this way quite often in the series.
@@scottclark3761 Nope, sorry, bro. I've encountered waaaay too many females who constantly jumped to stupid conclusions and wouldn't change their minds. You can't build a relationship on that, so I gave up on them, but some of those women did end up married to some poor schmucks. But I can just imagine how those toxic wives must have perked up excited when they saw this pandering scene.
@@jbtechcon7434 I feel bad for you, man. I hope you're choosing better women these days. But in this scene I think it's obvious Jane was setting her up to be hypervigilant to her hubby. The talk of the daughter....you notice he was leading her. Convincing her he knew more than he did. Boosting her confidence in her intuition. He used her like a tool, and played her like a fiddle. She was the weaker one in the relationship. So you use the weak link. It's manipulative as all hell. But that's Jane. As for the viewers, yeah. I am sure the less observant women were nodding along. Simon Baker is a handsome and charming enough dude to do that sort of thing. That's the point. You can lead someone anywhere, if you make them think it was their own idea. Especially if you're attractive.
@@scottclark3761 Your own description of the scene makes it sound like Jane murdered a dude by manipulating his wife! Every single thing you said he did there could be done to an innocent man using a toxic female as a weapon.
He couldn't have known they had a gun, or that she was going to get it. He was concentrated on the husband. But it was the consequence of his manipulations. And, if you follow the series, revenge is kinda his thing. I think he was surprised, but kept his wits about him. An emotional person with a gun isn't the time to be making sudden movements. So he was ok with what happened, but no, there's no way he could have known ahead of time. He was just seeing where the chips fell.
😲
.....sooooo.....DID the husband do it?
hope so
Yes, they found the daughter's journal and it detailed the father's abuse.
Why the f would she like india?
Wat is wrong if she likes india
@@thechosenone3014 the wrong is she liking india
@@Masikinias your English is what's wrong
It's a beautiful and culturally rich country...
Because that video of Coldplay and Beyonce.