Set your DVR for The Mentalist

It's Sunday morning and I am sitting on the couch, drinking coffee with my oldest offspring. No excitement on tv so I checked my DVR list an we watched a great show.....The Mentalist. This show premiered Friday nite on CBS and will move to it's regular spot, 9 pm on tuesdays. The series feartures Red John, a freaky serial killer, who leaves a bloody smiley face on the wall of his crime scenes. He actually stages the scene so first you see the smiley face, feel the dread, and then discover the body. We learn in the season premiere that Patrick has a personal connection to the killer. Six years ago, when Patrick was a fake psychic, Red John killed his wife and child. Patrick still lives in the house where his family was killed and kept the bloody smiley face on his bedroom wall. Since I am not good with boring details I cut and pasted the cast details from the CBS website..........

THE MENTALIST stars Golden Globe Award nominee Simon Baker as Patrick Jane, an independent consultant with the California Bureau of Investigation (CBI), who has a remarkable track record for solving serious crimes by using his razor sharp skills of observation. Within the Bureau, Jane is notorious for his blatant lack of protocol and his semi-celebrity past as a psychic medium, whose paranormal abilities he now admits he feigned. Jane's role in cracking a series of tough high-profile cases is greatly valued by his fellow agents. However, no-nonsense Senior Agent Teresa Lisbon openly resists having Jane in her unit and alternates between reluctantly acknowledging Jane's usefulness and blasting him for his theatrics, narcissism and dangerous lack of boundaries.