katikat | The Mentalist S6 & 701 (Reply)

Honestly, I like the FBI setting much better than the CBI one. Or maybe it's because the Red John storyline is finally over? But I also like the new team better. For me, Rigsby and Van Pelt were the most boring characters. I didn't care about their issues, I didn't care about their ship and I thought the actors were really bad. Abbott, Fisher and Wylie are much better - though I didn't know that Fisher wouldn't be back for S7. Or maybe I knew and I forgot? In any case, Vega, Fisher's replacement, is really cool and fresh. I like her a lot. So yeah, Jane, Lisbon, Cho, Vega, Wylie and Abbott are great!

One thing I wasn't sure about was the Jane/Lisbon ship. It kinda came out of left field - and at the same time it didn't? It's hard to explain. I get why there couldn't be anything between them before, Jane really needed to kill Red John first, no relationship would've worked for him until that guy was six feet under. Still... their ship issues were my least favorite part of the second half of S6. Though now that they're together, I'm curious where the writers will take them - and before you yell at me, they got together at the end of S6, it's not a recent development.

I'm really happy I finally caught up on the show! Woohoo, another one where I'm up-to-date. Go me!