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The Mentalist
2008–2015
· TV Show
· 43 min episodes
· 7 seasons
B
MEANRANK
80/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #146
- IMDb #164
- Google retired #9
- Rotten Tomatoes #301
- Metacritic #166
- RatingGraph #187
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #66
- Metacritic Critics #251
- Metacritic Audience #97
- Criticker #176
- Trakt #100
Every rating
58–98
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 58, highest is Google on 98. Critics average 65, everyone else 82.
See the TV shows the platforms disagree about most →Famous "psychic", Patrick Jane, outs himself as a fake, and using his heightened observational skills and impeccable knowledge of the human psyche, he works with the police so he can find "Red John", the madman who killed his family.
Details
- Created by
- Bruno Heller
- Released
- 23 September 2008
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 43 min
- Rated
- TV-14
- Episodes
- 151 across 7 seasons
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Cast
Full cast (89) →
Awards
Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 4 wins & 16 nominations total
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