#mntl

stares at you like this Jisbon …………………….

the thing about the tail end of the mentalist is that the playing field has changed so much and the stakes are so much lower that its completely impossible for the series to taste the same after red john dies. and also the desperate need to make the new cast as likeable as the original in 1/6th of the time just winds up making them like. 1 note joke characters and people are saying one liners and stuff. however that said. i think it IS important for the story to keep going because janes story DOES keep going after he kills red john. like he doesn't get to die after that he just has to keep on living somehow for some reason. and so i think that exploration of what he would even do next and how his relationship with lisbon will progress now that he's done the thing he set out to do but still has not beaten the innate fear in him of being close to someone for fear of losing them in the same way is genuinely valuable and good. i just think the supporting cast was so rushed that it bogs down the whole thing so you really have to laser focus on jisbon and put on blinders for like most of the other stuff.