I watched some of the Mentalist. It is clever, and is based on the perceptions of its main character of which there is a sparse smattering of clues to as how he does this. Clever writing. Being something of a deep perceptionist myself I see the holes of the story and it is bothersome. But again isn't all television a cult of personality? Just not my cup of tea I guess because of exploitations of perception inherent in the show's premise.Tighter writing exists in other shows such as Fringe and The Closer (with some good sub plots.)