This to me was one of the best episodes of the entire series. The scenes with Patrick Jane talking to his hallucination was heartbreaking. This is definitely the best episode of season five. Dove Cameron and Simon Baker had extraordinary chemistry together. And Simon pulled off this episode spectacularly.
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One of my favourite episodes
nymeriaao5 April 2021
One of the most beautiful and heartbreaking episodes.
sunilpadiyar19852 January 2019
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I am a big fan of the series and have been completely hooked to the character of Simon Baker (as Jane) and Robin (as Teresa). But this episode took it a whole new level when Jane interacts with his imaginary daughter. The entire screenplay, the dialogues and emotions behind it so beautifully portrayed on screen that literally made me cry when Jane begs her not to go. And then later in the episode he tries to recreate the memory by drinking that drug-tea.
The sweetest and the saddest episode
Ilovemoviesalot29 October 2022
My most favourite episode of not just Mentalist, but also any of the TV series I have watched. Without giving away the plot, the core concept is fantastic, and it shown unparallel acting from Simon Baker (not just a superficially charming funny guy, but such depth of expressions in brief glances and passing moment. The episode also showed some magical chemistry between him and the special guest of the episode.
The crime solving part was a bit patchy and slightly subpar, but the special element of the episode makes up for it and much more. I found it heartbreaking, particularly in the very last scene with Jane in an empty apartment, sipping from a cup, trying to re-capture what is lost forever...
The crime solving part was a bit patchy and slightly subpar, but the special element of the episode makes up for it and much more. I found it heartbreaking, particularly in the very last scene with Jane in an empty apartment, sipping from a cup, trying to re-capture what is lost forever...
Wow!
sydneymj9 May 2023
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I really really liked Dove Cameron in this role! It's not surprise that Jane's daughter would be the sarcastic, above it all person that he himself is; Cameron acted it wonderfully. I mean, I guess she's technically what Jane would imagine her to be in his subconscious, but nonetheless, I found myself kind of bummed when it was revealed that she was a figment of the imagination. Cameron and Baker were great together. This was a very interesting episode: we always see Jane poke and prod in others peoples mind, to see into his at a vulnerable moment is an interesting concept. His revenge mission has always been highlighted for what it is: a revenge mission. I love to see the emphasis being made on the heartbreaking part of it all, he lost his family, and he wants nothing more than to see them again despite his commitment to getting Red John. We see his real inspirations here. Wonderfully written!
The Trip
claudio_carvalho16 January 2022
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While investigating the murder of the diamond cutter Viktor Mendelssohn, the CBI team learns that a large blue diamond and his bag of diamonds are missing. Patrick Jane decides to make a cup of tea and uses the used teabag in the sink. Soon he has a trip with his grown-up daughter Charlotte, who was murdered by Re John when was a child, and Cho learns that he has drunken belladonna. Using leads he saw under hallucination, Patrick gathers elements to find the killer and solve the case.
"Devil's Cherry" is a different episode of "The Mentalist", with Patrick Jane tripping under influence and discussing with his teen daughter. When the real persons and the places he visited are disclosed to Lisbon and him, it is very funny. The conclusion indicates that wants to meet Charlotte again. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Devil's Cherry"
"Devil's Cherry" is a different episode of "The Mentalist", with Patrick Jane tripping under influence and discussing with his teen daughter. When the real persons and the places he visited are disclosed to Lisbon and him, it is very funny. The conclusion indicates that wants to meet Charlotte again. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Devil's Cherry"
The series' greatest artistic achievement so far
yavermbizi21 January 2022
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My overall rating of "The mentalist"'s Season 5: 4/10.
I had watched through "The mentalist" previously, making my way as far as it got back then, to mid-Season 5. Rewatching it, I certainly remembered some things, and occasionally changed my opinions, mostly for the worst, unfortunately. It turned out to be a shallower, simpler, lighter and more conventional flick than I remembered. At one point, I think it was when I was coming down from the brilliant, incredibly poignant scene from "The blood on his hands", I thought: "Hold on, this brilliant scene, the one that I remember being one of the most profound things in the series, which I can confirm now, it's in Season _3_? Wait, what's left, then? I don't remember anything particularly good afterwards... There was the one where Jane's on the run with Red John's girl, but that's neither here nor there... Wait! There was the one with the belladonna poisoning, with the daughter! That was deep, smart and dark as all hell! Is it coming up soon?.. Wait, it's in S5?! Wow, what a long wait!.." So I clenched my teeth, made it through Season 4 (7 episodes out of 24 I rated 1/10) and... there it is, just as haunting and beautiful as I remember.
"Devil's cherry" probably strikes you way gentler on your second watchthrough, as the initial confusion doesn't confuse you anymore and the revelation to follow is already known. Watching it for the first time is a heck of an experience. The plotline of Patrick's poisoning and his hallucination is inspired and absolutely brilliant. The writing around it is excellent and all actors give brilliant performances. There is something resonant for both the heart and the mind here.
Apparently, some fans online have an IMHO silly alternative explanation for the final scene, claiming that "sometimes tea is just tea" to paraphrase Freud, but does the scene even make sense this way, with how long the take is? I don't think so, I stand by the more obvious conclusion and my initial impression, that it's supposed to immerse us in the darkness of Patrick's mindstate, in his desperation to see his daughter again. Now, I initially though the scene is a bit too overlong, but it actually makes more sense when allowed a more patient look, revealing its subtlety. Jane is tensely, desperately sipping his belladonna throughout the scene until it ends - are the credits the moment when the effects take hold and he meets his daughter again? Or are the effects going to be disappointingly different this time? Notice how not only does his daughter not appear (easy to see), he never starts smiling or indicates satisfaction in any way. I would draw the comparison with the "Linking the First Flame" ending from "Dark Souls 3" - there is no definitive answer whether anything happens that the audience fails to see, but the absence of things happening is rather the point. Quiet, bitter disappointment is exactly the emotion of the scene.
Unfortunately, the brilliant diamond that is this episode is not without flaws: the neighbour's confession is bizarre in her unprompted psychopathic villainy (that, one would think, would be tough to conceal; or she would choose to conceal it when interrogated), but needlessly candid confessions are a staple of "The mentalist". Some dialogues are also a bit weak: I'm looking specifically at Charlotte, who can get a bit grating/annoying, and Van Pelt, who hopefully will stop being annoying in one of the future seasons, I'm not sure why writing for her keeps being so substandard, it can't be the actress ad-libbing things, can it?..
I had watched through "The mentalist" previously, making my way as far as it got back then, to mid-Season 5. Rewatching it, I certainly remembered some things, and occasionally changed my opinions, mostly for the worst, unfortunately. It turned out to be a shallower, simpler, lighter and more conventional flick than I remembered. At one point, I think it was when I was coming down from the brilliant, incredibly poignant scene from "The blood on his hands", I thought: "Hold on, this brilliant scene, the one that I remember being one of the most profound things in the series, which I can confirm now, it's in Season _3_? Wait, what's left, then? I don't remember anything particularly good afterwards... There was the one where Jane's on the run with Red John's girl, but that's neither here nor there... Wait! There was the one with the belladonna poisoning, with the daughter! That was deep, smart and dark as all hell! Is it coming up soon?.. Wait, it's in S5?! Wow, what a long wait!.." So I clenched my teeth, made it through Season 4 (7 episodes out of 24 I rated 1/10) and... there it is, just as haunting and beautiful as I remember.
"Devil's cherry" probably strikes you way gentler on your second watchthrough, as the initial confusion doesn't confuse you anymore and the revelation to follow is already known. Watching it for the first time is a heck of an experience. The plotline of Patrick's poisoning and his hallucination is inspired and absolutely brilliant. The writing around it is excellent and all actors give brilliant performances. There is something resonant for both the heart and the mind here.
Apparently, some fans online have an IMHO silly alternative explanation for the final scene, claiming that "sometimes tea is just tea" to paraphrase Freud, but does the scene even make sense this way, with how long the take is? I don't think so, I stand by the more obvious conclusion and my initial impression, that it's supposed to immerse us in the darkness of Patrick's mindstate, in his desperation to see his daughter again. Now, I initially though the scene is a bit too overlong, but it actually makes more sense when allowed a more patient look, revealing its subtlety. Jane is tensely, desperately sipping his belladonna throughout the scene until it ends - are the credits the moment when the effects take hold and he meets his daughter again? Or are the effects going to be disappointingly different this time? Notice how not only does his daughter not appear (easy to see), he never starts smiling or indicates satisfaction in any way. I would draw the comparison with the "Linking the First Flame" ending from "Dark Souls 3" - there is no definitive answer whether anything happens that the audience fails to see, but the absence of things happening is rather the point. Quiet, bitter disappointment is exactly the emotion of the scene.
Unfortunately, the brilliant diamond that is this episode is not without flaws: the neighbour's confession is bizarre in her unprompted psychopathic villainy (that, one would think, would be tough to conceal; or she would choose to conceal it when interrogated), but needlessly candid confessions are a staple of "The mentalist". Some dialogues are also a bit weak: I'm looking specifically at Charlotte, who can get a bit grating/annoying, and Van Pelt, who hopefully will stop being annoying in one of the future seasons, I'm not sure why writing for her keeps being so substandard, it can't be the actress ad-libbing things, can it?..
They should have actually stuck with the "his daughter is alive" story.
jaccer1118 August 2020
If this girl was actually Jane's daughter, it honestly would have made this show so much better! Because, they made red John seem so super human and better than anyone could be, always ahead of Jane somehow. But, if his daughter was till alive, no that would have been at least some win for Jane and enhanced the show. And made red John feel a little more human and realistic. There's no way red Jon is that good!
Wish she was nicer
jknousak19 January 2020
This is the SECOND appearance of Charlotte and she turns out to be . . . not nice. I did not like how she is portrayed -- lippy and sullen and sarcastic. Oh well.
And although the "Trivia" indicates it's her first appearance incorrectly, Charlotte appeared in Season 1 -- as a 4 or 5 year old playing the piano and asking her dad if he liked it.
absolutely vapid
anya-943-9278498 October 2012
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The beginning of the season was somehow promising (until they ultimately threw away the sexy-Red-John girl), but still it was a start. However, this very episode appears to be very poor, both in plot-constructing and imagination. I truly believe that every time when a hero starts seeing dreams, or has hallucinations from drugs or just "sees" something - is a serious sign that a show needs to close (remember how everybody was disappointed with the "Lost" finale?). But when this useless device is combined with plot that doesn't have neither an interesting development nor a verisimilar criminal or a relieving ending - I guess this is an emergency. "Mentalist" has already had such a hallucinogenic episode when Grace was seeing her ex- fiancée, but that time it was considered as a wish to procrastinate and a one-time exception. I really think the show should have been closed after season 4, when tension was still there and you wanted to know where it's all heading, not when you wait when it will end at last!
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