The story of “mentality” ended ten years ago, but so far many fans have a resort: they say, the series “suddenly closed” and “they didn’t let them finish normally”.
In fact, everything was different – the makers gave honestly the time to set up all the points about I. And if someone believes that the project has just been cut off, he is very mistaken.
In reality, the series was closed because of the fall of the assessments, but not sharp, but after a long fall and a whole series of changes that the project had to save.
When the mentalist went to CBS in 2008, he started with impressive figures:
- The peak of popularity in the first season is 19.7 million spectators.
- By the fourth season, the public fell to 11.2 million.
- Despite the seventh reviews, despite the attempts of Rebranding.
Producers remembered in an interview with Deadline that it was the head of Warner Bros. TV Peter Roth demanded to close the storyline with Red John, who was completely exhausted by that time:
“He said that if we want to continue after the sixth season, we have to finish the story with Red John and start the series completely again.”
According to the producers, Peter’s mouth was good, and already in the middle of the sixth season, the screenwriters began to prepare the final of the story arch. But as often happens, everything turned out not to be as spectacular as it was conceived. The personality of Red John was suddenly opened and not too convincing – the fans do not forgive this.
Nevertheless, the authors knew, in contrast to the common myth about “sudden cancellation”, that the series ended. After the line ended with the Red John, the mentalist received a seventh season. Formally this was already a restart: instead of the KBR, the Jane team works for the FBI, new characters appear and the old ones are in the background. But the assessments could not be raised and CBS made the final decision – to close the show.
Fans still argue whether the channel has rightly acted. One of the viewers on Reddit reminded it:
“The word ‘cancellation’ is not at all suitable. The series was given to end naturally – they corresponded to the shortened seventh season. Initially everything had to end in the sixth.”
Others indicate that CBS and Warner Bros. Initially looked at the project differently. The rights to the series were Van Warner and CBS was not too interested in continuing. According to one of the users:
“CBS Almost buried the series. They stopped advertising him, deleted in an uncomfortable Sunday, where the show was constantly shifted because of football matches. Warner Brittle. They saved the project after they had agreed last season because of the international show. “
Separate fans believe that the “mentality” could not be against it because the end of the story with the Red John turned out to be too hasty and sharp. At that time, the reviews fell sharply and the channel could not return the public:
“There was a lot of criticism of the fact that the final of Red John’s arch did not make two consecutive episodes. There was also a break in the middle of the season – as a result, the audience simply lost interest.”
As a result, the ‘mentality’ was an example of how the transformation of the format and changing the exit time can even complete the popular project. At the same time, it cannot be said that the series did not receive a worthy final – only at the moment the audience had switched to strimes and other formats. And the return of the “mentality”, unlike some “Dester”, is not worth waiting: Simon Baker clearly stated in an interview with KTLA:
“I want to look forward to it, not to return to the past. I have excellent memories, but I am more interested in continuing.”
So the story of the ‘mentality’ ended – without scandals, without unexpected solutions from the studio, simply within the framework of agreement. And the fans continue to come to terms with this, or to reconsider the series to remember how it really ended:
- Jane finally lives with Lisbon.
- Lisbon reaches work in the FBI and arranges personal life.
- Cho becomes the head of the FBI unit.
- Rigsby and Van Palt build family life away from the bureaucracy.
Source: Popcorn News
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