# The Mentalist- question about relationships **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 30, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mentalist-question-about-relationships/670011 "2013-09-30T16:04:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mentalist-question-about-relationships/670011/101 "2013-12-03T17:03:03Z")
Abbott needs some reigning in. He smiles so much that it comes off looking like he is happy he is getting acting work. The woman agent was really obvious. No way Jane missed it. He was being hyper-vigilent and checking everywhere to see when they found him. As for the napkin, that would certainly pass for a civil contract in this lawyer’s opinion. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mentalist-question-about-relationships/670011/102 "2013-12-03T18:02:11Z")
I would also like to know how Lisbon comes to be living in such swell digs. Looks like a nice 2 story house, well-furnished. I remember when she was living in an apartment that looked to come furnished. And what is her job? Is she a cop (with SAC PD?) or a security guard? ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mentalist-question-about-relationships/670011/103 "2013-12-03T18:10:21Z")
> [@peedin](#): > > Is she a cop (with SAC PD?) or a security guard? Well, the teacher adressed her as “chief”, so I figure she’s chief of police of a small town. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mentalist-question-about-relationships/670011/104 "2013-12-03T18:28:05Z")
beyond all of Abbott’s threats - Jane has not been convicted - he would still have to be tried in court, and I’m guessing even with as sloppy as he was, the evidence would not work out if pushed. Doesn’t mean that Jane would/should not take a proper ‘deal’ if presented - but its hilarious at this juncture to even use ‘prison’ as a threat - given that Jane walked from the other Murder he committed. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mentalist-question-about-relationships/670011/105 "2013-12-03T20:30:22Z")
Whose to say Abbott isn’t part of the Blake group even though he’s working with the FBI? I thought Cho wasn’t just deadpan; he was positively RUDE to Jane. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mentalist-question-about-relationships/670011/106 "2013-12-03T21:03:42Z")
> [@peedin](#): > > Grace looks harrible with bangs. Yup, I’d harry that. > [@ShadowFacts](#): > > I thought it was surprisingly gutsy of them to have the main character, who is supposed to be the good (if roguish) guy strangle a helpless bad guy, and show it happening. That’s not the kind of thing you would usually see on CBS programming. Pretty much the same thing they did with Magnum, over 20 years ago (he didn’t kill a guy with his bare hands, but he shot an unarmed, no immediate threat guy in the back, rather than let him walk away). And they made it very clear that Jane wanted to kill RJ more than anything, so it wasn’t much of a surprise. I haven’t watched the show much over the last few years, maybe two or three times a season, and I just finished watching last couple episodes online after I read that RJ had been killed. But from what I did see, the identity of RJ makes no sense. He had all these women, some very hot, who would do absolutely anything for him, and he turns out to be a shrimpy, rat-faced old man? Geez, it’s hard enough to believe the adoring women in that other show, where James Purefoy is the Svengali. By the way, I thought he said Jane didn’t know him (even after the reveal), and I sure haven’t seen him before, although like I said, I haven’t watched regularly. Was he a character in previous episodes? ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mentalist-question-about-relationships/670011/107 "2013-12-03T21:06:31Z")
> [@detop](#): > > Well, the teacher adressed her as “chief”, so I figure she’s chief of police of a small town. That was my impression. A town so small that houses are cheap, the deputy is an idiot, and the chief only wears a captain’s bars. Usually, police chiefs of even modest-sized towns go with the full four-star treatment, like they’re MacArthur or something. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mentalist-question-about-relationships/670011/108 "2013-12-03T21:12:01Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > By the way, I thought he said Jane didn’t know him (even after the reveal), and I sure haven’t seen him before, although like I said, I haven’t watched regularly. Was he a character in previous episodes? [Sheriff Thomas McAllister](http://thementalist.wikia.com/wiki/Thomas_McAllister). He first appeared in the episode _Red Hair and Silver Tape_, when a girl was murdered and he helped the team to investigate. See the link for more. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mentalist-question-about-relationships/670011/109 "2013-12-03T23:55:53Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > That remains to be seen. Indeed. If Jane doesn’t have a plan here, I’ll be very surprised. I can get behind the idea that Jane took two years off to relax and get his head right, though. Now he needs to get back in the game and work his magic on Abbott. > [@peedin](#): > > Watched it last night. It was definitely a transition episode so I will give it a few more weeks. Totally agree that the old Jane would have figured out the woman on the beach was more than just a pretty face. It would appear that Jane and Lisbon will be working as a team and hopefully there will be more Cho who was even more deadpan than usual (except for the teeny smirk as Jane went into the FBI room). And I still don’t trust Abbott. I kept expecting the silent guy at the beach bar (Roger?) to reveal that he has been secretly guarding Jane and to tell Jane not to trust the FBI.\ I liked the Jane/Cho interaction - Cho is kind of a perfect G-Man - “Just the facts, ma’am.” I don’t think he was rude to Jane - he was very Cho, and Jane understands that Cho is Cho. A new show with Jane, Lisbon and Cho would be fine by me. Grace and Rigsby are consultants, so I can see them visiting the show on occasion. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mentalist-question-about-relationships/670011/110 "2013-12-04T00:01:26Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > [Sheriff Thomas McAllister](http://thementalist.wikia.com/wiki/Thomas_McAllister). He first appeared in the episode _Red Hair and Silver Tape_, when a girl was murdered and he helped the team to investigate. See the link for more. Thanks for the link. I may even have seen that one, but I don’t remember the sheriff. ETA: heh, I notice _ **he** _ has four stars on his collar. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mentalist-question-about-relationships/670011.md?page=5)