So, Heller makes his money and then fucks his fans in the ass. Does that about sum it up? I'm thinking that Plato had a point when he said some of the artisans (poetry, music, and theater) ought to be banned from the ideal republic. To be crystal clear on this, the entire Red John chase was anti-climactic--no necessary catharsis at the end. There was not even a catharsis for the main character, let  alone the audience. No one learned anything, and that is morally corrupt, according to standards practiced for the last 2500 years. One could get more catharsis from a fucking Friends episode rather than the Mentalist. I say "corrupt" because Heller profits and we all sit here thinking gay Hollywood forced us to drop the soap. This is a failed show by a massive pretender named Bruno Heller. Send the Brit back home on a fucking boat and dump his fucking tea in the bay!