The Mentalist 04×11 Always Bet on Red 

While I think the recent seasons, barring a few episodes, haven’t been as good as the first, I really like how the Jane-Lisbon professional relationship is evolving. As with so many of these shows, Jane started off as the main detective/doctor/lawyer who is quirky and unorthodox but manages to get results, thus justifying his behavior and the show. While I particularly liked Mentalist’s support characters, they were always just that, to support Jane.

But recently, and some may not like this, Jane’s begun to lose his infallibility and Lisbon’s beginning to show herself to be his equal, or at least his balance. He is confiding in her and they are sharing opinions and advice and it’s such a refreshing contrast to the tired old wait-till-the-end-when-I-reveal-all.