Tonight's premeire...The Mentalist

I will tell you what, The Mentalist is not the best new show of Fall 08. It's not close, but it's a pretty damn good show headlined by Simon Baker (The Guardian) and Robin Tunney (Prison Break). It's got it's quirk, it has it's shine, and it's also very very funny at times. Simon Baker gets into the role almost immediately (that's what actors do), you feel for the character when you find out what happened and why it happened. You realize why he's helping the police, why he can't sleep, why he deals with things with humor instead of utter seriousness. 

This is like the Real World's version of USA's Psych, but not nearly as hilarious. Simon Baker plays a guy who pays attention. And after tonight people'll be paying attention to this show. 

Unfortunately for The Mentalist ...it goes up against Fringe tonight, but follows Bellasario uber-hit NCIS.