#userburn

[payidaresque]

SIMAY BARLAS via instagram

[laurens-german]

You’re still in love with me. Wow, the arrogance! Am I wrong? No, okay? No, you’re not wrong. Of course I still love you.

THE ROOKIE 7.08 'Wildfire'

[katebeckets]

PATRICK JANE & TERESA LISBON insp / other couples

[simplymanuela]

Doesn't she?

The Rookie 7.06 | The Gala

[ladyverdance]

backward into first causes—stone in the pond of things, splash splash—or we throw ourselves into the future. we all move forward anyway. ripples in all directions.

what is a ghost?

— landscape with fruit rot and millipede, by richard silken

[elena-gilbert]

EMILIA CLARKE as QI'RA SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY (2018) dir. Ron Howard

[scullysconstant]

I love you, I'm sorry.

[profwonderbearthementalista]

Mentalist Trivia - Pilot 1x01

Casting the Actors

EDIT: Owain was cast first as he had a pre-existing contract with Warner Bros where he would work soley for them. Then Tim and Amanda were cast.

When Robin was asked to portray Lisbon, she didn't have to do any screen tests!

ADDED: There were originally 5 or 6 actors in the running to play Patrick Jane. Two included Robert Downey Jr and David Schwimmer! The project was almost shelved until the studio started talks with Simon and the rest was history!

Robin was cast but did not sign a contract until they cast Simon at the last minute.

Robin and Simon had met through the Australian Friend Network years before they were cast in the show.

Episode Secrets

The scene where Jane tells the talk show hosts about Red John was trimmed down for time but the full version is on the S1 boxset.

The CBI Director in the original pilot was Indian or Native American and was going to be called RJ.

Simon marked up the pilot script with potential ideas for Bruno which Bruno then ended up using!

Simon says that in a few scenes he has a slightly red face as he was so embarrassed with saying some of Jane's cocky lines!

EDIT: The scene where the cast ate at the restaurant put them off eating lobster for life according to Amanda and Owain as they had to do so many takes where they ate the seafood! Owain ate 5-6 cold lobsters and said it was disgusting!

Reception

CBS called the pilot episode 'a wonderful mixture of light and dark' and 'great chemistry between Baker and Tunney'.

The focus group who watched the rough cut deemed Jisbon to be a 'possible steamy couple'.

When the pilot was re-aired on the Saturday after its original premiere, CBS omitted the final scene where Jane smiles under the RJ smile as they thought it was too dark.

Names

Patrick Jane was originally going to be called Thomas or Daniel Jane.

Kimball Cho was originally going to be called Kendall.

EDIT: Wayne Rigsby was originally going to be called Wayne Gilzean. According to Owain, Wayne Gilzean was named after a striker from the 1966 England World Cup Squad.

Grace Van Pelt was originally going to be called Melody Van Pelt.

Facts credited to TheMentalistHQ on Twitter, several interviews and the Cast Reddits.

Tagging under the cut:

@lightningzombie, @feministjane, @backgroundagent3, @adder24, @magicandmaybe

@margaretintherain, @wildwildtarget, @kathnaris, @bookboundromance, @a-carnie-and-a-cop

@psychicpinenut, @kaimelypowaaah, @stxrdust-widow, @lonely-zombiiiiieeeee, @emilie786

@louisaland, @autumn0689, @michi384, @lisbonloaferrs, @gracevanpelt

@lizzybennets, @smoakmonster, @thiscoldheart, @lovejisbon, @sylviedonnas

@lovelydrusilla, @middlingmay, @whereyourtreasureis, @reeselisbon, @sunnymentalist

@someonesaidcake, @saturnzoned, @lisbonsversion, @queeenpersephone, @boodunnit

@thatbitchmabel, @cull3nblaze, @thetumblinggnome, @sylviedonnas, @lisbonsteresa

[dailyflicks]

MAXTON HALL (2024-) S01E03 “Exposed”

[tmsource]

blue bird countdown - ` ♡ ´ - ↳ [42/100] days of Jane and Lisbon

You do what makes you happy.

[beckettkatherine]

5.08 | 6.06 for @stellakidds

[payidaresque]

ELIZABETH OLSEN ✧ NPR Podcasts — 2025

[laurens-german]

ruby + james his clothes MAXTON HALL (2024—)

[katebeckets]

i think you mean what you say when you say you want to die i think you mean what you say when you say you want to stay alive

[simplymanuela]

Typical A student. Nervous you're gonna fail, even when you're top of the class.

The Rookie 7.17 | Mutiny and the Bounty

[ladyverdance]

You didn't do anything like that. None of that happened. By any chance, is this the precious secret of yours that someone took to the grave?

Shin Ha-kyun as Lee Dong-sik BEYOND EVIL (2021), dir. Na-Yeon Shim