The Mentalist vs Elementary

Submitted by sir-ud t3_ywzfx0 in television

Both the series have case a week format and based on solving cases by using deduction . However which among these have more interesting and logical cases and overall more believable with good storylines

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montanoj88 t1_iwm1ipi wrote

Love both shows. Gotta give the edge to Elementary because it didn't have the lead stars become romantic partners

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venm081199 t1_iwm50rl wrote

I love The Mentalist. I'm going to watch Elementary after I finish Cold Case

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[deleted] t1_iwm5m4h wrote

I liked The Mentalist, but Elementary had (from what I remember) way better case solving than Mentalist.

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AgentElman t1_iwm69lj wrote

They are both procedurals where the guilty party is a character introduced about 8 minutes in without being a suspect and their motive suddenly appears with 8 minutes left in the show.

I prefer Elementary (and am literally rewatching it right now), but that is for how the case unfolds. It has a lot of detective work and drudgery discussed (they don't show hours of looking through files but they comment on it, they show the effort it takes).

The Mentalist is more of him getting hunches then detective work. It is just less believable.

But the main reason I stopped watching Mentalist was that it stopped being a case of the week and had too many episodes about Red John a serial killer who could do anything and had a cult following and was just a silly plot that dragged out for years.

If you want a case of the week show with logical cases watch Death in Paradise. The cases are often locked room or impossible murders that they have to figure out how they were done and who did it - but the clues and how it happened all work. And Death in Paradise always has them list the suspects and the killer is one of the suspects. It makes sense, it isn't just a surprise reveal.

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anasui1 t1_iwmwg48 wrote

Elementary, no match for me. Besides the much more interesting cases and detective work, its acting is what sets him apart from The Mentalist in a major way. Baker is an amazing actor but Jonny Lee Miller's work on Sherlock Holmes is on another level, honestly some of the best tv acting I've seen. Plus, it's often very funny and got some real good twists on Sherlock's lore

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buttymuncher t1_iwp1pk2 wrote

Elementary wins hands down, currently on my second watch of all seasons and it's consistently great, couldn't get back into Mentalist.

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