I’ve never seen the x-files but this is a bad take

This never even crossed my mind because of how different they are. I don’t think they should be compared because they are both absolutely brilliant.

That is a big mistake. They’re very different and the Red John plot is really great.

Eh. They’re pretty different. Psych is a comedy and The Mentalist is pretty dark. Also Shawn pretends to be psychic, whereas Patrick never does. I personally thought the mentalist was more interesting in terms of watching how Patrick’s brain works and the tricks he uses and how he thinks. Shawn’s is more just quick flashes of things and then he’ll make his claim etc.