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The Guardian TV Show starring Simon Baker

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The Guaridan TV Show Cast: Dabney Coleman, Simon Baker, Alan Rosenberg
The Guaridan TV Show Cast: (from left) Dabney Coleman, Simon Baker, Alan Rosenberg. Created by David Hollander.

Nick Fallin (Simon Baker) is a corporate lawyer, working for his father (Dabney Coleman)’s company and hasn’t been to court. When he gets sentenced to 1500 of community service due to drug use, he finds himself working to advocate children whose parents, siblings and/or relatives are criminals. He is expected to listen to these kids, and advice the best option to the court- even though he might feel differently than the Social Service workers.

Nick’s job is really challenging, as his father isn’t about to favor him or cut him some slack. He needs to put in the hours if he wants to make partner and balancing his demanding community service requirements isn’t exactly a walk in the park, as Nick can’t help but getting emotionally involved with the kids he is trying to help out. So he sometimes makes corporate cases of his community cases, trying to both remain a successful partner candidate and not giving up on what he believes to be right.

Nick is a likeable character. He is flawed but he is just as arrogant yet humane as the next guy. He is smart and practical, but he is also emotional. He does his best to succeed in the both worlds he finds himself committed to. It is not always easy when neither his father nor his second boss (Alan Rosenberg) always trust Nick’ gut…

The Guardian is an intriguing drama that is bound to satisfy the fans of legal dramas and Simon Baker fans. However if you want your dramas with thrilling aspects and entertaining one-liners, as well as with more original characters, you might enjoy Simon’s current series The Mentalist a bit more.

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The Mentalist Season 3: Patrick Jane is back with episodes 1 & 2

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The Mentalist starring Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Amanda Righetti, Owain Yeoman, Tim Kang
The Mentalist starring Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Amanda Righetti, Owain Yeoman, Tim Kang

The Mentalist is back in full swing! Last Thursday saw the airing of the first episode of The Mentalist’s new season. If you are new to this addictive, fun and intense crime/msytery/drama/thriller, you can read these posts on the show and the characters:

The Mentalist Review

The Mentalist vs . Castle – fun characters and plots comparison

Television’s 3 Most Brilliant and Emotionally Intense Characters- feat Patrick Jane

Where the characters ended up after 2 seasons:

–          In several episodes, Patrick Jane (Simon Baker) got close to the murderer of his wife and daughter – Red John. However John elluded him and his mates in the CBI.

–          Patrick was close to dating and romantic possibilities, until he crossed paths with Christina (Leslie Hope) again.

He didn’t believe in her ability as a psychic, but was impressed with her ability to read people and it seemed like he found his match in the mental area. They even agreed to go on a date, but Red John stroke again. Christina made the mistake of thinking she could reach out to the serial killer’s troubled soul and she ended up being kidnapped by him. Of course this traumatized Patrick.

–          Agents Rigsby (Owain Yeoman) and Van Pelt (Amanda Righetti) dated and it was going good, until they had to come out to Lisbon and the director. If they wanted to keep dating, one of them needed to transfer. Van Pelt didn’t want this kind of pressure on their relationship so they ended it. It was awkward for a while but they got the hang of it.