So Patrick Jane (Simon Baker) and Teresa Lisbon (Robin Tunney) had a steamy kiss in The Mentalist season 6 finale. Things are expected to go great for them in the next season. However, according to Tunney, fan should not expect that much from Patrick and Jane when the show returns. More so, they should not feel bad if they don't see steamy scenes between these characters again.
"Season 7 is not 50 Shades of Grey done by The Mentalist," Tunney said in a conference this week before the premier of The Mentalist Season 7 yesterday. "It's sort of interesting because they're two people who don't know how to be in a relationship. They've both been alone for such a long time. It's exploring how two people who are adults, who've only been responsible for themselves and haven't really shared their life with anybody in a long time, feel [as they] explore that intimacy. That it's uncomfortable."
The Mentalist TV series creator Bruno Heller, who is also working on Fox's Batman-inspired series Gotham, adds that the Lisbon-Jane romance is not something you see in most shows.
"These two are never going to be Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Both Jane and Lisbon are private, self-contained, protective people. ... It's that kind of filial affection that has turned into something more, which in turn makes the romance that much harder for both characters to negotiate. ... You can see they're made for each other not in a fiery, kind of crazy way, but just in a human, gentle, correct way."
The Mentalist Season 7 sneak peek promo
The Mentalist Season 7 premiere episode will pick up from where it left off last season wherein Jane is investigating a cold to make Lisbon stay in town. Although Partick and Jane seems to have a mutual understanding of what their relationship is, the storm is not over yet as Morena Baccarin's Erica Flynn is set to re-appear.
