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This is The Mentalist.
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It ended 11 years ago, and right now it's one of the most watched shows on the planet.
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The final season wrapped back in 2015 without much noise, the way most shows do, and then out of nowhere, in 2026, it started trending in dozens of countries,
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with millions of people watching it for the very first time.
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So, what's going on?
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Why is a show about a fake psychic who helps solve murders suddenly this popular, more than a decade after it ended?
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There's actually a lot going on here, and the reasons behind its comeback are pretty interesting.
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Reason number one is something that's become almost predictable at this point, and once you notice it, you can't unsee it.
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Call it the second life effect.
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Every summer for the past few years, some older show that already finished its run comes back from the dead and takes over streaming.
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In 2023, it was Suits.
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One year later, it was Prison Break.
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In 2025, it was Dexter, a 20 -year -old show.
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And now, in 2026, it's The Mentalist's Turn.
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The reason why it almost always happens in the summer is
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because that's when people have the most free time and the least structure to their day.
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School's out, vacations are happening, and a lot of people are just looking for something to disappear into.
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At the same time, summer is usually the slowest season for big new releases.
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Studios save their biggest swings for fall and awards season, which leaves a gap where nothing new is really dominating the conversation.
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Reason number two, and probably the simplest explanation, is streaming platforms.
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At the start of March 2026, The Mentalist landed on Netflix in pretty much every country except the US, where it's streaming on HBO Max and Hulu instead.
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Within 48 hours, it had already climbed into the global top 10.
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By early March, it was sitting at number 6 worldwide, which, for an 11 -year -old show with basically zero marketing behind it, is pretty remarkable.
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It all comes down to how people actually watch shows now.
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A lot of casual viewers aren't looking for anything specific.
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They just open Netflix and scroll until something looks easy to fall into, and The Mentalist fits that role perfectly you watch one episode
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and you already know exactly what you're getting reason number three
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is one you've probably experienced yourself without even realizing it scroll through tick tock
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or reels long enough these days
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and you'll eventually run into a patrick jane edit some heavy interrogation moment
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or a scene where he figures everything out before anyone else in the room even catches up pair
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that with the right music
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and you're hooked once you watch one the algorithm makes sure
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you see a few more that's genuinely how a lot of
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people ended up watching this show they saw some guy reading a room like he's got access to everyone's thoughts
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and got curious enough to figure out what it was from a clip like
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that plants a question in your head and once
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that question's in there opening netflix and typing in the name takes about five seconds
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reason number four is the comfort show effect the mentalist runs on a format
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that barely exists anymore seven seasons over 150 episodes most of
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them built around a case of the week structure I think people really do enjoy watching a formula that they're familiar with, so the procedural form fits into that nicely.
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That's a completely different rhythm from how shows get made now, where you get eight episodes a season, and you're expected to remember every single detail.
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With The Mentalist, you can miss an episode, jump back in three days later, and still know exactly what's going on.
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Nothing punishes you for looking away, and there's something genuinely comforting about that, especially for the kind of casual viewing most people actually do,
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putting an episode on before bed coming back to it after
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a long day a show like this rewards you just for showing up
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and underneath all those standalone cases there's a deeper mystery running the whole time reason number five
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and probably the real reason any of the first four even worked is patrick jane himself
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if you're gonna jump make sure to dive head first you
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can get a series in front of people through netflix through tiktok clips through nostalgia even
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but none of that keeps someone watching for 150 episodes if the person at the center of it isn't worth watching.
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The same way Suits has Harvey Specter, Dexter has Dexter Morgan, Supernatural has the Winchester Brothers,
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The Mentalist has Jane, a character strong enough to basically carry the entire show on his own.
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He has suffered a major tragedy in his life
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but is not defined by that tragedy and he's able to find humor in most situations.
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He isn't a detective in the traditional sense.
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He solves crimes by reading people.
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Body language, tiny inconsistencies, the way someone hesitates half a second too long before answering.
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He'll walk into a room, say almost nothing for minutes, and then calmly tell everyone exactly what happened.
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That's the fun of this show, that and how much he clearly enjoys it.
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He's always a step ahead and having a great time getting there.
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Jane is closer to a magician than a cop.
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And watching someone that confident and that clever is just enjoyable in a way that doesn't really age.
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And a lot of that comes down to the actor, Simon Baker.
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It's easy to forget there's an actor behind this character because he makes it look effortless.

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Vocabulaire et conseils d’expression pour cette leçon

Cette leçon d’expression orale s’appuie sur la vidéo « Why Is The Mentalist So Popular Now? ». Les mots qui reviennent le plus souvent : mentalist, episode, watching, netflix, jane. Cette vidéo contient 65 phrases et 938 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 4:48. Le locuteur parle vite, environ 195 mots par minute : attendez-vous à des liaisons et à des sons réduits. 83 % des mots font partie des 3 000 mots les plus courants en anglais ; le reste mérite d’être vu avant de commencer.

Vocabulaire clé de cette vidéo

15 mots de la vidéo à retenir, avec leur prononciation et leur sens :

MotPrononciationSens
solve verbe/sɒlv/résoudre, régler
comfort nom/ˈkʌm.fət/confort
clip nom/klɪp/pince
casual adjectif/ˈkæʒ(u)əl/fortuit, accidentel
tragedy nom/ˈtɹæd͡ʒ.ɪ.di/tragédie
genuinely adverbe/ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/authentiquement, réellement
scroll nom/skɹoʊl/rouleau (de papyrus ou de parchemin), papyrus
format nom/ˈfɔːɹ.mæt/format
curious adjectif/ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs/curieux
formula nom/ˈfɔː.mjʊ.lə/formule
mystery nom/ˈmɪs.t(ə.)ɹi/mystère
suffer verbe/ˈsʌfɚ/souffrir
explanation nom/ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/explication
nowhere adverbe/ˈnoʊ.(h)wɛɹ/nulle part
vacation nom/veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/vacances

Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez

MotSens
end up verbese terminer, se finir
figure out verbecerner
show up verbeapparaître, se montrer se pointer
take over verbereprendre

Prononciation à surveiller

Le locuteur utilise 14 contractions et formes réduites, comme you're, isn't, aren't. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.

  • Les sons « th »: underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/, rhythm /ˈɹɪð.əm/, algorithm /ˈælɡəɹɪðm̩/
  • Les sons « sh » et « zh »: casual /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/, explanation /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/, vacation /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, punish /ˈpʌnɪʃ/, interrogation /ɪnˌteɹ.əˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
  • Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/, explanation /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/, predictable /pɹəˈdɪktəbləl/, interrogation /ɪnˌteɹ.əˈɡeɪ.ʃən/, procedural /pɹəˈsiːd͡ʒ(ə)ɹəl/

Les sons difficiles pour les francophones :

  • /h/ — il se souffle, il n’est pas muet: nowhere /ˈnoʊ.(h)wɛɹ/, hook /hʊk/, humour /ˈhjuːmɚ/, hesitate /ˈhɛz.ə.teɪt/
  • /tʃ/ et /dʒ/ — à ne pas adoucir en « ch » et « j »: jane /d͡ʒeɪn/, tragedy /ˈtɹæd͡ʒ.ɪ.di/, genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/, enjoyable /ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪ.ə.bl̩/, nostalgia /nɑˈstæld͡ʒə/
  • /r/ anglais — langue recourbée, sans frotter la gorge: tragedy /ˈtɹæd͡ʒ.ɪ.di/, scroll /skɹoʊl/, format /ˈfɔːɹ.mæt/, curious /ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs/, mystery /ˈmɪs.t(ə.)ɹi/

Comment s’entraîner avec cette vidéo

  1. Écoutez la vidéo en entier une fois sans parler et notez les mots que vous ne connaissez pas.
  2. Commencez à la vitesse 0,75×, répétez phrase par phrase, puis revenez à la vitesse normale quand cela devient facile.
  3. Enregistrez-vous et comparez avec l’original, en faisant attention à des mots comme solve, comfort, clip.

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