"The Mentalist" season 7 will show Teresa Lisbon (Robin Tunney) and Patrick Jane's (Simon Baker) struggle as they try and fail to hide their budding relationship with both of them wanting to maintain professionalism in the workplace.
Show creator Bruno Heller says that the "Jisbon" relationship will be explored in season 7 after Jane confessed to Lisbon at the end of season 6, but things will not be smooth sailing for the secret couple. According to Ecumenical News, the duo will be investigating a homicide of an undercover agent, and while on the job they will be keeping their private lives separate, and everything between them professional.
Talking to Entertainment Weekly, Heller shared, "It makes things very difficult for them because they're both very private, self-contained independent people and have kept a tight control on their emotions at the job. And now they have this wonderful thing between them that they feel obliged to cover up."
Despite the two not wanting to complicate things in the workplace and trying to hide their relationship, Ecumenical News says that their colleagues will find out soon enough. However, Heller says that a wedding will not be an immediate destination for the two. Season 7 will be more about how Jane and Lisbon becomes a couple and survives as one while working together.
Heller did not give any more details about where "Jisbon" is headed, but he said that the show's final season will be showing possibilities for everyone. "It's the same characters, but with life ahead of them-with options, possibilities and joy in their lives," Heller describes.
Meanwhle, actor Simon Baker seems to have an idea of how the lives in the final season would be changed, saying to TVLine that he wants "a nude sex scene." However, Baker was quick to say that he was joking. Baker explains, "We are not exploring the obvious side of having a relationship in the workplace but more the pitfalls and speed bumps that you come up against when you know someone so well and then decide to have a relationship with them."
When the show returns for its 13-episode final season, TVLine shares that questions from season 6's finale will be answered, such as what exactly Jane is offering to Lisbon after pulling her away from Marcus Pike (Pedro Pascal). According to Breathe Cast, there might be a confrontation between Jane and Pike, and a new challenge in the form of Agent Michelle Vega might enter the scene, with her possibly being a new love interest for Jane.
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