2008 · CBS · Crime, Drama
How long does it take to watch The Mentalist?
The Mentalist takes about 107 hours to watch: 151 episodes across 7 seasons, 6,417 minutes in all.
Updated October 2, 2026
- Episodes
- 151
- Seasons
- 7
- Per episode
- 42 min
- Status
- Ended in 2015
Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.
Season by season
| Season | Length | Hours | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 16.6h | 23 eps | |
| Season 2 | 16.4h | 23 eps | |
| Season 3 | 17.0h | 24 eps | |
| Season 4 | 16.9h | 24 eps | |
| Season 5 | 15.5h | 22 eps | |
| Season 6 | 15.5h | 22 eps | |
| Season 7 | 9.1h | 13 eps |
Longest: season 3, 17.0 hours. Shortest: season 7, 9.1 hours.
At your pace
- 1 episode a night
- 151 nights, about 5 months
- 3 episodes a night
- 51 nights, about 7 weeks
- Weekend binges, 8 hours a day
- 7 weekends
- Straight through, no sleep
- 4 days, 10 hours
Counts aired regular-season episodes only; specials are excluded. Runtimes come from TMDB, so totals can differ from other sources.
How it holds up
- Best-rated season
- Season 6 7.9
- Lowest-rated season
- Season 4 7.5
- The finale
- Rated 8.5 against a 7.7 series average
Season scores are vote-weighted averages of TMDB episode ratings.
The details
- Status
- Ended in 2015
- Network
- CBS
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- First aired
- 2008
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