Mega Buzz: The Mentalist’s Coupling, Parks and Rec’s New Reality and a Homeland Standoff

Simon Baker, Amy Poehler, Mandy Patinkin | Photo Credits: Sonja Flemming/CBS; Ben Cohen/NBC,  Kent Smith/Showtime

Each week, executive editor Adam Bryant satisfies your need for TV scoop. Please send all questions to mega_scoop@tvguide.com.

Do you have anything on The Mentalist‘s premiere episode you can share? — Shena, via Twitter
After their big kiss at the end of last season, Lisbon and Jane are fully immersed in their honeymoon period when the season begins. But when they’re called back to work to investigate the murder of an undercover FBI agent, they have to figure out how (or if) to break the news of their relationship to their colleagues. Lisbon, for one, wants to keep the romance under wraps — which Jane is willing go along with. Or at least he is until Lisbon’s ex Pike comes back in the picture.

How will Leslie and Ben be different when Parks and Recreation returns? — Eddie
Other than the obvious — aka being parents to three kids — and the ridiculous — “We’re just inventing stupid 2017 technology,” Amy Poehler jokes —  viewers should keep their eyes peeled for small, Easter egg-like nods to things that have changed….


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