Truthfully, I suspect Patrick Jane was mostly created to be the opposite of Shawn Spencer from Psych, the show which came before and was a modest hit, and which is also based on someone who can con people by using his ability to watch them.
Shawn: Works with the police by pretending to be Psychic, his main goal in life is having fun, most episodes are about wish-fullfillment.
Patrick: Works with the police and they now that he never was psychic, his main goeal in live is revenge, and most episodes are downright depressing.
It's like the writers thought "Nifty concept, but when we do it, it has to be as different as possible."
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Date: 2012-03-29 09:11 am (UTC)From:Shawn: Works with the police by pretending to be Psychic, his main goal in life is having fun, most episodes are about wish-fullfillment.
Patrick: Works with the police and they now that he never was psychic, his main goeal in live is revenge, and most episodes are downright depressing.
It's like the writers thought "Nifty concept, but when we do it, it has to be as different as possible."
Naturally Artur Conan Doyle did it first.