The essential episodes of The Mentalist
Watch these 15 in order and you've got The Mentalist — each pick states its reason.
- 01
Consultant Patrick Jane, Senior Agent Teresa Lisbon and her team investigate the double murder in Palm Springs of a pro golfer's wife and her doctor, which has the hallmarks of a serial killer with a personal connection to Jane.
- 02
Intent on proving a so-called psychic is a fraud - as well as a killer - Patrick arranges a séance to expose the murderer.
- 03
Patrick Jane, enticed by the promise from a convicted murderer that he'll reveal information about Red John upon his release, becomes singularly focused and quits the CBI in order to prove the prisoner is innocent.
- 04
While it appears obvious that a business tycoon's son-in-law was in on the robbery of a $50 million painting since his body is found where the painting once hung, Patrick Jane suspects others, including a Russian oil baron, an art forger, and an art curator of being involved.
- 05
Patrick Jane must rely on his other senses during the murder investigation of a financial advisor when he loses his sight as a result of an explosion.
- 06
Patrick Jane and the CBI team track down a mastermind who hypnotizes people into doing their bidding.
- 07
Patrick Jane must find a clever way to convince the troubled kids at a wilderness program to confide in him about what really happened surrounding the death of one of their peers.
- 08
Lisbon fears that serial killer Red John is drawing Patrick Jane into a trap when the CBI team investigates the murder of a young girl and the abduction of her twin sister.
- 09
Jane, Cho, Rigsby, and Van Pelt decide to conduct their own investigation when Lisbon is accused of murdering a child molester she arrested who was recently paroled.
- 10
The CBI team are faced with a violent and shocking crime in their own offices, but must work the case in spite of their alarm at who may be behind it.
- 11
Strawberries and Cream, Part I
Jane and the team investigate an explosion at a gas station, involving a thief with a bomb strapped to his chest. However, not everything is quite as it first appears when Jane reveals that the bomber was in fact the victim, and not the real killer.
- 12
In prison for killing his nemesis, Patrick Jane must prove that the man he shot really was Red John. Meanwhile, Lisbon urges Van Pelt to seek counseling in the aftermath of the death of her fiancé, Craig O'Laughlin.
- 13
While the team investigates the murder of a diamond cutter, Jane meets a girl who claims to be his late daughter, Charlotte.
- 14
Jane and Lisbon secretly continue their dangerous mission to narrow down the list of seven Red John suspects as they investigate the murder of a man who was missing for two years.
- 15
Lisbon accepts Jane's surprise marriage proposal, but a killer's quest for revenge may cost them the happy ending they've worked so hard to achieve.
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