The Mentalist — Season 1
All 23 episodes in airing order, with first-run dates and viewer ratings.
- 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
While Lisbon and her team investigate the murder of a young waitress in the Napa Valley, Jane goes behind Lisbon's back to orchestrate his own undercover operation using Van Pelt as bait.
- 03
When a high school girl's body washes up on the beach, Patrick Jane sets a mentalist trap in order to get her surfing friends to turn on each other and reveal what really happened.
- 04
When the team learns that a wealthy investment banker found murdered inside his locked safe room was living a dual life and skimming millions from clients, Patrick Jane sets up a mental conundrum to see which of the suspects will show their true colors.
- 05
When a girl is found covered in blood and holding the murder weapon that killed her best friend, she becomes an obvious suspect, though she can't remember anything. But Jane, believing she's innocent, engineers a risky maneuver in which she must relive the terrifying events in order to spark her memory.
- 06
While investigating the case of a murdered casino owner, Patrick Jane uses his mentalist skills to ultimately entrap the killer, and win big at the card tables.
- 07
Intent on proving a so-called psychic is a fraud - as well as a killer - Patrick arranges a séance to expose the murderer.
- 08
While the police suspect a drug dealer on trial is behind the murders of the State's witness in his case, as well as his girlfriend, Patrick Jane sees a different motive for the crime, as well as a different suspect.
- 09
When the CBI uncovers three arson cases, Patrick Jane suspects the only surviving member of a National Guard unit of murdering his friends, and goes undercover to prove it.
- 10
When a leading scientific researcher is killed by poisoning, Patrick Jane takes a personal interest in the case when he learns the prime suspect is the victim's wife, and Jane's former psychiatrist.
- 11
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.
- 12
When a young football talent from a small town appears to have been killed in a black magic sacrifice ritual, the CBI investigation focuses on a self-proclaimed Wiccan witch, whose cat was allegedly tortured and killed by the victim prior to his death.
- 13
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.
- 14
With Patrick Jane's help, Cho goes undercover as a ladies' man with all the right moves in order to catch a killer who has his own set of pseudo-mentalist techniques.
- 15
As Jane and the team investigate the poisoning death of the "queen bee" in a country club, they discover that the community is full of secrets, including love affairs and drug abuse.
- 16
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.
- 17
A story of greed and betrayal pits Patrick Jane against a group of financiers when the CBI investigates a series of murders at a corporate retreat in the wilds of the Sierra Nevada foothills.
- 18
Patrick Jane and the CBI team track down a mastermind who hypnotizes people into doing their bidding.
- 19
Patrick Jane and the team go to Hollywood when they investigate the murder of a movie producer.
- 20
Patrick Jane and the team investigate the murder of a mobster who was in witness protection.
- 21
Patrick Jane uses his mentalist skills to play suspects off each other in order to solve the case of a wealthy software company CEO found murdered on his yacht.
- 22
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.
- 23
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.
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