Season 1
🎬 23 Episodes 📅 2008 ⏱ 40 min
A detective with a troubled past joins The Mentalist's investigation into the disappearance of a woman whose only clue is a cryptic message. As the team delves deeper, they uncover connections that blur the line between observation and manipulation, between truth and deception. The case becomes personal when evidence suggests a connection to crimes the protagonist thought he'd left behind, forcing him to confront the psychological toll of his methods and the cost of always being right.
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📊 Season Stats
23
Episodes
2008
Year
40
min / ep
15.3
Watch Hours
1/7
Season No.
⭐ 8.3
Best Episode
Ep. 23 · Red John's Footsteps
🎬 Episodes 23 episodes
1
⭐ 7.7
Pilot
CBI 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.
🎬 David Nutter ✍️ Bruno Heller
2
⭐ 7.6
Red Hair and Silver Tape
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.
🎬 David Nutter ✍️ Bruno Heller
3
⭐ 7.7
Red Tide
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.
🎬 David Barrett ✍️ Ashley Gable
4
⭐ 7.9
Ladies in Red
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.
🎬 Chris Long ✍️ Gary Glasberg
5
⭐ 7.6
Redwood
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 mem…
🎬 John Behring ✍️ Andi Bushell
6
⭐ 8.2
Red Handed
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.
🎬 Chris Long ✍️ Erika Green Swafford
7
⭐ 7.1
Seeing Red
Patrick Jane goes head-to-head with a "psychic" he suspects of murder. Intent on proving the so-called psychic is a fraud -- as well as a killer -- Jane arranges a séance to expose the murderer.
🎬 Martha Mitchell ✍️ Gary Glasberg
8
⭐ 7.6
The Thin Red Line
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.
🎬 Matt Earl Beesley ✍️ Ken Woodruff
9
⭐ 7.4
Flame Red
Patrick Jane suspects the only surviving member of a National Guard unit of murdering his friends - and goes undercover to prove it.
🎬 Charles Beeson ✍️ Ashley Gable
10
⭐ 7.7
Red Brick and Ivy
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.
🎬 Paris Barclay ✍️ Eoghan Mahony
11
⭐ 7.5
Red John's Friends
Enticed by the promise from a convicted murder that he'll reveal information about Red John upon his release, Patrick Jane becomes singularly focused and quits the CBI in order to prove the prisoner is innocent.
🎬 John Polson ✍️ Bruno Heller
12
⭐ 7.6
Red Rum
Patrick Jane sets a mentalist trap to find out who is responsible for the murder of a high school boy who antagonized the local self-proclaimed witch by killing her cat.
🎬 Dean White ✍️ Andi Bushell
13
⭐ 7.6
Paint It Red
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.
🎬 David Barrett ✍️ Eoghan Mahony
14
⭐ 7.1
Crimson Casanova
With Patrick Jane's help, Cho goes undercover as a sweet-talking ladies man with all the right moves in order to catch a pick-up artist and killer with his own set of pseudo-mentalist techniques.
🎬 Lesli Linka Glatter ✍️ Ken Woodruff
15
⭐ 7.2
Scarlett Fever
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
🎬 Paul Holahan ✍️ Erika Green Swafford
16
⭐ 8.2
Bloodshot
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.
🎬 Chris Long ✍️ Gary Glasberg
17
⭐ 7.6
Carnelian Inc.
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.
🎬 Kevin Dowling ✍️ Bruno Heller
18
⭐ 8.1
Russet Potatoes
Patrick Jane and the CBI team track down a mastermind who hypnotizes people into doing their bidding.
🎬 Norberto Barba ✍️ Ashley Gable
19
⭐ 7.2
A Dozen Red Roses
Patrick Jane and the team go to Hollywood when they investigate the murder of a movie producer.
🎬 Lesli Linka Glatter ✍️ Andi Bushell
20
⭐ 7.3
Red Sauce
Patrick Jane and the CBI team investigate the murder of a mobster who was in the witness protection program.
🎬 Adam Kane ✍️ Eoghan Mahony
21
⭐ 7.3
Miss Red
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.
🎬 Martha Mitchell ✍️ Ken Woodruff
22
⭐ 7.6
Blood Brothers
Patrick Jane must find a clever way to convince the troubled kids in a wilderness program to confide in him about what really happened surrounding the death of one of their peers.
🎬 John Polson ✍️ Erika Green Swafford
23
⭐ 8.3
Red John's Footsteps
Lisbon fears that the 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.
🎬 Chris Long ✍️ Bruno Heller