The Mentalist Season 1 (2008)

"Mentalist, noun. Someone who uses mental acuity, hypnosis and/or suggestion. A master manipulator of thoughts and behavior."

The Mentalist tells the tale of Patrick Jane, who is employed as an independent detective working with the California Bureau of Investigation to solve crimes. He was making a living as a psychic and would assist the police on cases -- only his life changed when he lost the two most important people in his life to one of those serial killers he was helping track. He (now) uses his refined observation skills to help them solve cases. He works with Senior Agent Teresa Lisbon, Agents Kimball Cho & Wayne Rigsby and the rookie Grace Van Pelt.

Starring: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney , Tim Kang , Owain Yeoman , Amanda Righetti

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The Mentalist Season 1 (2008)

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Total episode: 23


Episode Summary:

Ep01: Pilot
California Bureau of Investigation consultant Thomas Jane along with Senior Agent Teresa Lisbon and her team, investigate a double murder in which a pro golfer’s wife and her doctor were killed in Palm Springs.

Ep02: Red Hair and Silver Tape
Lisbon and the team investigate the death of a waitress in Napa Valley as Patrick decides to take matters into his own hands by going undercover.

Ep03: Red Tide
When the body of a high school girl is found on the beach, Patrick decides to employ a mentalist trap in order to get her friends to reveal the truth behind her death.

Ep04: Ladies in Red
After a weathly investment banker is found dead inside his locked safe room, the team soon learns that the man was living a double life and stealing millions from his clients. Patrick uses a mental conundrum to get the man’s clients to reveal what happened to the banker.

Ep05: Redwood
When a girl is found covered in blood and holding the weapon that killed her best friend, she is named as the lead suspect to the murder. However, she cannot remember what happened. But Jane believes in her innocence and tries a risky move in order to help her regain her memory.

Ep06: Red Handed
Patrick Jane don’t believe the police have the correct person on trial for the murders and drug deal of the states witness.

Ep07: Seeing Red
Patrick sets up a séance to prove a so-called psychic is not only a fraud, but a murderer too.

Ep08: The Thin Red Line
When the police name a drug dealer as their number one suspect in the murders of the State’s witness, Patrick Jane sees a different motive and suspect.

Ep09: Flame Red
A murder in a small town is investigated and soon turns out to be an act of vengeance.

Ep10: Red Brick and Ivy
The poisoning of a leading scientific researcher is of a personal interest for Patrick Jane when he learns the victim’s wife is the prime suspect, and was Jane’s former psychiatrist.

Ep11: Red John’s Friends
Patrick Jane, enticed by the promise from a convicted murder 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.

Ep12: Red Rum
Patrick Jane lays a trap in order to find out who was behind a murder of a high school football player, in which a self-proclaimed witch claims to have cast a spell on him after he killed her cat.

Ep13: Paint It Red
Though everyone suspects that a business tycoon’s son-in-law was behind the recent robbery of a $50 million painting, Patrick Jane believes someone else is to blame.

Ep14: Crimson Casanova
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.

Ep15: 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.

Ep16: 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.

Ep17: 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.

Ep18: Russet Potatoes
Patrick Jane and the CBI team track down a mastermind who hypnotizes people into doing their bidding.

Ep19: A Dozen Red Roses
Patrick Jane and the team go to Hollywood when they investigate the murder of a movie producer.

Ep20: Red Sauce
Patrick Jane and the team investigate the murder of a mobster who was in witness protection.

Ep21: 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.

Ep22: Blood Brothers
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.

Ep23: Red John’s Footsteps
Lisbon suspects 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.