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The Mentalist
The Mentalist
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The Mentalist

“Let the mind games begin.”

8.4 / 10
2008
7 seasons
151 episodes
CrimeDramaMystery

Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.

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Cast

Simon Baker

Robin Tunney

Tim Kang

Owain Yeoman

Amanda Righetti

Joe Adler

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

Michael Gaston

Rockmond Dunbar

Gregory Itzin

Emily Swallow

Josie Loren

Seasons

Patrick Jane is a celebrity psychic whose wife and child are viciously murdered by an elusive serial killer called Red John. Devastated, Patrick admits his paranormal act is fake, renounces his earlier life and uses his astonishing skills of observation and analysis - talents that made him appear psychically gifted - to bring killers to justice. At crime scenes across California, Patrick now helps an elite team of detectives break their toughest cases. But no matter how many criminals he catches, Patrick never forgets his central goal: Find Red John. And bring him down.

  • Pilot

    1.Pilot

    7.7
    23-09-200844m

    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...

  • Red Hair and Silver Tape

    2.Red Hair and Silver Tape

    7.6
    30-09-200843m

    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 a...

  • Red Tide

    3.Red Tide

    7.7
    14-10-200843m

    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.

  • Ladies in Red

    4.Ladies in Red

    7.9
    21-10-200843m

    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 m...

  • Redwood

    5.Redwood

    7.6
    28-10-200843m

    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, belie...

  • Red Handed

    6.Red Handed

    8.2
    11-11-200843m

    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.

  • Seeing Red

    7.Seeing Red

    7.1
    18-11-200843m

    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 Thin Red Line

    8.The Thin Red Line

    7.6
    25-11-200841m

    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 cr...

  • Flame Red

    9.Flame Red

    7.4
    02-12-200843m

    Patrick Jane suspects the only surviving member of a National Guard unit of murdering his friends - and goes undercover to prove it.

  • Red Brick and Ivy

    10.Red Brick and Ivy

    7.7
    16-12-200842m

    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 f...

  • Red John's Friends

    11.Red John's Friends

    7.5
    06-01-200943m

    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...

  • Red Rum

    12.Red Rum

    7.6
    13-01-200942m

    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.

  • Paint It Red

    13.Paint It Red

    7.6
    18-01-200942m

    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 susp...

  • Crimson Casanova

    14.Crimson Casanova

    7.1
    10-02-200943m

    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-mental...

  • Scarlett Fever

    15.Scarlett Fever

    7.2
    17-02-200943m

    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 abus...

  • Bloodshot

    16.Bloodshot

    8.2
    17-03-200943m

    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.

  • Carnelian Inc.

    17.Carnelian Inc.

    7.6
    24-03-200942m

    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...

  • Russet Potatoes

    18.Russet Potatoes

    8.1
    31-03-200942m

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

  • A Dozen Red Roses

    19.A Dozen Red Roses

    7.2
    07-04-200942m

    Patrick Jane and the team go to Hollywood when they investigate the murder of a movie producer.

  • Red Sauce

    20.Red Sauce

    7.3
    28-04-200943m

    Patrick Jane and the CBI team investigate the murder of a mobster who was in the witness protection program.

  • Miss Red

    21.Miss Red

    7.3
    05-05-200943m

    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.

  • Blood Brothers

    22.Blood Brothers

    7.6
    12-05-200943m

    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.

  • Red John's Footsteps

    23.Red John's Footsteps

    8.3
    19-05-200943m

    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.

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