The Mentalist: Season 1

What Season 1 of The Mentalist

Season 1 Episodes

1. 

   1x01 Pilot

   Sep 23, 2008 · 45 min · ★ 8.0

   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.

   Directing: David Nutter · Writing: Bruno Heller · Starring: Tim Guinee, Tara Karsian, Steven Culp, Jeffrey Nordling

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   1x02 Red Hair and Silver Tape

   Sep 30, 2008 · 43 min · ★ 7.6

   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.

   Directing: David Nutter · Writing: Bruno Heller · Starring: Dylan Minnette, Douglas Spain, Eric Stonestreet, Judith Hoag

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   1x03 Red Tide

   Oct 14, 2008 · 43 min · ★ 7.6

   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.

   Directing: David Barrett · Writing: Ashley Gable · Starring: Gregory Itzin, Brett Cullen, Michelle Page, Brando Eaton

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   1x04 Ladies in Red

   Oct 21, 2008 · 43 min · ★ 7.9

   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.

   Directed by: Chris Long · Written by: Gary Glasberg · Starring: Gregory Itzin, Lisa Brenner, Denise Dowse, Angela Sarafyan

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   1x05 Redwood

   Oct 28, 2008 · 44 min · ★ 7.7

   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.

   Directing: John Behring · Writing: Andi Bushell · Starring: W. Earl Brown, Chad Todhunter, Bryce Johnson, Tom Virtue

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   1x06 Red Handed

   Nov 11, 2008 · 44 min · ★ 8.3

   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.

   Directing: Chris Long · Writing: Erika Green Swafford · Starring: Gregg Henry, Gwendoline Yeo, Maïté Schwartz, William Allen Young

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   1x07 Seeing Red

   Nov 18, 2008 · 44 min · ★ 7.3

   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.

   Directing: Martha Mitchell · Writing: Gary Glasberg · Starring: Leslie Hope, JR Bourne, Ashley Johnson, Noel Fisher

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   1x08 The Thin Red Line

   Nov 25, 2008 · 42 min · ★ 7.7

   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.

   Directing: Matt Earl Beesley · Writing: Ken Woodruff · Starring: Gregory Itzin, Steve Braun, Bradford Tatum, Mark Rolston

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   1x09 Flame Red

   Dec 2, 2008 · 44 min · ★ 7.7

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

   Directed by: Charles Beeson · Written by: Ashley Gable · Starring: Danny Nucci, Frederick Koehler, Chris William Martin, Cheryl White

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    1x10 Red Brick and Ivy Mid-Season Finale

    Dec 16, 2008 · 42 min · ★ 7.7

    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.

    Directed by: Paris Barclay · Written by: Eoghan Mahony · Starring: Gregory Itzin, Elisabeth Röhm, John Aylward, Lawrence Pressman

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    1x11 Red John's Friends

    Jan 6, 2009 · 44 min · ★ 7.7

    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.

    Directed by: John Polson · Written by: Bruno Heller · Starring: Gregory Itzin, Gabriel Olds, Todd Stashwick, Charlotte Cornwell

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    1x12 Red Rum

    Jan 13, 2009 · 42 min · ★ 7.7

    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.

    Directing: Dean White · Writing: Andi Bushell · Starring: Spencer Garrett, Azura Skye, Colby Paul, Michael McGrady

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    1x13 Paint It Red

    Jan 18, 2009 · 43 min · ★ 7.7

    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.

    Directed by: David Barrett · Written by: Eoghan Mahony · Starring: Darby Stanchfield, Elizabeth Dennehy, Sebastian Roché, Brady Smith

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    1x14 Crimson Casanova

    Feb 10, 2009 · 44 min · ★ 7.3

    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.

    Directing: Lesli Linka Glatter · Writing: Ken Woodruff · Starring: Gina May, Sasha Roiz, David Burke, Melinda Page Hamilton

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    1x15 Scarlett Fever

    Feb 17, 2009 · 44 min · ★ 7.4

    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

    Directed by: Paul Holahan · Written by: Erika Green Swafford · Starring: Michael Stoyanov, Marguerite MacIntyre, Andrea Bogart, Yancey Arias

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    1x16 Bloodshot

    Mar 17, 2009 · 44 min · ★ 8.2

    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.

    Directing: Chris Long · Writing: Gary Glasberg · Starring: Gregory Itzin, Tamlyn Tomita, Rick Worthy, Gene Farber

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    1x17 Carnelian Inc.

    Mar 24, 2009 · 42 min · ★ 7.7

    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.

    Directing: Kevin Dowling · Writing: Bruno Heller · Starring: Peter MacKenzie, Muse Watson, Patrick Fabian, Dot-Marie Jones

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    1x18 Russet Potatoes

    Mar 31, 2009 · 43 min · ★ 8.0

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

    Directed by: Norberto Barba · Written by: Ashley Gable · Starring: Bodhi Elfman, Chris Tallman, Alastair Mackenzie, Wynn Everett

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    1x19 A Dozen Red Roses

    Apr 7, 2009 · 43 min · ★ 7.3

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

    Directing: Lesli Linka Glatter · Writing: Andi Bushell · Starring: Blake Berris, Cameron Dye, Marcus Giamatti, Nicholle Tom

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    1x20 Red Sauce

    Apr 28, 2009 · 43 min · ★ 7.5

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

    Directing: Adam Kane · Writing: Eoghan Mahony · Starring: Jack Betts, Tony Longo, Dan Lauria, Fredric Lehne

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    1x21 Miss Red

    May 5, 2009 · 44 min · ★ 7.5

    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.

    Directing: Martha Mitchell · Writing: Ken Woodruff · Starring: J. Paul Boehmer, Charles Esten, Amy Laughlin, Lisa Sheridan

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    1x22 Blood Brothers

    May 12, 2009 · 44 min · ★ 7.7

    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.

    Directed by: John Polson · Written by: Erika Green Swafford · Starring: Drew Osborne, Clayton Rohner, Elizabeth Bond, Cameron Monaghan

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    1x23 Red John's Footsteps Season Finale

    May 19, 2009 · 44 min · ★ 8.3

    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.

    Directing: Chris Long · Writing: Bruno Heller · Starring: Gregory Itzin, Christopher Darga, Kate Vernon, Michael Mosley

Season 1 Cast

Simon BakerPatrick Jane23 episodes

Robin TunneyTeresa Lisbon23 episodes

Tim KangKimball Cho23 episodes

Amanda RighettiGrace Van Pelt23 episodes

Owain YeomanWayne Rigsby23 episodes

Gregory ItzinVirgil Minelli7 episodes

Maxine BahnsPatrick Jane's Wife2 episodes

Michael StoyanovWardell SuggsEpisode 1

Danny NucciBen MachadoEpisode 1

Jack BettsOther MobsterEpisode 1

Brett CullenDane KurtikEpisode 1

Bodhi ElfmanRick TieglerEpisode 1

Gina MaySara-BethEpisode 1

Tamlyn TomitaLauri MedinaEpisode 1

Blake BerrisActorEpisode 1

J. Paul BoehmerPatientEpisode 1

Drew OsborneBryanEpisode 1

W. Earl BrownRulon FarnesEpisode 1

Tim GuineeTag RandolphEpisode 1

Spencer GarrettMichael ElkinsEpisode 1

Gregg HenryCalEpisode 1

Peter MacKenzieHolman PerryEpisode 1

Leslie HopeKristina FryeEpisode 1

Gabriel OldsGardnerEpisode 1

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