On my first watch and literally finished s6 like 30 secs ago and sprinted over here haha. WHY WRITERS, WHY DID YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT TAKE SO LONG!!!! IT WAS THERE FROM THE BEGINNING!!!! I mean I get it you gotta keep the watchers hooked, Jane and RJ yada yada yada. Goodness Jane and Lisbon finally kissing and professing their love got me all jumpy and happy. Also Jane being so vulnerable and saying how he’s scared to let anyone into his life bc of what happened, but also can’t bear to live without her. Goodness this love story is soooo good. Hate that it’ll only last 13 episodes, but dang did it hit me right in the feels.

Hi. Yeah, I get that u guys like this show. I kinda like it, but crime procedurals are so so to me. Is this worth watching for the Red John plot line? I'm almost through season 1. How long they gonna milk this? All the ep titles have "red", but very few eps address this one central plotline

So ive watched the show to the end yet again, but this time, for the first time ever i found myself shipping Wylie and Cho… They just have the best chemistry, it’s the typical black cat, golden retriever dynamic that everyone loves. You can tell Wylie really admires Cho and Cho definitely has a soft spot for Wylie even though he doesn’t show his emotions ever. But then again i do see them having a similar relationship to Cho and Vega as mentor and mentee

s 4 ep 10 jane forgets his memories and only remembers his life before his marriage and family. it just scared me so much. what if he never remembered?

This anniversary rewatch will run daily until February 18, the 10-year anniversary of the Mentalist's series finale.

SPOILER WARNING: Since this is a rewatch, it's assumed that anyone in these discussions has already seen the entire show, so all spoilers are allowed.

Day 71 brings us to "Little Red Book," which finds Jane reinstated as a CBI consultant but assigned to a new team under Agent Ray Haffner, while the team remains either suspended or reassigned. Annoyed at the treatment they're getting and at being reassigned to anyone other than Lisbon, Jane starts a covert campaign to sabotage Haffner's team while helping investigate the murder of a man who was round bludgeoned on his front lawn.

Title relevance: Jane uses a book to plant fake evidence for Haffner to find as part of his plan to get Lisbon reinstated.

Location: Sacramento

Notable guest stars: Reed Diamond (from Designated Survivor and Bosch), Joshua Bitton (from Grotesquerie), Omar J. Dorsey (from Ray Donovan and Queen Sugar), Alicia Witt (from Orange is the New Black, Justified, and 1984's Dune)

Notable scenes:

• First episode with Tork! Also, Jane shows up at the scene with his new team and does some performing before declaring that the dead man is dead.
• Haffner invites Cho back onto the team, but in exchange, he must report back to him on Jane's activities.
• Grace goes to therapy and finally talks about Craig.
• Jane plants some seeds of discontent among the new team with sly comments about their interaction, playing on Tork's insecurities about his height.
• Jane visits Lisbon at her apartment and asks about Haffner. Lisbon is a bit surprised that he's back to work.
• While being babysat at the scene by Agent Peters, Jane hypnotizes him with a binder (lol!) and plants the fake book for Haffner.
• Lisbon goes to see Sally Carter, Timothy Carter's wife, but finds her dead from suicide with a note. At the jail, LaRoche tells her he's going back to the PSU. He hugs Lisbon and says it was interesting working with her and Jane.
• A pair of shoes with lifts is left on Tork's desk, which prompts him to start a physical fight with Agent Niskin.
• Jane takes Lisbon with him to the gym and solves the murder, using her as an assistant. Lisbon is reinstated since Haffner is shown to be unable to handle Jane, and Jane insinuates that he won't work with anyone but Lisbon.
• While Lisbon moves back into her office, Jane tries to get a thank-you from her for getting her reinstated, but she plays it off, saying her stress levels and back are feeling much better since she hasn't had to deal with him.
• Rosalind Harker comes in at Jane's request to look at Timothy Carter's body. She confirms that he's not Red John.

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I wish they could have shown a bit more on Red John apart from the fact that he is a serial killer. Why did he choose the name Red John? What pattern drive him to kill his victims? How did he gain disciples? (All his names are synonyms of red). Why did he bond with Rosalind Harker?
Even the episodes which they show people willing to die for him, they never really explain why they were so devoted to him

Simon Baker played Patrick Jane the character to a T, I think we can all agree with that, but I feel sadness when I think about Bret Stiles dying and I think it's because Malcolm McDowell was so good, and so charismatic, despite all his crimes I can't help liking him. Also the actor who played J.J LaRouch was brilliant in that role. All 3 of those guys were just perfect.

I’ve been rewatching the mentalist and I just got to the red John reveal and I was so disappointed. Again. I mean I wanted a red John criminal mastermind. I wanted a red John who just wanted to teach that upstart Jane a lesson he’d never forget but who’s now as obsessed with Jane as Jane is with him. What I got was a letdown. I wanted a red John who secretly worms his way into Jane’s life to get into his every crack and crevice so that Jane’s every moment is about red John, whether he knows it or not. I wanted a red John who was Craig o’Laughlin. Who gets into the cbi by pretending to date van pelt. What’s Craig doing here? Oh he hasn’t got a case on at the moment so he’s just hanging about waiting for grace. Grace is busy rn tho. Yeah that’s why he’s hanging on the couch and talking to Jane. A witness being interviewed by Cho sees them together and comments how it’s so nice that the govt is now allowing same sex relationships in office. Oh they’re not together. I don’t think? They’re just super close. I wanted a red John who’s intimately involved in Jane’s life. Who has the honor of having the closest thing Jane knows to trust. Who Jane involves in his hunt for red John. Later red John laughs to himself. The irony of red John hunting red John. I wanted a red John who lets Jane win some just to see that spark of hope in his eyes, that bright vengeful smile on his lips. Who sometimes also makes him lose some. Just to feel that rush of power. But also (secretly bc he doesn’t necessarily even want to admit to himself) to feel that exhilaration when Jane comes to him (comes to HIM!) upset and lets him hold him. That insidious red john. That’s what I wanted. What I got… was a let down.

Short fic from Lisbon’s perspective about putting together her team. She’s searching for people Jane will adopt and lands on Van Pelt.

I have spent an ungodly amount of time looking for it, so any help would be greatly appreciated!

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SPOILER WARNING: Since this is a rewatch, it's assumed that anyone in these discussions has already seen the entire show, so all spoilers are allowed.

Day 70 brings us to "Scarlet Ribbons," which finds Jane in jail for the murder of "Red John," who he learns was a man named Timothy Carter. Two detectives question him and inform him that they found no gun on Carter, and his phone was clean. This shakes Jane's confidence a bit, since they pose the idea that he went crazy and killed an innocent family man.

Title relevance: No clue! Anyone got any ideas?

Location: Sacramento

Notable guest stars: Forgot to mention the very important guest star in the last episode, Bradley Whitford (from The West Wing) This episode: Nicki Micheaux (from The Shield), Ken Lerner (from The Goldbergs), Daniel Roebuck (poor Dr. Arzt from Lost)

Notable scenes:

• Bertram tells Ardiles he wants Jane to stay in jail as long as possible, and to not go easy on him.
• At his bail hearing, Jane chooses to represent himself, and bail is set at $1M.
• Bertram visits Lisbon in the hospital and tells her she and her team are suspended for the stunt they pulled that involved tricking him.
• Lisbon checks herself out of the hospital early to go see Jane in jail. He asks her to bring him blueberry muffins next time.
• Grace goes to the office to get some things, and Cho and Rigsby gawk at her for coming in. Lisbon arrives and asks if they're on board with getting Jane out of jail. Despite Lisbon's insistence that she go home since she just killed Craig, Grace insists she needs to work and be around people.
• Cho and Rigsby head to the mall to get a copy of the surveillance.
• Lisbon and Grace go to talk to Carter's widow. She tells them about how good Carter was, including leading a search for Debbie Lupin, a girl who went missing.
• Jane realizes the team needs his help, so he joins a high-stakes poker game in jail to win his $1M bail. His bail money is delivered to Lisbon in a parking lot. Lisbon picks Jane up from jail, and they go to talk to Carter's widow.
• Cho goes back to the mall security guy and learns the guard who first attended to Carter hasn't shown. He gets his address, and they find him dead.
• Jane talks to the widow face-to-face to try to read her, telling her if he made a mistake he'll spend the rest of his life earning her forgiveness, but he notices an extra key she doesn't recognize. Outside, he ditches Lisbon and sneaks back into her house to snoop around.
• After everyone is gone, the widow Sally uses the extra key and unlocks a hidden room. Inside is the missing girl Debbie Lupin. Jane catches her, and Lisbon arrives in time to arrest her.
• Bertram is now reluctant to go hard on Jane since he has huge public sympathy, and they agree that they can't pursue the death penalty.
• Debbie testifies that Jane and Lisbon rescued her, and Jane uses her testimony to strengthen his defense that Timothy Carter was Red John. In his closing statement, he recounts the death of his family and tells them he feels he has the right to kill the man who killed his family. The jury finds Jane not guilty on all counts.

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I am so sad! While browsing through the line up, I read the dreaded words that The Mentalist was leaving soon. Anyone know where else I can watch this in Canada? Watching this was becoming a nightly ritual again for me. 😞

I know I’m late but i want to know theories of how RJ found the 7 suspect’s list from Jane. You guys are all brilliant and I can’t wait to read them.

Me and my mom was totally obsessed with the show! We did it in 2 months and was the best experience with a TV series ever. My favorite show. I love this universe, the characters and everything else. I used to read this sub while watching to see discussions and thoughts. And the end... perfect. This show ended at the perfect time. Just peak fiction right there. I love simon baker, Robin tunney, Amanda righetti, Tim kang, owain... everyone. I just wanted to share the first thing that comes to my mind right after ending watching. I love the mentalist

I accidentally found out they don’t catch Red John until season 6, and I’m shocked they made him the villain for that long. I just finished Season 2, Episode 8 (the one where Bosch’s team is killed), and I can’t believe it takes so long to resolve this storyline.

Also, I accidentally read that Jane and Lisbon get together in Season 7, Episode 1, so no surprises there. For those who watched from the beginning, did the long wait for the Red John reveal feel frustrating or keep things interesting? And were you annoyed it took so long for Jane and Lisbon to finally get together?

Would love to hear your thoughts, but please no spoilers beyond what I’ve mentioned! Thank you so much. I’ll exit the community after posting this to avoid any spoilers beyond what I’ve already seen!

It’s not often I’ll jot down a quote from any TV show but this one - from S4 E19 “Pink Champaign On Ice” - was just so provocative.

I guess the side discussion was whether Jane would appreciate the kind of money the rich victim had. Jane’s reply was “I’d rather have my health”. Then he followed up with this:

“Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box.”

“Whats a Havanese?”

“Roger [the dog] wants to say hi. And that he’s okay” […] “Yes of course. All of god’s creatures can talk in the afterlife”

All with the most serious expression on her face is cracking me up SHE’S SO FUNNY

Dude these two episodes are not talked about enough. They’re two of my favorites. That because the show finally addresses Jane’s worst nightmare, that is, losing someone else (and not just someone, Lisbon) to Red John. Dude was really paranoid after the whole Lorelei list thing and it was clear. What did you think about what happened to Lisbon? What did you think about Jane’s reaction?

This anniversary rewatch will run daily until February 18, the 10-year anniversary of the Mentalist's series finale. (Today's is a two-parter, since two days in the rewatch need to cover two episodes each.)

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Day 69 brings us to "Strawberries and Cream Parts 1 and 2," which starts with a man at a gas station acting strange in his car. He gets out and makes his way to the convenience store when two cops stop him after hearing about a robbery nearby. The man reveals he's wearing an explosive device on his chest and screams when the phone in his hand rings, just before the vest explodes. Jane arrives at the scene, despite Lisbon not calling him, and finds a hidden message on the inside of his car window.

Title relevance: "Strawberries and cream" is the detail that Carter gives to Jane to make him believe he's Red John.

Location: Sacramento

Notable guest stars: Mekia Cox (Nyla Harper from the Rookie!), Jesse Lee Soffer (from Chicago PD)

Notable scenes:

• Grace and Rigsby head to the Cash in Motion to interview the bomber Dinkler's co-workers and find Jane already there. Jane asks for a demonstration of the robbery and leaves the manager locked inside.
• Cho and Lisbon head to talk to Dinkler's roommate but find him murdered.
• Craig comes by to talk during lunch and surprises Grace with a pendant that belonged to his mother. Lisbon catches them kissing in the break room.
• Jane and Lisbon go back to the gas station and look at the bathroom, where they find a mysterious message that seems to have been left by Dinkler.
• Jane makes excuses to bow out of checking a list of leads but has a bad feeling about Lisbon and heads out to Windsor High School, which she was going to check. He finds her unconscious in the locker room with explosives attached to her, like Dinkler, plus a phone tucked into the vest.
• Despite her protests, Jane refuses to leave Lisbon, and when the killer calls and demands they retrieve a list of names from the CBI evidence locker, Jane agrees and drives. Lisbon prays on the way.
• Jane figures out that the killer is Gupta, and he drives them to the convenience store instead. Jane once again refuses to leave Lisbon, telling Gupta he's not afraid of dying, and they subdue him with the distraction of their argument.
• In the parking lot, LaRoche gets in a police car with Gupta, who gets free and goes for a gun. LaRoche shoots him dead.
• Back at the CBI, Jane stares at the list Gupta wanted, trying to figure out what was going on and why he wanted it.
• Grace tells Lisbon that she picked up her bridesmaid dress for her. Jane walks in on Lisbon trying it on and calls her an angry little princess.
• Cho walks in as well, informing them that the body of a man named Max James has been found. At the scene, they find a Cash in Motion receipt, and Lisbon and Jane realize that Gupta was working for Red John, and that he's trying to find Hightower. Lisbon orders Cho to leave the scene and fix it with Sac PD so that no one knows they were there, then not talk about it.
• At Jane's extended-stay motel, Hightower pulls a gun on Jane in his room. She reveals that Max James was her cousin, and he was sending her money. Hightower tells Jane she's tired of running and is going to turn herself in.
• Jane reads in the rest of the team about everything going on, including the Blake poem, Todd Johnson, Red John's friend in the CBI, and Hightower. They agree to watch Hightower for 48 hours while they figure out who Todd's killer was.
• Jane reveals the final four suspects are Brenda Shettrick, Osvaldo Ardiles, Gale Bertram, and Craig O'Laughlin. They execute a sting at the Paradise Palms hotel with different rooms on different levels. The assassin shows but throws herself from the hotel balcony.
• Jane takes Bertram to a mall with Cho and Rigsby watching, but when Bertram says something, this makes Jane realize that Red John's friend is actually Craig. Cho and Rigsby leave. Bertram storms away while Jane tries to warn Lisbon about Craig.
• After the hotel sting, Grace told Craig he was a suspect and asked him to go with her to watch Hightower, who was being guarded by Lisbon. While there, he kills the two deputies guarding the entrance, then shoots Lisbon. Craig is killed.
• Lisbon picks up the phone and talks to Jane, and he asks her to find Craig's phone and hit redial. Nearby Jane, a man picks up his phone and says the same words he said to Lisbon.
• Jane goes to talk to the man, who claims to be Red John and gives details about how Angela and Charlotte smelled to prove it. As he's walking away, Jane tells him to wait, then shoots him in the gut with a gun he had hidden in his pocket. He sits down to finish his tea.

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ARE YOU F******* KIDDING ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!????????????/

REALLY DUDE?????

Like...what the actual f***?

Anyone else think that the RJ reveal was stupid as hell being the fact of-

The whole damn story RJ ( at least to me ) came across as this guy that perhaps identified as

• holds himself in regards as something different in nature to normal people
• Joker type of character where he may want to seem and display how he his such a "creature of his own will", though simply when given the opportunity to display himself truly he finds almost humor in watching people realize how really "like the rest" he is.
• keeps his composure secured to never be identified ( also having to keep that voice act going around the blind lady for so long ).
• stabile emotions ( when he kills Janes family because he talked badly about him on television, i never for a second saw it as a mockery like how its shown RJ he acts when revealed. i saw it as a punishment ~ Like how i believe its described in the beginning of the show ~ though less like "you hurt my feelings" but as more a taste of a Sherlock and Moriarty way, of professional and gentlemen such-giving the circumstances. where RJ had to make a point that nobody could think they have a shot to take, that everyone had to believe every play they sought to make ended in check-mate for RJs effectiveness to work upon the minds of the people, and i dont want to make it seem like he wanted to be a evil batman and wanted to just be something "feared" yes he wanted to be feared though how i mean i cant seem to explain, i believe that how its portrayed its more logically to assume that RJ simply for nothing in return but chaos and his ascending pyramid of corruption A.K.A the Blake Association, just wanted to show that he could do whatever he wanted and that the system was "To Easy", that would have been much more affective i believe, if red john merely explained that he did it all...because he could. and that Janes Family meant nothing to him and he wasnt special, that his family if at all was at the bottom of the list of his victims that he would even consider to think twice about because they werent planned or expected, even better if he reassured jane that he got them killed ( Jane aready knows this cause of the guilt throughout the show), and that they could still be alive if Jane hadnt have been a liar whilst living off of people through lies and tried to deceive all them into thinking he was something that hes not (psychic).

How RJ is revealed at the end is more of a character within favors much like these....

• Arrogant ( he calls jane this like its Janes biggest flaw though RJ has always been 10 steps ahead yet he doesnt see jane getting the upper hand in the fight because HE is in fact the one who is to arrogant and its displayed through his close quarters within confrontation and his ultimate death, and terrifyingly fearful of jane though out the chase scene like a chicken with his head cut off )
• Thats really all i can think of really.

I am so sorry for the long post im brand new hear. Im simply severely pissed off because of this dumbass ending. I read that somewhere someone on the directors team had mentioned that Jane quit wearing his vest and normal suit because it represented his "metaphorical armor" and with RJ dead he didnt need it, he retired from the war, or "the Game'" as RJ called it.

I also read that Brett Partridge was meant to be RJ but due to the show being forced to close they had to end it shorter than planned and thats why the whole story seems to just end very anticlimactically.

Like i said previously, i feel like whoever it was that truly held the title of RJ shouldve matched the atmosphere of Jane almost the same suit. Because its shown RJ is a master manipulator and his hypnosis and psychology is matched with Jane to a "T"! AGAIN-going back on this being another type of Sherlock and Moriarty connection-its looked this way through out the show but then in the reveal RJ is gloating more than we would think and wearing a bunch of black and tactical looking, mind you in the middle of the day, and its like c'mon guys.....there was a completely better way to reveal RJ and who would be RJ. We as veiwers were robbed of that.

I know the producers did the best they could for what they wanted to accomplish in there predicament but...we can all agree the story could have been better.

Was rewatching the show and just realised something. In the season 3 finale Red John tries to find out Hightower’s location. He does so via the petrol station worker “Gupta” who uses the Cash-in-Motion client list, but due to the bombing the list ultimately ends up at the CBI evidence locker. Then why did Red John and Gupta decide to risk it by getting Lisbon to retrieve the list from the CBI evidence locker instead of asking any of the numerous Blake association members to get the list? Wouldn’t it have been much more easier?

I'm new to The Mentalist series. Currently in season 4. Omg.. I can't get enough of "Patrick Jane". What a pookie? 😊 Where can one get a Patrick jane to themselves? His antics, charm, child like mannerisms its all done with grace and swag. And about the golden curls and sunshine smile.. uggh 😍. I never swooned over any one (may be Luke from GG). Guys, this is how you do it. No need to be tall and muscular. Turn up that charm and let your golden heart beaming.

I’m currently in s6 and finished the RJ arc, but I’m curious on how he knew the list. If it’s explained later in s6 don’t spoil, but if not is it known how he knew the list?

I am not a movie/show fanatic but some actors are known in general. Other shows do not give me this semi spoil feeling.

Hi, I just remembered the episode 5x09 where Jane and Lisbon are in the kitchen, and she says something in her sleep. I’m curious, what do you think she might have said?

i've been on the 7th season 12th episode for a couple of days. i literally split the episode into 4 pieces and watched 10 minutes every day. i DON'T want to finish it. when i get to the last episode,what am i gonna do? since i started the show,i would spend at least 2-3 hours watching it every day. it was a part of my day and i'm really sad that it's gonna be over soon. i think as soon as i finish watching it,i'm gonna start rewatching from the pilot. i really don't want to say goodbye🥲

Rewatching the whole thing for maybe the third time.
One pet peeve (and suspension of disbelief): distances within California.

Just watched an episode where Rigsby and Cho went to Bakersfield to interview a suspect.
The writers made it look like they went there in back really quickly.
It is an exhausting four hour drive EACH WAY.

Another episode, quickly going from their office to Carson City.
Again, it is 2.5 hours each way.

California is HUGE.
It can take 20 hours to drive from the Mexico border up to Oregon.
That is the same as from New York City to the middle of Florida.

I remember in the first season, they flew a couple of times.
But in later seasons, it was always driving -- which just irks me.

Still love the show -- but wondered if this irked anyone else?