The Mentalist / Episode List
This episode list contains all episodes of the US crime series The Mentalist , sorted by the US first broadcast . Between 2008 and 2015, 151 episodes were created in seven seasons, each around 42 minutes in length.
Overview
Season | Number of episodes | First broadcast in the USA | German-language first broadcast | ||
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Season premiere | Season finale | Season premiere | Season finale | ||
1 | 23 | September 23, 2008 | May 19, 2009 | March 1, 2009 | July 26, 2009 |
2 | 23 | September 24, 2009 | May 20, 2010 | February 28, 2010 | October 24, 2010 |
3 | 24 | September 23, 2010 | May 19, 2011 | February 7, 2011 | November 10, 2011 |
4th | 24 | September 22, 2011 | 17th May 2012 | February 2, 2012 | December 9, 2012 |
5 | 22nd | September 30, 2012 | May 5, 2013 | January 6, 2013 | 23rd September 2013 |
6th | 22nd | 29th September 2013 | May 18, 2014 | January 7, 2014 | 17th November 2014 |
7th | 13 | November 30, 2014 | February 18, 2015 | April 13, 2015 | July 13, 2015 |
season 1
The first broadcast of the first season was from September 23, 2008 to May 19, 2009 on the US broadcaster CBS . The Austrian broadcaster ORF eins broadcast the German-language first broadcast from March 1 to July 26, 2009.
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No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (A) | Director | script |
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1 | 1 | Red John | pilot | 23 Sep 2008 | 1st Mar 2009 | David Nutter | Bruno Heller |
The first episode introduces the life of the main character Patrick Jane with his eventful past. When a man and a woman are found dead in their home, everyone initially believes that both were the victims of a serial killer. | |||||||
2 | 2 | Romeo and Juliet | Red hair and silver tape | Sep 30 2008 | 1st Mar 2009 | David Nutter | Bruno Heller |
The CBI is called in to investigate the murder of a young woman. A little too much butter in a recipe eventually leads Jane to the killer. | |||||||
3 | 3 | Surfin 'California | Red tide | Oct 14, 2008 | March 8 2009 | David M. Barrett | Ashley Gable |
The body of a drowned girl is found on Santa Marta Beach. Your friends seem to know more than they are willing to admit. | |||||||
4th | 4th | The beautiful widow | Ladies in Red | Oct 21, 2008 | 15th Mar 2009 | Chris Long | Gary Glasberg |
Jason Sands, a wealthy banker and politician, is found dead in the vaults of his residence. At the funeral, Jane bets Rigsby that he will manage to seduce the widow. | |||||||
5 | 5 | Best friends | redwood | Oct 28, 2008 | 22 Mar 2009 | John Behring | Andi Bushell |
A girl is found stabbed in the woods and her best friend shows up covered in blood. | |||||||
6th | 6th | Table 43 | Red-Handed | Nov 11, 2008 | 29 Mar 2009 | Chris Long | Erika Green Swafford |
A severed hand belonging to a murdered casino owner is found on a border strip between California and Nevada. | |||||||
7th | 7th | Voices from the afterlife | Seeing Red | Nov 18, 2008 | Apr 5, 2009 | Martha Mitchell | Gary Glasberg |
When Rosemary Tennant is chase victim, Patrick Jane turns to the medium Kristina Frye, who foresaw the murder. | |||||||
8th | 8th | Shot in room 22 | The Thin Red Line | Nov 25, 2008 | Apr 12, 2009 | Matt Earl Beesley | Ken Woodruff |
The CBI is called to a murder scene. The witness in a drug investigation and a girl are found dead in a motel room. | |||||||
9 | 9 | Flames of vengeance | Flame Red | Dec 2, 2008 | Apr 19, 2009 | Charles Beeson | Ashley Gable |
A former member of the National Guard burns to death. Patrick Jane suspects an act of revenge. | |||||||
10 | 10 | Criminals or saints | Red Brick and Ivy | Dec 16, 2008 | Apr 26, 2009 | Paris Barclay | Eoghan Mahony |
Patrick Jane is very interested in a new case involving his former psychiatrist. | |||||||
11 | 11 | A friend of a friend | Red John's Friends | Jan. 6, 2009 | May 3, 2009 | John Polson | Bruno Heller |
A convicted murderer persuades Jane, against information about Red John, to prove his innocence and get him out of jail. | |||||||
12 | 12 | Evil spell | Red rum | Jan. 13, 2009 | May 10, 2009 | Dean White | Andi Bushell |
Cody Elkins, a high school football star, is found murdered. All indications point to the local "witch". But Jane suspects otherwise. | |||||||
13 | 13 | Original and fake | Paint It Red | Jan. 18, 2009 | May 17, 2009 | David M. Barrett | Eoghan Mahony |
The son-in-law of an industrial tycoon is found dead. It's near the spot where a $ 50 million picture of his father-in-law once hung. | |||||||
14th | 14th | The woman whisperer | Crimson Casanova | Feb 10, 2009 | May 24, 2009 | Lesli Linka Glatter | Ken Woodruff |
The CBI is investigating the death of a married woman who was murdered in bed. Was it the perpetrator after her lover Paul Fricke? | |||||||
15th | 15th | Lipstick and poison | Scarlett Fever | Feb 17, 2009 | May 31, 2009 | Paul Holahan | Erika Green Swafford |
A woman is poisoned in the presence of her country club friends while the party she is organizing is in full swing. | |||||||
16 | 16 | Black as the night | Bloodshot | 17th Mar 2009 | Jun 7, 2009 | Chris Long | Gary Glasberg |
Patrick Jane's eyesight is impaired after an explosion and he has to investigate with a blindfold. He uses unusual methods to investigate the death of a financial advisor. | |||||||
17th | 17th | In free fall | Carnelian Inc. | 24 Mar 2009 | Jun 14, 2009 | Kevin Dowling | Bruno Heller |
During a picnic in the desert, a skydiver falls right in front of Jane's feet. | |||||||
18th | 18th | hypnosis | Russet potatoes | 31 Mar 2009 | Jun 21, 2009 | Norberto Barba | Ashley Gable |
Jane and the CBI track down a person who hypnotizes people. The people do the dirty work for the hypnotist under hypnosis. | |||||||
19th | 19th | A dozen roses | A Dozen Red Roses | Apr 7, 2009 | Jun 28, 2009 | Lesli Linka Glatter | Andi Bushell |
The CBI is investigating the murder of Hollywood film producer Felix Hanson. Evidence suggests that drug was involved. | |||||||
20th | 20th | Golf with the godfather | Red sauce | Apr 28, 2009 | Jul 5, 2009 | Adam Kane | Eoghan Mahony |
Jane and the CBI try to find out who was responsible for executing a man in the witness protection program. | |||||||
21st | 21st | Million game | Miss Red | May 5, 2009 | Jul 12, 2009 | Martha Mitchell | Ken Woodruff |
When the CEO and founder of a software company disappears from his yacht, Jane and the CBI are asked to begin investigations. | |||||||
22nd | 22nd | The ax in the forest | Blood Brothers | May 12, 2009 | Jul 19, 2009 | John Polson | Erika Green Swafford |
Patrick Jane must find a way to convince a group of teenagers on a wilderness program for hard-to-raise children to help solve a murder case. | |||||||
23 | 23 | The way of the world | Red John's footsteps | May 19, 2009 | Jul 26, 2009 | Chris Long | Bruno Heller |
When the CBI investigates the murder of a young girl and the kidnapping of her twin sister, everything points to the return of Red John. During the investigation, Jane comes across Rosalind Harker, a former friend of the serial killer. However, she cannot offer him much information because she is blind. |
season 2
The first broadcast of the second season was from September 24, 2009 to May 20, 2010 on the US broadcaster CBS . The German free TV channel Sat.1 broadcast the first three episodes in German from February 28 to March 14, 2010. The fourth episode to the fifteenth episode was first broadcast in German from March 15 to May 31 2010 to be seen on ORF eins . After the summer break, it could be seen again on Sat.1 from September 5 to October 24, 2010.
No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (D / A) | Director | script |
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24 | 1 | Pain and money | Redemption | Sep 24 2009 | Feb 28, 2010 | Chris Long | Bruno Heller |
Minelli decides to turn the Red John case over to Sam Bosco because he thinks Lisbon and Jane are too close to the case. So Jane decides to just solve one more case and then leave the CBI. | |||||||
25th | 2 | The problem solver | The Scarlet Letter | Oct. 1, 2009 | 7th Mar 2010 | Charles Beeson | Tom Szentgyorgyi |
The CBI is called in to investigate Kristin Marley's death. She, a prominent assistant to the senator, is alleged to be having an affair with the senator's husband. | |||||||
26th | 3 | Doors in the head | Red badge | Oct 8, 2009 | 14 Mar 2010 | Eric Laneuville | Ashley Gable |
After an anonymous tip, the CBI found the body of a man who sexually abused children and whom Lisbon was able to imprison with Sam Bosco a few years ago. She is immediately under suspicion and tries to prove her innocence. But she can't remember the night of the murder. Jane has a plan: he hypnotizes her. | |||||||
27 | 4th | The only client | Red menace | Oct 22, 2009 | 15th Mar 2010 | Norberto Barba | Leonard Dick |
The CBI is investigating the murder of a powerful and devious criminal lawyer whose only client was a notorious California motorcycle gang. | |||||||
28 | 5 | Pepper's mind | Red Scare | Oct 29, 2009 | 22 Mar 2010 | Lesli Linka Glatter | Ken Woodruff |
The CBI is called to the Beckworth house, where a murdered man has been found. Apparently the house is haunted. There is a first kiss between Rigsby and Van Pelt. | |||||||
29 | 6th | Bosco's revenge | Black Gold and Red Blood | Nov 5, 2009 | 29 Mar 2010 | Rod Hardy | Bruno Heller |
Bosco suddenly puts Jane under lock and key during a homicide investigation. He is now trying to convict a murderer out of prison. | |||||||
30th | 7th | Ernie and Bert | Red Bulls | Nov 12, 2009 | Apr 5, 2010 | David M. Barrett | Tom Szentgyorgyi |
When two cases clash, Minelli orders Bosco and Lisbon's units to work together to investigate a kidnapping crime. | |||||||
31 | 8th | Greetings from Red John | His Red Right Hand | Nov 19, 2009 | Apr 12, 2010 | Chris Long | Ashley Gable |
Sam Bosco and two of his agents are shot dead at the CBI headquarters. The fourth is soon found murdered too. Jane is certain that Red John commissioned the murders. Minelli guiltily quits his job as head of the CBI. | |||||||
32 | 9 | Pressed coal | A Price Above Rubies | Dec 10, 2009 | Apr 19, 2010 | Charles Beeson | Eoghan Mahony |
The CBI team is investigating the attempted murder of a wealthy jeweler who was shot during a robbery. | |||||||
33 | 10 | Sport is murder | Throwing Fire | Dec 17, 2009 | Apr 26, 2010 | Martha Mitchell | John Mankiewicz |
The CBI team is investigating the murder of a former professional baseball player. When Jane is hit in the head by a baseball, memories of his youth are shaken back. | |||||||
34 | 11 | The best years | Rose-Colored Glasses | Jan. 14, 2010 | May 3, 2010 | Dan Lerner | Leonard Dick |
The CBI team is investigating the double homicide of a couple en route to a high school reunion. Patrick Jane believes the killer is among former classmates. | |||||||
35 | 12 | The blue topaz | Bleeding Heart | Jan. 21, 2010 | May 10, 2010 | Norberto Barba | Erika Green Swafford |
The CBI is investigating the murder of one of the mayor's employees. Meanwhile, a film producer is shooting a report on the CBI. Lisbon and Jane are its main characters. | |||||||
36 | 13 | The war of the wolves | Redline | Feb. 4, 2010 | May 17, 2010 | Bill D'Elia | Jordan Harper |
Jane and the CBI investigate the death of a beautiful young car saleswoman who is found in the trunk of a luxury sedan. The suspicion falls on the billionaire Walter Mashburn. | |||||||
37 | 14th | The best friend | Blood In, Blood Out | Feb 11, 2010 | May 24, 2010 | John Polson | Ken Woodruff |
Cho is asked to help investigate the murder of a former gang member. It turns out that this was his former best friend. When his girlfriend is beaten up shortly afterwards, he seeks revenge. Jane tries to dissuade him from his plan. | |||||||
38 | 15th | The taste of death | Red Herring | 4th Mar 2010 | May 31, 2010 | Eric Laneuville | David Appelbaum |
Jane and the CBI team are investigating the murder of Gabriel Barge, a celebrity chef. The killer seems to be among his competitors. | |||||||
39 | 16 | Code Red | Code Red | 11th Mar 2010 | 5th Sep 2010 | John F. Showalter | Bruno Heller |
“I was murdered!” A scientist told Patrick Jane on the phone. Immediately he is on fire to solve the unusual case. | |||||||
40 | 17th | Cleopatra's ring | The Red Box | Apr 1, 2010 | Sep 12 2010 | Chris Long | John Mankiewicz |
Jane and the CBI team are investigating the homicide of a tutor. Meanwhile, Jane and the others get to know their new boss: Special Agent Madeleine Hightower. | |||||||
41 | 18th | Poisonous water | Aingavite Baa | Apr 8, 2010 | 19 Sep 2010 | Stephen Gyllenhaal | Tom Szentgyorgyi & Erika Green Swafford |
The survivor of an attempted murder suffers from amnesia. The CBI team is supposed to help the “stranger” remember what happened. | |||||||
42 | 19th | Contract murder | Blood Money | Apr 22, 2010 | 26 Sep 2010 | Adam Kane | Ashley Gable & Jordan Harper |
A judge is murdered by a contract killer. When the murderer is acquitted in court due to a mistake by Patrick Jane, Lisbon is suspended. | |||||||
43 | 20th | mixed double | Red all over | Apr 29, 2010 | Oct 3, 2010 | Roxann Dawson | Carolyn Ingber |
Jane and the CBI are investigating the Visualize Self-Realization Center , believed to be involved in the murder of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a major media company. The mentalist gets to know the sect leader Bret Stiles. | |||||||
44 | 21st | Checkmate | 18-5-4 | May 6, 2010 | Oct 10, 2010 | Charles Beeson | Leonard Dick & Ken Woodruff |
The CBI team and Patrick Jane are investigating the murder of a math genius by a clown. The interesting thing about the death of the man: The murderer severed a finger from the victim. | |||||||
45 | 22nd | The philanthropist | Red letter | May 13, 2010 | Oct 17, 2010 | John F. Showalter | Eoghan Mahony |
When the CBI team investigates the death of a charity, Patrick meets medium Kristina Frye again. Together with her he tries to solve the murder. | |||||||
46 | 23 | Not a single word (1) | Red Sky in the Morning | May 20, 2010 | Oct 24, 2010 | Chris Long | Bruno Heller |
The CBI is investigating a murder attributed to one of Red John's free riders. Kristina Frye disappears without a trace after trying to connect with the real Red John. |
season 3
The first broadcast of the third season was from September 23, 2010 to May 19, 2011 on the US broadcaster CBS . The Austrian broadcaster ORF Eins broadcast the German-language first broadcast from February 7th to November 10th 2011.
No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (A / D) | Director | script |
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47 | 1 | The diamond trap (2) | Red Sky at Night | 23 Sep 2010 | Feb 7, 2011 | Chris Long | Bruno Heller |
After meeting Red John, Patrick reflects on his work at the CBI. He abandons his colleagues on a case involving an important lawyer who has been kidnapped. Lisbon tries to get him to cooperate with a trick. | |||||||
48 | 2 | The perfect victim | Cackle-Bladder Blood | Sep 30 2010 | Feb 14, 2011 | John Polson | Ashley Gable |
When Patrick's brother-in-law comes to town and gets caught up in a murderous matter, the latter is forced to help him despite personal reservations. | |||||||
49 | 3 | The enemies of truth | The Blood on His Hands | Oct 7, 2010 | Feb 21, 2011 | David M. Barrett | Tom Szentgyorgyi |
Cult leader Bret Stiles offers Patrick information about Red John and the disappearance of Kristina to defuse the rivalry between the two. At the same time, the team meets FBI agent Craig O'Laughlin. When Jane finds Kristina, she thinks she is dead. | |||||||
50 | 4th | Lies and candles | Red Carpet Treatment | Oct 14, 2010 | Feb 28, 2011 | Charles Beeson | Daniel Cerone |
Patrick and the rest of the team are investigating the murder of a convict who was released on the basis of DNA evidence. | |||||||
51 | 5 | As fast as the wind | The Red Ponies | Oct 21, 2010 | 7th Mar 2011 | John F. Showalter | Eoghan Mahony |
The CBI is called in to investigate the murder of a known jockey. The team starts an investigation at the racecourse. | |||||||
52 | 6th | rest in peace | Pink Chanel suit | Oct 28, 2010 | 14 Mar 2011 | Eric Laneuville | Ken Woodruff |
The CBI gets into trouble when a murder occurs on the well-guarded property of an influential figure and a person disappears. However, Jane is certain that the person never left the building - neither dead nor alive. | |||||||
53 | 7th | never say Never | Red hot | Nov 4, 2010 | 21 Mar 2011 | Chris Long | Ashley Gable |
A building explodes while Patrick and the CBI team are inside investigating a death threat. Lisbon meets billionaire Walter Mashburn again and it crackles between the two. | |||||||
54 | 8th | For a long time | Ball of Fire | Nov 11, 2010 | 28 Mar 2011 | Stephen Gyllenhaal | Tom Szentgyorgyi |
The CBI team has been going through several years of Patrick's cases as he was kidnapped. The list of suspects is particularly long because they discover that almost everyone who has ever dealt with him may want to harm him. | |||||||
55 | 9 | Tiger, tiger? | Red moon | Nov 18, 2010 | Apr 7, 2011 | Simon Baker | Bruno Heller |
Ellis Mars, a local medium, helps Patrick Jane solve a triple murder of two police officers and a medic's fiancee. When the murderer tries to talk to the mentalist after his arrest, he is set on fire by a stranger. His last words quote Red John. | |||||||
56 | 10 | Death Angel | Jolly Red Elf | Dec 9, 2010 | Apr 14, 2011 | John F. Showalter | Daniel Cerone |
After the death of a Santa Claus, the CBI follows traces that lead to a group of Alcoholics Anonymous and the "National Association of Real Santa Clauses". Independent investigator JJ LaRoche questions Patrick about the death of the suspect from the previous episode and suggests he made a list of suspects. Jane hopes for a clue to Red John's identity and tries to get to the list. He contacts his former boss, Virgil Minelli. | |||||||
57 | 11 | Up to the blood | Bloodsport | Jan. 6, 2011 | Apr 21, 2011 | Roxann Dawson | Eoghan Mahony |
A young reporter who had been researching the happenings around a mixed martial arts fight for months is found dead. | |||||||
58 | 12 | Hard numbers | Bloodhounds | Jan. 20, 2011 | Apr 28, 2011 | Charles Beeson | Erika Green Swafford |
When the CBI hires a crime profiler, a competition between him and Patrick begins. Both try to prove who has the better methods to solve a double homicide. | |||||||
59 | 13 | Means and ways | Red Alert | Feb 3, 2011 | May 5, 2011 | Guy Ferland | Jordan Harper |
The CBI is investigating a murder and quickly has a suspect: a suspected murderer from the neighborhood. He escapes and takes hostages in the town hall - including Patrick Jane. | |||||||
60 | 14th | Late miracle | Blood for Blood | Feb 10, 2011 | Sep 1 2011 | Martha Mitchell | David Appelbaum |
Van Pelt is knocked down while protecting a key witness and the witness is killed. His daughter saw everything, but doesn't remember anything. Patrick tries to clarify. When the case is closed, O'Laughlin proposes marriage to Van Pelt. | |||||||
61 | 15th | Gold rush | Red gold | Feb 17, 2011 | 8 Sep 2011 | Tom Verica | Cindi M. Grossenbacher |
A corpse is found on a claim. The CBI is investigating among the gold panners. Lisbon has to remain on duty due to an injury while Hightower represents her on the field. | |||||||
62 | 16 | Better alone | Red Queen | Feb. 24, 2011 | Sep 15 2011 | Chris Long | Daniel Cerone |
The CBI team comes under suspicion when an antique dealer is found dead in a museum. The evidence suggests that a member of the team was responsible for his death. When Jane establishes a connection to the murder of the cop killer, Hightower is suspected of being an accomplice of Red John. | |||||||
63 | 17th | Cries of pain | Bloodstream | 10 Mar 2011 | 22 Sep 2011 | Bobby Roth | Erika Green Swafford |
The CBI is investigating the murder of a doctor who is found dead on a driving range . Hospital staff and several patients are among the suspects. LaRoche will be in charge of the CBI and he will replace Lisbon with Cho as the new head of the unit. | |||||||
64 | 18th | Little gray males | The Red Mile | 31 Mar 2011 | 29 Sep 2011 | Darnell Martin | Tom Szentgyorgyi |
A man who claims to have been abducted by aliens is found dead. When his corpse is removed in the coroner's car, it is stolen. Meanwhile, Van Pelt is making headway with her marriage plans. | |||||||
65 | 19th | No roses without thorns | Every Rose Has Its Thorn | Apr 7, 2011 | Oct 6, 2011 | Charles Beeson | Ken Woodruff |
The CBI is investigating the fatal shots shot at the dating agency owner whose body was discovered in the marina. Patrick Jane believes that the young, attractive, and manipulative widow Erica Flynn is the killer. | |||||||
66 | 20th | An act of love | Redacted | Apr 28, 2011 | Oct 13, 2011 | David M. Barrett | Eoghan Mahony |
Jane sends a thief to LaRoche to find the list of suspects in the murder of the cop killer. However, this is arrested during the break-in and now wants to announce Jane as the client. Lisbon becomes suspicious when she realizes that Patrick doesn't care about the latest CBI case. | |||||||
67 | 21st | Old school | Like A Redheaded Stepchild | May 5, 2011 | Oct 20, 2011 | Eric Laneuville | Jordan Harper |
A prison guard is murdered. Jane and Lisbon believe in a prison murder. Rigsby contacts his father, who himself was in prison for years. | |||||||
68 | 22nd | Hydrangeas don't lie | Rhapsody in Red | May 12, 2011 | Oct. 27, 2011 | David M. Barrett | David Appelbaum |
When a violinist is shot dead, the CBI investigates the orchestra musicians. Patrick Jane believes that the petal of a hydrangea found at the crime scene will lead him to the culprit. | |||||||
69 | 23 | Bombs (1) | Strawberries and Cream (1) | May 19, 2011 | Nov 3, 2011 | Chris Long | Ashley Gable |
A young man blows himself up in front of a gas station. Patrick Jane tries to prove that this wasn't suicide, it was murder. But then he has to help Lisbon out of a tricky position. | |||||||
70 | 24 | Strawberries with cream (2) | Strawberries and Cream (2) | May 19, 2011 | Nov 10, 2011 | Chris Long | Bruno Heller |
Patrick Jane, with the help of his co-workers, tries to find Red John's informant in the CBI, who he hopes will lead him to Red John. He has 48 hours to do this. |
Season 4
The first broadcast of the fourth season was from September 22, 2011 to May 17, 2012 on the US broadcaster CBS . The German-language first broadcast of the first 12 episodes took place from February 2, 2012 to April 19, 2012 on the Austrian broadcaster ORF eins . After the summer break, ORF eins continued the German-language first broadcast and showed another 8 episodes of the fourth season from September 5 to 26, 2012. The German-language first broadcast of the last 4 episodes was from November 18, 2012 to December 9, 2012 on the German broadcaster Sat.1 .
No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (A / D) | Director | script |
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71 | 1 | A tough week (3) | Scarlet Ribbons | 22 Sep 2011 | Feb 2, 2012 | Charles Beeson | Bruno Heller |
Jane is in jail after the murder of Red John. With the gun that Red John threatened him with has disappeared, he tries to prove that Timothy Carter - the man he shot - was actually Red John. This turns out to be difficult because Jane's bail is so high that he has to remain in custody for the time being. | |||||||
72 | 2 | The final proof (4) | Little Red Book | 29 Sep 2011 | Feb 9, 2012 | Eric Laneuville | Tom Szentgyorgyi |
Patrick Jane returns to the CBI but is reassigned to a new team. He's trying to reunite his old team and get rid of his new boss. So the murder of a fitness trainer comes in handy. He's also secretly working to prove to Lisbon that Red John is still alive. | |||||||
73 | 3 | Hope and lie | Pretty red balloon | Oct 6, 2011 | Feb 16, 2012 | John F. Showalter | Ashley Gable |
Connor, a nine year old boy, is kidnapped at a bus stop. A balloon animal that was left behind indicates a serial offender. Beth, the son's mother and former client of Jane, seeks help from him and a professional medium. | |||||||
74 | 4th | The man from Texas | Ring Around the Rosie | Oct 13, 2011 | 23 Feb 2012 | Chris Long | Daniel Cerone |
During a demonstration, Jane sees evidence of a planned assassination attempt and develops a plan to lure the alleged perpetrator into the trap. But first he has to convince his new boss Luther Wainwright of his unorthodox methods. | |||||||
75 | 5 | Flower in the sea | Blood and Sand | Oct 20, 2011 | 1st Mar 2012 | John Polson | Eoghan Mahony |
A 19-year-old was washed up dead on an island off California. The people from the nearby village think it was washed ashore from the mainland. But Patrick Jane is certain that one of the islanders must be the killer. | |||||||
76 | 6th | Bounty hunter | Where in the World is Carmine O'Brien? | Oct. 27, 2011 | March 8 2012 | Bobby Roth | David Appelbaum |
When a police chief is murdered, the fugitive Carmine O'Brien is targeted by the CBI. But when Lisbon learns that her brother, the bounty hunter Tommy, is also after O'Brien, a fast-paced competition breaks out between the siblings. | |||||||
77 | 7th | The sign on the wall | Flashing red light | Nov 3, 2011 | 15th Mar 2012 | Simon Baker | Ken Woodruff |
A serial killer who assaulted young women several times in San Francisco strikes again in California. The CBI quickly got a suspect. Jane also meets the journalist James Panzer, who offers the investigators his help. But Panzer shows an unusual obsession with solving the case. And to top it all, the case will eventually be turned over to FBI Agent Susan Darcy. | |||||||
78 | 8th | A question of respect | Pink tops | Nov 17, 2011 | 22 Mar 2012 | Tom Verica | Erika Green Swafford |
The body of a young woman is discovered near a nightclub. Jane finds out that this is an undercover agent who was investigating a drug dealer. When Patrick disappears without a trace, Cho takes the prostitute Summer to his chest. | |||||||
79 | 9 | truth hurts | The Redshirt | Dec 8, 2011 | 29 Mar 2012 | Eric Laneuville | Jordan Harper |
A car explodes in front of a bar, and there is every indication that former NFL quarterback Doc Dugan was killed in the explosion. But when Patrick tries to search his apartment for evidence, he makes an amazing discovery there. | |||||||
80 | 10 | The murderer in the mask | Fugue in Red | Dec 15, 2011 | Apr 5, 2012 | Randy Zisk | Daniel Cerone |
A firefighter is murdered in a forest. Patrick Jane and his colleagues drive to the crime scene. When the mentalist searches for the murder weapon in the dark, the murderer attacks him and tries to drown him. Lisbon can save him, but when Jane wakes up, he can no longer remember everything that happened after the murder of his family (including them) and starts acting like he did before. When solving the case, there are therefore numerous problems. | |||||||
81 | 11 | The spirits we called | Always Bet on Red | Jan. 12, 2012 | Apr 12, 2012 | John F. Showalter | Ashley Gable |
A wealthy divorce lawyer dies in the explosion of his speedboat. While the CBI is working through a long list of suspects, the mentalist has completely different problems: He receives a visit from FBI agent Susan Darcy, who is handling the murder of James Panzer. Then Patrick's old adversary Red John answers. Jane realizes: Darcy has to get away from the case or she'll be Red John's next victim. | |||||||
82 | 12 | Alone in the wild | My Bloody Valentine | Jan. 19, 2012 | April 19, 2012 | Elodie Keene | Tom Szentgyorgyi |
When Grace Van Pelt is supposed to take a witness who is supposed to testify in a mafia murder to the CBI headquarters, she and her passenger are attacked and have to flee into the thick forest. Contrary to the regulations, Rigsby sets out to save the two and even leaves his pregnant girlfriend in the chair. The situation comes to a head when Jane addresses the mob boss personally. | |||||||
83 | 13 | The golden pen | Red is the New Black | Feb 2, 2012 | 5th Sep 2012 | Tom Verica | Eoghan Mahony |
A fashion designer is murdered in cold blood and found with a gold pen in his mouth. While the CBI tries to solve the murder quickly, new trouble looms for Jane: Susan Darcy contacts Rosalind Harker, searches the Red John files, goes through the murders of Panzer and Carter again and comes across inconsistencies. | |||||||
84 | 14th | In wine is truth | At first blush | Feb 9, 2012 | 5th Sep 2012 | Roxann Dawson | David Appelbaum |
Patrick Jane happened to observe a young woman accused of the murder of her dance teacher outside the courthouse and was promptly convinced of her innocence. To save her, he and Lisbon open the case again. But time is of the essence, the jury has already withdrawn to deliberate. | |||||||
85 | 15th | In the middle of summer | War of the Roses | Feb 16, 2012 | Sep 12 2012 | Geary McLeod | Ken Woodruff |
Patrick Jane has the murderess Erica Flynn, who he put behind bars for the murder of her husband behind bars, out of prison because she claims to have information on the murder of a social worker. | |||||||
86 | 16 | The red cloud | His Thoughts Were Red Thoughts | 23 Feb 2012 | Sep 12 2012 | Charles Beeson | Jordan Harper |
When the journalist Meadows is murdered while researching a murder that took place in the vicinity of the Visualize sect, Patrick Jane meets the well-known Bret Stiles. | |||||||
87 | 17th | Not in the mood for Shakespeare | Cheap Burgundy | March 8 2012 | 19 Sep 2012 | Bruno Heller | Bruno Heller |
A young girl is murdered and Jane thinks it is someone who knows about Shakespeare. However, he seems "not in the mood for Shakespeare", because shortly afterwards he works with FBI agent Darcy to solve the murder of a young woman who was found on a picnic area. What he doesn't know, however, are Darcy's real intentions: she thinks Patrick is Red John's ally and is secretly collecting evidence against him. | |||||||
88 | 18th | The aura of death | Ruddy Cheeks | 9 Mar 2012 | 19 Sep 2012 | Eric Laneuville | Erika Green Swafford |
A runaway tiger digs up a corpse. The CBI notes that the murdered man suffered from terminal cancer. The team tries to find out who killed the already fatally ill person. | |||||||
89 | 19th | The Wizard | Pink Champagne on Ice | 29 Mar 2012 | 26 Sep 2012 | David Von Ancken | Eoghan Mahony |
A man is found dead next to his car. His passenger has disappeared. Jane meets a magician he knows from earlier times in a nearby casino. | |||||||
90 | 20th | High school drama | Something's Rotten in Redmund | Apr 5, 2012 | 26 Sep 2012 | Guy Ferland | Rebecca Perry cutter |
A high school teacher is murdered. A threatening letter is discovered in his briefcase, probably from a student. | |||||||
91 | 21st | Red heels | Ruby slippers | Apr 26, 2012 | Nov 18, 2012 | Kevin Hooks | Daniel Cerone |
Patrick Jane and the CBI are looking for the murderer of a man who was found burned in front of a travesty theater. In the course of their investigations, they come across numerous suspects, all of whom harassed the victim. | |||||||
92 | 22nd | It's called greed | So Long, and Thanks for All the Red Snapper | May 3, 2012 | Nov 25, 2012 | Chris Long | Ashley Gable |
While the CBI team is investigating the murder of a surfer, Lisbon meets her former fiancé Greg Tayback, whom she has not seen for several years. Meanwhile, Cho doubts his relationship with Summer will continue. | |||||||
93 | 23 | The open grave | Red Rover, Red Rover | May 10, 2012 | Dec 2, 2012 | John F. Showalter | Tom Szentgyorgyi |
Just in time for the ninth anniversary of his wife's death, Patrick Jane receives a message from Red John. In order to finally be able to track down his eternal adversary, he leaves his team in the lurch to solve the current case and thus endangers his future at the CBI. | |||||||
94 | 24 | The fisherman and the fish | The Crimson Hat | 17th May 2012 | Dec 9, 2012 | Chris Long | Bruno Heller |
After Jane has not contacted his colleagues from the CBI for six months, Red John indirectly sends him the message that he is ready to meet in order to reconcile himself with his eternal adversary. As proof of Patrick's loyalty to Red John, however, he asks the head of Teresa Lisbon as a "gift". Jane agrees and apparently kills Lisbon. Shortly afterwards, it turns out that the two Lisbons were only faking death to lure Red John into a trap. However, this plan fails in a dramatic way when the planned arrest of Red John CBI boss Luther Wainwright is killed. |
Season 5
The first broadcast of the fifth season was from September 30, 2012 to May 5, 2013 on the US broadcaster CBS . The German-language first broadcast started on January 6, 2013 on Sat.1 , but took place on the Austrian broadcaster ORF eins from the second episode .
No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (D / A) | Director | script |
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95 | 1 | Red glass beads | The Crimson Ticket | Sep 30 2012 | Jan. 6, 2013 | Randy Zisk | Bruno Heller |
Patrick Jane hopes that the arrest of Lorelei Martins, an assistant to the serial killer Red John, will provide him with more information about his identity and current whereabouts. However, the FBI is also very interested in taking Martins into custody. Meanwhile, a man and a woman are found dead next to each other in an apartment, who at first glance have nothing to do with each other. | |||||||
96 | 2 | Belladonna | Devil's Cherry | Oct 7, 2012 | Jan. 7, 2013 | Randy Zisk | Daniel Cerone |
In the apartment of a brutally murdered jeweler who recently cut an extremely valuable diamond, Patrick Jane accidentally tastes a tea poisoned with Belladonna . As a result, he passes out briefly and hallucinates from his daughter Charlotte, who was killed by Red John. | |||||||
97 | 3 | Ticket to Brazil | Not One Red Cent | Oct 14, 2012 | Jan. 14, 2013 | Chris Long | Ken Woodruff |
When a bank branch is attacked by three masked men, Jane happens to be nearby. The robbers loot a million dollars in their raid, but the deputy branch manager Ernie Wright is found dead in the vault of the bank. During his investigation, Patrick quickly notices that there must have been an accomplice within the bank during the robbery. | |||||||
98 | 4th | The last greeting | Blood Feud | Oct 21, 2012 | Jan. 21, 2013 | Anton Cropper | Jordan Harper |
In their current investigation, Lisbon and her team are caught between the lines of two notorious gangs. During their mission there is a fatal exchange of fire between a suspect and Wayne Rigsby, who has to answer to the internal CBI investigator JJ LaRoche. | |||||||
99 | 5 | How everything began | Red Dawn | Oct 28, 2012 | Jan. 28, 2013 | Chris Long | Tom Szentgyorgyi |
A year after the serial killer Red John killed Jane's wife and daughter, Jane arrives at CBI headquarters and asks Lisbon and her team to see the Red John files. When a murder case can be solved with his support, Jane is officially hired as a consultant. | |||||||
100 | 6th | Five million | Cherry Picked | Nov 4, 2012 | Feb 4, 2013 | John F. Showalter | David Appelbaum |
A security guard is found dead in a posh residential area. When Lisbon and her team begin the investigation, it turns out that a wealthy couple were apparently kidnapped from their home at the same time. The kidnappers demand a ransom of $ 5 million for the release of the two. However, when the supposedly kidnapped couple returns unscathed from their vacation together, it turns out that the kidnapped are friends of the young couple who should take care of the house. | |||||||
101 | 7th | Unassailable | If It Bleeds, It Leads | Nov 11, 2012 | Feb 11, 2013 | John F. Showalter | Eoghan Mahony |
The young television journalist Cassie Flood speeds down a slope with her car unrestrained. Lisbon and her team find out that they had recently been working on a hot-blooded story about the multibillionaire Tommy Volker, which was supposed to uncover his commissioned extermination of an entire tribe in the Amazon. At the same time, Jane continues his search for Lorelei Martins without the help of his colleagues. | |||||||
102 | 8th | Miranda | Red Sails in the Sunset | Nov 18, 2012 | Feb. 18, 2013 | Simon Baker | Daniel Cerone |
With the help of an escape plan initiated by Patrick Jane and Bret Stiles, Lorelei Martins succeeds in breaking out of the maximum security prison. Through his daring help to escape Jane hopes to coax valuable information from her about his eternal adversary Red John. Martins is not too enthusiastic about this idea, but gives him the hint that he knows it personally. | |||||||
103 | 9 | Cherry red | Black Cherry | Nov 25, 2012 | Feb 25, 2013 | Elodie Keene | Erika Green Swafford |
A young man is found on a golf course, his car has disappeared. The first suspect is the gang he was dealing with a few years ago. | |||||||
104 | 10 | The botanist | Panama Red | Dec 9, 2012 | 4th Mar 2013 | Guy Ferland | Michael Weiss |
The death of a young botanist leads the team around the mentalist into the world of medical marijuana. Meanwhile, Cho involuntarily meets Summer Edgecombe again. | |||||||
105 | 11 | Wrong time, wrong place | Days of Wine and Roses | Jan. 6, 2013 | 11th Mar 2013 | Eric Laneuville | Rebecca Perry cutter |
The CBI is investigating inside a rehabilitation clinic in which a model was found dead who was here in rehab. At the same time, Lisbon starts her personal campaign of revenge against Tommy Volker, whom she now finally wants to put behind bars for numerous contract killings. Due to his numerous connections and relationships with a wide variety of influential people, this project turns out to be an extremely difficult undertaking. | |||||||
106 | 12 | The only witness | Little Red Corvette | Jan. 13, 2013 | 18 Mar 2013 | Randy Zisk | Ken Woodruff |
A geologist is found dead in a remote warehouse. As they investigate the case, Lisbon and her team quickly realize that this murder could be the ultimate key to Tommy Volker's arrest. From a remote-controlled car found at the scene, Jane also concludes that the murder must have been observed by a young boy who was in the wrong place at the wrong time. | |||||||
107 | 13 | The red barn | The Red Barn | Jan. 27, 2013 | 25th Mar 2013 | Allison Anders | Tom Szentgyorgyi |
Skeletons of three men who were killed over twenty years ago are found in an old barn. Red John's smiley is painted on the outside wall of the barn. | |||||||
108 | 14th | Night in the museum | Red in Tooth and Claw | Feb. 17, 2013 | Jul 29, 2013 | Randy Zisk | Jordan Harper |
In a laboratory at the Biology Faculty of the Natural History Museum, a half-decomposed young student is found in a wooden box with carnivorous worms and beetles. Jane also helps to improve Bertram's playing skills for the evening poker round so that he can win against the judge once. | |||||||
109 | 15th | Woman overboard | Red Lacquer Nail Polish | 3rd Mar 2013 | Aug 5, 2013 | Geary McLeod | Eoghan Mahony |
A completely burned body is found in the villa of an old, rich woman. First, the old woman's nephew comes under suspicion, but her doctor could also have something to do with the murder. | |||||||
110 | 16 | No turning back | There Will Be Blood | 10 Mar 2013 | Aug 12, 2013 | Anton Cropper | Ken Woodruff & David Appelbaum |
Lorelei Martins is looking for her sister's murderer. She doesn't think it's Red John, as Patrick Jane claimed. Meanwhile, the CBI has to work with Homeland Security on the Lorelei Martins case. | |||||||
111 | 17th | The memorial palace | Red, white and blue | 17th Mar 2013 | 19 Aug 2013 | Robert Duncan McNeill | Tony Astrino |
A young woman who worked in both a civilian and military hospital is found dead near a church. But no military member wants to talk to the CBI and there are also people who suffer from memory loss and therefore cannot remember anything. | |||||||
112 | 18th | Short and painless | Behind the red curtain | 24 Mar 2013 | 26 Aug 2013 | Chris Long | Erika Green Swafford & Eoghan Mahony |
A young woman falls onto a car from the balcony of a hotel. Time is running out for the investigators, because soon a musical will be performed in which this woman would have played. Patrick Jane is waiting for the seriously injured man Lorelei Martins shot to wake up from a coma. Jane hopes for information about Red John from him. | |||||||
113 | 19th | Cowboys and Indians | Red Letter Day | Apr 14, 2013 | Sep 2 2013 | Guy Ferland | Michael Weiss |
The CBI is called in when the owner of a Wild West tourist town is found dead. Meanwhile, FBI agent Kirkland tries to find out exactly how much Patrick Jane knows about Red John. | |||||||
114 | 20th | A recipe for love | Red velvet cupcakes | Apr 21, 2013 | Sep 9 2013 | David M. Barrett | Rebecca Perry cutter |
A woman who was also shot in the foot several times is found shot. The CBI finds out there is a link to a radio show that the victim and her husband recently appeared on. Patrick smuggles Wayne and Grace into the show as a couple. | |||||||
115 | 21st | Nine years not a word | Red and Itchy | Apr 28, 2013 | 16 Sep 2013 | David Paymer | Daniel Cerone |
JJ LaRoche personally calls for Jane's help when the mysterious Tupperware container he has been hiding in his safe for nine years is suddenly stolen from his house. | |||||||
116 | 22nd | Seven names | Red John's Rules | May 5, 2013 | 23 Sep 2013 | Chris Long | Bruno Heller |
Just as Jane has reduced the list of suspects regarding Red John to seven people, Red John strikes again. The victim is linked to Jane's past. |
Season 6
The first broadcast of the sixth season was from September 29, 2013 to May 18, 2014 on the US broadcaster CBS . The German pay TV channel Sat.1 emotions broadcast the first episode in German on January 7, 2014. The remaining episodes were first broadcast from January 13 to November 17, 2014 on the Austrian channel ORF eins .
No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (D / A) | Director | script |
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117 | 1 | Lilies in the desert | The Desert Rose | 29 Sep 2013 | Jan. 7, 2014 | Chris Long | Bruno Heller |
Despite Jane's desire to keep the seven names a secret, the entire team eventually finds out about them. During the investigation into the death of a man buried in the desert, Lisbon receives an anonymous tip on the Red John case. When she investigates this, she discovers one of the seven suspects - seriously wounded - and is then attacked by Red John herself. | |||||||
118 | 2 | Redbird | Black-Winged Redbird | Oct 6, 2013 | Jan. 13, 2014 | Robert Duncan McNeill | Tom Szentgyorgyi |
Jane discovers an important clue about Red John's personality as the team scrutinizes four of the suspects. Meanwhile, the CBI is investigating the case of a software engineer killed by a drone. | |||||||
119 | 3 | Fear of heights | Wedding in Red | Oct 13, 2013 | Jan. 20, 2014 | Randy Zisk | Daniel Cerone |
Jane makes the CBI investigate a case in Napa County so that he can focus his full concentration on Sheriff McAllister there. This is one of the six people he suspects of being Red John. Van Pelt and Rigsby meanwhile celebrate their wedding. | |||||||
120 | 4th | The wrong list | Red Listed | Oct 20, 2013 | Jan. 27, 2014 | Eric Laneuville | Rebecca Perry cutter |
To divert attention from the real list of suspects, Jane placed a list of fake Red John suspects in his office. When one man is killed from the list and another disappears, he realizes that someone must have seen the list. It turns out that FBI agent Bob Kirkland - one of Jane's actual suspects - is himself on a vendetta against Red John and isn't afraid to kill all of Jane's list. Jane and the team manage to arrest Kirkland, but on the journey of the prisoner transport, he is shot by a corrupt police officer whom he discovered during his investigation. | |||||||
121 | 5 | Three points | The Red Tattoo | Oct 27, 2013 | Feb 3, 2014 | Tawnia McKiernan | Eoghan Mahony |
A gymnastics trainer runs into his hotel room and is found dying there. Nobody went in or out of the room. Since the trainer was involved with Visualize, the CBI has to work with Ray Haffner. | |||||||
122 | 6th | Only five more | Fire and Brimstone | Nov 10, 2013 | Feb 10, 2014 | John F. Showalter | Ken Woodruff |
With the information Patrick got from an investigator shortly before her death, he finally wants to catch Red John. So he invites the remaining five men on the Red John list to a meeting. | |||||||
123 | 7th | Best connections | The Great Red Dragon | Nov 17, 2013 | Feb. 17, 2014 | Elodie Keene | Jordan Harper |
After a bomb explodes while meeting Jane, two suspects flee. Together, Jane's team tries to find the refugees, while the Blake organization tries to silence them. | |||||||
124 | 8th | The game is over | Red John | Nov 24, 2013 | Feb. 24, 2014 | Chris Long | Bruno Heller |
Jane arranges a meeting with Gale Bertram. He made it clear to him there that he was not Red John and that Jane had to die because the Blake organization did not like Jane's actions . He signals to an accomplice to kill Jane, who shoots Bertram instead. Then Sheriff Thomas McAllister appears and admits that he is Red John and thus also the head of the Blake organization. He wants to kill Jane, but this succeeds in killing Red John's henchman and shooting Red John in the stomach. However, through a second accomplice, Red John escapes. After a short escape, Red John collapses from the gunshot wound. Jane can now be assured by Red John that he is sorry for the death of Jane's family. Red John then asks Jane to let him live, but Jane strangles him. Jane calls Lisbon to tell her it is done, he is fine and that he will miss her. Then he escapes from the crime scene. | |||||||
125 | 9 | The deal | My Blue Heaven | Dec. 1, 2013 | 3rd Mar 2014 | Simon Baker | Tom Szentgyorgyi |
Two years after he killed Red John, Jane is in the Caribbean to avoid the FBI. While Lisbon is now just a simple policewoman in Washington, Rigsby and Van Pelt run a private security company and have one child. Cho, meanwhile, has switched to the FBI. When the FBI finds out where Jane is, Agent Abbott visits him to offer to work for her in Austin, Texas. In return, the charges against him are to be dropped. Jane agrees, but has his own terms. | |||||||
126 | 10 | A couch for Jane | Green Thumb | Dec 8, 2013 | 10 Mar 2014 | Robert Duncan McNeill | Daniel Cerone |
Because the FBI refuses to accept Jane's terms, he refuses to work for her. When a computer specialist who works for the government disappears, he lets himself be persuaded to work on the case. After tracking down the man, he tricked Abbott into making him work for the FBI on his terms. In particular, this means that Lisbon will also be offered a position with the FBI. | |||||||
127 | 11 | The lesson | White lines | Jan. 5, 2014 | 17th Mar 2014 | Guy Ferland | Ken Woodruff |
When five drug traffickers are killed in Corpus Christi, the Lisbon team is called in. Jane meets a witness for dinner. In doing so, he again single-handedly determines what almost costs him his life. | |||||||
128 | 12 | Letters in a circle | The Golden Hammer | Jan. 12, 2014 | 24 Mar 2014 | Jim Hayman | Michael Weiss |
After the cartographer Charles Whitaker mysteriously dies, the FBI investigates the case. Jane finds a newspaper that takes the investigation forward. Meanwhile, Osvaldo Ardiles suspects that his cell phone is bugged and asks Lisbon for advice. She sends him to Rigsby and Van Pelt, who now run a security company. Van Pelt finds out that several former CBI employees have been bugged. Rigsby finds Osvaldo Ardiles dead. | |||||||
129 | 13 | A black helicopter | Black Helicopters | 9 Mar 2014 | Sep 15 2014 | Randy Zisk | Erika Green Swafford |
A woman prosecutor is found murdered in Mexico. Nobody can explain how it got there. To find the solution, Jane has to sneak into a commune. While searching a property for the Ardiles affair, JJ LaRoche is shot dead by a rifle triggered by a tripwire. | |||||||
130 | 14th | The little black book | Gray water | 16. Mar. 2014 | 22 Sep 2014 | Geary McLeod | David Appelbaum |
A man who was litigating an oil production company is found dead on the company's property. The company operates fracking in the region and has to fight against an anti-oil organization that calls itself "The Cooperative" and, among other things. a. Carries out cyber attacks. The team is also trying to find out who was responsible for the murders of Ardiles and LaRoche and an attack on Rigsby and Van Pelt. | |||||||
131 | 15th | Bloody snow | White as the Driven Snow | 23 Mar 2014 | 29 Sep 2014 | Chris Long | Eoghan Mahony |
Van Pelt is kidnapped and, after she was able to free herself from a cellar, finds herself in a snowy, deserted area. Meanwhile, Patrick Jane and Wayne Rigsby must use unusual means to find out where she is. | |||||||
132 | 16 | A good fraud | Violets | 30th Mar 2014 | Oct 6, 2014 | J. Miller Tobin | Jordan Harper |
A gang of art thieves shot the owner of the gallery in a burglary. Jane offers to help the FBI Art Department. Because the robbers are so cunning, Patrick Jane comes up with a special plan. | |||||||
133 | 17th | Half past eight | Silver Wings of Time | Apr 13, 2014 | Oct 13, 2014 | James Hayman | Tom Szentgyorgyi & Rebecca Perry Cutter |
A man is killed by a bomb at a bus stop. It turns out he was looking for evidence to save his foster brother from the impending death penalty. Time is running out because the execution is scheduled to take place in a few days. | |||||||
134 | 18th | Honey for the bear | Forest Green | April 20, 2014 | Oct 20, 2014 | Eric Laneuville | Jeffrey Hatcher |
A young woman's body is found near a club that only accepts male members. In order to expose the killer, Agent Abbott lets himself be bribed with thirty percent of a large sum of money and Jane gives a magic show for the club members. | |||||||
135 | 19th | The man in the background | Brown eyed girls | Apr. 27, 2014 | Oct. 27, 2014 | Sylvain White | Eoghan Mahony & Michael Weiss |
While shopping for taco, Jane meets a man with suspicious bags, which ends Lisbon's date with Agent Pike prematurely. Jane, Lisbon and Cho act as CB radio operators in search of a truck carrying illegal cargo. | |||||||
136 | 20th | Heart on hand | Il Tavolo Bianco | May 4, 2014 | Nov 3, 2014 | Tom Snyder | Daniel Cerone & Erika Green Swafford |
Jane's freedom is at stake when a grand jury is assembled to decide whether he should be charged for the murder of Red John. Lisbon, meanwhile, is trying to figure out how Jane would feel if she left Austin and moved to Washington with Agent Pike. Meanwhile, Cho and Abbott are pursuing new traces of the human smuggling ring they had recently discovered. | |||||||
137 | 21st | Veni, Vidi, Vici | Black Hearts | May 11, 2014 | Nov 10, 2014 | Randy Zisk | David Appelbaum & Ken Woodruff |
Jane and Lisbon are in a race against time if they want to free the victims of the human smuggling ring before they are shipped overseas. Step by step, they approach the mastermind behind the criminal operation. Lisbon, meanwhile, decides to move to Washington, DC with Agent Pike . This then makes her a marriage proposal. | |||||||
138 | 22nd | It is never too late | Blue bird | May 18, 2014 | Nov 17, 2014 | Chris Long | Bruno Heller |
A new lead in an old case requires Lisbon to postpone her plans to move to Washington, DC, which finally gives Jane enough time to understand how he feels about her and to decide how to proceed. |
Season 7
The first broadcast of the seventh season was between November 30, 2014 and February 18, 2015 on the US broadcaster CBS . The Austrian broadcaster ORF eins broadcast the German-language first broadcast from April 13 to July 13, 2015.
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No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (A) | Director | script |
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139 | 1 | Two cases, one plan | Nothing But Blue Skies | Nov 30, 2014 | Apr 13, 2015 | Chris Long | Tom Szentgyorgyi |
Jane and Lisbon have taken a short break from the FBI but are soon called to a crime scene by Abbott. An agent working undercover for the FBI was shot dead after visiting a bowling alley. Agent Michelle Vega joins the FBI team as a new member. | |||||||
140 | 2 | Woman at the wheel | The Greybar Hotel | 7th Dec 2014 | April 20, 2015 | Bill Eagles | Jordan Harper |
While trying to steal a car, the girlfriend of the boss of a car thief gang is captured. She does not reveal anything about her boyfriend's whereabouts and prefers to go to prison. Lisbon is taken undercover as a prisoner to the same prison and is supposed to try to find out the whereabouts of her friend. | |||||||
141 | 3 | Orange blossom ice cream | Orange Blossom Ice Cream | Dec 14, 2014 | Apr 27, 2015 | Chris Long | Tom Szentgyorgyi |
Erica Flynn reports to the FBI and offers to betray her friend Jan Nemic, a courier for terrorist organizations, if she gets a reprieve. Jane and Lisbon travel to Beirut to meet Erica and Nemic. | |||||||
142 | 4th | The trail of the stones | Black Market | Dec 21, 2014 | May 4, 2015 | Michael Nankin | Tom Donaghy |
From a jeweler who sells stolen diamonds, the FBI learns that the diamonds are being sold at a gemstone fair. Cho and Vega go to the gem fair in Houston. During the investigation, a gem seller at the fair is murdered. Jane helps with the investigation from headquarters because he's sick. | |||||||
143 | 5 | Curiosity kills the cat | The Silver Briefcase | Dec 28, 2014 | May 11, 2015 | Simon Baker | Jordan Harper |
During a meeting with a colonel, Jane realizes that he has something to hide. The team begins to secretly investigate the closed murder case of the Colonel's wife. | |||||||
144 | 6th | Green light | Green light | Jan. 7, 2015 | May 18, 2015 | Geary McLeod | Alex Berger |
During a raid, DEA investigators fail to find the drugs they expected. A little later, a unit investigator is murdered and Abbott's team is supposed to help the DEA. Abbott meets his old boss, who tries to get Abbott to give him a key role in solving the murder by blackmailing him with an incident from his past. | |||||||
145 | 7th | The poker round | Little Yellow House | Jan. 14, 2015 | Jun 1, 2015 | Edward Ornelas | Marisa Wegrzyn |
Lisbons brother is wanted after he fled the FBI when he was about to be questioned as a witness to a murder. Lisbon and Jane try to find him to get him to make a statement. Jane gets to know parts of the Lisbon family. | |||||||
146 | 8th | On the safe side | The Whites of His Eyes | Jan. 21, 2015 | Jun 8, 2015 | Rod Holcomb | Erin Donovan |
A witness in a murder case and two FBI agents are shot dead by a sniper. The FBI assumes that the second and last surviving witness will also be murdered. She is convinced by Jane to give her testimony in court. Jane comes up with a plan to protect the woman until the trial. | |||||||
147 | 9 | Rio Bravo | Copper Bullet | Jan. 28, 2015 | Jun 15, 2015 | Tom Snyder | Tom Donaghy |
Bill Peterson, Abbott's former boss, travels to Rio Bravo to get the bullet Abbott used to kill a criminal from a grave as evidence against him. Above all, he wants to prevent Abbott's wife Lena Abbott from becoming economics minister. Jane learns of his plan from Wylie, who has been monitoring Peterson. Jane, Lisbon, Wylie, Vega and Cho try to find evidence against Peterson for misappropriating evidence to hold something against Peterson. | |||||||
148 | 10 | My death doesn't hurt me | Nothing Gold Can Stay | Feb. 4, 2015 | Jun 22, 2015 | Paul A. Kaufman | Alex Berger |
Three robbers attack a money truck. With the help of Jane, the team finds a bank employee who helped the robbers but does not reveal any information about the robbers. Cho and Vega set out to find the last whereabouts of the bank employee, where he could have met with the robbers. There is a shooting in a diner. One of the perpetrators is shot by Cho, but Vega is also shot. Vega dies as a result of the wound. The robbers have fled to a house and have taken two hostages. Jane has a plan, but Cho and Abbott want to storm the house. When Jane finds out that Lisbon should be there too, he goes into the house himself. He manages to free the two hostages and turn two of the robbers against each other. When they start shooting at each other, Cho and Abbott storm the house and rescue Jane. After Vegas' funeral, Jane tells Lisbon that he can no longer work for the FBI. Lisbon can choose to go with him or stay with the FBI. | |||||||
149 | 11 | Pale bones, red clay | Byzantium | Feb 11, 2015 | 29 Jun 2015 | Nina Lopez-Corrado | Jordan Harper & Marisa Wegrzyn |
A woman and a man are murdered. One medium offers to help the FBI. Through his tip, the FBI found a spot in a forest where several victims of a mass murderer were buried. The FBI suspects that the man himself is the mass murderer. | |||||||
150 | 12 | Lazarus | Brown Shag Carpet | Feb. 18, 2015 | Jul 6, 2015 | Geary McLeod | Tom Szentgyorgyi |
Jane appears in the media as a clairvoyant to lure the serial killer out of cover. This reports to one of the radio broadcasts and introduces himself as Lazarus. He kidnaps Jane and takes him to a basement room of his house, where Jane discovers the mummified body of the serial killer's father. Jane can manipulate Joe Keller, aka Lazarus, and manages to trigger a gas explosion in the cellar that supposedly kills Lazarus. | |||||||
151 | 13 | White orchids | White orchids | Feb. 18, 2015 | Jul 13, 2015 | Chris Long | Bruno Heller , Tom Szentgyorgyi & Jordan Harper |
Joe Keller survived the explosion and wants revenge on Jane. Jane and Lisbon get engaged and want to get married the day after next. While the wedding preparations get out of hand, Lazarus finds out where the wedding will take place. The FBI traps him there and arrests him. After the wedding, Lisbon tells Jane that she is pregnant. |
Web links
- Episode list in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Episode list at TheFutonCritic.com
- List of episodes at Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Mentalist: Season 1 . In: Zap2it.com . Retrieved September 30, 2013.
- ↑ a b c d e f g The Mentalist: Broadcast dates for the television series on ORF eins . In: Fernsehserien.de . Retrieved October 30, 2010.
- ↑ The Mentalist: Season 2 . In: Zap2it.com . Retrieved September 30, 2013.
- ↑ a b c The Mentalist: Broadcast dates for the television series on Sat.1 . fernsehserien.de. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
- ↑ The Mentalist: Season 3 . In: Zap2it.com . Retrieved September 30, 2013.
- ↑ The Mentalist: Season 4 . In: Zap2it.com . Retrieved September 30, 2013.
- ↑ The Mentalist: Season 5 . In: Zap2it.com . Retrieved September 30, 2013.
- ↑ The Mentalist: Season 6 . In: Zap2it.com . Retrieved September 30, 2013.
- ↑ The Mentalist: Season 7 . In: Zap2it.com . Retrieved December 2, 2014.