In the season 3 of The Mentalist, Patrick Jane threatens J.J. LaRoche to expose his secret if he doesn't give him his suspect list. LaRoche's secret is somethin
The CBI in the mentalist stands for California Bureau of Investigation, initially I thought this was a regional office of the FBI, but it doesn't seem to be (no
In the episode "There Will Be Blood" (The Mentalist, S05E16), Lorelei tracks down the people she believes to be behind her sister's abduction and murder, and ex
There are a few shows out where the antagonist is a serial killer type that has a network of followers: The Mentalist and The Following most prominently, and El
In The Mentalist S6 Ep 17 "Silver Wings of Time" they construct an elaborate deception to trick the real killer into confessing. How realistic is this concep
I have doubts about Gale Bertram being one of Red John's men. The main reason is in the 3rd season, final episode titled "Strawberries and Cream (Part II)". In
The last three episodes of "The Mentalist" are about arresting a serial killer (Keller). In episode 11, a man named "Gabriel Osbourne" claimed to be a psychic a
Rewatching The Mentalist lately, I realized that we actually meet Red John quite early. The true identity of Red John was revealed years later. That made me w
The original intro of the TV show The Mentalist defines a mentalist as follows: Mentalist /'men-tə-list/ noun Someone who uses mental acuity, hypno
There are shows like Castle, The Mentalist and more where the main character acts as a consultant to the detective team. Like in Castle, Richard Castle works as
Spoilers Ahead In season 5 finale of The Mentalist, we saw Red John delivering a CD to Patrick. The CD contains a video that was created 2 months back. In the v
In season 2, episode 8 of the Mentalist, it is revealed that Rebecca Anderson, a secretary in CBI is a Red John operative. She kills a number of CBI agents, etc
Watching the German version of The Mentalist on Netflix I discovered something that seems strange to me: Whenever someone of the core CBI team member talks to
In The Mentalist - S05E05 - Red Dawn I noticed the portrait of Arnold Schwarzenegger hanging in the CBI's office near the elevator. What is connection here b
So, this question is not really about the series the Mentalist, but I think it fits here anyway. First, I am not from US, so I dont know if CBI really exists o
I have been rewatching The Mentalist on TV lately, and it seems to me that Red John's motive is never revealed. I could find nothing on Wikipedia and various fa
Red John was the main villain around which the TV show The Mentalist revolved for five and a half seasons. I kinda expected it to go on until the end of the sho
At the end of season 6, episode 12 of The Mentalist, Patrick Jane says to Kim Fischer that he has a foolproof line. Before this, halfway through the episode, th
In season 6, Patrick goes to an island off Venezuala after killing Red John, where he "accidentally" meets an American woman, Kim. While on the island, the sex
Ok so here's what I don't understand, on season 3 episode 10, Patrick approaches Virgil and convinces him to help him give the suspect list that J.J. LaRoche po