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Season 1


"The Mentalist" (2008): Season 1: Episode 1 -- How good are your observation skills?  Check out The Mentalist Tuesdays this Fall.
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Season 1, Episode 1: Pilot

Original Air Date—23 September 2008
A double murder seems to be the work of a notorious serial killer named Red John, but CBI Agent Patrick Jane thinks it's the work of a copycat.

"The Mentalist" (2008): Season 1: Episode 2 -- Jane makes it clear to Lisbon exactly what he will do if they catch Red John.
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Season 1, Episode 2: Red Hair and Silver Tape

Original Air Date—30 September 2008
The body of Melanie O'Keefe is found at a Napa Valley vineyard. Teresa believes that the murder is the result of an argument between lovers.

Season 1, Episode 3: Red Tide

Original Air Date—14 October 2008
The body of a young surfer girl is washed up on the Santa Marta Beach and Patrick socializes with her friends to find the killer.

Season 1, Episode 4: Ladies in Red

Original Air Date—21 October 2008
A wealthy banker is found dead inside a secret vault in his house, and the team delves into his secret life to find out who killed him.

"The Mentalist" (2008): Season 1: Episode 5 -- The gang scolds Jane for listening to a victim's MP3 player.
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Season 1, Episode 5: Redwood

Original Air Date—28 October 2008
A girl is found stabbed to death in a forest and her amnesiac best friend is the prime suspect, although Patrick has doubts and attempts to jog her memory.

Season 1, Episode 6: Red-Handed

Original Air Date—11 November 2008
The severed hand of a hotel casino owner is found on the California-Nevada state line. While the CBI suspects it's a mob hit, Patrick uses the opportunity to win big by counting cards.

"The Mentalist" (2008): Season 1: Episode 7 -- A missing boy's sister comes forward to discuss his case.
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Season 1, Episode 7: Seeing Red

Original Air Date—18 November 2008
A wealthy woman is killed in a hit-and-run. The investigation leads the CBI to a psychic woman the victim regularly visited, whom Patrick, being an ex-psychic himself, suspects of being a con woman.

"The Mentalist" (2008): Season 1: Episode 8 -- The CBI team investigates a murder in a wilderness program.
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Season 1, Episode 8: The Thin Red Line

Original Air Date—25 November 2008
CBI is forced to work with two Davis police officers to solve a double homicide involving a star witness in a drug trial. However, CBI soon suspects that the officers may have a connection to the other victim in the case.

"The Mentalist" (2008): Season 1: Episode 9 -- The team questions the wife of a murdered man in a small town.

Season 1, Episode 9: Flame Red

Original Air Date—2 December 2008
CBI uncovers three arson cases, all of which involve men in the same real estate business, and who also served in the same National Guard unit.

"The Mentalist" (2008): Season 1: Episode 10 -- An inside look at creating the character Patrick Jane.

Season 1, Episode 10: Red Brick and Ivy

Original Air Date—16 December 2008
An acquaintance of Patrick requests his help in solving a murder related to a neurological science project which involves animal testing.

"The Mentalist" (2008): Season 1: Episode 11 -- Mrs. Renfrew helps Jane out of a tight spot.
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Season 1, Episode 11: Red John's Friends

Original Air Date—4 January 2009
Patrick makes a deal to try and prove a convict's innocence in exchange for information about Red John.

"The Mentalist" (2008): Season 1: Episode 12 -- Tamzin Dove demonstrates a killing spell for the team.
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Season 1, Episode 12: Red Rum

Original Air Date—11 January 2009
A young football talent in a small town is found dead, apparently killed in a black magic sacrifice ritual, and the center of the investigation becomes a self-proclaimed Wicca whose cat was allegedly tortured and killed by the victim.

"The Mentalist" (2008): Season 1: Episode 13 -- Rigsby and Jane plot a bit of a rebellion.
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Season 1, Episode 13: Paint It Red

Original Air Date—16 January 2009
CBI discovers that an executive's murder is tied to the theft of a valuable painting, and the investigation leads to confrontation between Patrick and a Russian mobster who wanted the painting.

Season 1, Episode 14: Crimson Casanova

Original Air Date—8 February 2009
The wife of a wealthy businessman is found shot to death in a spa and the CBI suspects that her womanizing lover is connected to the murder.

"The Mentalist" (2008): Season 1: Episode 15 -- Lisbon chides Jane for hypnotizing a suspect.
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Season 1, Episode 15: Scarlett Fever

Original Air Date—15 February 2009
A wealthy jewelry designer is poisoned at a party and the CBI's investigation uncovers the double lives of a number of people around her.

Season 1, Episode 16: Bloodshot

Original Air Date—17 March 2009
Patrick is temporarily blinded by a bomb blast just before the CBI are called in to investigate the murder of a stock-broker.

Season 1, Episode 17: Carnelian, Inc.

Original Air Date—24 March 2009
The Attorney General receives some strange email, CBI is ordered to investigate. They're soon investigating a high profile murder that involves a company's executive board.

"The Mentalist" (2008): Season 1: Episode 18 -- A hypnosis mastermind tries to get under Van Pelt's skin.
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Season 1, Episode 18: Russet Potatoes

Original Air Date—31 March 2009
Car salesman Carl Resnick brings CBI the body of Mary Beth Hendricks (27), thinking it's a 'sack of potatoes': resulting from a masterly hypnotic suggestion. But was the killing conform to his deep desire or staged by the hypnotizer? She left her sister Lindsay's employer, Model Life, to work for leading hypnotherapist Dr. Royston Daniel's 'Neurolinguistic Programming' firm. His assistant Carl Resnick confesses to the killing, but Lindsay disputes this claiming Royston was Mary's lover, which he denies. Then another hypnosis complicates and ultimately clarifies everything.

"The Mentalist" (2008): Season 1: Episode 19 -- The CBI investigates a murder in Hollywood.
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Season 1, Episode 19: A Dozen Red Roses

Original Air Date—7 April 2009
A former state senator is murdered, and the team discovers that he was producing a movie for his actress wife and that he may have a connection to a drug dealer.

Season 1, Episode 20: Red Sauce

Original Air Date—26 April 2009
An ex-mobster in the Witness Protection Program is found executed. The mafia is the prime suspect, so Patrick socializes with its leader.

"The Mentalist" (2008): Season 1: Episode 21 -- Cho and Jane look into a private club while investigating the murder of a wealthy CEO.
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Season 1, Episode 21: Miss Red

Original Air Date—3 May 2009
While investigating the murder of a C.E.O., Patrick matches wits with a sexy con artist who was trying to get her hands on his secret stash of millions of dollars.

"The Mentalist" (2008): Season 1: Episode 22 -- Patrick Jane must find a clever way to convince the troubled kids at a wilderness program to confide in him about what really happened surrounding the death of one of their peers, on The Mentalist, Tuesday, May 12
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Season 1, Episode 22: Blood Brothers

Original Air Date—12 May 2009
A teenage boy's murder appears to be related to a secret group he belonged to at an unorthodox school for troubled teens.

"The Mentalist" (2008): Season 1: Episode 23 -- Cho turns down a personal offer while investigating a case.
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Season 1, Episode 23: Red John's Footsteps

Original Air Date—19 May 2009
A victim is discovered in a park deliberately disposed of in CBI jurisdiction with evidence that Red John is involved. The team learns there may be another victim, and suspects Red John is luring Jane.

Season 2


Season 2, Episode 1: Redemption

Original Air Date—22 September 2009
While the unit tackles a murder case involving a woman who stole a million dollars from her employer, Patrick finds out that they have been removed from the Red John case.

Season 2, Episode 2: The Scarlett Letter

Original Air Date—5 October 2009
While CBI investigates the murder of a California state senator's aide, Patrick works on his own under the assumption that the victim was having an affair with a member of the senator's family.

Season 2, Episode 3: Red Badge

Original Air Date—8 October 2009
A child rapist from agent Lisbon's past is shot and killed. The evidence points to Lisbon herself, but she has no recollection of the night in question.
Next US airings:
Thur. Dec. 3110:00 PMCBS

Season 2, Episode 4: Red Menace

Original Air Date—15 October 2009
The team investigates a dangerous biker gang in order to gather information about the death of the attorney who represented the gang.
Next US airings:
Thur. Jan. 710:01 PMCBS

Season 2, Episode 5: Red Scare

Original Air Date—29 October 2009
An architect is killed in the old mansion he recently bought, and the investigation reveals rumors of a haunted house and hidden treasure, as well as the angry descendants of the original owner.

"The Mentalist" (2008): Season 2: Episode 6 -- When the team uncovers a murder victim, Jane suspects black magic.

Season 2, Episode 6: Black Gold and Red Blood

Original Air Date—5 November 2009
While CBI investigates a homicide over what appears to be over a land claim, Patrick is put in jail for spying on Sam Bosco to get information on Red John.

Season 2, Episode 7: Red Bulls

Original Air Date—12 November 2009
Patrick and the rest of the CBI team is forced to work together with Patrick's nemesis in the office, Sam Bosco, in order to find a kidnapping victim.

Season 2, Episode 8: His Red Right Hand

Original Air Date—19 November 2009
Red John strikes again, this time in the CBI office, leaving three agents dead and Sam Bosco in critical condition.

Season 2, Episode 9: A Price Above Rubies

Original Air Date—10 December 2009
The new husband of a jewelry store owner is critically injured accidentally walking in on a jewel heist. CBI soon suspects that the heist was pulled off with help from the inside--specifically one of the owner's two nephews.

Season 2, Episode 10: Throwing Fire

Original Air Date—17 December 2009
A talent scout at a Baseball Academy is murdered. Jane is hit by a baseball as the investigation begins, and he recalls his childhood.

Season 2, Episode 11: Rose-Colored Glasses

Original Air Date—14 January 2010
Rigsby goes undercover as an alum at a 15th high school reunion when Patrick Jane and the team investigate a double homicide that may be linked to an old prank.

Season 2, Episode 12: Bleeding Heart

Original Air Date—????

Season 2, Episode 13: Redline

Original Air Date—January 2010

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