"The Mentalist" Seeing Red (2008)

Director:

Martha Mitchell

Writers:

Bruno Heller (creator)
Gary Glasberg (written by)

TV Series:

"The Mentalist" (2008)

Original Air Date:

18 November 2008 (Season 1, Episode 7)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Psychic | Widow | Photographer | Philanthropist | Car Pulled Out Of Water

Cast

Simon Baker	...	Patrick Jane
Robin Tunney	...	Teresa Lisbon
Tim Kang	...	Kimball Cho
Owain Yeoman	...	Wayne Rigsby
Amanda Righetti	...	Grace Van Pelt
JR Bourne	...	Jeremy Hale
Noel Fisher	...	Travis Tennant
Ashley Johnson	...	Clara Tennant
Brad Rowe	...	Det. Marco Francis
Austin Tichenor	...	High Class Lawyer
Leslie Hope	...	Kristina Frye
Lisa Hampton	...	Connie Adams
Nancy Stafford	...	Rosemary Tennant

Runtime:

Germany:42 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Netherlands:12

Company:

Primrose Hill Productions

Quotes:

Patrick Jane: Okay, got. By her own admission, she's either, a channel for energies of the departed souls, or she's involved in this murder. So you got a choice: you can call Ghostbusters, or we can take this lady downtown.
Teresa Lisbon: [to Kristine Frye] Miss Frye, would you mind coming to our office in the morning and answering a few more questions in detail?

Movie Connections:

References The Sixth Sense (1999)

Not bad at all!

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

Contrary to another commentator on this episode I thought it was rather good and even ingenious. The professional rivalry between the 'real' psychic Kristina Frye and the confessed con artist Patrick Jane was explored with enough depth and detail to let the viewer be in no mistake about what this woman actually was: a very, very, VERY good con artist! And in that even, perhaps, superior to Patrick Jane himself.

Having PJ mentioning 'cold reading' was all it needed to establish that without any doubt. And especially the last scene catered to that extremely well, - and with a twist! Because no matter how fabricated and illusionary the so-called truths of those 'psychics' may be, if they do strike a nerve with their educated guesses, it can be a cathartic experience for the subject nonetheless. Any good cult leader knows and practices these techniques, and with astonishing results, too.

So back to the episode: I found the acting, the plot, and the over-all feel of it, as always, quite entertaining and of excellent quality.