Fugue in Red (15 Dec. 2011)

While investigating the murder of a firefighter, Patrick loses his memory after nearly being drowned by the killer.

Director:

Randall Zisk

Writers:

Bruno Heller (creator), Daniel Cerone

Stars:

Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Simon Baker	...	Patrick Jane
Robin Tunney	...	Teresa Lisbon
Tim Kang	...	Kimball Cho
Owain Yeoman	...	Wayne Rigsby
Amanda Righetti	...	Grace Van Pelt
Angela Rachelle	...	Tamara
Meredith Giangrande	...	Hot girl
Doug Olear	...	Jeff Kirkman
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Steve Cameron	...	Off-Duty Fireman
Joshua Cox	...	Paul Satterfield
Rachel Eggleston	...	Lulu Wilcox
John Frazier	...	Uniformed Cop (as John K. Frazier)
Stacy Haiduk	...	Cynthia Satterfield
Susannah Hillard	...	Believer
Edwin Hodge	...	Toby Rawlins

Storyline

Rural fireman Paul Satterfield is murdered shortly after a heroic fire rescue and abandoned in a marsh. Patrick suffers partial amnesia after near-drowning at the hands of a hooded man who hid there. Satterfield knew about his loveless wife's adultery with a colleague and never followed the rules, which was hell on his partner. Patrick also takes an interest in a concurrent bank-robbery nearby. Having forgotten about his family, Patrick also relapses into his medium con act. Finally he sets a trap, but now not without ulterior motive.

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Plot Keywords:

adultery | butt grab | therapy | medical examination | fraud | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 December 2011 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Primrose Hill Productions, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Goofs

The ER doctor mentions that Jane's subconscious is protecting him from recognizing Lisbon to protect himself from the pain of remembering his family's deaths. The subconscious is a theory hotly debated among psychology professionals, and not something ER doctors would normally dabble in.

User Reviews

One of the best episodes of the entire show's runtime

This episode was absolutely fantastic, and like i said one of the best episodes of 'The Mentalist' ever!

It was funny, clever, smart, emotional; everything one could expect from a 'Mentalist' episode, just brilliant. This was the first time that Randall Zisk directed an episode of this show and i have to admit that he did a marvellous job.

The episode was written by none other than Daniel Cerone who as well as being one of the main executive producers of the show since 2010, has wrote 8 episodes (this being his 7th), among them are 'Jolly Red Elf' and 'Red Queen', the former of which is one of the funnest episodes of the show and the latter (one of my all time favs) one of the better, darker episodes. With these 2 forces together along with Baker's incredible acting skills and the amazing premise, this episode has to be in the top-5 for the 4th season and top 30 overall.

Also Zisk is returning to direct his 2nd Mentalist episode, which will be the season 5 premier..this i do not think is a great executive decision as the premiere always gets the ball rolling for a season in any show so how wise is it to hand such an important episode over to a rookie? But it will, for the 5th time be written by Bruno Heller so he will keep an eye on things so all should be fine.

Anyway, a terrific episode, have to give it 10/10!