The Mentalist (TV Series) The Crimson Ticket (2012) User Reviews

The Grudge

[claudio_carvalho · 8/10 · 16 January 2022]

While investigating a double homicide, the CBI team is surprised by FBI agents Reede Smith and Gabe Mancini. The grudge between the agencies due to the clumsy action of the FBI agents in the Red John case is increasing and the agents fight each other. Director Bertram demands Patrick Jane and Lisbon to calm down the relationship with the FBI, while Patrick tries to keep Lorelei in CBI custody since Red John has a friend in FBI. Meanwhile, the CBI team identifies the victims, Callie Karlsen and Rex Lango, and investigate the motive of the murderers. But soon Patrick Jane finds the reason why they have been murdered and the killer. Meanwhile CBI and FBI dispute the custody of Lorelei in a trial.

"The Crimson Ticket" is another good episode of "The Mentalist". The beef between CBI and FBI agencies is promising and Patrick Jane again find the most unlikely killer. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "The Crimson Ticket"

FBI and CBI Are Being Childish!

[ShelbyTMItchell · 8/10 · 1 October 2012]

As we saw at the beginning both agencies fighting against each other with fisticuffs is really out of line. As both agencies would be out of a job and that would not be tolerated in the REAL world.

Sure Hollywood loves to portray the feds mainly the FBI vs local or state law enforcement for entertainment purposes. But a fight like this would be very scandalous.

Anyway the Red John thing is needed in the show in order for the viewer interest. As when Red John is found out and possibly killed, so the Mentalist will be over as a show. It is to keep you guessing.

In the midst of it a lottery win is not what it is suppose to be. As someone who was the real winner was killed over a huge lottery ticket. As the team have to find out the real killer or killers for that matter.

Meanwhile Cho losing his cool was something that was not expected. But still both agencies would had been out of a job if that happened in real life.

Yes you could "thank" Patrick Jane for instigating the fight. But still, the fight was way too childish and fiction for our taste.

Patrick Jane really isn't ALL THAT.

[CrimeDrama1 · 2/10 · 10 May 2022]

Billed as having a brilliant mind, Patrick Jane can be really slow. Another disappointing season premiere! The ending is absolutely stupid. Even if Jane wasn't aware of the Blake Association conspiracy yet, knowing that Red John has control over Lorelei AND an FBI agent, should have prepared him for Lorelei to possibly disappear or wind up dead in her cell. He should have been able to deduce two things: that Red John would learn about Jane's offer to help Lorelei start a new life - and that Red John would fear that Jane could persuade her. The prison guard brings out a different woman, who looks nothing like Lorelei, claiming she is the only Lorelei Martins they have. The look on Jane's face is ridiculous. If anything, he shouldn't have been surprised - instead smirk just a little as in "touché". The more I think about these characters, the more I feel that the Kimball Cho character would have made a better supervisory agent - team leader - and the Lisbon character would have been better as one of the team members, not the leader. They did what they did because they weren't interested in a serious crime drama. The double-murder case wasn't great but having the local police officer make a second (and then a third) appearance after being the first one at the crime scene, led me to believe he was the killer. Elementary, my dear.