Top Rated Episodes of The Mentalist
Explore the highest rated episodes of The Mentalist ranked by viewer scores and vote count. Discover fan favorites, standout episodes, and the most popular moments from the series.
#1. Strawberries and Cream (2)
For the final four names on his list, Patrick bartered Hightower’s hidden location to Laroche. With this information, the team orchestrated a carefully planned trap, hoping to expose Red John's true source.…
#2. Blinking Red Light
The hunt for the serial killer strikes a deeply personal chord for Jane when she crosses paths with a blogger who has dedicated years to the pursuit.
#3. Scarlet Ribbons
Confined within prison walls for the murder of his long-standing adversary, Patrick Jane faces a daunting task: to definitively prove that the man he killed was indeed Red John. Simultaneously, Lisbon gently…
#4. White Orchids
Jane's unexpected proposal finds a welcome acceptance in Lisbon, yet the path to their desired happiness is shadowed by a killer consumed with vengeance, a pursuit that threatens to unravel the future…
#5. Red Queen
The clues gathered at the scene of the antiques dealer's murder within the museum suggest a possible connection to someone on the CBI team.
#6. His Red Right Hand
A brutal and disturbing crime has occurred within the CBI offices, presenting the team with a deeply unsettling case. Despite their apprehension regarding the potential perpetrator, they must proceed with the investigation.…
#7. Violets
Jane draws her colleagues into a perilous sting operation, determined to bring down a ruthless team of art thieves. At the same time, an undeniable connection ignites between Lisbon and an agent…
#8. Red Sky in the Morning
The burgeoning intimacy of Patrick Jane and Kristina’s first date is shattered by news of another Red John killing. Initial reports suggest the perpetrator is an imitator, but the situation takes a…
#9. Red Badge
When Lisbon is accused of murdering a child molester she had recently apprehended and subsequently released, she, along with her colleagues Jane, Cho, Rigsby, and Van Pelt, resolve to conduct their own…
#10. Red Handed
In the course of examining the murder of a casino owner, Patrick Jane employs his unique mentalist abilities to unravel the truth, ultimately leading to the killer's capture and a significant victory…
#11. Red John's Footsteps
A sense of dread hangs over Lisbon as the investigation unfolds, a feeling that the relentless killer known as Red John is maneuvering to ensnare Patrick Jane. The CBI team's work on…
#12. Red John's Rules
As Jane’s list of potential Red John suspects dwindles to a mere seven, the killer strikes anew, and the latest victim carries a connection to Jane's forgotten history.
#13. Red Listed
Jane disclosed that a list of fabricated Red John suspects, deliberately planted by her, had been stolen. The team understood with sudden clarity that these individuals were now in peril.
#14. Devil's Cherry
As the team delves into the death of a diamond cutter, Jane encounters a young woman who identifies herself as his daughter, Charlotte, who passed away some time ago.
#15. Blood Money
Patrick Jane’s unorthodox methods, this time a calculated maneuver, resulted in the dismissal of a confessed hitman’s case, much to the frustration of his CBI colleagues. Forced to begin the investigation anew,…
#16. Strawberries and Cream (1)
The explosion ripped through the air before a corner store, a brutal end for a man carrying a bomb. Soon after, the CBI began to suspect a disturbing link between the incident…
#17. Bloodshot
During the investigation of a financial advisor's murder, Patrick Jane is forced to depend on his heightened senses. An explosion has robbed him of his sight, compelling him to navigate the crime…
#18. The Great Red Dragon
The unsettling events at Jane’s home served to further refine the Red John list, bringing the Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s focus to the dwindling number of remaining suspects.
#19. Nothing Gold Can Stay
As the team races to stop a ruthless gang of armored car robbers, Jane resorts to increasingly drastic actions. Their desperate fight for freedom threatens to claim more innocent lives, compelling her…
#20. Red Sails in the Sunset
Working with Brett Stiles, Jane meticulously crafts a complex scheme to free Lorelei Martins from incarceration, believing that she holds the key to finding Red John.
#21. Brown Shag Carpet
Jane consented, once more, to the charade of being a celebrated psychic – a deliberate offering to draw the predator from the shadows and provide the FBI with an opportunity to finally…
#22. Copper Bullet
As Agent Peterson, Abbott’s former superior, issued veiled threats against Abbott’s career—and perhaps his very liberty—Jane conceived a daring scheme to safeguard her friend’s future.
#23. Every Rose Has Its Thorn
When a body surfaces in the marina, Patrick Jane takes on the case of the deceased's wife – a woman of striking beauty, yet rumored to be deeply manipulative. He intends to…
#24. Red and Itchy
When a package J.J. LaRoche had kept hidden for nine years is stolen from his house, he turns to Jane for assistance, making the request himself.
#25. Red Dawn
The encounter between Jane and Lisbon, along with the rest of the CBI team, unfolded as follows.
#26. Black Gold and Red Blood
Despite Bosco's arrest and subsequent imprisonment for espionage, Jane continued to assist the CBI team. Working from within his cell, she proved instrumental in solving the murder of a young man.
#27. Black-Winged Redbird
A significant piece of evidence regarding Red John’s tactics surfaces for Jane as the team confronts four of the prime suspects. Meanwhile, the CBI launches an inquiry into the death of a…
#28. Red Rover, Red Rover
The ninth anniversary of his wife and daughter’s deaths arrived with a message from Red John. The words shattered the careful composure Jane had maintained, pulling him away from the demands of…
#29. Red John
The inevitable confrontation arrived: Patrick Jane stood before Red John, the man who had haunted his life since the brutal murders of his wife and daughter. For a decade, Jane had relentlessly…
#30. Little Red Book
Following the suspension of Lisbon and the reassignment of the remaining team members, Jane finds himself reinstated as a CBI consultant, compelled to integrate with a new unit. Yet, as the investigation…
#31. Blue Bird
The resurgence of a thread in a dormant investigation forces Lisbon to postpone her departure for Washington, D.C., affording Jane the space to confront his emotions for her and determine his next…
#32. Russet Potatoes
Patrick Jane and the team from the CBI pursue a cunning orchestrator, one who commands others through the art of hypnosis.
#33. Wedding in Red
In Napa, Jane enlisted the CBI's assistance, intending to keep her attention fixed on Sheriff McAllister, while Van Pelt and Rigsby embarked on a journey toward matrimony.
#34. The Red Tattoo
The sudden death of a respected figure within Visualize spurred Jane into action. He began an investigation, clinging to the hope that this case might offer a vital thread, a crucial clue,…
#35. Redline
The CBI team, led by Patrick Jane, were called to a scene of unsettling elegance. The body of a saleswoman, specializing in luxury automobiles, had been discovered within the trunk of a…
#36. The Red Mile
Patrick Jane and the CBI team find themselves tasked with uncovering the truth behind a murder – a victim who was convinced he had been abducted by extraterrestrials. The investigation is complicated…
#37. The Crimson Hat
The relentless pursuit of Red John had once again ended in failure, driving Patrick Jane to a desolate nadir. In the depths of this despair, he found an unexpected connection, a love…
#38. Redacted
Patrick Jane faced a double threat, the echoes of failed heists reverberating around him. The first had ended in tragedy – a repair shop owner dead, the result of a botched robbery.…
#39. Red Moon
Patrick Jane sought the assistance of Ellis Mars, a local astrologer, in unraveling a perplexing case: a triple homicide involving two police officers and the fiancée of an emergency medical technician.
#40. The Crimson Ticket
As Jane grapples with the enigma of Lorelei's link to Red John, the CBI team finds itself compelled to collaborate with the FBI on a case: the murder of a hotel worker.
#41. Little Red Corvette
The CBI is examining the death of a geologist, a case Lisbon believes holds the crucial element in dismantling Tommy Volker's empire.
#42. Redemption
News reached Jane and Lisbon that the Red John investigation had been transferred to another CBI unit, now headed by the no-nonsense officer, Sam Bosco.
#43. White as the Driven Snow
Grace is abducted by the very killer who has been systematically targeting former CBI operatives. With the primary suspect seemingly shielded by an impenetrable alibi, Jane is left with no choice but…
#44. Red Carpet Treatment
The CBI was dispatched to the scene, Patrick Jane leading the team, to examine the death of a recently paroled convict. He had spent nine years incarcerated for the brutal crimes of…
#45. Silver Wings of Time
Jane and the FBI become advocates for a death row inmate, granted a mere forty-eight hours to demonstrate his innocence before execution.
#46. Ladies in Red
The team discovered that the deceased investment banker, found murdered within his locked safe room, had been living a double life, systematically defrauding clients of millions. Faced with this revelation, Patrick Jane…
#47. Fire and Brimstone
Armed with the last piece of the puzzle, Jane sought to draw the remaining suspects together, hoping to finally expose the man behind the name.
#48. There Will Be Blood
Lorelei Martins reappears, driven by a fierce resolve to uncover whether Red John played a hand in her sister’s demise. Meanwhile, Jane finds herself compelled to confess to Lisbon the details of…
#49. Byzantium
A young man with purported psychic abilities volunteered his services to the FBI in the investigation of two murders. However, as he guided the agents to further victims, Jane and the team…
#50. Red Hot
Jane and the CBI team barely escape incineration when a building explodes during their investigation of a death threat. Separately, a renewed encounter with Lisbon and the billionaire Walter Mashburn ignites an…
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