The Mentalist Season 1 Episode release dates & where to watch
Premiered
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Ended: Tuesday, May 19, 2009
When does The Mentalist Season 1 come out?
The Mentalist Season 1 premiered Tuesday, September 23, 2008 on CBS and ended Tuesday, May 19, 2009. The season has 23 episodes.
Patrick Jane is a celebrity psychic whose wife and child are viciously murdered by an elusive serial killer called Red John. Devastated, Patrick admits his paranormal act is fake, renounces his earlier life and uses his astonishing skills of observation and analysis - talents that made him appear psychically gifted - to bring killers to justice. At crime scenes across California, Patrick now helps an elite team of detectives break their toughest cases. But no matter how many criminals he catches, Patrick never forgets his central goal: Find Red John. And bring him down.
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The Mentalist Season 1 release schedule
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1. Pilot CBI consultant Patrick Jane, Senior Agent Teresa Lisbon and her team investigate the double murder in Palm Springs of a pro golfer's wife and her doctor, which has the hallmarks of a serial killer with a personal connection to Jane. |
Tuesday · 18 years ago |
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2. Red Hair and Silver Tape While Lisbon and her team investigate the murder of a young waitress in the Napa Valley, Jane goes behind Lisbon's back to orchestrate his own undercover operation using Van Pelt as bait. |
Tuesday · 18 years ago |
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3. Red Tide When a high school girl's body washes up on the beach, Patrick Jane sets a mentalist trap in order to get her surfing friends to turn on each other and reveal what really happened. |
Tuesday · 18 years ago |
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4. Ladies in Red When the team learns that a wealthy investment banker found murdered inside his locked safe room was living a dual life and skimming millions from clients, Patrick Jane sets up a mental conundrum to see which of the suspects will show their true colors. |
Tuesday · 18 years ago |
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5. Redwood When a girl is found covered in blood and holding the murder weapon that killed her best friend, she becomes an obvious suspect, though she can't remember anything. But Jane, believing she's innocent, engineers a risky maneuver in which she must relive the terrifying events in order to spark her memory. |
Tuesday · 18 years ago |
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6. Red Handed While investigating the case of a murdered casino owner, Patrick Jane uses his mentalist skills to ultimately entrap the killer, and win big at the card tables. |
Tuesday · 18 years ago |
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7. Seeing Red Patrick Jane goes head-to-head with a "psychic" he suspects of murder. Intent on proving the so-called psychic is a fraud -- as well as a killer -- Jane arranges a séance to expose the murderer. |
Tuesday · 17 years ago |
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8. The Thin Red Line While the police suspect a drug dealer on trial is behind the murders of the State's witness in his case, as well as his girlfriend, Patrick Jane sees a different motive for the crime -- as well as a different suspect. |
Tuesday · 17 years ago |
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9. Flame Red Patrick Jane suspects the only surviving member of a National Guard unit of murdering his friends - and goes undercover to prove it. |
Tuesday · 17 years ago |
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10. Red Brick and Ivy Mid-season finale When a leading scientific researcher is killed by poisoning, Patrick Jane takes a personal interest in the case when he learns the prime suspect is the victim's wife - and Jane's former psychiatrist. |
Tuesday · 17 years ago |
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11. Red John's Friends Enticed by the promise from a convicted murder that he'll reveal information about Red John upon his release, Patrick Jane becomes singularly focused and quits the CBI in order to prove the prisoner is innocent. |
Tuesday · 17 years ago |
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12. Red Rum Patrick Jane sets a mentalist trap to find out who is responsible for the murder of a high school boy who antagonized the local self-proclaimed witch by killing her cat. |
Tuesday · 17 years ago |
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13. Paint It Red While it appears obvious that a business tycoon's son-in-law was in on the robbery of a $50 million painting since his body is found where the painting once hung, Patrick Jane suspects others, including a Russian oil baron, an art forger and an art curator. |
Sunday · 17 years ago |
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14. Crimson Casanova With Patrick Jane's help, Cho goes undercover as a sweet-talking ladies man with all the right moves in order to catch a pick-up artist and killer with his own set of pseudo-mentalist techniques. |
Tuesday · 17 years ago |
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15. Scarlett Fever As Jane and the team investigate the poisoning death of the "queen bee" in a country club, they discover that the community is full of secrets, including love affairs and drug abuse |
Tuesday · 17 years ago |
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16. Bloodshot Patrick Jane must rely on his other senses during the murder investigation of a financial advisor when he loses his sight as a result of an explosion. |
Tuesday · 17 years ago |
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17. Carnelian Inc. A story of greed and betrayal pits Patrick Jane against a group of financiers when the CBI investigates a series of murders at a corporate retreat in the wilds of the Sierra Nevada foothills. |
Tuesday · 17 years ago |
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18. Russet Potatoes Patrick Jane and the CBI team track down a mastermind who hypnotizes people into doing their bidding. |
Tuesday · 17 years ago |
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19. A Dozen Red Roses Patrick Jane and the team go to Hollywood when they investigate the murder of a movie producer. |
Tuesday · 17 years ago |
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20. Red Sauce Patrick Jane and the CBI team investigate the murder of a mobster who was in the witness protection program. |
Tuesday · 17 years ago |
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21. Miss Red Patrick Jane uses his mentalist skills to play suspects off each other in order to solve the case of a wealthy software company CEO found murdered on his yacht. |
Tuesday · 17 years ago |
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22. Blood Brothers Patrick Jane must find a clever way to convince the troubled kids in a wilderness program to confide in him about what really happened surrounding the death of one of their peers. |
Tuesday · 17 years ago |
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23. Red John's Footsteps Finale Lisbon fears that the serial killer Red John is drawing Patrick Jane into a trap when the CBI team investigates the murder of a young girl and the abduction of her twin sister. |
Tuesday · 17 years ago |
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The Mentalist Season 1 FAQ
When does The Mentalist Season 1 come out?
The Mentalist Season 1 premiered Tuesday, September 23, 2008 on CBS.
How many episodes are in The Mentalist Season 1?
The Mentalist Season 1 has 23 episodes.
Are new episodes of The Mentalist Season 1 released weekly?
New episodes are released weekly.
When is the The Mentalist Season 1 finale?
The The Mentalist Season 1 finale (Episode 23) aired Tuesday, May 19, 2009.
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