The WORST episodes of The Mentalist
Every episode of The Mentalist ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of The Mentalist!
When mentalist Patrick Jane insults a vengeful serial killer, Red John, his loved ones are brutally killed. Faced with the horrifying consequences of misusing his gift for observation and misdirection, Jane lends his skills to the California Bureau of Investigation, all the while hoping that his connections within the CBI will give him the opportunity to track down and revenge himself upon Red John.
#1 - A Dozen Red Roses
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/7/2009
Patrick Jane and the team go to Hollywood when they investigate the murder of a movie producer.
#2 - Black Market
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/21/2014
The team investigates a murder linked to a counterfeit diamond operation, but an illness forces Jane to direct his colleagues from the office as he recuperates. Meanwhile, Abbott is concerned that transgressions in his past could harm his wife’s chance to obtain a prestigious job in Washington, D.C.
#3 - The Silver Briefcase
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/28/2014
A chance encounter with a military colonel leads Jane to believe the soldier is hiding something, leading him to dig into closed murder case of the man’s wife.
#4 - Throwing Fire
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/17/2009
While Jane and the team examine the crime scene where a baseball scout is found murdered, Jane is clocked in the head by a ball and flashes back to his childhood with his overbearing father.
#5 - Cackle-Bladder Blood
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/2010
When Jane's shady brother-in-law (Kevin Rankin) comes to town and becomes a suspect in a murder investigation, Jane is forced to help him.
#6 - Red Letter
Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/13/2010
Romantic sparks begin to fly when Patrick Jane and supposed psychic Kristina Frye cross paths again during the CBI investigation into the murder of a charismatic head of a non-profit organization that fights human trafficking.
#7 - Redemption
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2009
Jane and Lisbon learn that the Red John case has been reassigned to a different CBI team led by the straight-shooting officer Sam Bosco.
#8 - Grey Water
Season 6 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/16/2014
Jane and Fischer investigate a murder at an oil fracking site, while Rigsby and Van Pelt travel to Austin to help investigate suspects in the string of attacks on former CBI team members.
#9 - Red Tide
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/2008
When a body washes ashore on the beach, Patrick sets a trap to determine and catch the killer out of a group of surfers.
#10 - Il Tavolo Bianco
Season 6 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/4/2014
Jane’s freedom is at stake when a grand jury is empanelled to decide if he should be tried for the murder of Red John. Meanwhile, Lisbon tries to find out how Jane feels about the possibility of her leaving Austin with Agent Pike, and Cho and Abbott follow new leads in the human smuggling ring they recently uncovered.
#11 - Little Yellow House
Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/14/2015
A murder investigation becomes personal for Lisbon when she learns that her underachieving younger brother, Jimmy, is being sought as a key witness.
#12 - Black Hearts
Season 6 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/11/2014
With time running out to save the victims of a kidnapping ring before they are transported overseas, Jane and Lisbon zero in on the criminal enterprise’s mastermind. Meanwhile, Lisbon decides if she will move to D.C. with Agent Pike.
#13 - Red Herring
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/4/2010
Jane and the team investigate the murder of an arrogant chef during a cooking competition in Napa Valley.
#14 - Orange Blossom Ice Cream
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/14/2014
Jane and Lisbon travel to Beirut where they must work with Jane's familiar adversary Erica Flynn, who agrees to help the FBI apprehend her boyfriend, a courier for terrorist organizations, in exchange for amnesty for her past crimes.
#15 - Nothing Gold Can Stay
Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/4/2015
Jane takes extreme measures as the team tries to apprehend a deadly gang of armored car robbers before their desperation to remain free costs more innocent people their lives.
#16 - The Red Ponies
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/2010
Patrick Jane and the CBI team hit the horse track when a jockey is found murdered and suspects abound.
#17 - Copper Bullet
Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/28/2015
When Abbott’s old boss, Agent Peterson, threatens Abbott’s career – and possibly his freedom – Jane devises a risky plan to protect his friend’s future.
#18 - A Price Above Rubies
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/10/2009
A jewel heist during a charity event leaves a man lingering near death but the investigation takes a bizare turn when the chief suspect winds up dead.
#19 - Red Rum
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/13/2009
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.
#20 - Red All Over
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/29/2010
When a media mogul is murdered, Patrick Jane and the CBI team investigate cult leader Bret Stiles, who may have had an axe to grind following the publication of a critical story about his group
#21 - The Whites of His Eyes
Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/21/2015
Jane worries for Lisbon’s safety when the team puts itself in the line of fire to protect the witness in a murder investigation from a skilled assassin.
#22 - Red Brick and Ivy
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/16/2008
Patrick takes a personal interest in the case of a poisoned professor when he discovers the prime suspect is his former psychiatrist.
#23 - Redwood
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/2008
A girl found covered in blood with the murder weapon in her grasp is the obvious suspect in her best friend's death, but the girl remembers nothing about the incident and Jane believes she is innocent.
#24 - Green Light
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/7/2015
The team is brought in to consult on a botched DEA raid, but when Abbott’s former boss tries to blackmail him into keeping the agency’s missteps quiet, Abbott is forced to choose between his career and his morals.
#25 - The Greybar Hotel
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/7/2014
Lisbon goes undercover as a prison inmate in order to get a convict to turn on her boyfriend, who is the leader of a high-end car theft ring.