The Mentalist

Oh, no.

Oh, damn it!

Man: Get the kids inside!

Let's go!

Move!

All right, you know what to do!

Quickly! Quickly!

Get them inside!

All right, let's go, men. This is not a drill.

Take the guns. Get your ammo.

I'm special agent Dennis abbott with the FBI.

Means nothing here.

Well, that's okay, son.

I'd like to speak with whoever's in charge here.

They'll send someone out if they want to send someone out.

Easy! Easy.

Guys, does it have to be so serious?

Can we just relax a little?

Cho: It's the d.O.J. Again.

Need to get used to it.

Your victim was a high-profile U.S. attorney.

Fischer: The solicitor general's demanding answers.

Esta calle está bloqueada.

Patrick: Uh, no problemo, Moises.

Uh, they're... they're with me.

Hey, Jane.

How was the flight? Fine.

How long you been here?

Oh, about an hour or so.

Yeah, that thing is very smooth, very smooth on the freeway.

I told you it'd be faster to drive.

Where's, uh, Lisbon? No Lisbon?

Back in Austin. She's still dealing with ardiles' murder.

Oh.

Uh, dos champurrados, uh, para mi amigos.

Oh, I'm fine. No, thanks.

You're missing out. It's very, very good.

Uh, commander delgado,

special agent fischer, special agent Cho.

Mucho gusto.

As soon as I heard the victim was an attorney for the U.S. government,

I made this case my top priority.

This way, please.

Cho: So, commander delgado, how did you I.D. the body so quickly?

Medical alert bracelet.

This is Edith firlock, 53 years of age,

had a severe nut and dairy allergy.

Patrick: That's not what killed her.

It was a bullet to the brain.

I've already conducted my examination.

Thank you, Jane.

What time was the body found? 8:00 this morning.

Lack of blood on-scene suggests that she was shot somewhere else

and dumped here.

Any witnesses see the body arrive?

None that will talk about it.

Clean shot to the back of the head, execution-style.

Could be juarez cartel.

The local police are exploring that angle right now.

I'm telling you guys,

the commander and I have been through all of this.

Let's just save a little time, shall we?

Have a look at the t-shirt.

Hmm?

The sandals.

And this... Tattoo.

It looks like an insignia.

So, she has a tattoo and likes casual clothing.

But she doesn't.

She's a federal attorney.

The clear nail Polish and the conservative hairstyle

suggest that she...

She worked very hard to look well-groomed

and authoritative...

Yet she's dressed up as an old-fashioned hippie.

Hmm?

It's a costume. Undercover.

What is that about?

Firlock lived in fort worth.

Do we know why she was in Mexico?

Nah, she had no official business down here.

Border patrol says Edith firlock never crossed into Mexico.

We have no record of her flying or driving here.

Well, she crossed the border somehow.

I'll call wylie, check the surveillance on our side.

Hmm.

Mm.

So, lunch.

You like tamales?

Ms. Graham?

Just call me Elsie.

Oh, before I forget, this was Edith's.

They asked me to bring it.

Thank you. Please, take a seat.

Edith was always on that thing.

If she wasn't prepping for a case, she was photo-sharing.

And how long had you been renting a room from Edith?

Five years.

We met when she helped me beat

an intent-to-distribute charge.

Never carry a suitcase across state lines for a man,

no matter how good he looks.

Can you think of anybody in Edith's life

who may have had a problem with her?

With Edith? No one.

She was the genuine article.

A little gruff, but she saw the good in people.

Certainly saved my life.

Uh, you're the last person we can find who saw her,

and that was yesterday at what time?

6:00 A.M.

I was leaving for the early shift when I ran into her.

Said she'd be back later that evening.

Now she's dead.

Did she say where she was going?

I didn't ask.

And you're sure she was planning on coming home last night?

She had a deposition this morning.

Edith would've never missed that.

Her clients were her life.

Cho: If firlock drove from forth worth to juarez,

she wasn't planning to stay long.

That's a half-day drive each way.

Not to mention the time she would've spent just getting through the border crossing.

Oh, it's... it's not that bad.

Shorter than airport traffic, apparently.

I, uh... I got some lunch.

Tamales de carnitas.

Cho, little napkin, there.

There we go. Thank you.

What if the victim didn't drive herself to Mexico?

You mean what if she was abducted?

Yeah, that's a possibility.

What do you think, Jane?

Well, I think you're gonna want some salsa verde with that.

There you go.

Thanks.

What do you think about the case?

Well she was in costume,

pretending to be an old, leftist hippie.

Uh, you solve that mystery,

and I think you'll catch your killer.

If you're right.

Well, it does require paying attention

to some of the details.

Everyone betrays truths about themselves.

Speaking of which, ah, Cho... Almost forgot.

I got you those at the marketplace.

Mexican jumping beans.

I knew you'd love them.

I used to love jumping beans.

Totally forgot about them.

How did you know?

Well, knowing what people secretly want is what I do.

Really?

What do I secretly want?

You sure you want me to answer that?

Tell me.

Well, how about I do one better? I'll just get you one.

It'll be my little gift to you.

One what?

Come in!

Commander, thank you very much.

What a great lunch suggestion. It's delicious.

You want some?

No, no. I'm good.

I just came to let you know that this isn't a cartel hit.

How can you be sure?

The local police tell me that there's a field

very close, very secluded,

where the juarez cartel put their bodies.

It's a custom.

Everybody around here uses the field

when they have a body to dump.

Fischer: So not a local.

Could be an old client with a beef,

blames his lawyer for prison time, wants payback.

Yeah. We need to look at firlock's case files.

I'll call abbott.

Meet you back in Austin?

Yeah. I may be a little delayed.

I want to go take another look at the crime scene before I roll out of here.

According to firlock's colleagues,

she had the best record of any defense attorney

in the fifth circuit.

Gave the a us as hell, and did it with very little money.

No wonder she was highly sought after.

But still, being a federal public defender

seems like a thankless job.

And they also said that threats of violence from her clients

were very common.

These case files just arrived from fort worth.

Fischer and Cho are on their way to help you dig into 'em.

Looks like fun.

What exactly are you looking for, Mr. Jane?

Well... You didn't know there was a body dump near here,

but, you know, that's to be expected.

You're an important state official.