The Mentalist

Three bounces into this cup.

Three bounces.

- He can do it. - Won't happen.

You--kiss good-bye to your cash.

- Nice. - Never any doubt. Just a little skill I picked up

working the night shift at San Diego. Thank you.

- You wanna go again? - Nope.

Do I hear chicken?

Van Pelt. Line two--O'Laughlin.

Thanks.

- Go ahead. - What?

You always say something when o'laughlin calls.

There's nothing to say. I'm over it.

Who are you and what have you done with Wayne Rigsby?

Hey. Anybody see Jane?

Where are you?

I'm boosting team morale.

People are bored. That needs to be addressed.

People are bored because nobody's been killed

that needs our help. It's a good thing

when homicide detectives are bored.

So why are you calling me to find out where I am?

Because I get nervous when I don't know where you are.

What do you mean, "Boosting morale"?

I'm buying fresh fruit--

Clears away the cobwebs, chases away the blues.

- Good. Get me a red delicious. - Okay.

Let's go. We're going. Come on!

Okay. Okay.

Golden delicious is fine if they don't have--

Lisbon!

I'm in trouble.

Lisbon.

How long ago did you get the call?

- 35 minutes. - Witnesses?

9-1-1 had some callers.

C.H.P.'s rounding 'em up for us now.

- Jane? - No sign.

Half a dozen 9-millimeter casings-- 3 went into the victim.

Got 2 380 casings here. Looks like one hit.

The guy runs a fruit stand. What's he doing with a 380?

He's probably been held up more than once.

Not this time. Cash register's full.

There's a blood trail starting here,

heading out into that direction.

Looks like whoever the grocer shot went over to the barn

after he took the bullet, kicked in the door.

Jane was there. So they were after him.

Boss, C.H.P. rounded up the 9-1-1 callers.

This is Harold Keel. He made the first call.

Did you see the shooting, Mr. Keel?

No, just saw two guys in a lot. One of 'em had a gun.

He was trying to shove the other guy

into the trunk of his car.

Can you describe him?

The guy with the gun had a sweatshirt with the hood up.

And the other guy was smaller, in a suit--

nononoreally a suit, but like a vest.

- Your name? - I'm Sherry Winger. I heard the shots.

But you didn't see anything?

I just heard them while driving by,

but about a minute later,

a car booked past me going about 100.

Took the exit ramp on the highway going north.

What did the car look like?

Sedan, brownish-yellow.

You get a look at the license plates?

I think it was blue and purple.

That's an Arizona plate. I'm on it.

Sergeant? Yeah.

We need a roadblock set up 100 miles north,

looking for that car,

also an aircraft checking out the side roads.

Have one of your men stay with both the witnesses

and run their licenses. Make sure they're clean.

You got it.

- We need the FBI on this. - I'll make the call.

If jane were here, he'd make some snarky remark

about something we missed at the crime scene.

So?

What is it?

Hands out.

Looks pretty painful.

- Shut up. - I could help make that hurt less.

Right.

What is this about? Why am I here?

C.H.P.'s got nothing on the roadblocks yet.

Keep checking. Don't wait for them to report in.

The phone company's sending over Jane's records.

Run his calls. We need to know who he was talking to...

and what he was talking about.

It feels weird to go through Jane's phone. He'd hate it.

-He'll hate it a lot more if we don't find him. - Teresa.

- I can't talk press right now, Brenda. - It's about Jane.

- What? - I'm hearing from reporters.

The highway shutdown's getting attention.

There are rumors that a CBI

- employee has been killed. - For god sakes.

Just give me something I can give 'em to shut 'em up.

We don't know anything yet, Brenda. Don't say anything.

That just makes it worse.

It's an ongoing investigation. No comment.

Hey, Lisbon. You remember agent o'laughlin.

You're the liaison on this?

Any assistance the FBI can offer, you let me know.

- You think this was Red John? - I don't see any signs of it.

Red John is clean and efficient. This was sloppy.

All right, it could be deliberate,

keep you off his trail.

Red John already took Jane once and let him go.

- Why would he take him again? - He's a psycho.

Who knows why he does what he does?

Yeah, well, he takes him a second time,

I don't think he's coming back, so let's just assume

that it's not him until we hear something otherwise.

Rigsby, where are we with the license plate?

Got a list of cars with Arizona plates

that have been stopped and ticketed in the state.

- Getting the names now. - Cho, ballistics?

Dead end.

No matches from the shell casings we found at the scene.

Help Rigsby run the Arizona names.

Already am.

Teresa, I need a statement.

You already have my statement, Brenda.

What's this about?

If we don't say something about Jane,

there's gonna be rumors and lies out there until we do.

That's fine with me.

- Not with me. - Does Jane have money?

Just enough to use. He doesn't really care about money.

Okay, so this probably isn't a kidnapping for ransom,

which means whoever did this is motivated

by something personal... anger, revenge.

Yeah.

So it would probably be a good idea

to get Jane's name and picture out in the media.

Right. Humanize him.

Let them know we're looking for him.

We shouldn't make a statement until we know something.

I'm sorry, but that is not your call.

Okay, Brenda.

CBI consultant Patrick Jane has been taken

by person or persons unknown.

We're investigating and conducting a search...

an extensive search... in the area. Okay?

That'll work.

Hey. Are you working this?

Yeah. Sorry, I didn't get a chance to call.

- It's okay. I'll find you later. - Right.

We didn't need to share this with the public.

Yes, we did.

And, Teresa, not saying something doesn't mean

that something isn't happening.

I know.

So, can you get me a rundown on his enemies?

You mean, the bad guys? Or cops, lawyers...

What, he messed with cops that badly?

Oh, yes,

But I don't think a cop would come after a citizen over Jane.

All right. So what about his personal life...

- Family, friends, lovers? - He's a loner.

We're his family, pretty much.

I went through Jane's calls for the past three weeks.

They're all case-related.

- Nothing else. Look further back. - Okay.

Didn't one of Jane's old psychic clients come after him?

Yeah, we're going through his client list,

but why come after him now?

I mean, it's been so long since he was in that game.

Right. Which leads us to the inevitable conclusion.

I think someone Jane put away is getting back at him.

Maybe they've been released.

Maybe they're reaching out from prison.

Whichever it is, we need to go through

every case jane's worked on since he came to the CBI.

Van Pelt, start digging.

Whoever did this has probably been unhappy a long time.

Everything okay?

You said... you can make it hurt less.

Sure. I can do that.

What'd you mean by that?

Pain's in the mind,

and that's my specialty.

You got some kind of pill on you?

No. No.

Just relax. Look at me.

Let my voice take the place of the pain.

Feel the pain getting smaller.

Feel the pain going away.

It's folding in on itself.

Folding...

And you're feeling relaxed...

and calm.

Hello, Patrick.

Do you remember me?

Maybe.

That means you don't.

No, it just means that I have difficulty talking

when someone is pointing a gun at me.