![]() ![]() And given how the show gave less and less time to those storylines as the season progressed, I wonder if the producers felt the same way. I think The Mentalist’s attempt to expand the scope of its storytelling by getting into the love lives of its core characters has been something of a bust. With all due respect to poor Van Pelt, I wasn’t sad to see her beau go. O’Laughlin managed to wound Lisbon before dying from a hail of bullets fired by his fiance, Agent Van Pelt (Amanda Righetti), and Hightower. Mission accomplished: The traitor turned out to be FBI agent Craig O’Laughlin (Eric Winter), who outed himself by trying to assassinate Virgil’s replacement, Madeleine Hightower (Aunjanue Ellis), who had been framed for murder and gone into hiding, protected by Jane and Agent Lisbon (Robin Tunney). In the season finale, Patrick set an elaborate trap designed to expose and snare Red John’s mole inside the CBI. And sold.īut is that the end of the Red John story? That’s the burning question fans of The Mentalist must be asking themselves this morning. When Whitford put on the creepy high voice that Red John has used to speak with Patrick in the past, I was chilled. (I still could be correct more, later) Instead, The Mentalist surprised us by putting someone we had never met in Red John’s seat, and pulled it off with exceptional casting. ![]() I thought for sure the villain would be someone our hero (and we) actually knew. I had theorized that Virgil Minelli (Gregory Itzin of 24 ), Patrick’s former boss at the California Bureau of Investigation, would be exposed as Red John. Which is to say: Bradley Whitford! The former star of The West Wing and The Good Guys was scary-good in the epic, game-changing scene that closed The Mentalist’s season 3 finale. After three years of hunting the brilliantly cunning serial killer that murdered his wife and daughter, Patrick Jane (Simon Baker) finally came face to face with the mysterious Red John last night, and the monster turned out to be… a former fast-talking White House aide turned semi-competent Texas cop. ![]()
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