The Mentalist S2

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Golden Globe Award nominee Simon Baker stars as Patrick Jane, an independent consultant with the California Bureau of Investigation (CBI) who has a remarkable track record for solving serious crimes by using his razor sharp skills of observation. Within the Bureau, Jane is notorious for his blatant lack of protocol and his semicelebrity past as a psychic medium, whose paranormal abilities he now admits he feigned. Jane's role in cracking a series of tough high-profile cases is greatly valued by his fellow agents.

No-nonsense Senior Agent Teresa Lisbon (Robin Tunney) leads the CBI team, which includes agents Kimball Cho (Tim Kang), Wayne Rigsby (Owain Yeoman) and rookie member Grace Van Pelt (Amanda Righetti), who all think Jane's a loose cannon but admire his charm and knack for clearing cases.

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Meet the Characters

Patrick Jane

Simon Baker
Teresa Lisbon

Robin Tunney
Kimball Cho

Tim Kang
Wayne Rigsby

Owain Yeoman

Featured videos

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The Mentalist Simon Baker Interview

Simon Baker, aka Patrick Jane, speaks exclusively to Universal Channel about The Mentalist.

Episodes

Episode 1

Episode 1: Redemption

In the second season premiere, Jane and Lisbon learn that the Red John case has been reassigned to a new CBI team led by the straight-shooting officer Sam Bosco (TERRY KINNEY).
Episode 2

Episode 2: The Scarlett Letter

The CBI team investigates a prominent Senator's murdered intern, while Jane simultaneously tries to find out what new information Agent Bosco has uncovered on the Red John case.
Episode 3

Episode 3: Red Badge

Patrick Jane and the CBI team decide to conduct their own investigation when Lisbon is accused of murdering a recently paroled child molester she arrested in her past.
Episode 4

Episode 4: Red Menace

Patrick Jane and the CBI team investigate the murder of a successful criminal attorney whose only client is one of California's most dangerous and powerful motorcycle gangs.
Episode 5

Episode 5: Red Scare

Patrick Jane, Agent Lisbon and CBI team investigate the death of a wealthy man who witnesses say was killed by a ghost haunting his mansion.
Episode 6

Episode 6: Black Gold and Red Blood

Even after Bosco arrests Jane and puts him in prison for spying on him, Jane is able to help the CBI team from his cell to solve the murder of a young man.
Episode 7

Episode 7: Red Bulls

Chief Minelli orders Patrick Jane and Lisbon and company to play nice and work together with Bosco and his team to locate a kidnapped woman being held for ransom.
Episode 8

Episode 8: His Red Right Hand

The CBI team is faced wit a violent and shocking crime in their own office, and they fear who may be behind it.
Episode 9

Episode 9: A Price Above Rubies

Patrick Jane and the team are called to investigate the robbery and murder of a wealthy jeweler while attending a black tie fundraiser for the CBI.
Episode 10

Episode 10: Throwing Fire

Patrick Jane is knocked out by a baseball and flashes back to his childhood with his overbearing father (guest star NICK CHINLUND) while unconscious.
Episode 11

Episode 11: Rose-Coloured Glasses

Rigsby goes undercover as an alumnus at a fifteenth high school reunion when Patrick Jane and the team investigate a double homicide that may be linked to an old prank.
Episode 12

Episode 12: Bleeding Heart

Patrick Jane and the team investigate the murder of a mayor's aide, and Rigsby and Van Pelt make a big announcement. NYPD Blue's SHARON LAWRENCE guest stars as the Mayor.
Episode 13

Episode 13: Redline

Patrick Jane and the CBI team investigate the murder of a high-end luxury car saleswoman whose body is found in the trunk of a Bentley in the dealership's showroom.
Episode 14

Episode 14: Blood In, Blood Out

When a member of Cho's former gang, the Avon Park Playboys, is found murdered, Patrick Jane insists on helping Cho with his personal, off-the-books investigation.
Episode 15

Episode 15: Red Herring

Patrick Jane and the CBI team investigate the murder of a prominent (and arrogant) chef during a cooking competition in Napa Valley.
Episode 16

Episode 16: Code Red

When a government research scientist is exposed to a deadly toxin at work and has only hours to live, she calls Patrick Jane and the CBI to find her murderer.
Episode 17

Episode 17: The Red Box

Patrick Jane, Lisbon and the CBI team brace themselves to finally meet their new boss, Special Agent Madeleine Hightower (Recurring guest star AUNJANUE ELLIS -- True Blood).
Episode 18

Episode 18: Aingavite Baa

When a woman with amnesia steps in front of Cho & Van Pelt's car, Patrick Jane must use all of his skills to discover who she is, her last location and why she's covered in blood.
Episode 19

Episode 19: Blood Money

When Patrick Jane's unorthodox conduct causes the case of a confessed hitman to be tossed out of court, his annoyed CBI team must start the investigation over from scratch.
Episode 20

Episode 20: Red All Over

When a media mogul is murdered, Patrick Jane and the CBI team investigate cult leader Bret Stiles (guest star MALCOLM McDOWELL), who may have had an axe to grind.
Episode 21

Episode 21: 18-5-4

Patrick Jane and the CBI team investigate the death of a mathematical genius by a gun-wielding clown. Owain Yeoman's wife LUCY DAVIS guest stars as the victim's wife.
Episode 22

Episode 22: Red Letter

Sparks begin to fly when Patrick Jane and psychic Kristina Frye cross paths again during an investigation into the murder of a charismatic head of a human rights organization.
Episode 23

Episode 23: Red Sky in the Morning

A murder by a Red John copycat puts Patrick Jane and his psychic friend in danger with the real Red John on the second season finale cliffhanger.

Characters

Patrick Jane

Simon Baker

Nominated for an Emmy® in the Best Actor category for his work on THE MENTALIST, Simon Baker was previously best known for his striking performance in the drama series “The Guardian,” from 2001-2004. Baker won widespread critical praise for his portrayal of a hardened corporate lawyer who was sentenced to work as a legal child advocate after being found guilty of drug possession. In the first season, Baker was recognized by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association with a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Drama Series.

In 2007, Baker made the transition from a television star to big screen leading man with two diverse roles. In the critically acclaimed feature “The Devil Wears Prada,” Baker starred opposite Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway as the dashing Christian Thompson. In the feature film “Something New,” a romantic comedy starring opposite Sanaa Lathan, Baker played a working class landscaper who falls in love with an uptight professional black woman.

A native of Australia, Baker now lives in Los Angeles with his wife and three children. In his spare time, he likes to surf. His birth date is July 30.
Teresa Lisbon

Robin Tunney

Tunney established herself as an award-winning actress in a series of independent films and has gone on to become a popular fixture in movies and on television while never straying too far from her indie roots.Her first film was the teen cult classic “Empire Records,” which also starred Renee Zellweger and Liv Tyler. She next appeared in “The Craft” and “Niagara, Niagara,” for which she won the Volpe Cup for Best Actress at the 1997 Venice International Film Festival, and a Spirit Award nomination for Best Actress. Her additional feature film credits include “Vertical Limit,” “End of Days,” “Cherish,” “The Secret Lives of Dentists,” “Hollywood Land” and “Open Window,” for which she won Best Actress at the Boston Film Festival.

Tunney’s upcoming feature films include “August” and “The Burning Plain.” Born in Chicago, Tunney attended the Chicago Academy for the Arts. She lives in Los Angeles. Her birth date is June 19.
Kimball Cho

Tim Kang

Tim Kang can be seen in the upcoming feature film “Mr. Sadman.” His other film credits include “Rambo,” “The Forgotten,” “Two Weeks Notice” and “Robot Stories.”

His television credits include “Third Watch” and “The Unit.” In addition, he has had guest-starring roles in “Ghost Whisperer,” “The Office,” “The Sopranos,” “Monk,” “Chappelle’s Show,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” and “Law & Order: Trial By Jury.” Kang can also be seen on a wide variety of national commercial spots.

Kang graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a B.A. in political science and went on to receive an M.F.A from the A.R.T. Institute at Harvard University. He also studied acting at the Moscow Art Theatre School in Russia. He was born and raised in San Francisco and currently lives in Los Angeles. His birth date is March 16.
Wayne Rigsby

Owain Yeoman

Owain Yeoman is a classically trained Welsh actor who graduated from London's renowned RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) with distinction and as the winner of the Henry Marshall Shield. His first audition was for "Troy," from which Wolfgang Petersen immediately cast him as Lysander, Captain of the Trojan Army.

Starring in television drama "Midsomer Murders" in his native UK, then "The Friendlys" in the U.S., Yeoman went on to play the lead role in "Commando Nanny" and Steven in "Kitchen Confidential." His other television series credits include "Sex and the City," "The Nine" and "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles," as well as the acclaimed miniseries "Generation Kill."

Yeoman has also starred in Broken Lizard's feature film "Beerfest," and in more than a dozen stage plays in London's West End, ranging from "The Crucible" to "The Wizard of Oz." Owain holds a masters degree with honors from Oxford University in English Literature and Language.

He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, actress Lucy Davis. His birth date is July 2.