The Mentalist

The Mentalist

Genre	Crime Procedural Drama Mystery
Running Time	40-44 Minutes
Creator	Bruno Heller
Starring	See Cast below
Country of origin	United States
Network(s)	CBS
Original run	September 23, 2008- February 18, 2015
No. of Episodes	151
No. of Seasons	7

The Mentalist was an American crime procedural television series starring Simon Baker as Patrick Jane. The series debuted on September 23, 2008, on CBS.

Season 5 of The Mentalist features the show's 100th episode, entitled Red Dawn.

One of the show's characteristics is that each episode title (except for the Pilot) contains a reference to the color Red. This changes after the Season 6 episode Red John with other colors referred to in the episode titles besides red (for example; black, grey, white, green, silver, etc).

Cast and Crew

Main Cast

Character	Portrayed by	Seasons							Episode count
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Patrick Jane	Simon Baker	Main							151
Teresa Lisbon	Robin Tunney	Main							151
Kimball Cho	Tim Kang	Main							151
Wayne Rigsby	Owain Yeoman	Main						Guest	130
Grace Van Pelt	Amanda Righetti	Main						Guest	126
Dennis Abbott	Rockmond Dunbar						Main		29
Kim Fischer	Emily Swallow						Main		14
Jason Wylie	Joe Adler						Recurring	Main	26
Michelle Vega	Josie Loren							Main	10

Recurring/Guest Cast

Character	Portrayed by	Seasons
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Thomas McAllister	Xander Berkeley	Guest					Recurring
Robert Kirkland	Kevin Corrigan					Recurring	Guest
Reede Smith	Drew Powell					Guest	Recurring
Virgil Minelli	Gregory Itzin	Recurring		Guest		Guest
Madeleine Hightower	Aunjanue Ellis		Recurring				Guest
Brenda Shettrick	Rebecca Wisocky		Guest	Recurring		Recurring
Brett Partridge	Jack Plotnick	Guest				Recurring	Guest
Ray Haffner	Reed Diamond				Guest		Recurring
Kristina Frye	Leslie Hope	Guest
Marcus Pike	Pedro Pascal						Recurring	Guest
Gale Bertram	Michael Gaston			Recurring
Oscar Ardiles	David Norona			Recurring			Guest
J.J. LaRoche	Pruitt Taylor Vince			Recurring	Guest	Recurring	Guest
Bret Stiles	Malcolm McDowell			Guest
CBI Ron	John Troy Donovan	Recurring						Guest
CBI Karl	Karl Sonnenberg			Recurring				Guest

Crew

Role	Crew members
Creator	Bruno Heller
Showrunner	Bruno Heller (season 1-6) Tom Szentgyorgyi (season 7)
Executive Producer	Bruno Heller (season 1-7) Chris Long (season 2-7) Daniel Cerone (season 3-6) Eoghan Mahony (season 5-6) Tom Szentgyorgyi (season 3-7) Ashley Gable (season 3-4)
Co-executive Producer	Ken Woodruff (season 6) Chris Long (season 1) Eoghan Mahony (season 3-4) Tom Szentgyorgyi (season 2) Ashley Gable (season 1-2) Gary Glasberg (season 1) Andi Bushell (season 1) Tom Donaghy (season 7)
Producer	Eoghan Mahony (season 1) Erika Green Swafford (season 6) Simon Baker (season 5-7) Michael Weiss (season 6) Matthew Carlisle (season 3-7) Alex Berger (season 7) Charles Goldstein (season 1-2) Ken Woodruff (season 4)
Co-producer	Erika Green Swafford (season 5) Michael Weiss (season 5) John J. Scherer (season 4-7) Ken Woodruff (season 2-3) Jordan Harper (season 6) David Appelbaum (season 6) Nina Corrado (season 5-7) Leanne Moore (season 1-2) Peter Lauritson (season 4-7)
Production Manager	John J. Scherer (season 3-7) Leanne Moore (season 1-2)
Composer	Blake Neely (season 1-7)
Technical Advisor	Karl Sonnenberg (season 1-7)

Writers

Regulars

• Bruno Heller (season 1-7)
• Tom Szentgyorgyi (season 1-7)
• Ken Woodruff (season 1-6)
• Eoghan Mahony (season 1-6)
• Erika Green Swafford (season 1-6)
• Michael Weiss (season 5-6)
• Jordan Harper (season 2-7)
• David Appelbaum (season 2-6)
• Daniel Cerone (season 3-6)
• Ashley Gable (season 1-4)
• Andi Bushell (season 1)
• Gary Glasberg (season 1)
• Leonard Dick (season 2)
• John Mankiewicz (season 2)
• Rebecca Perry Cutter (season 4-6)

Guests

• Anthony Astrino (season 5)
• Jeffery Hatcher (season 6)
• Erin Donovan (season 7)
• Cindi M. Grossenbacher (season 3)
• Carolyn Ingber (season 2)
• Tom Donaghy (season 7)
• Alex Berger (season 7)
• Marisa Wegrzyn (season 7)

Directors

Regulars

• Chris Long (season 1-7)
• David M. Barrett (season 1-5)
• Eric Laneuville (season 2-6)
• John F. Showalter (season 2-6)
• Elodie Keene (season 3-6)
• Roxann Dawson (season 2-4)
• Simon Baker (season 3-7)
• Randall Zisk (season 3-6)
• Geary McLeod (season 4-7)
• Robert Duncan McNeill (season 5-6)
• Guy Ferland (season 3-6)
• Charles Beeson (season 2-4)
• John Polson (season 1-4)
• Martha Mitchell (season 1-3)
• Noberto Barba (season 1-2)
• Lesli Linka Glatter (season 1-2)

Guests

• Rod Holcomb (season 7)

• Bill Eagles (season 7)
• Edward Ornelas (season 7)
• Michael Nankin (season 7)
• Nina Corrado (season 7)
• Paul A. Kaufman (season 7)
• J. Miller Tobin (season 6)
• Sylvain White (season 6)
• Anton Cropper (season 5)
• Allison Anders (season 5)
• David Paymer (season 5)
• Tom Snyder (season 6-7)
• James Hayman (season 6)
• David Von Ancken (season 4)
• Kevin Hooks (season 4)
• Bobby Roth (season 3-4)
• Tom Verica (season 3-4)
• Darell Martin (season 3)
• Dan Lerner (season 2)
• Adam Kane (season 1-2)
• Stephen Gyllenhaal (season 2-3)
• Bill D'Ellia (season 2)
• Paris Barclay (season 1)
• Dean White (season 1)
• Rod Hardy (season 2)
• Kevin Dowling (season 1)
• John Behring (season 1)
• Matt Earl Beesley (season 1)
• Paul Holohan (season 1)

US ratings

Season		Ep.	Timeslot (EST)	Premiere	Finale	Rank	Viewers (million)
	1	23	Tuesday 9:00pm	September 23, 2008	May 19, 2009	#6	17.52
	2	23	Thursday 10:00pm	September 24, 2009	May 20, 2010	#10	15.37
	3	24	Thursday 10:00pm	September 23, 2010	May 19, 2011	#9	15.24
	4	24	Thursday 10:00pm	September 22, 2011	May 17, 2012	#12	14.57
	5	22	Sunday 10:00pm	September 30, 2012	May 5, 2013	#24	11.82
	6	22	Sunday 10:00pm	September 29, 2013	May 18, 2014	#26	11.27
	7	13	Sunday 9:00pm (1-5) Wednesday 8:00pm (6-13)	November 30, 2014	February 18, 2015	#25	11.81

List of episodes

Season 1 Season 2

Season 3 Season 4

Season 5 Season 6

Season 7

DVD Release

See complete DVD series of The Mentalist

DVD Name	# of Episodes	U.S. Release Date
The Mentalist: The Complete First Season	23	September 22, 2009
The Mentalist: The Complete Second Season	23	September 21, 2010
The Mentalist: The Complete Third Season	24	September 20, 2011
The Mentalist: The Complete Fourth Season	24	September 18, 2012
The Mentalist: The Complete Fifth Season	22	September 17, 2013
The Mentalist: The Complete Sixth Season	22	September 30, 2014
The Mentalist: The Seventh and Final Season	13	April 28, 2015
The Mentalist: The Complete Series	151	April 28, 2015

DVD Special Features

Season 1

• Meet Cast and Creators to Uncover EVIDENCE OF A HIT SERIES
• CRACKING THE CRYSTAL BALL: MENTALIST VS. PSYCHIC The Question of Superior Mental Ability vs. Keen Observation
• Unaired Scenes on 3 Key Episodes
• Gag Reel

Season 2

• MENTALISM: A SUBLIMINAL ART- Join Real-Life Mentalist Luke Jermay, Interacting with the Cast and Creators and Revealing Actual Techniques the Show Explores
• THE ART OF THE MENTALIST WITH CHRIS LONG- Executive Producer Long Joins Jermay to Explore How Mentalism's Subliminal Art is Woven into the Series via an Analysis of the Season Opener, Redemption
• LOST EVIDENCE: Unaired Scenes on 5 Key Episodes

Season 3

• THE MENTALIST: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER- RED JOHN An Expert Panel of World-Class Criminologists Devises an Offender Profile Taking Us Inside the Mind of Red John.
• "RED MOON" DIRECTED BY SIMON BAKER The Series Star Provides His Unique Perspective From Both Sides of the Camera
• LOST EVIDENCE Unaired Scenes

Season 4

• CBI: BEHIND THE BADGE FEATURETTE- The LAPD Homicide Task Force profiles their counterparts at the CBI

Season 5

• THE ARTISTRY OF ACTION: FROM SCRIPT TO SCREEN- Executive Producer Bruno Heller and Chris Long share the secrets behind choreographing high-impact stunts.
• ARRESTING EXCITEMENT: KEEPING IT REAL WITH THE CBI- Tim Kang and Owain Yeoman are put through their paces by Police Technical Advisor Karl Sonnenberg to reveal the effort and integrity that go into training the agents to "think like cops."

Season 6

• PATRICK JANE: REDEEMED, RECOVERED, RESTORED- Series Creator Bruno Heller reveals the mythology of Red John.
• UNAIRED SCENES

Season 7

• PATRICK JANE: AN UNCOMMON MAN- Chronicling Patrick Jane's journey of redemption, from revenge to romance.
• UNAIRED SCENES

External links

• Official website
• The Mentalist at the Internet Movie Database