The Mentalist 5X12: Little Red Corvette
Added 2026-01-05 22:40:35 +0000 UTCA week after the killing of Tommy Volker's associate, Charles Milk, the team find the remains of Horatio Jones, a geologist who had been working for one of Volker's firms and was due to testify against Volker two months ago when he went missing.
Jane finds a remote-controlled toy car at the crime scene and determines that it is likely a young boy witnessed the murder.
DNA evidence shows there was a second killer other than Milk.
Jane finally meets Volker and riles him to identify Don Clyde (Steven Bauer), his associate who Jane suspects is the other killer.
In the meantime, Lisbon questions Horatio Jones' girlfriend who says their relationship was casual and she didn't know about his work. It turn out she was being threatened by Volker and she promptly leaves the country.
CBI pick up Clyde and realize he wasn't able to murder the young boy, Marvin Pettigrew but he refuses to tell them where he hid the boy. CBI lets him go but he gets a call from Volker who knows about his trip to the CBI and Clyde steps in front of a bus and is killed moments later.
CBI Media Relations head Brenda Shettrick (Rebecca Wisocky) had been feeding information to Volker which is how Volker was one step ahead of the CBI. Though unwilling, she is forced to share information about Marvin with Volker.
When his hired assassin refuses to kill the boy, Volker pursues Marvin himself but is taken down by Lisbon and Marvin is reunited with his mother.
