The Mentalist 4X24: The Crimson Hat
Added 2025-11-24 19:00:05 +0000 UTCSix months after he was fired from the CBI, Jane hits Vegas and meets Lorelei Martins (Emmanuelle Chriqui) just before he is attacked by a heavyweight for a fake psychic reading.
He is beaten up by the guy and is finally tased and arrested. Lorelei posts his bail and pays him a visit, and the two sleep together till she tells him the next morning that she does what Red John tells her to do and that Patrick's freedom and their night together was a gift from Red John, who has come to see Jane as a comrade and is offering a hand of friendship.
A visibly upset Lisbon visits the church where Jane surprises her and tells her that he has been faking his breakdown to have Red John seek him out and make him his disciple. He gives Lisbon a clean cell phone and tells her he would contact her.
Wainwright tells Lisbon it might be time to reach out to Jane, but she refuses.
Lorelei tells Jane that Red John would give him a new identity in exchange for Jane's friendship and Lisbon's dead body. Jane fakes killing Lisbon and Rigsby.
He bikes to a car, where Lorelei sees through his ruse and loads him into a car with Red John.
Meanwhile, the CBI team is apprehended by FBI Agent Susan Darcy, who refuses to listen to them.
Red John tells Jane that he has a friend in the FBI, so he knew about Jane's plan. Jane asks him to go to hell and Red John instructs Lorelei to cut off two of Jane's fingers, but Darcy's team arrives just in time.
Shots are fired and in a car chase, Darcy's team arrests Lorelei and finds that in the car's backseat, it was Luther Wainwright, now dead, with a phone taped to him.
Lorelei tells Lisbon that Jane and she were lovers and refuses to ever talk to the CBI about Red John.
