The Mentalist 2X6: Black Gold and Red Blood

Oh, I loved this episode so much! Jailed Jane, is my current favorite Jane.

But, I just literally just forgot to post this. So it's, way later on a Friday than it should be. Thank you so much Heather for calling me out on this. 😳 So we're gonna have to Wikipedia this shit. I'm so sorry. Usually I only do this for True Blood. But it's so late and I cannot trust my brain to do anything accurately at this hour.

During a murder investigation, Bosco arrests Jane after discovering the bug Jane placed in his office to keep track of the Red John case. Bosco demands Jane's resignation from the CBI in exchange for not pressing charges. Only, Jane, deciding that prison will be a great new experience, allows Bosco to charge him with spying on Bosco's team and the Red John case, and happily arrives at the county jail facility.

Even from a jail cell, however, Jane still manages to help Lisbon's team with their ongoing investigation —- while in jail, he uses the telephone to orchestrate a train of events that help the CBI solve the murder of a young man who was killed because of his knowledge that a prospective oil drilling site was the habitat of a protected species.

After figuring out who the culprit is, Jane escapes from jail and tricks the murderer into confessing. Facing the additional charges for escaping, Jane urges Lisbon to use her leverage —- which he assumes is Bosco's love for her -— to convince him to drop the charges against Jane.

Jane deduces that the power imbalance in Lisbon's relationship with Bosco stems from an incident while they were partners in which Lisbon covered for Bosco when he murdered a killer, which she threatens to reveal if Bosco goes any further in his pursuit of Jane. Shaken, Bosco agrees.

Ugh. Again. I sound so narcissistic, but my descriptions are so much better than Wikipedia!