The first season of The Mentalist premiered on September 23, 2008 and concluded on May 19, 2009. It consisted of 23 episodes.
Patrick Jane, a former fraudulent psychic, works as an independent consultant for the California Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He uses acute observation and psychological manipulation to solve homicides while hunting Red John, the serial killer who murdered his wife and daughter.
Contents
Cast and characters
Main cast
Simon Baker as Patrick Jane
Robin Tunney as Teresa Lisbon
Tim Kang as Kimball Cho
Owain Yeoman as Wayne Rigsby
Amanda Righetti as Grace Van Pelt
Recurring cast
Gregory Itzin as Virgil Minelli (7 episodes)
JoNell Kennedy as Marcia Wallace (2 episodes)
James Start as Rohn (2 episodes)
Guest stars
Željko Ivanek as Dr. Linus Wagner ("Pilot")
Jack Plotnick as Brett Partridge ("Pilot")
Kelvin Han Yee as Davis ("Pilot")
Michael Holden as Michael Cashman ("Pilot")
Steven Culp as Morgan Tolliver ("Pilot")
Gail O'Grady as Juniper Tolliver ("Pilot")
Jeffrey Nordling as Price Randolph ("Pilot")
Tim Guinee as Tag Randolph ("Pilot")
Mary A. Stiefvater as Alison Randolph ("Pilot")
Mandy McMillian as Jenny ("Pilot")
Lana Asanin as Kelly ("Pilot")
Molly McColgan as Angela Ruskin Jane ("Pilot")
Halimah Iman as Audience Member ("Pilot")
Tara Karsian as Medical Examiner ("Pilot")
D. David Morin as LAPD Captain ("Pilot")
Mark Llewelyn as Homicide Detective ("Pilot")
Eric Stonestreet as Malcolm Boatwright ("Red Hair and Silver Tape")
Judith Hoag as Sandra Boatwright ("Red Hair and Silver Tape")
Xander Berkeley as Sheriff Thomas McAllister ("Red Hair and Silver Tape")
International reception
In the UK, the first season aired on FIVE, on Thursdays at 9pm. The series premiered on March 26, 2009 and concluded on August 20, 2009, with a double-bill. Over the 23 episodes, the season averaged 2.84 million viewers, with the pilot being the most watched episode (4.21 million viewers), and "Red Brick and Ivy" being the least watched episode with 2.08 million viewers.
DVD release
All 23 episodes of the season were included on the six disc complete first season set. It was released on September 22, 2009 in Region 1, March 8, 2010 in Region 2, and September 23, 2009 in Region 4. Special features included the featurettes "Evidence of a Hit Series" and "Cracking the Crystal Ball: Mentalist Vs. Psychic". "Cracking the Crystal Ball: Mentalist Vs. Psychic", was produced by Martin Fisher at DG Entertainment for CBS Television. This short film explored the use of psychics in law enforcement by interviewing former FBI, parapsychologist Dr. Barry E. Taff, and psychic detective Jack Rourke. Other cast members include Mark Llewellyn, Karl Sonnenberg, Jon Armstrong.
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Dylan Minnette as Frankie O'Keefe ("Red Hair and Silver Tape")
Elpidia Carrillo as Mercedes O'Keefe ("Red Hair and Silver Tape")
Jillian Bowen as Melanie O'Keefe ("Red Hair and Silver Tape")
John Bishop as Joe O'Keefe ("Red Hair and Silver Tape")
Douglas Spain as Hector Ramirez ("Red Hair and Silver Tape")
Todd Felix as Randall ("Red Hair and Silver Tape")
Sharmila Devar as Meera ("Red Hair and Silver Tape")
Jamie McShane as Jack Tanner ("Red Tide")
Brett Cullen as Dane Kurtik ("Red Tide")
Owen Beckman as Andy ("Red Tide")
Michelle Page as Hope ("Red Tide")
Will Rothhaar as Win ("Red Tide")
Brando Eaton as Danny Kurtik ("Red Tide")
JF Pryor as Flipper ("Red Tide")
Hayley Chase as Darlene Pappas ("Red Tide")
John Lacy as Kyle Rayburn ("Red Tide")
Kaylin Stewart as Christine Tanner ("Red Tide")
Jamie McShane as Lisa Tanner ("Red Tide")
Cole Protzman as Micah Tanner ("Red Tide")
Denise Dowse as Detective Carla Mulvey ("Ladies in Red")
Lisa Brenner as Jennifer Sands ("Ladies in Red")
David Newsom as Michael Bennett ("Ladies in Red")
Angela Sarafyan as Adrianna Jonovic ("Ladies in Red")
Reynaldo Rosales as Dieter Webb ("Ladies in Red")
Jade Pettyjohn as Julie Sands ("Ladies in Red")
Con Schell as Jason Sands ("Ladies in Red")
Bryce Johnson as Ranger Kyle ("Redwood")
Isabella Acres as Charlotte Anne Jane ("Redwood")
W. Earl Brown as Rulon Farnes ("Redwood")
Shelby Fenner as Nicole Gilbert ("Redwood")
Lily Knight as Leslie Palmer ("Redwood")
Chad Todhunter as Jason O'Toole ("Redwood")
Tom Virtue as George Palmer ("Redwood")
Michael O'Neill as Sheriff Nelson ("Redwood")
Michelle Lawrence as Kara Palmer ("Redwood")
Lance Barber as Daniel Cardeira ("Red Handed")
Andrea Parker as Ann Meier ("Red Handed")
Maite Schwartz as Jessica Meier-Cardeira ("Red Handed")
Gwendoline Yeo as Alexandra Yee ("Red Handed")
William Allen Young as Matt Etienne ("Red Handed")
Gregg Henry as Cal Trask ("Red Handed")
Anna Maganini as Nurse ("Red Handed")
Stuart McLean as Freddy ("Red Handed")
Kimberly Patterson as Nancy ("Red Handed")
Robb Skyler as Jolly Alexandra ("Red Handed")
Joey Anaya as Jim Meier (Uncredited) ("Red Handed")
Lance Barber as Daniel Cardeira ("Red Handed")
Andrea Parker as Ann Meier ("Red Handed")
Maite Schwartz as Jessica Meier-Cardeira ("Red Handed")
Leslie Hope as Kristina Frye ("Seeing Red")
Noel Fisher as Travis Tennant ("Seeing Red")
Ashley Johnson as Clara Tennant ("Seeing Red")
JR Bourne as Jeremy Hale ("Seeing Red")
Brad Rowe as Marco Francis ("Seeing Red")
Lisa Hampton as Connie Adams ("Seeing Red")
Nancy Stafford as Rosemary Tennant ("Seeing Red")
Austin Tichenor as High Class Lawyer ("Seeing Red")
Julian Acosta as Steve Presiado ("The Thin Red Line")
Mark Rolston as Dale Blakely ("The Thin Red Line")
Steve Braun as Sam Blakely ("The Thin Red Line")
Kate McNeil as Katherine Blakely ("The Thin Red Line")
Tamara Clatterbuck as Lacy Wells ("The Thin Red Line")
Bradford Tatum as Rick Carass ("The Thin Red Line")
Bevin Hamilton as Patrice Madigan ("The Thin Red Line")
Matt Thompson as Joseph Purcell ("The Thin Red Line")
Dustin Cyril Robles as Manager ("The Thin Red Line")
Alistair David Herz as Cop ("The Thin Red Line")
Fred Koehler as Tommy Olds ("Flame Red")
Makonic Bowser as Ben Machado ("Flame Red")
Chris William Martin as Trey Piller ("Flame Red")
Joel Bissonnette as Mitchell Reese ("Flame Red")
Cheryl White as Susan Garcia ("Flame Red")
Marcella Lentz-Pope as Maddy Garcia ("Flame Red")
Elisabeth Rohm as Sophie Miller ("Red Brick and Ivy")
John Aylward as Lewis Stutzer ("Red Brick and Ivy")
Mark Espinoza as Ed MacVicar ("Red Brick and Ivy")
Lawrence Pressman as Chancellor Stern ("Red Brick and Ivy")
Jonathan Spencer as Howie ("Red Brick and Ivy")
Sarah Lafleur as Emily Nelson ("Red Brick and Ivy")
Mark Hengst as Alex Nelson ("Red Brick and Ivy")
Deborah Ann Woll as Kerry Sheehan ("Red Brick and Ivy")
Anise Fuller as Student ("Red Brick and Ivy")
Alvin Lam as Student ("Red Brick and Ivy")
Jack Harding as Medical Examiner ("Red Brick and Ivy")
James Di Giacomo as Rookie Cop ("Red Brick and Ivy")
Robert Corvin as University Professor ("Red Brick and Ivy")
Charlotte Cornwell as Mrs. Renfrew ("Red John's Friends")
Gabriel Olds as Gardner Renfrew ("Red John's Friends")
Todd Stashwick as Jared Renfrew ("Red John's Friends")
Kathleen Gati as Vanna Clooney ("Red John's Friends")
Danielle Langlois as Breck Renfrew ("Red John's Friends")
Olivia Hardt as Undine Kopecki ("Red John's Friends")
Vachik Mangassarian as Store Owner ("Red John's Friends")
Corey Mendell Parker as Cop ("Red John's Friends")
David Loren as Junior Lawyer ("Red John's Friends")
Matt Sigloch as SWAT Team Member ("Red John's Friends")
Spencer Garrett as Michael Elkins ("Red Rum")
Laura Leigh Hughes as Janice Elkins ("Red Rum")
Colby Paul as Brad Elkins ("Red Rum")
Azura Skye as Tamzin Dove ("Red Rum")
Michael McGrady as Coach Dieter ("Red Rum")
Jessie T. Usher as Daniel Brown ("Red Rum")
L.J. Benet as Kid #1 ("Red Rum")
Artur Ryabets as Kid #2 ("Red Rum")
Wings Hauser as A.P. Caid ("Paint It Red")
Darby Stanchfield as Stevie Caid ("Paint It Red")
Elizabeth Dennehy as Kathryn Hawkes ("Paint It Red")
Sebastian Roché as Shirali Arlov ("Paint It Red")
Brady Smith as Rob Wallace ("Paint It Red")
Marco Sanchez as Frank Schiappa ("Paint It Red")
Tamara Knausz as Keely Duane ("Paint It Red")
Cameron Protzman as Annie Taylor ("Paint It Red")
Andi Matheny as Annie's Mom ("Paint It Red")
Ryan Opray as Annie's Dad ("Paint It Red")
Rodrick Hersh as Russian Mobster ("Paint It Red")
Elon Gold as Paul Fricke ("Crimson Casanova")
Sasha Roiz as Keith Wolcott ("Crimson Casanova")
David Burke as Kevin Haightly ("Crimson Casanova")
Melinda Page Hamilton as Katie ("Crimson Casanova")
Alona Tal as Natalie Edreau ("Crimson Casanova")
Maya Goodwin as Kara ("Crimson Casanova")
Jacqueline Hickel as Darby ("Crimson Casanova")
Lori Lively as Molly ("Crimson Casanova")
Gina Marie May as Sara-Beth ("Crimson Casanova")
Simone Bargetze as Claire Wolcott ("Crimson Casanova")
Alex Quijano as Attendant #1 ("Crimson Casanova")
Anthony Tyler Quinn as Lawyer ("Crimson Casanova")
Camden Singer as Doctor ("Crimson Casanova")
Lucia Sullivan as Attendant #2 ("Crimson Casanova")
Kelly Frazier as Waitress ("Crimson Casanova")
Paul Michael Glaser as Walter Crew ("Scarlett Fever")
Yancey Arias as Victor Marquesa ("Scarlett Fever")
Brandon Waters as Oscar Marquesa ("Scarlett Fever")
Lisa Arturo as Jackie Shaper ("Scarlett Fever")
Andrea Bogart as Patience Broadbent ("Scarlett Fever")
Jolie Jenkins as Mandy Riljek ("Scarlett Fever")
Marguerite MacIntyre as Heather Prentiss ("Scarlett Fever")
Meera Simhan as Asra Hadami ("Scarlett Fever")
Michael Stoyanov as Wardell 'Digger' Suggs ("Scarlett Fever")
Jessica Pariseau as Dolores ("Scarlett Fever")
Eamon Hunt as Lawyer ("Scarlett Fever")
Mark Weiler as Gangster ("Scarlett Fever")
Richard Schimmelpfenneg as Bomb Squad Van Driver ("Scarlett Fever")
Monyque Thompson Scott as Seminar Attendee ("Scarlett Fever")
Gene Farber as Dan Hollenbeck ("Bloodshot")
H. Richard Greene as Robert Lynch ("Bloodshot")
Tamlyn Tomita as Lauri Medina ("Bloodshot")
Rick Worthy as Terry Andrews ("Bloodshot")
Robyn Cohen as Jill Lamont ("Bloodshot")
Rebecca Metz as Carol Gentry ("Bloodshot")
Marisol Ramirez as Dr. Fuller ("Bloodshot")
Lon Gowan as Tommy ("Bloodshot")
Mark Daviau as Club Kid ("Bloodshot")
Richard Schimmelpfenneg as Bomb Squad Team Member ("Bloodshot")
Patrick Fabian as Randall Faulk ("Carnelian, Inc.")
Susan Chuang as Joyce Tran ("Carnelian, Inc.")
Scott Klace as Mike Spruell ("Carnelian, Inc.")
Scott Lawrence as De Shaun Braemer ("Carnelian, Inc.")
Jaime Murray as Nadia Sobell ("Carnelian, Inc.")
Muse Watson as Jake Cooby ("Carnelian, Inc.")
Rodney Eastman as Lee Skelling ("Carnelian, Inc.")
Myndy Crist as Jessie Skelling ("Carnelian, Inc.")
Peter Mackenzie as Holman Perry ("Carnelian, Inc.")
Brennan Bailey as Tanner Skelling ("Carnelian, Inc.")
Adam Lieberman as Bomb Squad Officer ("Carnelian, Inc.")
Dot-Marie Jones as Airport Manager ("Carnelian, Inc.")
Alastair Mackenzie as Dr. Royston Daniel ("Russet Potatoes")
Bodhi Elfman as Rick Tiegler ("Russet Potatoes")
Chris Tallman as Carl Resnik ("Russet Potatoes")
Wynn Everett as Lindsay Hendrix ("Russet Potatoes")
Cheyenne Wilbur as Mike ("Russet Potatoes")
Elzabeth-Viola Reed as Mary Beth Hendrix ("Russet Potatoes")
Rebecca Rigg as Felicia Scott ("A Dozen Red Roses")
Sarah Foret as Sydney Hanson ("A Dozen Red Roses")
Marcus Giamatti as Gabriel Fanning ("A Dozen Red Roses")
Cameron Dye as Freddie Rossini ("A Dozen Red Roses")
Michael Trevino as Brandon Fulton ("A Dozen Red Roses")
Matt Winston as Mitch Cavanaugh ("A Dozen Red Roses")
Jake Dogias as Marcus Klein ("A Dozen Red Roses")
Nicholle Tom as Marilyn Monroe/Yolanda Quinn ("A Dozen Red Roses")
Blake Berris as Rowan/Geoff ("A Dozen Red Roses")
Sean McClay as CSI Man ("A Dozen Red Roses")
Ravil Isyanov as Charlie Chaplin ("A Dozen Red Roses")
Cheyenne Jackson as Police Officer ("A Dozen Red Roses")
Elizabeth Hirsch-Tauber as Sydney's friend ("A Dozen Red Roses")
Frankie Ingrassia as Jenny Diedrikson/Gina Russo ("Red Sauce")
Fredric Lehne as US Marshal Exley ("Red Sauce")
Tembi Locke as US Marshal Christy Knox ("Red Sauce")
Dan Lauria as Sonny Bataglia ("Red Sauce")
Andy Mackenzie as Tiny ("Red Sauce")
Chris J. Nelson as Putt-Putt ("Red Sauce")
Tony Lazzara as Ed Diedrikson ("Red Sauce")
Jack Kehler as Playland Owner ("Red Sauce")
Jack Betts as Mobster ("Red Sauce")
Brendon Eggertsen as Midget Thug ("Red Sauce")
Preston James Hillier as Police Officer ("Red Sauce")
Leonard Kelly-Young as Forensic Tech ("Red Sauce")
Tony Longo as Biker ("Red Sauce")
Nahid Azami as Gambler ("Red Sauce")
Frederick Keeve as Country Club Member ("Red Sauce")
Steve Bernard as Coroner's Technician ("Red Sauce")
Phil Idrissi as Bodyguard ("Red Sauce")
Lisa Sheridan as Dr. Brooke Harper ("Miss Red")
Blake Gibbons as Keith Gulbrand ("Miss Red")
Paul Cassell as Stuart Hanson ("Miss Red")
Charles Esten as Rick Bregman ("Miss Red")
Amy Laughlin as Kathryn Stubbs-Gulbrand ("Miss Red")
J. Marvin Campbell as FBI Agent Hayes ("Miss Red")
Clay Cullen as Jim Gulbrand ("Miss Red")
J. Paul Boehmer as Jeff ("Miss Red")
Charles Shaughnessy as Floor Manager ("Miss Red")
Amir Khastoo as Saudi Prince ("Miss Red")
Aaron Skinner as Uniformed Cop ("Miss Red")
Madison Bauer as Backgammon Club Receptionist ("Miss Red")
Jessica Pariseau as Clinic Receptionist ("Miss Red")
Katie Boskovich as Waitress ("Miss Red")
Elle Kutberg as Kya Rodrick-Anakavana ("Miss Red")
ElKasa DiLain as Bellamy EllVicho ("Miss Red")
DeLane Matthews as Carolyn Buft-Banx ("Miss Red")
Ashley Crow as Chief Elaine Brody ("Blood Brothers")
Clayton Rohner as Asher MacLean ("Blood Brothers")
Cameron Monaghan as Elliot ("Blood Brothers")
Drew Osborne as Bryan ("Blood Brothers")
Jonathan Biggs as Orrin ("Blood Brothers")
Aimee Carrero as Cassie ("Blood Brothers")
Tony Pierce as Marshall Winston ("Blood Brothers")
Keith Sellon-Wright as David Prentiss ("Blood Brothers")
Alla Korot as Jemma Prentiss ("Blood Brothers")
Elizabeth Bond as Instructor Missy Jenkins ("Blood Brothers")
Casey Margolis as Marley ("Blood Brothers")
Theron Harrison as Teen Camper ("Blood Brothers")
Michael Mosley as Ted Hardy/Dumar Tanner ("Red John's Footsteps")
Michael William Freeman as Mace Guthrie ("Red John's Footsteps")
Geoff Pierson as Noah Plaskett ("Red John's Footsteps")
Kate Vernon as Arden Plaskett ("Red John's Footsteps")
Jonathan Kells Phillips as Drake Plaskett ("Red John's Footsteps")
Coco Walker as Maya Plaskett ("Red John's Footsteps")
Diana Cosma as Emma Plaskett ("Red John's Footsteps")
Ron Althoff as Deputy Duke ("Red John's Footsteps")
Sally Ann Brooks as Frankel Fogarty ("Red John's Footsteps")
Christopher Darga as Store Keeper ("Red John's Footsteps")
Freda Foh Shen as Korean Store Owner ("Red John's Footsteps")
James Start as Ron ("Red John's Footsteps")
Alicia Witt as Rosalind Harker ("Red John's Footsteps")
