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Strawberries And Cream (The Mentalist)
"Strawberries and Cream" is the two-part season finale of the third season of ''The Mentalist''. Together they make up the 23rd and 24th episodes of the season and the 69th and 70th episodes of the series overall. Part one was written by executive producer Ashley Gable and part two was written by series creator and executive producer Bruno Heller. Both parts were directed by executive producer Chris Long and premiered on May 19, 2011 on CBS. In the episode, Patrick Jane and the CBI unit investigate a seemingly unsuccessful attempt at a gas station bombing. When it becomes clear that Jane's nemesis, the serial killer Red John, is involved, Jane and Lisbon reveal that there is a mole within the CBI working for Red John and that their ex-boss Madeline Hightower, now in hiding, is innocent of a murder. While Rigsby, Cho and Van Pelt attempt to protect Hightower long enough for her to turn herself in, Jane executes an elaborate scheme that could expose Red John's mole and potentially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mentalist
''The Mentalist'' is an American drama television series that ran from September 23, 2008, until February 18, 2015, broadcasting 151 episodes over seven seasons, on CBS. Created by Bruno Heller, who was also its executive producer, the show follows former "psychic" Patrick Jane (Simon Baker), who is a consultant to the California Bureau of Investigation (CBI), and his boss, senior agent Teresa Lisbon (Robin Tunney), using the highly developed observational skills he previously employed to "read" people's minds. Synopsis The series follows Patrick Jane, an independent consultant for the California Bureau of Investigation (CBI) based in Sacramento, California. Although not an officer of the law, he uses his skills from his former career as a successful, yet admittedly fraudulent, psychic medium to help a team of CBI agents solve murders. The real reason for Jane's involvement with law enforcement is to track down the serial killer, known as Red John, who was responsible for the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sacramento
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Craig O'Laughlin
The characters from the American police procedural television series '' The Mentalist'' were created by Bruno Heller. ''The Mentalist'' debuted on September 23, 2008, on CBS and follows Simon Baker as Patrick Jane, an independent consultant for the California Bureau of Investigation (CBI) based in Sacramento, California. He has a remarkable track record for solving serious crimes by using his refined skills of observation. Jane also makes frequent use of his mentalist abilities and his semi-celebrity past as a psychic medium using paranormal abilities he now admits he feigned. He abandoned his pretense out of remorse when his attention-seeking behavior attracted the attention of a serial killer, Red John, who murdered Jane's wife and daughter. Main characters * Simon Baker as consultant Patrick Jane—the show's protagonist and the titular mentalist. Jane spent his childhood in traveling carnivals with his mean-spirited con-man father who taught him to see all outsiders a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Righetti
Amanda Righetti (born April 4, 1983) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Grace Van Pelt on ''The Mentalist'', as well as her roles in ''Friday the 13th'', ''The O.C.'' and ''Colony''. Early life The youngest of eight children, Righetti was born on April 4, 1983, in St. George, Utah, and raised in Nevada, outside Las Vegas. Her father, Alexander Dominic Righetti, is of Italian descent, while her mother, Linda Carol Chisum, is of German, French and English descent. Career Righetti started modeling at age 14, then she moved to Los Angeles at age 18 to start her acting career. After securing a role in the pilot for a proposed series by the name of ''No Place Like Home'', she played a recurring character in the teen drama ''The O.C.'', was a regular in the primetime soap opera '' North Shore'' and in late 2005, Righetti starred in Fox's drama series ''Reunion''. Other credits include a recurring role on '' K-Ville'', guest roles on ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Van Pelt
Grace Van Pelt Rigsby is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama ''The Mentalist'', portrayed by Amanda Righetti. Van Pelt Rigsby is a former special agent in the fictionalized California Bureau of Investigation (CBI) who is currently a private investigator who runs her own agency with her husband, Wayne Rigsby. Character background Born on April 4, 1983From personal file from the episode "The Mentalist (season 5), Red Dawn" Van Pelt is from a small farming town in Iowa. She tends to be overly sensitive at times, but is very intelligent. Van Pelt works with Rigsby and Cho most of the time, but occasionally works with Jane or Lisbon. She is the rookie of the team who is new to the job in the pilot episode. Grace's cousin is supposedly a psychic, causing her to sometimes argue with Jane about matters of faith. In the episode "The Mentalist (season 1), Bloodshot", Jane makes a remark about Van Pelt's character, stating, "... you're deeply repressed and emotionally shut down... b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Kang
Yila Timothy Kang (born March 16, 1973) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Kimball Cho in the television series ''The Mentalist'' and Gordon Katsumoto in the CBS/NBC reboot series ''Magnum P.I.'' Early life and education Kang was born in San Francisco, California, and is the eldest of three brothers. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Master of Fine Arts from Harvard's Institute for Advanced Theater Training at the American Repertory Theater and the Moscow Art Theatre. Kang began acting at age 26. He had been working in the finance industry at the Pacific Exchange when he passed by the American Conservatory Theater and signed up for night acting classes on a whim. In an interview with the Korea Society, he stated that he decided to switch to acting full-time when he realized that he could no longer concentrate on his day job at the exchange. Career Kang was a series regular on CBS's ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimball Cho
Kimball Cho is a fictional character portrayed by Tim Kang on the American TV crime drama ''The Mentalist''. Cho is a former senior agent for the California Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and is currently an FBI special agent. Cho serves as the polar opposite to Patrick Jane, but is keen to learn his powers of observation. He is portrayed as straightforward and direct, but sometimes makes witty jokes with much of the humour lying in his ability to deadpan. According to The Mentalist Code, he received his name from Dr. Richard Kimble, just as Red John received his name from Fred Johnson, the one-armed man on '' The Fugitive''. Background A native of Oakland, California, Cho had a colorful adolescence, having been an aspiring baseball player and then a member of the local ethnic gang "Avon Park Playboys". As a member of the Playboys, he was known as "Iceman", because according to gang member Jon Jon, "if you wanted something done cold, you got Cho" — a reference to his cool and col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owain Yeoman
Owain Sebastian Yeoman is a Welsh actor. His credits include '' The Nine'', '' Kitchen Confidential'', AMC's '' Turn'' (as Benedict Arnold) and the HBO series ''Generation Kill''. Additionally, he portrayed CBI Agent Wayne Rigsby in ''The Mentalist'' and portrayed Benny Gallagher in ''Emergence''. Early life Yeoman was born and raised in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, where his parents, Michael and Hilary, still live. He attended Wantage CofE Primary School before attending school at Wyedean School in Sedbury, Gloucestershire, where he showed a keen interest in English language, English literature and was involved in the school's amateur dramatics productions. He studied English literature at Oxford University as a member of Brasenose College, and graduated BA, which matured into an MA. In those years he was a member of the OUDS and Oxford Revue. He had planned to continue doctoral studies but was not able to secure a grant. Instead he worked for a time at a bank in Cana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Rigsby
Wayne Rigsby is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama ''The Mentalist'', portrayed by Owain Yeoman. Rigsby is an agent for a fictionalized version of the California Bureau of Investigation. He is currently a private investigator running a private investigation agency with his wife Grace Van Pelt Rigsby. Early life Not much is known about Rigsby's childhood, aside from the fact that his father was a motorcyclist and was in a motorcycle gang. His father was in and out of jail for numerous crimes, including manslaughter; it is strongly implied Rigsby was the victim of child abuse. Rigsby worked as an arson specialist in San Diego before becoming a CBI agent. Rigsby seems to be good friends with Cho and Jane. Personality He is frequently trying to imitate Jane in his antics and way of life, such as trying to hypnotize a suspect and failing. He also seems to be more daring than Cho in some ways, such as when he runs into a burning house to save someone and in the process recei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Tunney
Robin Tunney (born June 19, 1972) is an American actress. Tunney made her film debut in the comedy ''Encino Man'' (1992) and rose to prominence with leading roles in the cult films ''Empire Records'' (1995) and '' The Craft'' (1996). Her performance in ''Niagara, Niagara'' (1997) won her acclaim and the Volpi Cup for Best Actress. She had leading roles in the films '' End of Days'' (1999), '' Supernova'' and ''Vertical Limit'' (both 2000). Tunney earned critical acclaim for playing Veronica Donovan on ''Prison Break'' (2005–2006) and Teresa Lisbon on the television series ''The Mentalist'' (2008–2015). Tunney was praised for her portrayal of a victim of sexual assault in the independent drama '' Open Window'' (2006). Her subsequent film roles across the 2000s include '' Cherish'' and ''The Secret Lives of Dentists'' (both 2002), '' The In-Laws'' (2003), ''Hollywoodland'' (2006), ''August'' and ''The Burning Plain'' (both 2008), and ''Passenger Side'' (2009). She led the thril ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teresa Lisbon
Teresa Lisbon is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama ''The Mentalist'', portrayed by Robin Tunney. Lisbon is a former senior agent and leader of the "Serious Crimes Unit" for the California Bureau of Investigation (CBI). After leaving the CBI, she served as a sheriff for a small town in Washington state, but left that position to join the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Character background In the episode " Red Badge", it is revealed, whilst talking with her psychiatrist, that Lisbon's mother was killed by a drunk driver when she was twelve, and later in the same episode it is mentioned that Lisbon was formerly an inspector (detective) for the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD), and at the time worked for then-SFPD Lieutenant Sam Bosco. She also accidentally admits that after her mother's death, her father was sometimes abusive towards her and her three younger brothers, and that he would suffer blackouts from his alcoholism. Her father eventually committed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Baker
Simon Lucas Baker (born 30 July 1969) is an Australian actor in television and film, as well as a director. He is known for his lead roles in the CBS television series ''The Mentalist'' as Patrick Jane and ''The Guardian'' as Nicholas Fallin and has starred in several Hollywood films. Early life Baker was born on 30 July 1969 in Launceston, Tasmania. His father, Barry, was a mechanic and school caretaker, and his mother, Elizabeth, was a high school English teacher. He has an older sister, two half-brothers and a half-sister. Baker's family moved to New Guinea when Baker was nine months old. His parents' marriage ended when he was two and his father did not get in touch until Baker was an adult. His mother remarried to Tom Denny, a butcher, but Baker did not get on well with his stepfather. His mother and stepfather later got divorced. Baker spent part of his childhood living in the suburbs of Sydney but he mainly grew up in the Northern Rivers coastal town of Lennox Head, New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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