The Best Episodes of The Mentalist Season 2

Every episode of The Mentalist Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Mentalist Season 2!

Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.

Genres:CrimeDramaMystery

Network:CBS

Season 2 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "The Mentalist" season 2 is "Redemption", rated 7.8/10 from 1637 user votes. It was directed by Chris Long and written by Bruno Heller. "Redemption" aired on 9/24/2009 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Scarlet Letter".

7.8/10 1,637 votes
#1 - Redemption
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2009
Jane and Lisbon learn that the Red John case has been reassigned to a different CBI team led by the straight-shooting officer Sam Bosco.
Director: Chris Long
Writer: Bruno Heller
7.7/10 1,560 votes
#2 - The Scarlet Letter
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2009
Lisbon and the team work the case of a State Senator's murdered intern, while Jane simultaneously tries to find out what new information Bosco has uncovered on the Red John case.
Director: Charles Beeson
Writer: Tom Szentgyorgyi
8.6/10 1,909 votes
#3 - Red Badge
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/2009
Jane, Cho, Rigsby and Van Pelt decide to conduct their own investigation when Lisbon is accused of murdering a child molester she arrested who was recently paroled.
Director: Eric Laneuville
Writer: Ashley Gable
7.5/10 1,527 votes
#4 - Red Menace
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/2009
Jane and the CBI investigate the murder of Gordon Hodge, a powerful attorney, who is responsible for allowing a vicious murderer, Van McBride, to walk away a free man.
Director: Norberto Barba
Writer: Leonard Dick

7.9/10 1,580 votes
#5 - Red Scare
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/2009
Jane and the CBI team are called in to investigate the death of a prominent architect found murdered in a crumbling old mansion, and there appears to be a number of suspects.
Director: Lesli Linka Glatter
Writer: Ken Woodruff
8.4/10 1,776 votes
#6 - Black Gold and Red Blood
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/2009
Even after Bosco arrests Jane and puts him in prison for spying on him, Jane is able to help the CBI team from his cell to solve the murder of a young man.
Director: Rod Hardy
Writer: Bruno Heller
8.1/10 1,599 votes
#7 - Red Bulls
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/2009
Minelli orders Patrick Jane and Lisbon and company to play nice and work together with Bosco and his team to locate a kidnapped woman being held for ransom.
Director: David Barrett
Writer: Tom Szentgyorgyi
9.0/10 2,433 votes
#8 - His Red Right Hand
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/2009
The CBI team is faced with a violent and shocking crime in their own office, but must work the case in spite of their alarm of who may be behind it. Meanwhile, Rigsby and Van Pelt are definitely an "item".
Director: Chris Long
Writer: Ashley Gable

7.5/10 1,479 votes
#9 - A Price Above Rubies
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/10/2009
Patrick Jane and the team are called to investigate the robbery and murder of a wealthy jeweler while attending a black tie fundraiser for the CBI.
Director: Charles Beeson
Writer: Eoghan Mahony
7.5/10 1,503 votes
#10 - Throwing Fire
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/17/2009
While Jane and the team examine the crime scene where a baseball scout is found murdered, Jane is clocked in the head by a ball and flashes back to his childhood with his overbearing father.
Director: Martha Mitchell
Writer: John Mankiewicz
7.9/10 1,550 votes
#11 - Rose-Colored Glasses
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/14/2010
Jane and company investigate the murder of a man and his wife, on her way to his fifteen year high school reunion where, clearly, the attendees haven't changed all that much.
Director: Dan Lerner
Writer: Leonard Dick
7.8/10 1,473 votes
#12 - Bleeding Heart
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/21/2010
Patrick Jane and the team investigate the murder of a mayor's aide, and Rigsby and Van Pelt make a big announcement.
Director: Norberto Barba
Writer: Erika Green Swafford

8.1/10 1,587 votes
#13 - Redline
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 2/4/2010
Patrick Jane and the CBI team investigate when the body of a high-end luxury car sales woman is found in the trunk of a Bentley in the dealership's showroom.
Director: Bill D'Elia
Writer: Jordan Harper
7.8/10 1,516 votes
#14 - Blood In, Blood Out
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/11/2010
When a member of Cho's former gang, the Avon Park Playboys, is found murdered, Patrick Jane insists on helping Cho with his off-the-books investigation.
Director: John Polson
Writer: Ken Woodruff
7.5/10 1,432 votes
#15 - Red Herring
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 3/4/2010
Jane and the team investigate the murder of an arrogant chef during a cooking competition in Napa Valley.
Director: Eric Laneuville
Writer: David Appelbaum
8.1/10 1,640 votes
#16 - Code Red
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 3/11/2010
When Dr. Alicia Seberg, a government research scientist, is exposed to a deadly toxin while at work and has only hours to live, she calls Patrick Jane and the CBI to find her murderer.
Director: John F. Showalter
Writer: Bruno Heller

7.5/10 1,409 votes
#17 - The Red Box
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 4/1/2010
Patrick and the CBI team investigate the murder of a tutor, and find a mysterious little red box near the body, starting a chain of events that turns the murder into the search for a priceless ring stolen from the British Museum. Meanwhile, Lisbon is worried when a new boss, Madeleine Hightower, takes command of the CBI, as well as mysteriously learning about Rigsby and Van Pelt's relationship.
Director: Chris Long
Writer: John Mankiewicz
7.5/10 1,405 votes
#18 - Aingavite Baa
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 4/8/2010
When a "Jane Doe" with amnesia and covered in blood steps in front of Cho and Van Pelt's car, Patrick Jane must use all of his skills to discover who she is, her last location and why she lost her memory
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal
Writer: Erika Green Swafford, Tom Szentgyorgyi
8.2/10 1,568 votes
#19 - Blood Money
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 4/22/2010
When Patrick Jane's sneaky conduct causes the case of a confessed hitman to be tossed out of court, his annoyed CBI team must start the investigation over from scratch.
Director: Adam Kane
Writer: Ashley Gable, Jordan Harper
7.9/10 1,458 votes
#20 - Red All Over
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/29/2010
When a media mogul is murdered, Patrick Jane and the CBI team investigate cult leader Bret Stiles, who may have had an axe to grind following the publication of a critical story about his group.
Director: Roxann Dawson
Writer: Carolyn Ingber

7.8/10 1,471 votes
#21 - 18-5-4
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/6/2010
Patrick Jane and the CBI team investigate the death of a mathematical genius by a gun-wielding clown.
Director: Charles Beeson
Writer: Leonard Dick, Ken Woodruff
7.6/10 1,449 votes
#22 - Red Letter
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/13/2010
Romantic sparks begin to fly when Patrick Jane and supposed psychic Kristina Frye cross paths again during the CBI investigation into the murder of a charismatic head of a non-profit organization that fights human trafficking.
Director: John F. Showalter
Writer: Eoghan Mahony
8.6/10 1,892 votes
#23 - Red Sky in the Morning
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 5/20/2010
Patrick Jane and Kristina's first date is interrupted by a report of Red John striking again, which is discovered to be a copycat. But when Kristina reaches out to the real Red John, both she and Jane find themselves in grave danger.
Director: Chris Long
Writer: Bruno Heller