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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''. It is the 23rd and 24th episode of the season and the 69th and 70th episode 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 draw out the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mentalist
''The Mentalist'' is an American procedural 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). Jane uses highly developed observational skills to "read" people's minds and to solve murder cases. 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, Mediumship, 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red John
Red John is a fictional character and the primary antagonist of the CBS crime drama ''The Mentalist'' for the first five seasons and in the first half of the sixth season. As a serial killer, he is believed to have begun his killing spree in 1988, and has, with his operatives and acolytes, killed more than 70 people in California, Nevada, and Mexico. Five years prior to the action of the first episode, he murdered the wife and daughter of Patrick Jane (Simon Baker), making Jane his dedicated archenemy, nemesis. In the The Mentalist season 3, season-three finale, "Strawberries and Cream (The Mentalist)#Part two, Strawberries and Cream (Part 2)", Jane encounters a man (Timothy Carter, played by Bradley Whitford) in a shopping mall who convinces him he is Red John and whom he subsequently kills. However, after this cliffhanger episode, over the course of the first several episodes of The Mentalist season 4, season four, Jane determines that Carter, although a psychopathic killer hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Righetti
Amanda Righetti (born April 4, 1983) is an American actress. She is known for playing Grace Van Pelt on ''The Mentalist'' and her roles in ''Friday the 13th (2009 film), Friday the 13th'', ''The O.C.'' and ''Colony (TV series), 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, Nevada, 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 moved to Los Angeles at 18 to start her acting career. After securing a role in the pilot episode, 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 (2004 TV series), North Shore'', and in late 2005, Righetti starred in Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox's drama series ... [...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, 1983,From personal file from the episode "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 " Bloodshot", Jane makes a remark about Van Pelt's character, stating, "... you're deeply repressed and emotionally shut down... because of a trauma in your past that you've never ... [...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 reboot series ''Magnum P.I. (2018 TV 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 University, 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 ... [...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 humor 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 collec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owain Yeoman
Owain Sebastian Yeoman is a Welsh actor, best known for playing CBI Agent Wayne Rigsby in the CBS series ''The Mentalist''. His additional credits include ''The Nine (TV series), The Nine'', ''Kitchen Confidential (TV series), Kitchen Confidential'', ''Turn: Washington's Spies, Turn'' (as Benedict Arnold), ''Generation Kill (miniseries), Generation Kill'', and ''Emergence (TV series), 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, 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, Oxford, Brasenose College, and graduated Bachelor of Arts, BA, which matured into an Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dub ... [...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 Special agent, 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 , 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 Kimball Cho, Cho and Patrick Jane, 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 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Tunney
Robin Tunney (born June 19, 1972) is an American actress who made her film debut in '' Encino Man'' (1992), and later rose to prominence with headline parts in the cult films ''Empire Records'' (1995) and '' The Craft'' (1996). Her performance in '' Niagara, Niagara'' (1997) won her the Volpi Cup for Best Actress. She then had leading roles in '' End of Days'' (1999), ''Supernova'', '' Vertical Limit'' (both 2000), '' Cherish'', '' The Secret Lives of Dentists'' (both 2002) and '' The In-Laws'' (2003), and earned wider recognition playing Veronica Donovan on ''Prison Break'' (2005–2006) and Teresa Lisbon on '' The Mentalist'' (2008–2015). Tunney's portrayal of a victim in '' Open Window'' (2006) was praised. Her subsequent film credits included '' Hollywoodland'' (2006), '' August'', '' The Burning Plain'' (both 2008), '' Passenger Side'' (2009), '' Looking Glass'', and '' Monster Party'' (both 2018). She starred on the short-lived ABC series '' The Fix'' (2019). Early lif ... [...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 committe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Baker
Simon Lucas Baker (born 30 July 1969) is an Australian actor and director. He first gained prominence on the Australian soap opera ''E Street (TV series), E Street'' (1992–1993). He later starred in the CBS legal drama ''The Guardian (TV series), The Guardian'' (2001–2004), for which he received a Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe nomination for Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama, Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama in 2002. From 2008 to 2015, he portrayed Patrick Jane in the drama series ''The Mentalist'', earning a Primetime Emmy Awards, Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2009. Baker has also appeared in several films, including ''L.A. Confidential (film), L.A. Confidential'' (1997), ''Restaurant (1998 film), Restaurant'' (1998), ''The Devil Wears Prada (film), The Devil Wears Prada'' (2006), and ''Margin Call'' (2011). Early l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Jane
Patrick Jane is a fictional character and the protagonist of the CBS crime drama ''The Mentalist'', portrayed by Simon Baker. Jane is an independent consultant for the California Bureau of Investigation, and helps by giving advice and insight from his many years as a fake psychic medium. He uses his keen powers of observation, his knowledge of psychology, and his genius to help lead the investigations. Heller describes the character as being a combination of a Sherlock Holmes and a street psychic, part detective helping people and part con-artist selling people lies. Wanting the character to have both physical and spiritual grace, Heller imagined someone like Cary Grant for the role. Character background Patrick Jane is a consulting member of the CBI (California Bureau of Investigation) crime fighting unit. He is unconventional and commonly defies police procedure, often acting without apparent empathy for suspects or families suffering losses. His past is revealed slowly thro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
