The Mentalist

Genre	Crime Procedural Drama
Running Time	40-43 Minutes
Creator	Bruno Heller
Starring	See Cast below
Country of origin	United States
Networks	CBS
Original run	September 23, 2008-
	present
No. of Episodes	116
No. of Seasons	5

The Mentalist is an American crime procedural television series starring Simon Baker as Patrick Jane. The series debuted on September 23, 2008, on CBS.

CBS has finished airing Season 5 of The Mentalist with the 100th episode being Red Dawn.

One of the show's characteristics is that except for the Pilot, each episode title contains a reference to the color Red.

CastEdit

Main charactersEdit

Recurring charactersEdit

• Gregory Itzin as Virgil Minelli
• Terry Kinney as Sam Bosco (Season 2)
• Aunjanue Ellis as Madeleine Hightower (Season 2 to 3)
• Leslie Hope as Kristina Frye
• Catherine Dent as Susan Darcy
• Michael Gaston as Gale Bertram
• Pruitt Taylor Vince as J.J. LaRoche
• Michael Rady as Luther Wainwright

US ratingsEdit

List of episodesEdit

External links Edit

• Official website
• The Mentalist at the Internet Movie Database