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The Mentalist (season 5)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	U.S. viewers (million)
95	1	"The Crimson Ticket"	Randy Zisk	Bruno Heller	September 30, 2012	3X7951	11.06[8]
Tensions rise between the CBI and the FBI after the scandalous events during the operation that resulted in the capture of Red John's associate (shown in the last episode of season 4). They must put their differences aside to cover up the scandal and also jointly solve a double murder, but in-fighting, sabotage, and the custody battle over Red John's associate threaten to cause an explosive situation.
96	2	"Devil's Cherry"	Randy Zisk	Daniel Cerone	October 7, 2012	3X7952	9.02[9]
A diamond cutter is murdered in his own home and a large diamond he was carrying is stolen. While at the crime scene, Jane makes a cup of tea with a used teabag that happens to contain belladonna, which causes him to have hallucinations. While under its effects he has conversations with a teenage version of his murdered daughter Charlotte, and finds clues that help the team solve the murder, while still feeling pain for the death of Charlotte.
97	3	"Not One Red Cent"	Chris Long	Ken Woodruff	October 14, 2012	3X7953	10.74[10]
A bank is robbed, but in the process, one of the bank employees is shot and killed. The team assumes the robbers killed him, but Jane finds the fact that the door to the security deposit room was open after the robbery very suspicious. Meanwhile, Lisbon is pulled deeper into the CBI/FBI rivalry over the custody of the Red John's associate.
98	4	"Blood Feud"	Anton Cropper	Jordan Harper	October 21, 2012	3X7954	8.10[11]
Rigsby is forced to report to LaRoche when he uses lethal force in a case. In order to avoid being charged with first degree murder, he reports the case, starting when, at a murder scene, Rigsby finds his father injured by a gunshot in a nearby shack, and the escalating tension between two gangs afterwards.
99	5	"Red Dawn"	Chris Long	Tom Szentgyorgyi	October 28, 2012	3X7956	10.17[12]
The episode starts several years ago with Patrick Jane walking into CBI, inquiring about the Red John investigation. He speaks with agent Teresa Lisbon briefly, who rebuffs him, and asks him to schedule a formal meeting. He uses his powers of manipulation to force one of her subordinates, an older agent, to punch him in the nose. For fear of a lawsuit, this prompts agent Minelli to allow Jane access to all of the Red John files. Throughout the episode, Patrick Jane rides along with agent Lisbon as they're attempting to solve a shooting of a state appellate court judge's son, while offering his unsolicited insights. In the end, Patrick Jane forces a corrupt cop to confess to the murder. Minelli, impressed with Jane's performance, hires him as a consultant. FBI agent Alexa Schultz calls Minelli and asks him to share the details of the ongoing Red John investigation.
100	6	"Cherry Picked"	John F. Showalter	David Appelbaum	November 4, 2012	3X7955	9.11[13]
The CBI, while on the scene of murder of a community security guard, happens to unearth a kidnapping. Investigating, the team learns that it could have been a case of mistaken identity (where a wrong couple is kidnapped). Jane plans and executes an elaborate scheme to catch the suspect, with positive results. Meanwhile, Jane furthers his investigation into the disappearance of Lorelei Martins (the last known confederate of Red John) from the Sacramento County Jail, by interviewing the prisoner transport drivers working at the time. Jane manages to extract a possible lead on the whereabouts of Lorelei, giving him an advantage in the hunt for Red John.
101	7	"If It Bleeds, It Leads"	John F. Showalter	Eoghan Mahony	November 11, 2012	3X7957	10.15[14]
The team investigates the murder of a female TV journalist who specialized in "human interest stories". The investigation leads them to a powerful business tycoon she wanted to expose for the genocide of an Amazonian village for financial gain. But the real culprit turns out to be an older TV colleague, whom Jane exposes on air. The tycoon's assistant is killed because she wanted to testify against him, but they can't touch him. Lisbon swears she'll get him someday. Meanwhile, Jane's research on Lorelei leads him to a federal prison that he cannot access due to FBI involving again.
102	8	"Red Sails in the Sunset"	Simon Baker	Daniel Cerone	November 18, 2012	3X7958	8.07[15]
With the help of Bret Stiles, Jane puts a plan into action to get Lorelei out of prison, with the hope that she will lead him directly to Red John, at the same time covering himself up and making an alibi or risking being placed on the federal Wanted list. After the successful prison break, Lorelei reveals to Jane that he already met Red John, even shaken hands with him.
103	9	"Black Cherry"	Elodie Keene	Erika Green Swafford	November 25, 2012	3X7959	10.15[16]
Jane looks into new connections to Red John while the CBI team investigates the murder of a real estate agent with possible ties to a gang, while at the same time, Jane tries to create a list of all the people and suspects who could be Red John.
104	10	"Panama Red"	Guy Ferland	Michael Weiss	December 9, 2012	3X7960	7.94[17]
The death of a young botanist leads the team into the lucrative world of medical marijuana, while Cho's work with the rapid response team brings him back into contact with Summer.
105	11	"Days of Wine and Roses"	Eric Laneuville	Rebecca Perry Cutter	January 6, 2013	3X7961	10.85[18]
Jane and the CBI team investigate the death of a model while Lisbon tries to get more evidence on Tommy Volker.
106	12	"Little Red Corvette"	Randy Zisk	Ken Woodruff	January 13, 2013	3X7962	10.60[19]
Lisbon tries to bring down Tommy Volker when the CBI team investigates the death of a geologist.
107	13	"The Red Barn"	Allison Anders	Tom Szentgyorgyi	January 27, 2013	3X7963	10.50[20]
Red John and the Visualize cult seem to be connected to a 25 year-old triple homicide at a barn. Lisbon's 10 year anniversary with the CBI is celebrated and she is offered a job exterior of CBI by Ray Haffner. She declines and chooses to stay after learning that Haffner is a member of Visualize, and possibly worked at the barn where Red John painted his first smiley face. Patrick Jane narrows down his Red John suspect list to 408 names, also adding Haffner.
108	14	"Red in Tooth and Claw"	Randy Zisk	Jordan Harper	February 17, 2013	3X7964	9.42[21]
Jane and the CBI team delves into the surprisingly cutthroat world of academics in a case involving the death of a college graduate student at a natural history museum.
109	15	"Red Lacquer Nail Polish"	Geary McLeod	Eoghan Mahony	March 3, 2013	3X7965	9.24[22]
The CBI investigates the murder of an elderly heiress whose remains are found in her dark and spooky mansion.
110	16	"There Will Be Blood"	Anton Cropper	Ken Woodruff & David Appelbaum	March 10, 2013	3X7966	9.52[23]
In her attempt to find Red John's role in her sister's death, Lorelei Martins goes rogue and tries to hunt Red John herself. She shoots and kills the manager of a battered-women's shelter she thinks was involved in her sister's death. Her righteous hunt gets worse from there – so bad, in fact, Homeland Security is brought into the picture. Her reign of terror leaves Patrick Jane (who broke her out of jail earlier) with considerable regret. Jane is forced to confess to Lisbon his part in Lorelei's prison escape. In the end, she agrees to keep it a secret. At the end of the episode, it is shown that Lorelei has been killed by Red John.
111	17	"Red, White and Blue"	Robert Duncan McNeill	Tony Astrino	March 17, 2013	3X7967	9.98[24]
A female medic from an Army post is found dead with her throat slit, and the only witness to the crime is a PTSD patient who suffers from short-term memory impairment, unable to testify. Suspects include an Army officer who had been accused of sexual harassment during his service time.
112	18	"Behind the Red Curtain"	Chris Long	Erika Green Swafford & Eoghan Mahony	March 24, 2013	3X7968	8.00[25]
The team investigates the murder of an actor who was killed the night before the opening of the show. Meanwhile, Jane hopes to get the information he needs on Red John from his accomplice, Jason Lennon, who was shot by Lorelei and left in a coma, but woken up.
113	19	"Red Letter Day"	Guy Ferland	Michael Weiss	April 14, 2013	3X7969	7.84[26]
While the CBI investigates a murder at a Wild West Theme Park, Kirkland uses unorthodox methods to get information indirectly about Red John from Jane.
114	20	"Red Velvet Cupcakes"	David M. Barrett	Rebecca Perry Cutter	April 21, 2013	3X7971	9.10[27]
After a woman is killed, the CBI discovers her marriage was having problems and that the husband is having an affair with a dominatrix. They went to a radio show to fix their marriage, and then to private sessions with the show's host/counsellor. Van Pelt and Rigsby go undercover as a couple with relationship problems on the radio show. During the show, their true feelings for each other start to come out. After the killer is apprehended, Van Pelt goes to Rigsby's house and they kiss.
115	21	"Red and Itchy"	David Paymer	Daniel Cerone	April 28, 2013	3X7970	8.69[28]
When J.J. LaRoche's tupperware container goes missing, he personally requests Jane's help in finding the lost container, which contains incriminating items of his past.
116	22	"Red John's Rules"	Chris Long	Bruno Heller	May 5, 2013	3X7972	9.17[29]
Red John kills a victim with connections to Jane's past to startle him and tease him, to assure that he is still on the hunt for him. Jane, after almost a year, finally manages to create a final list of suspects to be Red John, consisting of 7 people: Bret Stiles, Gale Bertram, Ray Haffner, Reede Smith, Bob Kirkland, Sheriff Thomas McAllister and Brett Partridge.