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The Mentalist
Red Moon
Original Air Date: Nov 18, 2010
Liz – Associate Staff Writer
liz@thetwocentscorp.com
Like all of my favorite episodes of this show, the actual crime takes a near backseat to the utter amount of crazy that Jane generates and attracts into his orbit. While out communing with nature — a deer to be precise, I’d like to make a joke about “Jane doe” but nothing really comes to mind, so consider it made — Jane and Lisbon are, in fact, responding to an interesting call. Three bodies, each with three methods of killing, arranged out in the middle of an orchard. These bodies include two police sheriff deputies, and Keely Farlow, who was engaged to a deputy. Jane wants the case — or maybe, as he says, “vice versa.”
CBI starts to set up camp in the sheriff’s office (these guys are winners, with a wifi password like “1234”), and Ellis Mars, a seemingly helpful private citizen, comes in and asks to speak to the person heading the investigation. When Grace offers her services, he declares, “You are far too young and pretty to have any authority in the matter.” Yeah, she’s also got a gun and she will hurt you, you misogynistic jerkface.
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