Episode 20 — “Red Velvet Cupcakes”
Season 1 masterfully balances two narrative threads. The weekly format offers self-contained, cleverly constructed whodunits where Jane solves crimes through psychological manipulation and hyperawareness—think Sherlock Holmes with a tragic backstory and a winning smile. The serialized backbone, however, is Jane’s obsessive hunt for Red John, the serial killer who murdered his wife and daughter. index of the mentalist season 1 hot