The Mentalist Recap – Season 2, Episode 3 – Red Badge – air date 10/02/09. In this episode Lisbon is accused of murdering a child molester that she sent to jail (and was recently paroled). Robin Tunney (as Agent Lisbon) put in a stellar performance!

The CBI team decide to launch their own investigation into the shooting to help clear Lisbon. The police psychologist that Lisbon has been seeing comes into play, as does Det. Bosco – the detective who took over the Red John investigation. (It turns out he may be in love with Lisbon!)

Money, power, and greed all come into play in this episode. As does Jane’s ability to see beyond the facts – and intuit why Lisbon cannot remember anything about the night of the shooting (even under hypnosis).

The real murder? You would never guess!