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JANE AND THE CBI INVESTIGATE THE DEATH OF A MOB BOSS’ SON, ON "THE MENTALIST," THURSDAY, JAN. 19 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT)

 

Eric Winter ("Brothers and Sisters”) Returns as Detective Craig O’Laughlin 

With very little evidence, Jane and the CBI investigate the death of a mob boss’ son.

Meanwhile, while taking an eyewitness in for questioning, Van Pelt is haunted by the memories of O’Laughlin’s shooting.

SERIES REGULARS:
Simon Baker (Patrick Jane)
Robin Tunney (Teresa Lisbon)
Tim Kang (Kimball Cho)
Owain Yeoman (Wayne Rigsby)
Amanda Righetti (Grace Van Pelt)

GUEST CAST:
Michael Rady (Special Agent Luther Wainwright)
Eric Winter (Agent Craig O’Laughlin)
Kristy Wu (Janpen)
Sergio Porchetto (Jeff Licon)
Joaquim de Almeida (Gabriel Porchetto)
Matt Battaglia (Curtis Nett)
Bree Turner (Iris Porchetto)
Michael Reilly Burke (Andrew Kellogg)
Jillian Bach (Sarah Harrigan)
Luis Moncada (Luis Osorio)
Randy J. Goodwin (Agent Bernie Westeroff)
Ronnie Gene Blevins (Ellwood Spiller)
Bob Rumnock (Doctor)
Scott Connors (Gabriel Porchetto Jr.)

WRITTEN BY: Tom Szentgyorgyi
DIRECTED BY: Elodie Keene

 

I've added quite a few new photos to the gallery of Simon out and about in October, November and December this year. All watermarked I'm afraid, but nice to see him spending time with his family.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE CBI TEAM INVESTIGATES THE MURDER OF A HIGH-END DIVORCE ATTORNEY, ON "THE MENTALIST," THURSDAY, JAN. 12 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT)

 

Catherine Dent ("The Shield”) Returns as FBI Agent Susan Darcy Who Questions Jane about Panzer’s Death. Samaire Armstrong ("Dirty Sexy Money”) Returns as Summer, Cho’s Informant.

 

Jane and the CBI must narrow down the long list of suspects after a high-end divorce attorney with many enemies is killed on his speed boat. Meanwhile, Jane is questioned about whether Red John was responsible for Panzer’s murder.

SERIES REGULARS:
Simon Baker (Patrick Jane)
Robin Tunney (Teresa Lisbon)
Tim Kang (Kimball Cho)
Owain Yeoman (Wayne Rigsby)
Amanda Righetti (Grace Van Pelt

GUEST CAST:
Catherine Dent (FBI Agent Susan Darcy)
Samaire Armstrong (Summer)
Don Franklin (Larry Dersh)
Heather Mazur (Colette Santori
Rudolph Martin (Brock Marx)
Ely Pouget (Teri Maier)
David Carey Foster (Tom Maier)
Andrew Borba (Inspector Bobby Wilson)
Geoffrey Wade (Minister)
Jeff L. Williams (Alton Creek)
Bubba Ganter (Bouncer #2)

WRITTEN BY: Ashley Gable
DIRECTED BY: John Showalter

 

 

The Patrick Jane that was thought to be gone forever is making a comeback tonight. For The Mentalist‘s midseason finale, executive producer and writer Daniel Cerone says they wanted to give fans a chance to see the Patrick Jane of the past — with a twist. "We always thought it’d be fun to see the old Patrick Jane. You know, the psychic hookster in a shiny suit, but the only real way to do that would be a flashback episode, and those types of episodes generally turn out to be disappointing.” Instead, he says, they opted to bring the old Jane into the present, and give the characters a chance to "experience first-hand who Jane really was before his wife and daughter were murdered.”

 

In the episode, Jane finds himself afflicted with dissociative fugue, a form of amnesia. "Fugues are usually precipitated by a stressful event. So in that way, we brought Jane out of the past,” Cerone says. "So what we’ll witness is who Jane was before the death of his family. He was a wilder, more untamed character, you know who ... Read more »

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Happy Christmas Everyone

 

 

 

 

Today (Wed) filming at Riverfront Studios in Atwater Village http://www.riverfrontstages.com/

 

Tomorrow shooting a rural house scene in the hills above Malibu http://img.ly/btCh

Off Mulholland Drive (Presumably the vineyard)

 

Simon watching his son play football:

 

 

 

The Mentalist Taps Diane Farr, Bonnie Somerville, James Frain For February Sweeps

 

 

http://www.tvline.com/2011/12/mentalist-season-4-farr-somerville-joosten-frain/

Bonnie Somerville (left) & Diane Farr

Diane Farr can check another CBS procedural off her to-do list. The Numb3rs vet, who guest starred on CSI: Miami in October, will appear in an upcoming Season 4 episode of The Mentalist, TVLine has learned exclusively. 

 

Farr will play Amy Barron, a Type-A, business-minded owner of a small winery in North California. Joining the actress in the outing are Bonnie Somerville (Cashmere Mafia, NYPD Blue) as Amy’s friend/business partner, who is accused of murder, and Kathryn Joosten (Desperate Housewives) as the murder victim’s neighbor. True Blood‘s James Frain rounds out the crowded guest cast. ... Read more »