American Horror Story has nothing on The Mentalist, which this Thursday (CBS, 10/9c) has Jane collaborating with an alive "dead” man (played by Craig Bierko) to track down a would-be murderer.

 

Also on the horizon for the crime drama: the return of Erica Flynn, the vexing vixen-slash-murderous matchmaker played by Morena Baccarin.

 

First up: This week, Bierko (Boston Legal) guest-stars as "Doc” Duggan, a retired pro football QB who is believed dead after someone blows up his car. Relishing the rare chance to pick the brain of a "murder victim who’s alive,” Jane, with Lisbon, work with Doc to deduce who might have tried to sack him for good. Ashley Williams (How I Met Your Mother) plays Doc’s ex-wife.

 

"He’s kind of a larger-than-life character, an ex-quarterback who’s got his own restaurant and bar,” Bierko says, examining Doc. "After he’s thought to have been killed, he’s hidden away at CBI as Jane tries to figure out what happened. And… that’s all I’m allowed to say!”

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(1:39): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXGH5VhT08Y