Simon Baker of The Mentalist in TV Guide
Scan of short interview with Simon about Season 5
Transcript (by Fran, so blame me if there are mistakes!):
Last Season, crime-buster Patrick Jane staged an elaborate trap for serial killer Red John by quitting CBI and traipsing off to Las Vegas, where he pretended to be on a mad, drunken bender that lasted months – and he still failed to catch the guy! Star Simon Baker fills us in on Plan B.
It’s starting to seem like Red John is way out of Jane’s league. Isn’t he getting discouraged?
Vegas didn’t go the way Jane hoped, but he did catch a big fish – Red John’s accomplice, Lorelei! This could lead him right to Red John, but there’s now a lot of red tape to deal with because Lorelei is incarcerated and the FBI and the CBI both want her. Jane has a lot more hurdles.
But is Lorelei playing with a full deck? Can anything she says be trusted?
At times she’s scary, but Jane is a kindred spirit with con people. He and Lorelei have a shorthand, a sort of chemical understanding between the mechanics of their brains.
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