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7Character page for ''Series/TheMentalist''.
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11!!The CBI Core
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13[[folder:Patrick Jane]]
14[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pj_5196.gif]]
15->'''Played By''': Creator/SimonBaker
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17The titular mentalist, Patrick Jane is a former psychic and stage performer, but took a job with the [=CBI=] when the serial killer [[BigBad Red John]] killed his wife and daughter after Patrick badmouthed him on TV, hoping to exact revenge.
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19Possessing exceptional [[LivingLieDetector knowledge of human behavior]], extensive meditative and hypnotic training, a [[PhotographicMemory refined memory]] and [[SherlockScan superhuman deductive skills]], Patrick Jane is one of the most valuable agents of the [=CBI=] in the fight against crime. Though technically he's [[RunningGag not a cop, just a consultant.]]
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21* AbusiveParents: Not [[GoodParents Patrick himself]], but his father was emotionally and financially abusive.
22* AfraidOfDoctors: Played with. Patrick had a breakdown after his family was murdered, and is quite grateful (and possibly attracted) to the shrink who helped him recover. However, he actively avoids actually working with any other shrinks; when he forgets his sleeping pills and has to see another shrink to get more, he tells him nothing but lies.
23* AgentScully: Not just skeptical but actively scornful of any hint of the supernatural.
24* AmateurSleuth: Investigating is not his business initially, but he puts his talent to read people to very good use in his work with the police.
25* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler:Makes a rather grand one at the end of the season 6 finale, running to climb on Lisbon's plane and tell her he loves her in front of everyone, despite the fact that she was ''furious'' at him for faking a break in a cold case just to have an excuse to go to Florida and stay at a fancy hotel.]]
26* AntiHero: Patrick works with C.B.I. because they are his best chance at catching Red John, but he will assist them with other cases. Likewise, on several occasions, he has gladly helped others without any personal gain whatsoever, doing so to extremely generous extents.
27* TheAtoner: Whenever a case brings him into contact with someone that he scammed back in his psychic con artist days.
28* AttentionWhore: He really likes to be the center of attention. That said, he also encourages others not to be shy, sometimes even letting them take the credit.
29* AwesomeByAnalysis: To ridiculous and ridiculously awesome degrees all the time. At one point he instantly reads the movements, tactics and habits of a boxer, and gives better practical advice than the man's coach despite possessing no fighting skill himself whatsoever.
30* BadassBookworm: Despite being raised in a circus group, he's long since mastered his field of expertise by the time the show starts, with deep knowledge in several matters.
31* BadassInANiceSuit: Never seen outside of his trusty suit and waistcoat. Not even when getting ready for sleep. Seriously.
32* BadassPacifist: Jane uses his smarts to get the criminal, and has hardly used violence throughout the entire series.
33* BatmanGambit: Possessing exceptional intelligence and knowledge of human behavior, this is easy.
34* BatmanGrabsAGun: While Patrick has never [[HeroicVow vowed to abstain from using guns]], he very much dislikes them. He's also a NonActionGuy and generally doesn't like physical confrontation at all. That said, Jane will resort to violence at times, especially to save others. In such cases, it's clear that he won't shy away from murder when necessary.
35* BavarianFireDrill: For the same reason as BatmanGambit, he's good at this too.
36* BeneathTheMask: Patrick is an outwardly cheerful, optimistic and stable man who rarely loses his cool, but every once in a while the facade cracks, and we catch a glimpse of all the anger, sadness, and loneliness he represses. From "Seeing Red" (1x07);
37-->'''Kristina''': I think you act assured and arrogant but inside you are troubled with deep guilt and self-loathing. A recent trauma in your past, perhaps? But you're more than a little unstable. (to Teresa) You have your work cut out for you.\
38'''Grace''': You are good.\
39'''Patrick''': Please. Not to boast, but I had quite a well-known horrible tragedy. A mere half-hour on the internet would tell you that I'm consumed with guilt and self-loathing.\
40'''Kristina''': One look in your eyes would tell me that.
41* BerserkButton:
42** He ''really'' doesn't like seeing people repeat his own mistakes. "Psychics" and vain, arrogant men who take their families for granted really piss him off.
43** Anything having to do with Red John will cause Jane's mood to darken instantly.
44* BigEater: Really likes the cases where there is food in close proximity, see episodes Red Hair and Silver Tape, and Red Herring as prime examples.
45** He actually does this even more when it comes to ''drinks''. Namely, tea.
46* BlatantLies: Willing to go as far as to talk out of his arse to draw out the baddie. It can occasionally cross the line into SeamlessSpontaneousLie.
47* BoxedCrook: [[DefiedTrope Defied.]] Following his murder of Red John, the serial killer who killed his wife and daughter, Patrick Jane is tracked down by the F.B.I. in Mexico, and offered a choice of either being F.B.I. consultant for five years (a deal that can be revoked at any time if he acts up), or being locked up for 20 years to life. Jane, of course, isn't about to play that and instead cuts his own deal leaving him basically free and clear, promising to reveal some very embarrassing information if they don't agree to his terms.
48* BreakTheHaughty: We've got a glimpse of the con man Jane in "Fugue in Red", whom proved to be self-absorbed and uncaring in general.
49* BrutalHonesty: When he doesn't care to charm or manipulate you, this is what you get. And if it isn't ShipTease or another form of friendly teasing, you won't like it one bit.
50* BunnyEarsLawyer: The CBI only put up with Patrick's antics because he solves cases.
51* ByronicHero: Very attractive? Check. Has a high intelligence? Check. Has a DarkAndTroubledPast? You bet.
52* TheCassandra: He is never wrong... about anything... ever. But he typically has to spend all of every second episode persuading the other characters that he's not wrong ''this time''. Although, Lisbon and her team, and even some of the higher ups of CBI do take his word on plenty of things, he just needs some actual evidence to convict the killer.
53* CatchPhrase: Numerous variations of "Oh, I'm not a cop, just a consultant", "Please put the guns down!", and for the first season: "No such thing as psychics". Also, in relation to him, whenever it's asked why he's kept around despite all his shenanigans, the reason is always the same - "he closes cases."
54* CelibateHero: Downplayed, since he WAS married. However, [[MyGreatestFailure Patrick's guilt over indirectly causing his wife's death]] causes him to generally goes no further than playful flirting at best. [[spoiler:By the end of season 6 though, Patrick finally tells Lisbon he loves her.]]
55* TheCharmer: Always wears a charming smile, if only to mask the enormous amount of self-loathing he has for himself.
56* TheChessmaster: Jane can make people do what he wants so easily.
57* CircusBrat: He used to be a carny when he was a teenager and he grew up in a traveling carnival.
58* {{CloudCuckooLander}}: Has various shades of this.
59* ColdBloodedTorture: [[spoiler: He buried a suspect alive]] to get a confession out of him. Patrick flat out tells Lisbon that he plans to torture Red John to death the way Red John tortured his wife and his daughter Charlotte, even if he goes to prison for it. [[spoiler: Inverted in the end as he opts to simply shoot Red John and then strangle the weakened killer instead of torturing him.]]
60* ConMenHateGuns: Jane doesn't usually carry a weapon, and mostly avoids physical violence altogether, but he seems to have a particular dislike of firearms.
61%%* CrazyPrepared
62* CruelToBeKind: On occasion. He's good at emotionally manipulating suspects and killers into confessions, but there have been occasions, such as the episode ''Red Menace'', where it's because he senses that the culprit is a good person, deep down, who will be unable to deal with the guilt if left unpunished, and wants to confess on some level.
63* CrusadingWidower: After the brutal murder of his wife (and daughter), Jane is fiercely dedicated to hunting down their killer.
64* CulturedBadass: Although Jane has no formal education, he is well-read, culturally literate and has an appreciation of art, theater, wine and music, especially opera and classical.
65* DarkAndTroubledPast: Between the father taking advantage of his skills as a child, his background as a phony and the murder of his daughter and wife, not to mention all the guilt, it's absolutely no wonder Patrick is a wreck.
66* DatingCatwoman: With Erica and Lorelei.
67%%* DeadpanSnarker
68* DirtyCoward: Played with; he's quite a brave man in many ways, though this is usually because he's confident that his wits and guile can carry him out of any situation. However, he can be something of a physical coward when it comes to potentially violent confrontation, and is noticeably quick to either make sure he's well out of the line of danger when a situation looks like it might kick off into violence (especially if it's a situation he's caused), position other people to take the brunt for him or, when this isn't possible, turning on his heels and running as fast as he can out of there.
69* DistressedDude: Carrying no weapons, not even a sidearm, and possessing zero practical fighting skills, Patrick often finds himself in this role. Ensue HoldingTheFloor until [[TheCavalry Lisbon]] arrives. [[spoiler: Amusingly, Red John's accomplice lampshades this the moment before Patrick finally subverts it by shooting him point-blank with a concealed gun.]]
70* DoesntLikeGuns: He will only resort to them if he feels it to be necessary.
71* TheEmpath: A 100% non-supernatural example, but rather a skill acquired through a lifetime of training, though no less effective.
72* EveryoneHasStandards: Despite his grey sense of morality, it's clear that Jane has lines that he won't cross, which he expects the same towards others. Notably, he will often show cold fury at killers who show no sense of remorse over what they did.
73** While enjoying his ability to figure out others' secrets, Jane won't pry "too" deeply. Notably, he even gives Rigsby a WhatTheHellHero moment for [[spoiler:trying to see what LaRoche's secret box had inside.]]
74* FailureKnight: The death of his wife and daughter plagues him greatly, but it also motivates him to save lives.
75* FairCop: Fair ''[[RunningGag Consultant]]''.
76%% * FiveTemperamentEnsemble: Sanguine.
77* FriendToAllChildren: Especially given the loss of his daughter, and semi-background as a carny performer. [[FridgeBrilliance For someone who spends his every waking minute figuring out people's dirty secrets, younger children must seem positively wonderful company.]]
78* TheGadfly: A substantial amount of his antics during a given investigation are prompted with the at-least secondary, if not primary, motivation of winding up Lisbon, her team, and any other law enforcement and authority figures present who have irritated him.
79* GuileHero: Goes with the territory. He talks himself into, and out of, every single crisis.
80* HappilyMarried: He truly loved his wife Angela, [[spoiler:and becomes this again after he and Teresa get hitched in the series finale.]]
81* HatesBeingTouched: Starting in Season 3 (right after being kidnapped and menaced by Red John), bad things can happen to people who touch him uninvited. The consequences range from being mildly inconvenienced to being framed for murder and used as bait for a serial killer, mostly depending on your actions and attitude.
82* HeadsOrTails: An episode of season 2 has him winning a bet this way. It landed heads ''20 times in a row''. No wonder they thought he was cheating, and considering his character he most likely did. He reveals how later in the episode when pointing out the value of OccamsRazor; after they spend the episode trying to come up with increasingly elaborate methods for how he could have pulled it off, he points out that the likeliest method is just that he used a double-headed coin and slight-of-hand to conceal it from them, showing them the rigged coin and the normal one he'd switched it with when giving it to Rigsby to inspect.
83* HeroicBSOD: After [[spoiler:killing Red John, Patrick just has a brief moment of satisfaction over avenging his family's murder, but quickly realizes law enforcement will now be after him for murder, and he can barely bring himself to leave a farewell message to Lisbon before going on the run.]]
84* HeroWithAnFInGood: At his worst. Jane may be on the side of good, but has performed acts that are just criminal.
85* HiddenDepths:
86** Several episodes make it clear that Patrick does genuinely care about others, hence why he looks out for people in need. Likewise, despite often showing amusement whenever finding out someone's secret, [[IJustWantToBeNormal he has once stated his desire to be "normal".]]
87** While insensitive at times, Jane can be sympathetic as well, even helping some characters deal with insecurity and self-doubt. Also, the first season often had him questioning his goal for revenge, specifically in whether it was the right choice to make.
88* HollywoodAtheist: Bordering on NietzscheWannabe when challenged.
89* HyperCompetentSidekick: To Lisbon, technically.
90* IJustWantToBeNormal: Jane has a lot of fun with his abilities while catching criminals, but when he talks to Lisbon about Rigsby and Van Pelt's relationship...
91-->'''Lisbon:''' Okay, I am not jealous and resentful. That is nonsense.
92-->'''Jane:''' Yet you recall my exact words. There's no shame in it. I feel that way too sometimes. Why does everyone else get to have a normal life?
93* ImportantHaircut: Inverted. Flashbacks to Jane's days as a PhonyPsychic, such as the episode 'Pretty Red Balloon,' has his hair straighter and shorter.
94* TheInsomniac: Will stay up all night working on a case, and says in the pilot he can't sleep unless he gets "the good pills" -- possibly because his house is empty of furniture except a mattress in the floor beneath the smiley-face Red John painted on the wall in his wife and child's blood. Seems to sleep okay on the couch in the CBI office (and [[{{Sleepyhead}} occasionally during briefings]]).
95* InterdisciplinarySleuth: A LivingLieDetector and RenaissanceMan who doubles as a police officer.
96* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite his love for messing with people, he can display deep and genuine kindness. He's also a FriendToAllChildren.
97* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: In ''Fugue In Red'', his amnesiac version turns out to be this, being that it is based on when he was a scammer, but without the the love he had for his family. While he has a moment of friendship with Lisbon, whom is convinced that there is still a heart there, and helps find the murderer, he has no problems stealing half of the money, abusing Cho's trust to escape and abandoning the team.
98* KickTheDog: In "Little Red Book," he ruins (or at least severely damages) the careers of two honest CBI agents simply to get them transferred and replaced by members of his old team.
99* LikeBrotherAndSister: In the initial seasons he had this type of relationship with Lisbon, eventually subverted in the final seasons, where he develops feelings for her.
100* LimitedWardrobe: Jane only seems to own three-piece suits worn with a pair of battered brown shoes he is rather attached to, even getting them resoled in one episode. Following the {{Retool}} Jane loses his WaistcoatOfStyle, but gains some woolen socks (a gift from Lisbon) and a subdued tropical print shirt.
101* LivingEmotionalCrutch: He and Lisbon are this to each other. Lisbon needs Jane as TheConfidant and someone to help her with difficult situations outside of the normal. While she can function without him, she is not happy about it and seems to need Jane around as someone who can understand her without judging her (while she's close to her teammates, the whole employee/co-worker dynamic means there's always a barrier).
102* LivingLieDetector: It would be a much shorter list to describe what he's gotten wrong.
103* MagicianDetective: His talents at cold reading, hypnotism, and observational powers often fall into this.
104* ManipulativeBastard: Jane is a master manipulator, a trait also possessed by his enemy [[BigBad Red John.]]
105* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: The Feminine Boy to Lisbon's Masculine Girl.
106* MoralityPet: Back in his con man days, his absolute love for his wife and daughter was one of his few redeeming features. In present times, his team can act as this, especially Teresa Lisbon.
107* MoralSociopathy: His sense of morality tends to fluctuate DependingOnTheWriter. At his worst though, he can be insensitive to a noticeable fault, outright hurting co-workers and innocent bystanders to achieve a goal.
108%%* MrFanservice
109* NiceGuy: From what we can gather, Jane was a good kid until his father gradually corrupted him into becoming a scammer. In present times, Jane normally has a polite and friendly attitude, unless he is trolling someone.
110* NonActionGuy: For most of the show, Patrick's main utility has been in non-combat situations or as MissionControl. Gradually subverted, considering he's now killed three people, to the point where he now qualifies as a badass.
111* NonActionSnarker: In contrast to the sometimes snarky, but much more physical Lisbon.
112* NonIdleRich: It can be assumed Patrick Jane made a lot of money during his years as a psychic and it's been hinted several times.
113* ObfuscatingStupidity: Although he generally exhibits a happy demeanour, Jane suffers enormous guilt over the deaths of his wife and daughter as well as a ferocious determination to kill Red John, the serial killer that murdered them.
114* OneOfTheKids: Has shades of this.
115* PapaWolf: His motive for joining the police. Also comes out in protective behavior toward children.
116* PhonyPsychic: Used to be this. In fact, people still tend to assume he has supernatural powers upon demonstration, despite his constant denials.
117* PhotographicMemory: Jane shows this skill while pointing out clues. He has several tricks for remembering things, such as associating facts with places in a "memory palace" and making up stories about objects when he needs to remember them in a specific order.
118* PhraseCatcher: Lisbon and other characters usually state that "he closes cases" when asked why he's allowed to continue working with the CBI.
119* ProfessionalGambler: Jane has time and again, used his skills at poker to gain funds, once against a table of mafia dons, he both got the money and the loser’s enmity.
120* RaceForYourLove: [[spoiler:At the end of the season 6 finale, Lisbon gets on a plane to Washington and Jane has to fight to get through airport security in order to speak to her. Unfortunately, he forgot his FBI credentials, so he has to settle for climbing a fence, spraining his ankle on the jump down, and limping across the tarmac before the guards realize what he's up to.]]
121* ReallyFondOfSleeping: Patrick Jane is really fond of his rather shabby leather couch that he keeps in the sleek-looking office and he loves lying there and taking naps. (He doesn't even have a desk.) This half-sleeping, half-lucid state of mind helps him to solve cases.
122* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: He is very fond of giving these to bad people, a failed example of which ultimately provoked the murder of his family. Especially when he identifies the target's actions with his own past failings.
123* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: A very typical attitude in Jane, which his superiors obviously do not approve.
124* SharpDressedMan: Though rather scruffy.
125* SherlockScan: He is capable of amazing feats of observation and induction and although he says he isn't psychic, some people maintain that he must be.
126* ShipperOnDeck: He openly encourages Rigsby and Van Pelt, and keeps their relationship a secret, but is not above manipulating them by using his knowledge of it.
127* ShowyInvincibleHero: He's almost always right, but then if he weren't right so often he probably would have been fired years ago.
128* {{Sleepyhead}}: Usually on his brown couch at the office. Known to sleep through briefings. Justified in that he has chronic insomnia, unable to sleep unless he gets "the good pills" — probably because at home he sleeps on a mattress on the floor beneath the smile painted on the wall by Red John in his wife and child's blood.
129* TheSmartGuy: He can do basically everything, ranging from observation to other extremely complex matters.
130* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Not that he even needs a board or pieces to play. Used as a RunningGag in one episode.
131* TheSocialExpert: Jane's main gift is his voice and ability to get through to people.
132* TalkingYourWayOut: With varying success. Bad guy pointing a gun and [[TheCavalry Lisbon]] not around? Only one thing to do... See DistressedDude above.
133* TookALevelInJerkass: In the first season, Patrick regularly showed a sense of morality overall, even questioning his quest for revenge on a few occasions. By the start of season 2 though, he becomes noticeably more brash and uncaring, even manipulating mournful victims.
134* ToxicFriendInfluence: Zigzagged. From a legal point of view, Patrick is undoubtedly this on his CBI teammates. At various times, he's talked them into planting evidence, coercing confessions, profiling suspects, and committing entrapment, any one of which could get them fired, if not worse. Bosco lampshades this in "Black Gold and Red Blood." On the flipside however, it must be mentioned that this is normally in regards to serving justice, rather than any personal gain. Plus, it's not as if the law is perfect by any means, especially given how [[spoiler:several agents in the C.B.I. worked for Red John]].
135* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Tea and eggs.
136* TranquilFury: Every time he remembers the loss of his family, he becomes very stoic and unemotional, yet you can tell he is boiling.
137** [[spoiler: He also lapses into this state while he is [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge exacting his revenge]] on Red John, although [[NotSoStoic it briefly gives away]] to reveal [[UnstoppableRage the rage burning within him]] as he chokes him to death.]]
138* {{Ubermensch}}: Notions of morality and sometimes legality are thrown out the window for his manipulations to solve the case and Jane really doesn't seem to see anything wrong with it.
139* UltimateJobSecurity: He's so valuable to the CBI that if his antics ever go too far, it's ''Lisbon'' whose job will be in trouble.
140* UnclePennybags: He is very, very rich and can win absurdly large amounts of money in gambling. He likes to give presents to his colleagues and friends at the bureau -- for example when he wins at the casino in poker, he buys two large sets of jewelry with emeralds and rubies for Lisbon and for Van Pelt, and he gives very expensive watches to Rigsby and Cho, and he treats them all with dinner and drinks. (Lisbon and Van Pelt then decide to give the jewelry back because it's too much, but the guys are happy to keep their watches.) Another time he gives Lisbon a pony for her birthday.
141* UsedToBeASweetKid: As a child, it's shown that Patrick found no joy in conning others, even arguing against it with his father. Unfortunately, the latter's emotional manipulations got to him.
142* UnwittingPawn: Selectively. Red John consistently outmaneuvers him throughout the series, which is lampshaded whenever the GambitPileup starts anew. He evens up the game by the season 3 finale. [[spoiler: Except it was an accomplice, and Red John probably expected him to die, given that he got said accomplice to pretend to be him.]]
143* VigilanteExecution: His stated goal is to perform one of these on Red John [[spoiler: and he makes good on it.]] In "Red Menace," he arranged one by proxy, framing a [[AllBikersAreHellsAngels biker gang]] leader as an informant and leaving him in the clutches of his angry minions.
144* WaistcoatOfStyle: Until the {{Retool}}, though it comes back briefly towards the end of the show.
145* WealthyPhilanthropist: He got ''filthy'' rich during his scamming days, but he decided to use his wealth for the good to balance it out. He can also win absurdly large amounts of money in gambling any time he chooses to. He was seen giving money to families who lost their money or entire property (usually because of an error or one black sheep) or who were poor and needed help (e.g., he sent a briefcase full of money to a young woman whose mother was seriously ill and in need of transplant operation which she couldn't afford), or he gave money and expensive stuff he had won in poker to charity boxes that collect used clothes.
146* WorthyOpponent: To Red John. Patrick in turn has nothing but contempt for him.
147* YouKilledMyFather: Red John killed his wife and daughter, which is his motivation for hunting him.
148[[/folder]]
149
150[[folder:Teresa Lisbon]]
151[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tl_3791.gif]]
152->'''Played By''': Creator/RobinTunney
153
154TheLeader of TheTeam, Senior Special Agent Teresa Lisbon of the CBI stands with the impossible task of keeping Patrick in check. Although Jane's antics are annoying and often lands her in deep trouble, she respects him highly, and often supports his theories in the face of skeptical superiors, and even common sense.
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156* AbusiveParents[=/=]AlcoholicParent: Lisbon's father was this.
157* ActionGirl: Often used as a {{Foil}} to Patrick's NonActionGuy.
158* AfraidOfDoctors: Shrinks in particular. When ordered to see one after a shooting, she arrives late enough to miss almost all of several appointments and is very reluctant to talk even when she does appear. [[spoiler: Justified in that particular case, as the shrink in question was deliberately framing her for murder, which she may have subconsciously picked up on.]]
159* AloofDarkHairedGirl: There's hardly ever a time when she's not composed.
160* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
161* BadassAdorable: She's extremely cute when she's vulnerable yet somehow, she still maintains a toughness.
162* BigDamnHeroes: All the time. Primarily to save Jane.
163* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Frequently, Jane often helps out when she asks him to, but normally in ways that are -- at best -- borderline illegal. At one point she mentions that she wishes some FBI agents would vanish, Jane makes it happen by planting evidence on a suspect to create a RedHerring for them to follow and leave the CBI alone.
164* BrainyBrunette: Relatively speaking.
165* BrokenBird: As a result of her DarkAndTroubledPast.
166* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Tends to fall into this with Jane when [[BigBad Red John]] comes up, when she isn't busy giving him a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech for going too far to try to catch him.
167* ByTheBookCop: In spite of Lisbon's preference for following proper procedures, Jane persistently contradicts her plans and at times directly undermines her authority, usually apologizing immediately afterward. Although she criticizes most of Jane's tricks and revelations in front of him, she also often defends him from suspects (especially those with political pull) or from her very own superiors.
168* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Tries, and usually fails, to keep Jane under control.
169%%* ControlFreak
170* CoolBigSis: To her brothers, even though she can be [[AloofBigSister aloof at times]].
171* CoolAunt: To her niece Annie.
172* CuteBruiser: She's very handy in a fight.
173* DarkAndTroubledPast: Dead mother, alcoholic father and dysfunctional brothers probably went a long way to develop her TeamMom tendencies. There was also a broken engagement somewhere in there.
174* DeadpanSnarker: Whether reacting to Jane's antics or Tasering a violent suspect.
175* DefrostingIceQueen: She's a lot more lenient with her team than she used to be, Jane and his wacky schemes in particular.
176%%* FairCop
177* FanservicePack: In the first season Lisbon was rather frumpy. With season 2, she got the usual upgrades - new hair, better clothes, high heels.
178* FiveTemperamentEnsemble: Melancholic.
179* GuiltyPleasure: Whilst hypnotized she admits to enjoying dancing to a Music/SpiceGirls CD.
180* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Towards the [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk amnesiac Patrick Jane]] in ''Fugue In Red'', being that despite having the personality he had when he was the scammer (but without the love for his family), she is convinced that the amnesiac Patrick Jane has the same heart of gold as his normal version, she turns out to be wrong. , when Patrick has no problem stealing half of the money that the original thief stole.
181* KnightInSourArmour: A badass detective who has a very guarded, severe personality,
182* TheLadette: She grew up among boys, after all. It's implied that she intentionally pushed away girls who wanted to be her friend as a teenager.
183* TheLancer: Despite being Patrick's superior, she often ends up fulfilling this role for him.
184* LargeHam: Whenever playing the part of [[PhonyPsychic psychic.]]
185--> '''Lisbon:''' [[VictimOfTheWeek Kirk?]] Kirk, is that you? ''Yes!'' [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments I will speak on your behalf!]]
186* TheLeader: Type Levelheaded. It's her job to keep everyone on track and focused. It's not easy when Patrick is part of the team.
187* LikeBrotherAndSister: In the initial seasons she had this type of relationship with Jane, eventually subverted in the final seasons, where she develops feelings for him.
188* LivingEmotionalCrutch: To Jane and both of them are this to each other. Lisbon was one of the few people to reach out to Jane when he came to the CBI. She also helps him stay grounded as he calls her his "moderating influence". Lisbon also helps Jane handle mundane affairs and running interference between Jane and the CBI bureaucracy. The only one who can somewhat restrain Jane is Lisbon and the only one who can make him lose his cool if they are in peril is Lisbon.
189* MarriedToTheJob: Has little to no social life outside of the CBI. She becomes adorably defensive when interviewed by a visiting camera crew.
190* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: The Masculine Girl to Jane’s Feminine Boy.
191* MoralityChain: Also to Patrick, whenever his obsession with Red John gets out of hand.
192* AMotherToHerMen: By season four, Jane and her agents are so attached to her that they are willing to sabotage her replacement to get her back in charge.
193* NotSoAboveItAll: Gives in to Jane's plans a bit too easily sometimes. Especially after their [[spoiler:admission in the FBI]], becomes a lot more lenient and even admits having fun with Jane's schemes. It probably helps that in the FBI, she's not the team lead, so she's not in a position of being responsible for him the way she was at the CBI.
194* OneHeadTaller: Inverted. Lisbon is a head shorter than everyone. This makes her unquestioned (except by Jane) authority over them all even more impressive.
195* OnlySaneWoman: Occasionally. She's the most rational when her team gets a little crazy.
196* OvershadowedByAwesome: She's a very competent detective in her own right, but Patrick outclasses her by far.
197** Has been getting steadily better at Patrick's trade as of season seven.
198* PintsizedPowerhouse: Capable of tackling criminals twice her size.
199* PromotionToParent: Raised her brothers after their father killed himself.
200* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Regularly when Jane crosses the line, but gives a particularly [[TearJerker heartbreaking one]] to him in the season six finale.
201* RejectedApology: Sees Jane's scheme to get [[spoiler: one special last case with her]] as a MoralEventHorizon. When Jane tries to apologize, she shoots him down with [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech a hurtful speech.]] [[spoiler:She later accepts his apology after he [[RaceForYourLove breaks into the airplane she's taking]] to [[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove declare his love for her]].]]
202* RelationshipUpgrade: [[spoiler:With Jane.]]
203* TheReliableOne: Lisbon always has Jane's back: he calls her his 'moderating influence'.
204* SecondLove: [[spoiler:To Jane after he finally avenges his wife's death.]]
205* SheCleansUpNicely: As shown on the rare occasion she puts on an evening dress. Jane starts invoking this trope by giving her nice dresses for her roles in his cons post-Retool.
206* StandardCopBackstory: Lisbon was abused by her alcoholic father after her mother's death and raised her three younger brothers.
207* StraightMan: To Patrick.
208* StrawberryShorthand: Lisbon's love of strawberries is brought up reasonably frequently. On at least one occasion Jane has bought them for her to apologize, and she has been seen eating strawberries multiple times.
209* SuddenlyEthnicity: Though it was already implied with her last name, Lisbon's ethnicity wasn't confirmed until season 4.
210* SugarAndIcePersonality: She is extremely cold and sharp in the field, but she is secretly much softer than she appears.
211* [[spoiler:SurprisePregnancy]]: [[spoiler:Manages to keep this from ''Patrick of all people'', only telling him in literally the last scene of the series.]]
212* TeamMom: As close as you can get to one for a team of adults.
213* TheChainsofCommanding: Is often stressed by the politics involved with CBI and dealing with Jane. After the Retool, when she's no longer in charge of a team, she becomes much more carefree.
214* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Tomboy to Van Pelt's Girly Girl.
215* {{Tsundere}}: Her actions indicate Type B.
216* UndyingLoyalty: Towards her entire team - but especially towards Jane. For him she's blackmailed one of her closest friends, blackmailed her ''boss's boss'', punched a robber in order to get his case thrown out of court, gotten locked in a box, and repeatedly gotten suspended from the job that is basically her whole life. There's also six months of anger management classes.
217** It goes so far that when Jane buries a man alive [[spoiler:as part of a scheme to flush out Red John]] she isn't even mad at him. This is [[CallBack later]] lampshaded by Cho in the season 6 finale.
218* TheWatson: To Jane. She is a stern, serious, CloserToEarth {{Foil}} to Jane.
219* WhatTheHellHero: Is often the one to do this to Jane when he goes overboard.
220[[/folder]]
221
222[[folder:Kimball Cho]]
223[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cc_4917.gif]]
224->'''Played By''': Creator/TimKang
225
226One of the special agents of the [=CBI=], and probably the most down to earth of the group. Asian-American of Korean heritage. Before joining the [=CBI=], he was an army green beret, and before ''that'' he was a gangbanger called "The Iceman", a fact which Jane finds hilarious (in his defense, it is more than a little {{Cliche}} and overblown). He's the calm and collected of the group, rarely showing any emotion at all.
227----
228* TheAtoner: He enlists himself on the army to atone for his time in the gang.
229%%* BadassBookworm
230* BadgesAndDogTags: He was in the U.S. Army as part of the 1st Special Forces Group in Asia before becoming a CBI agent.
231* BadassInANiceSuit: Always seen with a suit and tie; but, until he joins the FBI, his shirts are usually shirtsleeved underneath the jacket (all the better to show off his gun-show when interrogating suspects)
232* BewareTheQuietOnes: He doesn't say much, but watch out if you hurt someone he cares about.
233* TheBigGuy: Although not as big as Rigsby, this guy is ''really tough''.
234* {{Bookworm}}: Reads pretty hefty looking books during stakeouts.
235* BrutalHonesty: His stoic personality often leads to cases of this.
236%%* TheComicallySerious:
237* CowboyCop: The most likely to enable and even assist with Patrick's more audacious schemes, despite his aloof attitude.
238* DarkAndTroubledPast: He used to be part of a street gang.
239* DeadpanSnarker: With emphasis on the [[TheStoic 'deadpan']].
240-->'''News reporter:''' "You don't like being asked questions, right? You know, the team, as a whole seems to have a problem with that."
241-->'''Cho:''' "Was that a question?"
242
243-->'''Interviewee:''' "I can make one phone call and your career is toast."
244-->'''Cho:''' "That's impressive. The best I can get with one call is a pizza."
245
246-->'''Rigsby''' "I've sent vibes and she didn't react."
247-->'''Cho''' "Stare at the back of her neck for a few hours, women love that."
248* DefrostingIceKing: Extremely gradual (you might even say [[IncrediblyLamePun glacial]]), but being around Jane's antics has lightened him up considerably since the beginning of the series. Comes to a head after the [[spoiler: two-year TimeSkip following Red John's death]] and Cho's joining the FBI: in "Green Thumb" he smiles no fewer than ''three'' times and laughs ''twice''.
249* DoesNotLikeSpam: According to Van Pelt, Cho hates pineapple (The Thin Red Line).
250* {{Expy}}: To a certain extent; he generally seems to be channelling [[Series/{{Dragnet}} Joe Friday]] in his speech patterns and demeanor.
251%%* FairCop
252%%* [[FourTemperamentEnsemble Five Temperament Ensemble]]: Phlegmatic.
253* GeniusBruiser: He mainly acts as the interrogator, because he is very persuasive and an excellent listener.
254%%* [[SheCleansUpNicely He Cleans Up Nicely]]
255* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Rigsby.
256* HiddenDepths: Bordering on TheAce levels.
257* InSeriesNickname: "The Iceman".
258* InscrutableOriental: He's very serious, hardly ever smiles or blinks, and is of Asian descent.
259%%* MrFanservice
260%%* NotSoStoic: In "Blood In, Blood Out."
261%%* NumberTwo: To Lisbon.
262* OddCouple: With Summer, a quirky and offbeat character.
263* OffScreenBreakup: With [[SatelliteLoveInterest Elise Chaye]].
264* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Wayne's and Summer's red.
265* RecoveredAddict: Cho is hit by a freaking car during a bust and is given pain medication during his recovery for the resulting back injury. As the episodes go on we see him popping the pills as needed. Eventually he realizes he's getting addicted to them. Cho [[TheStoic being Cho]], he solves his addiction by flushing the remainder of his pills down the toilet and never takes any again.
266* ReformedCriminal: He used to be involved with a gang before going into law enforcement.
267* SecretRelationship: With Summer, due to her being his CI.
268* ShipperOnDeck: Shipped Rigsby and Van Pelt during the earlier episodes. When asked, says he does not ship Jane and Lisbon and thinks they're more LikeBrotherAndSister. [[spoiler:He's wrong.]]
269* TheStoic: He hardly ever blinks.
270* StraightMan: Especially to [[PluckyComicRelief Rigsby]] and later on season six [[spoiler:Agent Wylie.]]
271* TokenMinority: The only non-Caucasian member of the team.
272* ThoseTwoGuys: With Rigsby, whenever they're not affecting the plot.
273[[/folder]]
274
275[[folder:Wayne Rigsby]]
276[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wr_2262.gif]]
277->'''Played By''': Creator/OwainYeoman
278
279One of the special agents of the [=CBI=]. He's an arson specialist who quickly becomes attracted to Van Pelt. The two begin a secret relationship in the second season. He's a nice, gentle man who sometimes serves as [[PluckyComicRelief comic relief]].
280----
281* AbusiveParents[=/=]AlcoholicParent: His father.
282* ActionDad: With [[spoiler:two kids]] by season six.
283* BadassInANiceSuit: He always wears a suit as part of his work.
284* BattleCouple: With Van Pelt, especially [[spoiler:when they start their cybersecurity company.]]
285* BerserkButton: Don't mention his criminal father to him. [[BewareTheNiceOnes You'll probably regret it]].
286* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's usually a GentleGiant, but don't go after any of his loved ones or say anything about his father.
287* BigEater: Used to be this, until [[RealLifeWritesThePlot the actor became a vegetarian in real life.]]
288* TheBigGuy: The tallest and bulkiest member of the team (Simon Baker is 5'10", Robin Tunney is 5'4", Tim Kang is 5'8", Amanda Righetti is 5'9", but Yeoman is 6'4".)
289* ButtMonkey: A mild example but he's the most frequently teased, although he takes it very gracefully.
290* CharacterDevelopment: Since his son was born, he's shown to be more responsible a person. Of course, he is still the team's PluckyComicRelief dude, but he has grown more mature than he's been in early seasons.
291* ChronicHeroSyndrome: If a someone's in danger and he can do something about it, you can bet Rigsby will not just stand there no matter how dangerous the situation seems.
292* DaddyIssues
293* DarkAndTroubledPast: His father used to be a biker. A fair amount of abuse is implied.
294* DemotedToExtra: In the second half of season 6, following [[spoiler: Red John's death]].
295* TheDeterminator: Shot twice, once in the upper chest. Still gets up, walks around the house, and kills the shooters before they get to hurt Jane or Van Pelt.
296%%* FairCop
297* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: The team fakes his death as part of the plan for Jane to meet Lorelei and Red John in the season 4 finale.]]
298* [[FourTemperamentEnsemble Five Temperament Ensemble]]: Choleric.
299* GentleGiant: He's very nice, but very big and handy in a fight if necessary, although he doesn't enjoy it.
300* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Cho, who are also an OddCouple due to their diametric personalities.
301* IAmNotMyFather: He really doesn't like it when people suggest that he's like his father.
302* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: He genuinely wants Grace to be happy with O'Laughlin, despite still loving her, which is why he refuses to attend to their wedding.
303* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: Whenever Van Pelt gets a new boyfriend, Rigsby takes a few minutes to explain some things to him.
304* InnocentBlueEyes: A blue-eyed very nice guy.
305%%* MrFanservice
306* NewOldFlame: [[spoiler: He and Grace hook up again at the end of "Red Velvet Cupcakes".]]
307* NiceGuy: Even when being teased by his co-workers, he's very nice and friendly to everyone.
308* OffScreenBreakup: He and Sarah broke up between seasons 4 and 5, although it's mentioned that it's because of [[spoiler: him faking his death to attempt to catch Red John.]]
309* OfficeRomance: With Van Pelt.
310* PlotArmor: It's the only explanation how he survives [[spoiler:''White as the Driven Snow.'']] The son of a bitch takes a shotgun blast at point-blank range, followed closely by a bullet to the upper chest, and he still manages to get back up, walk outside, and return the favor.
311* PluckyComicRelief: Although he has a dark past, Rigsby has a very sunny outlook and can always be guaranteed to provide this.
312* PutOnABus: After the CBI is disbanded in the middle of season 6, he and van Pelt leave and start a cybersecurity firm.
313* RedOniBlueOni: The red to Cho's blue.
314* SecretRelationship: With Van Pelt, in season 2. [[spoiler: They start it again by the end of season 5.]]
315* ThoseTwoGuys: With Cho, whenever they're not affecting the plot.
316* TokenGoodTeammate: In the earlier seasons, he's this whenever the team begins going off the rails. When they begin investigating whether Lisbon killed a man she once put in jail for pedophilia, Rigsby is the one to argue that if she (justifiably) did the crime, then she can do the time.
317* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Gender-flipped. Do ''not'' threaten [[LoveInterest Grace Van Pelt]]. [[spoiler:He becomes increasingly more violent as he realizes Grace and their daughter have become targets of an ArcVillain in season six.]]
318* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:And he shoots down the man who did it as well.]]
319[[/folder]]
320
321[[folder:Grace Van Pelt]]
322[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gvp_885.gif]]
323->'''Played By''': Creator/AmandaRighetti
324
325The youngest member of the [=CBI=], special agent Van Pelt is the rookie of the team, and often tasked with research. She begins dating Rigsby secretly on season 2, but they later break up, and she gets engaged to FBI agent Craig O'Laughlin. She kills him in self-defense when he turns out to be Red John's [[TheMole mole]]. After this she undergoes considerable character development as she learns to cope with what happened: dropping the naivety that defined her in early seasons, learning to express her anger and frustrations, but also working to retain the her sweet side and faith in people.
326
327She is hard-working, very bright and often clashes with Jane about her belief in the afterlife.
328----
329* ActionGirl: Despite being a rookie, she's still a trained cop. Though she spends much of the later seasons (namely [[HideYourPregnancy season 5]]) behind a computer.
330* ActionMom: As of season six.
331* AgentMulder: Always the one to tell the rest of the team (and especially [[AgentScully Jane]]) to "keep an open mind," whether the subject be religion, [[ISeeDeadPeople spiritual mediumship]], {{Haunted House}}s, or AlienAbduction.
332* BreakTheCutie: Van Pelt has taken a cynical turn following [[spoiler: having to kill her fiancé, TheMole for Red John, in self-defense]].
333* CharacterDevelopment: About season 1 to 3, she was a subversion to FieryRedhead at best. Following BreakTheCutie event in season 3 finale, though, she starts to [[GrowingTheBeard grow some beard]], with emerging CowboyCop attitude and FieryRedhead temper. At the very least, she is no more the rookie.
334** Van Pelt also has a quieter arc within the first three seasons of going from being uncomfortable with her beauty to having no qualms about using it to get suspects talking.
335* CowboyCop: Post-season 4 she has this even worse than the others in the team, showing absolutely no mercy for anyone she deems a criminal. Notably, she's the only one who thinks Jane is justified in [[BuriedAlive burying a man alive]] to get a confession. At one point, Lisbon gets two complaints about her within an hour.
336* DarkAndTroubledPast: Not as bad as the others, but still troubling. She's raised in Nowheresville and looked down for her gender. Jane also mentions that she has a trauma that she never speaks of to anyone. She also states at one point that she had a sister who committed suicide, although she later claims she made it up; it's left somewhat ambiguous what the truth of the matter is.
337* DeadPersonConversation: With [[spoiler: O'Laughlin]] in the episode "My Bloody Valentine".
338* DemotedToExtra: In season 6 after the [[spoiler: Red John arc ends]].
339* FairCop: To the point where in one episode a man asking to speak to whoever is running the investigation tells Van Pelt that she's too attractive to be in charge.
340* FieryRedhead: Particularly from season 4 onwards. To the extent that it concerns her companions.
341%%* FiveTemperamentEnsemble: Leukine.
342* GirlyBruiser: From Season 4 onwards, although she does have her moments in earlier seasons, it's just an emphasis on ''girly''.
343* HideYourPregnancy: She got PutOnABus to a hackers' school halfway through season 5. When TheBusCameBack three episodes later, she spent an episode in exceptionally baggy clothes and hiding behind her desk.
344* HoneyTrap: Whenever a hot lady is needed for an undercover mission, Jane heads straight to Van Pelt.
345* KnightInSourArmour: Starting in season 4.
346* TheLadette: Similarly to Lisbon, but still different. She has an intense knowledge of American football, due to her father being a football coach, and has some tomboyish aspects, but not as much as Lisbon.
347* MeetCute: How did she and Craig meet? Oh, right, they had a brutal car crash when he was chasing her and Rigsby.
348* [[MrExposition Ms. Exposition]]: She's the new girl to the team and apparently has no knowledge of Jane's methods, so she always asks the questions.
349%%* MsFanservice
350* NaiveNewcomer: Initially she's the newest addition to CBI and fits this trope to a T, being friendly and very openminded.
351* NewOldFlame: [[spoiler: She and Rigsby hook up again at the end of "Red Velvet Cupcakes".]]
352* NiceGirl: Bordering on being a PerpetualSmiler at times, especially before her BreakTheCutie incident at the end of Season 3.
353* OfficeRomance: With Rigsby, which starts off secret and gets more public as time goes on.
354* PutOnABus: In the middle of season 6, following the disbandment of the CBI, she and Rigsby start a cybersecurity firm.
355* TheReliableOne: Van Pelt often goes unnoticed and unappreciated for the long hours she spends hunting down files and information for the other characters.
356* SecretRelationship: With Rigsby in season 2, although they do also carry it on in public later.
357* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Girly Girl to Lisbon's Tomboy.
358* TheWatson: Being the newest member of the team, she played this role during the earlier episodes.
359[[/folder]]
360
361!!The FBI Core
362
363[[folder:Dennis Abbott]]
364->'''Played By''': Creator/RockmondDunbar
365
366An FBI agent dispatched to Sacramento to shut down CBI. Sent from the Austin, Texas office to allay fears of corruption due to the Blake Association's reach in California.
367----
368* AmbiguouslyEvil: His appearance raised a host of questions, but it now seems he's one of the good guys, if a bit of a dick.
369* ByTheBookCop: Despite initial fears that he might be [[spoiler: another of the Blake Association's plants]], it seems pretty clear now that he's clean.
370** That said, he sees no trouble with Jane's riskier schemes, almost making him a CowboyCop.
371* DaChief: [[spoiler:To Jane's new team in the FBI.]]
372* DefrostingIceKing: To Jane and Lisbon, during season six.
373* HappilyMarried: To his wife Lena. [[spoiler:To the point of caving in at {{Blackmail}} so she'll get her dream job without his SympatheticMurderBackstory getting in the way.]]
374* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler:When he suggests his wife should go to Washington DC alone, to make the executives assessing her stop caring about his [[SympatheticMurderBackstory past.]]]]
375* {{Jerkass}}: Maybe 'uncompromising' is a better word, but still.
376* JerkassHasAPoint: Is more or less absolutely right about everything, if not from Jane's warped perspective. And a little (or perhaps a lot) of uncompromising is ''exactly'' what the more-or-less anarchic CBI needed, even if [[spoiler: that meant permanent shutdown]].
377* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Lets Jane go in order to avoid a bloodbath that probably would have resulted in his death and the [[spoiler: deaths of Jane and the entire Core, not to mention Red John's escape]].
378* NotSoAboveItAll: By the beginning of season six, was seen as a hardass with an antagonistic relationship with Jane. Then Jane gave him something.
379-->'''Fisher:''' A [toy] robot?
380-->'''Abbott (gleeful)''': Not just a robot. It's ''Anime/{{Voltron}}'', [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments all right?]]
381* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Is generally a hardass, but is capable of being swayed.
382** Starts to trust Jane more and more as he sees him crack cases, and can often be counted to provide whatever [[NoodleImplements crazy things Jane needs.]]
383* ScaryBlackMan: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] sometimes in his roles in Jane's schemes.
384* ShipperOnDeck: Seems to ship [[spoiler:''Jane and Lisbon'']] of all people. When she [[spoiler:considers moving to Washington]], he sets the two of them up on a nice dinner (granted, [[IWasJustPassingThrough with the premise of looking for a suspect]]) and even makes comments to [[spoiler:Jane]] implying he needs to man up and tell her exactly what he wants.
385%%* SpecsOfAwesome
386* SympatheticMurderBackstory: Murdered a Zeta commander before he could murder a busload of people during his time in Rio Bravo Station. Is still beating himself up about it several years later, and seems very moved when Jane says [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre he's done the right thing.]]
387[[/folder]]
388
389[[folder:Kim Fischer]]
390->'''Played By''': Creator/EmilySwallow
391Some person who works for the FBI
392----
393* PutOnABus: Left to take care of her mother after Season 6. Unlike Rigsby and Van Pelt, she doesn't return for the finale.
394[[/folder]]
395
396[[folder:Jason Wylie]]
397->'''Played By''': Creator/JoeAdler
398A computer analyst who originally worked in the lower levels of the [=FBI=]. He is recognized by Abbott for his keen initiative and promoted to the main team.
399----
400* AllLoveIsUnrequited: He has a transparent crush on Vega, who seems more interested in Cho. [[spoiler:He finally does get her to agree to a date with him - [[TearJerker but she dies later the same day.]]]]
401* HypercompetentSidekick: Has a knack for carrying out orders before they're asked.
402* MissionControl: Tends to stay at the office and send in information to the field agents.
403* NonActionGuy: Wylie normally stays in the office and works the tech, making him this most of the time. However, in "Byzantium," it's revealed that he does keep up on his gun training and he goes out with Cho on a stakeout.
404* TheSmartGuy: A computer expert who offers some insights on the case.
405[[/folder]]
406
407[[folder:Michelle Vega]]
408->'''Played By''': Creator/JosieLoren
409Some person who works for the FBI
410----
411%%* DisposableWoman
412* HypercompetentSidekick: For Agent Cho
413* KilledOffForReal: A startling example. And she only lasted a handful of episodes.
414* SacrificialLion: Being a fledgling badass doesn't save her from [[spoiler:dying from a gunshot wound]] in her tenth episode.
415* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: {{Averted}}: At first it looks as though she's only there to round out the cast and replace Fisher, but she actually has a very different story. Arguably, though, she is very similar to Van Pelt's character back in Season 1.
416* WeHardlyKnewYe: Lasted only 10 episodes during the final season.
417[[/folder]]
418
419!!The CBI Office
420
421[[folder:Virgil Minelli]]
422->'''Played By''': Creator/GregoryItzin
423
424The first Special Agent in charge of the CBI unit. He's a good agent and a good boss, but does not like Jane's antics much. He resigns the position after [[spoiler: Sam Bosco and his team are murdered.]]
425----
426* ButNowIMustGo: His leaving the CBI after a tragic incident has a lot of this.
427* TheBusCameBack: He has two guest appearances: one in season 3, when Jane asks him a favor, and one in season 5, in a {{Flashback}} episode that shows how Jane started working for the police.
428%%* ByTheBookCop
429%%* CoolOldGuy
430* DaChief: He likes Jane's results, but not always his methods.
431* AFatherToHisMen: He's never had an agent die during his administration before, and takes it hard when several do in one day.
432%%* KnightInSourArmor
433* PutOnABus: After retiring.
434* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He does a lot of complaining about Lisbon and Jane's messes but isn't actively obstructive towards them.
435* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler: Retires after Bosco's team is killed.]]
436* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: He takes the Red John investigation away from Jane and gives it to Bosco to force him to take other cases. This results in a lot of counterproductive conflict between Jane and Bosco, and [[spoiler: Red John having Bosco and his team killed]], something which Minelli seems to realize is rooted in his decision. To add insult to injury, Jane continues to do a good job investigating other cases even when he does have the Red John case back.
437[[/folder]]
438
439[[folder:Madeleine Hightower]]
440[[quoteright:167:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mh_7764.gif]]
441->'''Played By''': Creator/AunjanueEllis
442
443A Special Agent sent in as Minelli's replacement. She's hard-working and very bright, as Jane remarks just upon meeting her. Madeleine was married prior to her introduction, and is on the middle of getting divorced. She is also the mother of two kids.
444----
445* ActionMom: The episode which introduces her kids has her gun down a VillainOfTheWeek who's been trying to use Jane as a HumanShield.
446* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Generally a management figure, but one who knows how to shoot and is willing to go into the field herself.
447* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Along with Lisbon, shows up to save Jane from Kirkland.]]
448* BlackBossLady: Although she doesn't stay the boss for too long.
449* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:Shows up again in season six.]]
450* BusCrash: [[spoiler:Died along with her two children in a car accident offscreen. Except not quite.]]
451* ByTheBookCop: Experiences some frustration from having to work with Lisbon and her fellow CowboyCops.
452* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: She is mentioned to be suspended at one point in season 4, but ever since then she hasn't been mentioned even once.
453* DaChief: She's willing to give Jane and Lisbon a lot of leeway, but lets them know when they're treading on thin ice.
454* FairCop: A fairly attractive woman, and a tough agent.
455* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:To keep her family safe and away from Red John.]]
456* {{Frameup}}: [[spoiler: She is framed for the murders of Todd Johnson and Manuel Montero.]]
457* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: Does this when she is first introduced to Lisbon, saying that Jane's behaviour is her responsibility.
458* KnightInSourArmor: [[spoiler:Especially after having to [[FakingTheDead fake her death]].]]
459* MamaBear: Emphasized especially in the third season to the point when she [[spoiler: takes them to hide in the mountains when she is wrongly convicted.]]
460* AMotherToHerMen: Lisbon and the team remain loyal to her, even after [[spoiler: she's framed for the murder of Todd Johnson.]]
461* PutOnABus: Following the season 3 finale.
462* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Is ultimately willing to stand up for her team when others go after them, and when she does come down on them herself, it's out of a desire to obey the rules.
463* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: A politically-connected woman who isn't afraid to call in favors and has a lot of dirt on people, although [[DownplayedTrope she tends to reserve this kind of behavior for whenever]] someone ''else'' is trying to use their own connections to harass the CBI (e.g. when Bret Stiles threatens to use a Senator who's a member of Visualize to punish the team for their investigation, Hightower asks if said Senator is still seeing a stripper).
464* StealthPun: Madeleine Hightower. Madeleine means "high tower".
465* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Jane.
466[[/folder]]
467
468[[folder:Luther Wainwright]]
469->'''Played By''': Creator/MichaelRady
470
471The new Special Agent in Charge of CBI, starting from Season Four. A wise man; everyone in our CBI team seems to like him.
472----
473* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler: In the botched pursuit of catching Red John, the FBI accidentally shoot and kill him.]]
474* BerserkButton: Nobody calls Wainwright mommy's boy. [[spoiler: When Jane does, Wainwright fires him.]]
475* BoundAndGagged: In the season 4 finale, by [[spoiler: Red John.]]
476* ByTheBookCop: By default, he is this. That doesn't mean he cannot be reasonable, though. Read on.
477* DaChief: He takes a hands-on approach to the team and, while generally approving of Jane's antics, isn't afraid to call him out when he gets too far out of line.
478* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: He gets rather unceremoniously killed by the FBI, accidentally no less.]]
479* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He is insistent about following rules and urging his people not to overreact to things but he's also very tolerant of Jane's antics, compared to two previous bosses and takes threats and other information seriously.
480* SacrificialLion: As a punishment for Patrick Jane's antics, [[spoiler: Red John punishes him by taking away Wainwright.]]
481* SharpDressedMan: One of the best-dressed CBI agents in the show.
482* WhatTheHellHero: When Jane [[spoiler: buries Benjamin Marx alive]] he doesn't bother disguising his disgust and frustration.
483--> '''Wainwright:''' You shamed us today.
484[[/folder]]
485
486[[folder:Sam Bosco]]
487->'''Played By''': Creator/TerryKinney
488
489He takes over Red John's investigation in the first half of season two. Until Red John's mole, Rebecca, kills him so Jane can be in charge of it again.
490----
491* AllLoveIsUnrequited: For Lisbon.
492* BaitAndSwitchTyrant: Very hostile towards Jane at first, but he's a good guy who wants to catch Red John and finds more common ground with him.
493* ByTheBookCop: He has an appreciation for the rules.
494* DyingDeclarationOfLove: Tells Lisbon he lives her when he's dying, first grumbling that the doctors had better be right that he's dying.
495* HopelessSuitor: For Lisbon, given that he's married and she just sees him as a colleague.
496%%* {{Jerkass}}
497* JerkassWithAHeartOfGold: He's actually quite a nice guy... he's really just a jerkass towards Jane, who he doesn't like. He eventually warms up to him, though.
498* NeverMyFault: When the feuding between his team and Lisbon's almost gets three agents killed, he takes no responsibility and blames it all on Jane's lack of professionalism being contagious.
499* OnlySaneMan: Bosco is a real-world cop who plays by real-world rules and unfortunately doesn't realize that he lives in a TV show where CowboyCop tactics work and are often rewarded.
500* SacrificialLion: He and his team are murdered by one of Red John's followers, so that Patrick Jane and Lisbon's team will get the case back.
501[[/folder]]
502
503[[folder:Rebecca Anderson]]
504->'''Played By''': Creator/ShaunaBloom
505
506Bosco's secretary.
507----
508* BelievingTheirOwnLies: After being exposed she is utterly confident that Red John's murders are some form of enlightenment for the human race, while asserting that she is completely sane, and that he loves her.
509* BitchInSheepsClothing: Does a good job of faking grief and earnestness, especially in the aftermath of the shooting.
510* ChekhovsGunman: Has a couple of episodes where she's a SpearCarrier for Bosco's team, then just seems to be the person who [[spoiler: found their bodies]] and tells Lisbon everything she can about their recent activities, before her true allegiances are revealed.
511* DarkAndTroubledPast: And unknown, too, as it's never really revealed (except for a few comments Jane makes that may or may not be true).
512* EnigmaticMinion: Little is revealed about her past.
513%%* HiddenDepths
514* MadLove: She's ''madly'' in love with Red John.
515* TheMole: A Red John devotee willing to kill people she's worked with for months (if not years) simply due to a whim of his.
516* MouthOfSauron: Serves as this during her interrogation scene, relaying Red John's mindset, and how he wants to [[WorthyOpponent have Jane as his nemesis again]].
517* SassySecretary: At first, teasing Bosco a bit about cheating on his diet. She turns out to be a lot worse though.
518* WalkingSpoiler: given her final episode.
519* SmugSnake: [[spoiler: Utterly confident in her ability to withstand interrogation (although she does a decent job), the superiority of her and Red John's cause, and his love for her. As Jane predicted, he just sees her as a useful but expendable tool]].
520* VillainsOutShopping: Collects porcelain frogs.
521* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler: For Red John.]]
522* YouGetMeCoffee: Brings Bosco and his team snacks.
523* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Poisoned by Red John within just a couple hours of being captured despite her assertions that she wouldn't cooperate with any attempt to find out more about him.
524[[/folder]]
525
526[[folder:J.J. [=LaRoche=] ]]
527->'''Played By''': Creator/PruittTaylorVince
528
529The head of CBI Internal Affairs. Due to the nature of his job, a natural antagonist to Jane and the team. Takes the position of CBI chief for a while after Hightower goes on the run.
530----
531* BadassBookworm: Very intelligent, and very capable of handling himself.
532-->'''Hightower:''' Looks like someone won a few science fairs in their day.
533-->'''[=LaRoche=] (laughs at first before getting completely serious):''' I won all of them.
534* BewareTheQuietOnes: It takes a lot to intimidate him, and, as his DarkSecret shows, he is capable of frightening things.
535* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:After leaving the post of CBI chief in season four, comes back to investigate Rigsby in season five. Becomes a recurring character.]]
536* ByTheBookCop: He shows some contempt for some of Jane's manipulative rule-bending actions.
537* TheComicallySerious: Sometimes, especially when his stoic nature contrasts with Jane's personality.
538* CreepyMonotone: And knows how to use it for interviews.
539* FriendlessBackground: The nature of his job, and the guilt he carries make him an isolated person. He seems a bit surprised, and slightly envious, when Jane describes the trust between himself and Lisbon and LaRoche notes the level of friendship that would imply.
540* GracefullyDemoted: In season 6 [[spoiler: after the CBI is dissolved]] he is reduced to working for the San Francisco Police departments internal affairs, doing the same job as before for half the salary. Nonetheless, it is understood that this is out of no fault of his own and compared to working with Jane and the others at the CBI it is “Drama free”, something he is keenly grateful for.
541* InternalAffairs: RecurringCharacter [=LaRoche=] is a heroic version. He's a CreepyGood internal affairs investigator who barks up several wrong trees, but he's a fair man and the show does quite a bit to show that an internal affairs department is necessary. Various criminals have deeply infiltrated the [=CBI=] and the heroes do get up to some shockingly improper CowboyCop antics.
542* LargeAndInCharge: A pretty huge dude with lots of authority.
543* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:He regrets deeply the depths he sank into to avenge his mother's rape. Jane tells Lisbon he's been punishing himself ever since.]]
544* NotSoStoic: In ''Red and Itchy'', he's at his most vulnerable, with his Tupperware gone, and feeling afraid of exposure, more openly ashamed of what he let himself do all those years ago, and self-conscious about how Jane must view him for keeping that.
545* RealMenWearPink: In his private time he collects delicate figurines and owns a poodle.
546* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Heavily hinted to be the mole in the CBI in the latter half of the third season. Turns out it's O'Laughlin.]]
547* TheStoic: Keeps a straight, neutral face almost all of the time (even when accusing Jane of having engineered the death of a murderer), although he slips a little when talking about the Tupperware box.
548* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: A variation, since Jane isn't an outright criminal, but being the head of CBI Internal Affairs means that he'll often be against [[CowboyCop Jane]]. Yet he's come to respect him as a detective and they have teamed up more than once.
549* SympatheticMurderBackstory: [[spoiler:Or, at least, sympathetic mutilation of a tongue.]]
550* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Just what does he hide in the Tupperware in his safe? [[spoiler:The end of Red and Itchy heavily implies that it's the tongue of his mother's rapist.]]
551* WorthyOpponent: There's a whole vibe of this going on between him and Jane.
552[[/folder]]
553
554[[folder:Osvaldo "Oscar" Ardiles]]
555->'''Played By''': Creator/DavidNorona
556
557CBI's Assistant District Attorney. The nature of his work usually puts him at odds with the team.
558----
559* AmoralAttorney: Gives strong vibes of this, though, so far, he hasn't been caught doing anything wrong. [[spoiler:In season five, [[SlaveToPR Brenda]] tells Lisbon about a certain Farland case. The mention of that is enough to get Ardiles to break the law in order to get some sealed documents for Lisbon.]]
560%%* BackForTheDead
561* TheBet: In "At First Blush", Jane bets him a nickel that he can prove someone Ardiles just finished prosecuting is innocent before the jury gets back (due to having detected signs of innocence cold-reading her during a chance encounter). Jane succeeds and Ardiles ultimately pays up [[GracefulLoser with a half-smile]].
562* {{Blackmail}}: [[spoiler: Lisbon blackmails him in order to get her hands at some important documents.]]
563* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: Openly admits to Cho that he'll be going out of way to obstruct the entire team after Cho proves the innocence of a supposed robber who Ardiles was trying to force into being a witness against a gang leader. That being said, he is never actually shown making good on this threat, implying it was just hot air.
564* PetTheDog: When he decides not to press charges against a pregnant Summer after she's arrested for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, even though it would be a good chance to screw over his enemy Cho.
565* ProperlyParanoid: Correctly suspects when someone is following him.
566* RedHerring: [[spoiler: One of the suspects of being Red John's [[TheMole Mole]] in the end of season three. It was O'Laughlin.]]
567* SharpDressedMan: Wears fairly nice suits every time he appears on screen.
568* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: Downplayed. He does press charges against Jane after he kills a Red John accomplice [[spoiler: believed to be Red John himself at the time]] but he does have strong reason to think that it was cold-blooded murder (due to the actions of Red John's henchmen), even though it wasn't, is amenable to taking the death penalty off the table and doesn't come across as too harsh or aggressive during the case, or overly bitter about losing.
569* TookALevelInKindness: He's more affable after the season six TimeSkip and two years in private practice, showing respect for Lisbon and her abilities, and a certain reasonableness when hiring Rigsby and Van Pelt to help him out. That being said, he does vow to "destroy" whoever has been hacking his phone and spying on him.
570* WellIntentionedExtremist: He's prepared to run a somewhat flimsy prosecution against a reformed gang member whose son needs him as a caregiver, but does this because he is convinced that the man will testify against his old gang if Ardiles pushes hard enough. Cho disagrees with this, feeling it's both immoral and unlikely to succeed.
571* YouHaveToBelieveMe: His talk about his phone being hacked and people following him in season six comes across a bit like this.
572[[/folder]]
573
574[[folder:Brenda Shettrick]]
575->'''Played By''': Creator/RebeccaWisocky
576
577The head of CBI's Media Relations Unit.
578----
579* BitchInSheepsClothing: One of the nicer CBI officials, but ultimately [[spoiler: a highly corrupt one]].
580* ButtMonkey: It's subtle, but many jokes are made at her expense, due to her SlaveToPR tendencies.
581* DrunkWithPower: While cold-reading her, Jane speculates that, after having previously been more of an idealist, she started getting hooked on power and authority while serving as the managing editor (the second highest position) at a local newspaper.
582* GossipyHens: In season five, Jane tells Lisbon to go search for someone whose business is to know about everyone else's business. Cue GilliganCut and Lisbon is talking to Brenda.
583* HiddenDepths: Discussed when Jane cold reads her in her final episode, with it being noted that she loves horses and he guesses that she came to California with romantic ideas about being a writer and falling in love, but couldn't write and had unrequited feelings for someone, causing her to seek power as a void after going into the media world, trading favors until [[YouAreWhatYouHate she became a self-interested phony]]. Brenda's tears at the end of the scene imply that he's right.
584* TheMole: [[spoiler: Has been feeding Tommy Volker information about Lisbon's investigation. Was also responsible for passing info to suspects in a number of CBI cases, causing those cases to go south, until she was finally caught.]]
585* PetTheDog: It's hard to tell how much of its genuine, but she sometimes stops jabbering on about the public relations aspect of a case displays sympathy for the victim, such as the man forced to wear a bomb vest in ''Strawberries and Cream''
586* PluckyOfficeGirl: Mainly a desk worker, and generally upbeat except during PR crises.
587* RedHerring: [[spoiler: One of the suspects of being Red John's [=Mole=] in the end of season three. It was O'Laughlin. Ironically she later turned out to be a [=Mole=] herself, just not to Red John.]]
588* SlaveToPR: Throws Jane's anti-hero's tendencies into nice contrast.
589* WouldntHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Is very reluctant to tell Tommy Volker about Marvin Pettigrew.]]
590[[/folder]]
591
592[[folder:Raymond Haffner]]
593->'''Played By''': Creator/ReedDiamond
594
595Lisbon's temporary replacement in Season Four.
596----
597
598* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Possibly. While it might just be professional respect and friendship, he's hinted to have feelings for Lisbon. He asks her to quit the CBI and go into the private sector with him, and visiting her in the hospital while saying he hopes someday they can get to know each other better. Lisbon sees him as a friend at best, and an object of suspicion at worst.
599* BerserkButton: He gets a bit sensitive about Visualize being criticized.
600* TheBusCameBack: He reappears in season 5.
601%%* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve
602* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: Shows up in one episode in season four, and for guest appearances in season five. Is one of the seven suspects of being Red John.]]
603* ChurchMilitant: Is a part of Visualize.
604* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Apparently died in the explosion in Jane's house.]]
605* GenreSavvy: Quickly realizes that Jane is going to go behind his back a lot (but will get results) and will be working to sabotage him out of resentment for his stepping into Lisbon's shoes, something he attempts to stop by giving Cho a spot on his team and asking him to use his knowledge of Jane to help Haffner understand him better.
606* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler: He's the only one of the final seven Red John suspects to never be implicated in any crimes besides possibly being Red John, and he isn't Red John]].
607* GracefulLoser: Although a bit frustrated by being humiliated and discredited by Jane in order to get Lisbon back, he does give a somewhat respectful smile to him before leaving, and doesn't seem too bitter about it in later episodes.
608* PrivateInvestigator: In his later appearances, on behalf of Visualize and various other clients. He comes across as a little more hardboiled in those episodes, but good at what he does.
609* PutOnABus: When Lisbon is restored to the team in "Little Red Book".
610* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Somewhat. He tries to develop a good relationship with Jane when they're working together, and isn't too embittered over Jane sabotaging him when he reappears.
611* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: Finds out just why Lisbon and Jane are so wary of him with a seemingly jocular question. Seeing the answer in Lisbon's reaction naturally causes him to take offense.
612--> '''Haffner:''' What is with all the secrecy? Seriously, why are you always holding out on me? [[spoiler: You don't think I'm Red John, do you]]?
613* TeethClenchedTeamwork: With Jane. Interestingly, it's on Jane's side in their first episode, and on Haffner's in "The Red Tattoo" when working with the team to solve the mysterious death of a Visualize member.
614* TroubleEntendre: [[spoiler:His conversation with Lisbon on ''Black-Winged Red Bird'' plays out like this, although it is not known whether he actually meant any threat.]]
615* WeUsedToBeFriends: He has a friendly relationship with Lisbon that is strained (at least on her part), with the revelations about his ties to Visualize and [[spoiler: the suspicion that he might be Red John]].
616[[/folder]]
617
618[[folder:Gale Bertram]]
619->'''Played By''': Creator/MichaelGaston
620
621The director of the CBI.
622----
623%%* BaldOfEvil
624* DaChief: Willing to interfere with or help various investigations depending on his mood and motives. This also applies to smaller issues (like refusing to authorize the budget for Van Pelt to attend a computer crimes seminar until he's in a good mood and feeling grateful to the CBI after Jane teaches him how to hide his poker tells).
625* DirtyCop: [[spoiler:One of the dirtiest. Works for Blake Association.]]
626* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Killed rather suddenly after revealing everything he knows to Jane.]]
627* EstablishingCharacterMoment: His first scene has him arriving at a crime scene, talking about how the bureaucracy and field investigators at the CBI need each other, showing confusion when Jane asks why he's there in person besides to show off for the cameras (Bertram says there ''isn't'' any reason besides showing off for the cameras, although he does try to justify this), then trying not to take offense at Jane's flippant personality and comments. Later, it's implied that he was lying (which also sets the stage for some of his future episodes), as Bertram was involved in a business deal with the victim and is afraid that people will suspect corruption due to the murder.
628* TheMole: [[spoiler:Confirmed, though he claims to be 'just a humble footsoldier' in the Blake Association.]]
629* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Gradually subverted. He can have moments where he's at bat for the team (especially in the third season), has logical reasons for disagreeing with them and isn't afraid to tell off Jane for screwing things up or making unreasonable demands. As time passes though, he shows a more self-centered and political side, while getting colder towards Jane and the team, even before he becomes a Red John suspect.
630* RedHerring: [[spoiler: One of the suspects of being Red John's [=Mole=] in the end of season three. The strongest of all the others, since [[ItMakesSenseInContext the assassin entered his room in the hotel]]... but she was actually just heading down to O'Laughlin's room through the balcony. Is on the final list of Jane's suspects, and is thought to be Red John for quite a while, but it turns out to be Sheriff [=McAllister=].]]
631* SlaveToPR: Quite a few of his decisions are based on how the public will perceive them, or is perceiving the CBI at the moment.
632* SleazyPolitician: A cop version, who is willing to throw people under the boss, and cover-up colossal mistakes when things get too ugly.
633* {{Slimeball}}: Has one of the most grating personalities on TV. You might even call it a Michael Gaston specialty.
634%%* SmugSnake: See above.
635* TheSociopath: Not much a reveal, but still.
636* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Is killed soon after luring Jane to Red John's trap.]]
637[[/folder]]
638
639[[folder:Brett Partridge]]
640->'''Played By''': Creator/JackPlotnick
641
642A macabre-loving CBI forensic technician specializing in Red John's murders.
643----
644* AllThereInTheManual: The original script of the Pilot describes him as similar to Creator/RickyGervais.
645* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler:Returns in season 6 to be killed in the opening episode.]]
646* TheBusCameBack: After two seasons without him, he returns in season 5.
647* BunnyEarsLawyer: He gets a bit overexcited at the sight of an interesting crime, but he does seem to know a lot about his occupation.
648* CreepyMortician: The CBI's resident example.
649* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: His execution of a crime goes a bit off in the "Pilot".
650-->'''Partridge:''' He waits for her, expecting her to come in alone. Only thing, her friend Tannen chose the wrong night to come over for a Richard Gere and ice cream orgy. So Red John zaps them both with his trusty stun gun and grabs a five iron from the bag here, and BAM! Crushes Tannen's skull. Then takes his sweet time dealing with Alison how he likes.
651* DarkIsNotEvil: A complete gore freak, although not explicitly evil. [[spoiler: He later turns out as one of the 7 suspects of being Red John as of the season 5 finale, and at the Season 6's premiere, after being killed by Red John, is revealed that he was indeed a member of the Blake Association.]]
652* DeadpanSnarker: Every time he is unimpressed with Jane's knowledge about Red John.
653* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: Killed quickly an abruptly while serving as a major suspect]].
654* DirtyCop: [[spoiler:A part of Blake Association.]]
655* InLoveWithYourCarnage: Admires Red John's murder style and considers it a work of art. Naturally, Jane isn't amused.
656* {{Jerkass}}: Downplayed. Bizarre quirks aside, he seems to be a somewhat friendly guy, but his notable personal enmity with Jane often brings out his sarcastic side.
657* TheMole: [[spoiler:Worked for Red John's cult.]]
658* MeaningfulName: His surname brings to the memory the painting ''A brace of partridge'' by William Blake, the author of the poem The Tyger which Red John is famous for uttering. This not only increases Partridge's profile as a Red John suspect, but later highlights [[spoiler:his membership of the Blake Association.]]
659* NauseaDissonance: He seems genuinely puzzled when his enthusiastic description of death by incineration makes Jane feel sick.
660* NightmareFetishist: Admires everything related to forensic science and death in general, to the point he almost {{squee}}s at seeing a case of SpontaneousHumanCombustion.
661* NoNameGiven: A variation: his name is never explicitly said until Season 5, but it is always visible on his ID card.
662* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Jane delivers one to him in the Pilot.
663-->'''Jane:''' You know what your problem is, my friend? You enjoy your work a little too much. You're a ghoul. If you don't get horny reading Fangoria, I'm Britney Spears.
664-->'''Partridge:''' I-I resent that!
665-->'''Lisbon:''' This is you trying to redeem yourself, is it?
666-->'''Jane:''' ''[to Lisbon]'' I'm sorry. He irks me. He's irksome.
667* RedHerring: Partridge is pointed as a Red John suspect as soon as his second apparition, and the number of evidence only increases as the series advances. However, he is not Red John, [[spoiler:and in fact gets killed by him in the opening episode of Season 6, but he is revealed to be a part of his cult.]]
668[[/folder]]
669
670[[folder: Rick Tork]]
671-> '''Played By:''' Creator/JoshuaBitton
672A CBI agent on Haffner's team who late becomes an FBI agent who works with Abbot's team.
673* BackForTheFinale: Appears once at the start of season four, then for the shows two-part finale.
674* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: One of the many agents to set a trap and arrest Lazarus in the finale]].
675* {{Determinator}}: He's upset by Jane being kidnapped by Lazarus on his watch and insists on joining the attempt to rescue him despite a sprained or broken wrist and a possible concussion.
676* InnocentlyInsensitive: He proposes a trap to have Jane smoke out Lazarus with a fake psychic prediction on TV, then realizes how similar this is to what caused Red John to kill Jane's wife and daughter, leaving Tork chagrined.
677* OhCrap: Once he figures out he was tricked into SayingTooMuch.
678* TheNapoleon: A very short man whose very temperamental about it and physically attacks a friend and fellow agent Jane tricked him into thinking had insulted him.
679* SayingTooMuch: Accidentally lets Lazarus know about Jane and Lisbon's wedding while answering a phone call, although he quickly realizes this, which helps catch the killer.
680* SixthRanger: In the last two episodes, where he helps out the team due to them being short-handed after [[spoiler: Vega's death]] during a serial killer case.
681* StatingTheSimpleSolution: Suggests delaying Jane and Lisbon's wedding to deal with the serial killer threat. While obviously this wouldn't have been the finale the fans wanted (and ultimately proves to be unnecessary) it was a somewhat understandable precaution.
682* TookALevelInKindness: Jane claims that making him blow his stack over his height was therapeutic and while this initially just sounds like Jane being a dick and trying to justify himself, Tork is a lot calmer and happier when he shows up again years later.
683[[/folder]]
684
685[[folder: Ron and Karl]]
686-> '''Played By:''' Creator/JohnTroyDonovan and Creator/KarlSonnenberg
687Minor CBI agents who frequently appear across the course of the show.
688* BackForTheFinale: Both men disappear after [[spoiler: The CBI is dissolved]] but show up to attend [[spoiler: Jane and Lisbon’s wedding]].
689* TheDanza: Karl has the same name as his actor.
690* OnlyOneName: Neither ever gets a surname.
691* SpearCarrier: Frequently appears on raids or around the CBI office but are rarely if ever given anything to stand out.
692[[/folder]]
693
694[[folder: Marlon Hicks]]
695-> '''Played By:''' Creator/DominicHoffman.
696A member of Bosco's team.
697* JerkassRealization: He’s pretty hard on Rigsby, always calling him insulting nicknames from ''Franchise/SesameStreet'' (demonstrating how he sees Lisbon’s team as a joke), but seems grateful and a bit guilty after Rigsby saves his life.
698* KilledOffScreen: He isn’t present with the rest of Bosco's team during the shooting [[spoiler: but gets found dead with a Red John smiley face nearby at the office of a lead]].
699* MauveShirt: He is the only one of Bosco's team to get memorable dialogue or interactions with Lisbon's team.
700[[/folder]]
701
702[[folder: Nick Martinez]]
703-> '''Played By:''' Creator/AndresPerezMolina
704Another member of Bosco's team.
705* HyperAwareness: In the only scene he gets any focus in, he is sent to check out an area that's believed to have a kidnapping victim (while disguised as a homeless man), then report on everything he's observed, doing a fairly good job.
706[[/folder]]
707
708[[folder: Roy Carmen]]
709-> ‘’’Played By:’’’ Creator/ChristianClemenson
710A therapist for the CBI office who deals with Lisbon after the shooting of a Red John accomplice.
711
712* CulturallyReligious: Jane profiles him as a lapsed Catholic due to how he doesn't come across as a believer, but has an old cross in his office and a fondness for religious symbolism.
713* FalseFriend: He talks a good game about just wanting to help Lisbon move past a traumatic experience but at the end of the day, [[spoiler: He’s {{Gaslighting}} her in exchange for money and plans to frame her for murder to discredit her testimony against a millionaire murderer]].
714* NoSale: [[spoiler: After being caught, he tries to rat out his boss in exchange for a cushy deal]], and is unsympathetically rejected due to [[spoiler: His employer already being caught]]. His reaction, [[ThisIsGonnaSuck is one of unease and defeat]].
715* PetTheDog: Possibly, he does try to [[spoiler:stop Lisbon from killing herself when she and Jane throw a BatmanGambit to make him think his [=Gaslighting=] has worked. Letting her kill herself would have achieved the same result as framing her, but Carmen does try to talk her down, apparently due to EvenEvilHasStandards, but possibly out of PragmaticVillainy]].
716* PsychoPsychologist: Can sound a bit creepy in his discussions that a murder victim deserved it, and [[spoiler: killed the man himself and is framing Lisbon]].
717* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: An intellectual man with glasses, [[spoiler: Although he also turns out to have FourEyesZeroSoul]].
718[[/folder]]
719
720
721!!The Villains
722
723[[folder:Red John]]
724[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/444px_red_john_smiley_face.png]]
725 [[caption-width-right:350:''Tyger! Tyger! burning bright'']]
726A mysterious and dangerous SerialKiller who murdered Jane's wife and child after the former, in his capacity as a television "psychic", gives a phony and insulting psychic profile calling Red John "weak". It was the last time he would murder for his original pathology (torturing and killing women)- all his victims in the series are either to cover his tracks or to mess with Patrick Jane, or otherwise to avenge an "insult" such as "cheap imitations" of his work.
727
728While Jane is hell-bent on tracking Red John down and killing him, Red John seems fascinated by Patrick and doesn't make any attempt to kill him, instead playing subtle CriminalMindGames and acting mostly either to screw with Patrick or cut off any leads that might come back to him. Neither his identity nor his goals are confirmed until Season 6 but, unusually for a SerialKiller, he seems to be at the head of an entire network of murderers and serial killers, many acting independently but seemingly ready to kill or even die for him.
729----
730* AttentionWhore: As Jane notes, Red John is a showman, he loves the attention he gets from the crimes he's committed and the reason he's so fixated on Jane is that Jane gives him the most attention out of anyone.
731* AxCrazy: A sadistic AttentionWhore that kills ForTheEvulz. He's high-functioning when it comes to this but he doesn't hide that he enjoys his work as much as the attention cast upon them.
732* AntagonistTitle: Few episodes mention him, even fewer deal directly with him, and only three can be confirmed to actually show him on camera[[labelnote:*]]not counting the ones where [[spoiler:[=McAllister=]]] appears but isn't identified as Red John[[/labelnote]] (one where he was wearing a mask, one where he's only partly shown as he's committing a murder, and the third where his identity is finally revealed), but ''every'' episode has some reference, however vague, to the colour "red" in the title, to show that he is still the main villain.
733** Four episodes actually feature the name "Red John" in the title: "Red John's Friends", "Red John's Footsteps", "Red John's Rules", and the very last Red John episode, where he and Jane finally have their showdown, is simply called "Red John".
734* ArchEnemy: Jane considers him to be his; Red John, for his part, seems to treat Jane more as a one-sided FriendlyEnemy.
735* BadBoss: He has no qualms with killing off pawns who have [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlived their usefulness]].
736* BerserkButton: He clearly doesn't like people talking bad about him on television, as Jane, [[spoiler:Kristina, and Panzer]] can assure you.
737** Additionally, the one thing that infuriates Red John more than people bad-mouthing him are those who make cheap imitations of his work. [[spoiler: The fake Red John killers in the season 2 finale find this out the hard way.]]
738* BigBad: For the vast majority of the series.
739* CallingCard: A smiley face painted on the wall in his victims' blood with a rubber glove, always clockwise, and always placed so that whoever was meant to find the body- usually a family member- will see it before finding the victim, so that they'll know what happened first and dread confirming it. Twice he has painted his victims' toenails in their blood as well- Jane's wife, and later a young girl to lure Jane into a trap. Also, the William Blake poem ''"Tyger, Tyger"'', used by both him and his accomplices, possibly to identify each other. Goes into BlackComedy territory when it's revealed to also be the password of the corrupt law enforcement fraternity that he started.
740* CardCarryingVillain: When Jane calls him an "evil, sexually perverted sociopath with delusions of grandeur" Red John admits he has to own up to the "evil, sexually perverted sociopath" part. [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne He does get annoyed when Jane says he only has "delusions of grandeur" instead of just being grand.]]
741* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:He made his first "official" appearance in the second episode of the series, and was revealed in the episode "Red John" to be the BigBad himself.]]
742* TheChessmaster: He's almost constantly at least one step ahead of Patrick and the CBI, and only really makes a few mistakes in his last appearances (one of his last victims sees his tattoo and is able to tell Patrick about it before dying, and he then lets Patrick choose the location of their meeting, which gives Patrick the opportunity [[spoiler: to hide a gun there before the meet]].
743* ColdBloodedTorture: What he does to his female victims, his preferred targets. As of season 5, it's confirmed he's committed at least one rape as well, though given that it's never been confirmed he's raped any of his other victims despite the torture, it seems likely that he did it specifically for this reason.
744* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:Revealed to be this in the end. Once he's shot by Jane, he attempts everything he can think of to avoid his death, from trying to manipulate Jane, to running, to calling 911 when cornered, to finally flat-out begging Jane to spare him and admitting that he's terrified to die.]]
745* DisproportionateRetribution: Perform cheap copy-cat killings of his work? He'll shoot you dead. Insult him on state television? He'll either kill you or he'll kill ''your entire family''. But for the love of God don't try and '' empathize with him'' on national television, unless you want to be brainwashed into ''believing you are dead.''
746%%* DiabolicalMastermind
747* TheDreaded: He is feared by almost everyone who knows of his existence, ''including other serial killers''.
748* EvilCounterpart: To Patrick Jane. Lorelei calls him no different, saying she's surprised they aren't the best of friends since they're both so smart, manipulative and always have an angle to control people. In one instance when Red John's face is obscured it's showed that they even sit and drink their tea in the same way.
749* EvilOldFolks: Red John has a twenty-plus year career, so it's a fairly safe assumption he's this. [[spoiler: Confirmed when he's revealed to be Sheriff Thomas [=McAllister=], played by fifty-seven year old Xander Berkeley.]]
750* {{Expy}}: The Red John character shares many similarities with the similarly-named "Jack of All Trades" (Dennis Christopher of ''It''), the main antagonist of the 90's series ''Profiler''. Like Red John, Jack had a number of body doubles/aliases and later cooperated in his own manhunt by posing as [[spoiler:a Sheriff]].
751* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:Faked having died in the explosion in Jane's house... only to really die one episode later.]]
752* FauxAffablyEvil: Leaves a polite note starting "Dear Mr Jane", to tell Patrick he has just murdered his family. Whenever they interact afterward, Red John is always highly polite to his nemesis, though this only serves to highlight how soulless Red John really is.
753* FriendlyEnemy: He always treats Jane in a very cordial way and he uses his pawns to extend "offers of friendship" to him. Jane, not incorrectly, interprets these offers as just attempts to break him completely.
754* TheGhost: He never appeared in person until the second season, and even then he was disguised when he showed up.
755* HiddenVillain: His true identity was the show's DrivingQuestion until halfway through the sixth season.
756%%* IHaveManyNames
757* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: After Jane gives him a ShutUpHannibal speech.
758--> '''Red John:''' "Evil, sexually perverted sociopath"? [[CardCarryingVillain I guess I have to own that]]. But, uh... delusions of grandeur? No. I have no delusions.
759* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler: His luck finally runs out in season six when Jane finally catches and executes him, all the while John is pathetically pleading for his life.]]
760* LackOfEmpathy: Seems unable to care about anyone but himself and has no qualms about sacrificing his loyal underlings at the drop of a hat.
761* TheManBehindTheMan: A freaky amount of murderers and serial killers are actually controlled by him.
762* ManipulativeBastard: Is able to get both his serial killing 'apprentices' and other members of the Blake Association to do pretty much whatever he wants.
763* MonsterMisogyny: He primarily torture-murders only women and girls (when he does murder a man, it's usually for a specific reason, or it's just incidental to a larger plan). He murders Jane's family (a wife and a daughter) and he does crazy things like brainwash women into thinking they are dead.
764* {{Narcissist}}: He just can't get enough of himself and how "amazing" he is.
765* ObfuscatingStupidity: When in his civilian guise of [[spoiler:Sheriff Thomas [=McAllister=]]], he comes off as, if not quite buffoonish, at least normal, especially in his first encounter with Jane.
766* PsychicPowers:[[spoiler:What he claims to possess as Jane prepares to strangle him.]]
767* PsychopathicManchild: Despite his cultured nature and [[spoiler: being well into middle age]], it's revealed that he's this at the core. He throws away people's lives like a kid burning ants with a magnifying glass and reacts to the attention his murders bring with the same sort of glee as a petulant, fame obsessed six year old.
768* RevengeByProxy: His murder of Jane's family.
769* SerialKiller: Though semi-retired; most of his recent victims are really just covering his tracks, or messing with Jane. When active his victim type was young to middle-aged women.
770* SerialRapist: Implied. There is at least one confirmed victim that Red John raped and left for dead, but it's ambiguous about whether or not he did this to his other victims. Considering that he primarily killed women, and that his early crimes were sexually sadistic in nature, it wouldn't be surprising if he did rape them. Jane even refers to Red John as a "sexually-perverted sociopath."
771* TheSociopath: Self-centered, incredibly sadistic, and having an extreme LackOfEmpathy.
772* SoftSpokenSadist: He has a very quiet, unassuming voice. [[spoiler:Turns out that isn't his real voice though, and he's capable of switching at will between his regular speaking voice and his high, squeaky one. His real voice is more raspy.]]
773* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: He spends years as a terrifying enigma who is so intelligent, resourceful and ruthless that even other serial killers are frightened of him and is discussed in terms that make him sound more like an unstoppable demon than a man. Then he shows up and...[[spoiler: he's a perfectly ordinary, middle-aged man.]]
774* UndignifiedDeath: [[spoiler: He dies desperately using every track he can to save himself and finally resorting to just pathetically begging Jane to spare him, showing himself as a coward. Not the most dignified end for a man who fashioned himself as a terrifying, unstoppable entity.]]
775* VillainousRescue: [[spoiler: Red John saves Jane from his copycat killer in the second season finale.]]
776* VillainsWantMercy: [[spoiler:Tries everything he can think of to convince Jane to spare him. He tries to invoke [[IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim If You Killed Me You Will Be Just Like Me]] by telling Jane the murder will weigh on his soul. That doesn't work. He then tells Jane that he will tell Jane how he got the list of seven possible candidates. That doesn't work either. As a last ditch effort, he resorts to flat out begging and pleading for his life.]] It still doesn't work.
777* WeaksauceWeakness: [[spoiler: For someone who has borderline supernatural powers (...not unlike Jane's) him being deathly afraid of birds is an extremely mundane weak spot.]]
778* WeAreEverywhere: Twice was able to kill an accomplice held in the [=CBI=] building, both under tight security, once and possibly both times using another accomplice. Tracked down and killed an informant before Jane could find him, knows and associates with other serial killers scattered throughout California and possibly the local ChurchOfHappyology, and seemingly was tracking Jane throughout the season 2 finale with the latter being none the wiser. The team haven't noticed it, but he also has access to their security cameras and monitors them constantly. Has moles or allies at seemingly all levels of law enforcement, from a sheriff's deputy to the coffee girl at the [=CBI=] and even an FBI agent.
779* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler:Offers this to Jane in the season 4 finale, though it's really just an effort to turn him into another pawn.]]
780* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: It's revealed through [[spoiler:the notes of Jane's psychiatrist]] that he has one big fear he tries to deny. Turns out he suffers from [[spoiler: ornithophobia]], otherwise known as [[spoiler: a fear of birds]].
781* WickedCultured: Red John listens to Bach and quotes William Blake's poetry.
782* WorthyOpponent: He appears to view his entire "feud" with Jane as little more than an amusing game against a "fun" and challenging opponent. The patronizing praise he gives Jane is the closest he's ever gotten to showing anyone genuine respect. Jane does ''not'' reciprocate.
783* WouldHurtAChild: He murdered Jane's daughter.
784* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Two of his accomplices thus far have been killed by him, either directly or through another accomplice, because they were caught and before they could identify him, the first by fast-acting poison, the second by being ''set on fire''. Also murdered another associate and his hooker, though that was because the former actually tried to rat on him. Yet another associate was murdered because she found out Red John had killed her sister and tried to take him out, only he was too strong and turned the tables on her.
785[[/folder]]
786
787[[folder:Bret Stiles ]]
788->'''Played By''': Creator/MalcolmMcDowell
789
790The head of Visualize, a ChurchOfHappyology in California. Besides Red John, he is one of the few criminals whom Jane fails to bust so far. Well, he's not exactly criminal, but shady and manipulative enough that we cannot consider him the good guy either. He's shown to have connections here and there; in fact, he knows Red John's network enough that he is able to tell Jane where Kristina Frye is.
791----
792* AffablyEvil: Though he is a cult leader who may be involved in some very serious criminal activities, he is always polite to Jane and the rest of the team whenever he sees them. Thus far he has yet to do anything obviously evil on-screen, and seems to be a genuinely pleasant person in his day-to-day life.
793* BadassPreacher: He's a very well-connected man who is nearly impossible to intimidate, but finds intimidating others fairly easy.
794* BerserkButton: Bret doesn't like it when people he trusts lie straight to his face. He offers his lawyer the chance to deny murdering one of his cult members who the lawyer was having an affair with; he denies it, and Bret slaps the taste right out of his mouth, being almost as good as Jane when it comes to seeing through deception.
795* {{Blackmail}}: He has his followers make ConfessionCam's to confess their secrets and every time a Visualize member leaves the church, threatens to release those videos if they ever badmouth him.
796* TheBusCameBack: In "His Thoughts Were Red Thoughts", he's back in California, after having left in his most recent appearance
797* TheChessmaster: It's hinted that everything that happens at Visualize, including several murders, is under his direction, but there's never a clear enough connection to actually charge him.
798* ChurchMilitant: People are willing to kill at his directions.
799%%* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve
800* TheCorruptor: He' implied to be this, given the number of Visaualize members involved in various crimes.
801* DatingCatwoman: In "His Thoughts Were Red Thoughts," he openly hits on Grace. She considers it... but turns him down.
802* DeadpanSnarker: He isn't afraid to hold back on the witticisms.
803* DevilInPlainSight: He is under investigation by the [=FBI=] and the [=CBI=] consider him a highly suspect character; his church is thought to be involved in a number of criminal activities and is generally considered a cult at the very least. Yet nobody has been able to prove anything and the members and supporters of his church are prepare to defend him, violently if necessary.
804* TheDreaded: Senior members of Visualize live in fear of him and during his {{Frameup}} gambit are initially too cowed to dare installing another leader in his place. They only change their minds due to thinking that the case against Stiles is airtight and show visible terror when he does return, free as a bird, right after they've voted in a new leader. After the murderer is arrested, he notes to Patrick;
805--> '''Stiles:''' There are many fearful men hiding from my wrath tonight. [[EvilFeelsGood It's a good feeling]].
806* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Despite being a major character and recurring antagonist ever since the second season, Stiles is killed off by a bomb planted by Red John with little fanfare. Though Stiles did say he was sick and had a month to live at most anyway, it's more than a little jarring to see him go out this way.]]
807* EvilCounterpart: He is essentially a version of what Patrick Jane could have become if he had not had the grounding and morality-reinforcing influences of either his wife and daughter (Stiles is notably unencumbered by any kind of family relations outside of his cult) or his work with law enforcement, and instead devoted himself wholeheartedly to his psychic con-artistry. This is likely why, despite frequently coming into conflict with each other, Jane and Stiles seem to otherwise get along quite well and have a healthy mutual respect.
808* {{Frameup}}: In "His Thoughts Were Red Thoughts," he frames himself for the murder to weed out disloyal members of his inner circle. As it turns out, all of them are disloyal to varying degrees.
809* FriendlyEnemy: With Jane. They're technically on opposite sides of the law pretty much every time they come into contact, but they seem to be on fairly good terms most of the time.
810* GreaterScopeVillain: Possibly. Red John was once a member of Visualize, and may have unlocked his murderous instincts during those days, as well as his trademark blood smiley-face, given that one episode shows stiles rubbing blood in a similar pattern on a Visualize members face as a kind of baptism.
811* KlingonPromotion: Heavily implied to have murdered the Founders of Visualize in order to take over himself.
812* LikeAGodToMe: His followers consider him a God.
813* ManipulativeBastard: He's good at getting people to do what he wants, and/or fooling them about his own intentions.
814* TheMatchmaker: Stiles arranges marriages between members of Visualize and others, often outside of the church. Considering that at least one of those arranged fiancees outside of the church was a millionaire who would have brought his assets into Visualize, It's heavily implied that Stiles does this for [[GoldDigger mercenary reasons]].
815* PutOnTheBus: At the end of "The Blood On His Hands", he retreats to Indonesia to open Visualize branch there.
816* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Visualize has members in high places and he isn't afraid to use them when the CBI's enquiries get to be more than he's willing to divulge.
817* WeAreEverywhere: There are Visualize members scattered throughout politics, law enforcement and celebrity circles.
818* WorthyOpponent: He and Jane have this dynamic.
819* YourDaysAreNumbered: [[spoiler:In season six he's dying and has only a month to live at most.]]
820[[/folder]]
821
822[[folder:Erica Flynn]]
823->'''Played By''': Creator/MorenaBaccarin
824
825Formerly in charge of the matchmaking service, Symphony, Erica first came into contact with the CBI when Jane deduced she murdered her husband for trying to sell their company. Manipulative, intelligent and charming, she's one of the few villains who poses a challenge to Jane.
826----
827* BitchInSheepsClothing: Seems like a friendly and caring person. She isn't.
828* BoyishShortHair: It's barely any longer than Jane's in her first appearance but grows longer in her later ones.
829* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: She's quick to betray people if it will benefit her.
830* CrazyPrepared: Has multiple escape plans in effect during her second appearance.
831* ConsultingAConvictedKiller: Offers the police help with a case for a furlough from prison in her second appearance, although everyone can tell that she's just trying to escape somehow.
832* DatingCatwoman: With Jane. She even attempts to persuade him to run away with her and some stolen money in her final appearance.
833%%* FauxAffablyEvil
834* FemmeFatale: One of the biggest in the show. She's not afraid of using her sex appeal to divert anyone posing a threat to her.
835* GracefulLoser: She manages to keep a calm, almost respectful expression even while being [[spoiler: arrested in her third appearance]].
836* KarmaHoudini: Zig-Zagged; she's arrested for her crime and tried for manslaughter between her first and second appearances, but [[spoiler: when she comes in to consult a case with the CBI, she escapes.]]
837* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: In her third appearance, [[spoiler:she tries the same trick but is arrested and told she will face a full sentence for her husband's murder.]]
838* ManipulativeBitch: Plays the main cast like a fiddle every chance she gets.
839* RomanticFalseLead: Has strong chemistry of Jane, but she's listed under "villains" for a reason.
840* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Of Brooke Harper the con woman from Miss Red, they're both charming and manipulative with a strong attraction to Jane. The end of Miss Red also implies Brooke will pull a KarmaHoudini.
841* WorthyOpponent: She and Jane enjoy the opportunities to go against each other.
842[[/folder]]
843
844[[folder:Tommy Volker]]
845->'''Played By''': Creator/HenryIanCusick
846
847To the outside world, billionaire Tommy Volker is an affable philanthropist, on the inside, however, he's a cold-blooded and sadistic CorruptCorporateExecutive whose greed led him to wiping out an entire Amazonian village. Slippery enough to avoid paying for his crimes, Lisbon is still determined to bring Volker to justice.
848----
849* ArcVillain: In season five.
850* ArchEnemy: To Lisbon.
851* BitchInSheepsClothing: He’s relatively quick to drop his charming demeanor when he gets angry.
852* CorruptCorporateExecutive: One willing to kill a whole village that was threatening to reduce his profit margin.
853* DeadpanSnarker: A habit that quickly gets on Lisbon's nerves.
854* EvilIsPetty: In response to Lisbon accusing him of his past crimes and turning his assistant into a witness, [[spoiler:he has his assistant murdered, arranges it to look like a suicide, and forges a suicide email laying the blame for it on Lisbon]].
855* FauxAffablyEvil: He behaves all friendly and amiable, but it doesn't take much to see through the act.
856* {{Jerkass}}: Utterly nasty to anyone who poses a threaten him.
857* KarmaHoudini: Notable in being one of the few villains to get away with his crimes by the end of his episode. [[spoiler:He is finally arrested in "Little Red Corvette". A season 6 episode states that he remains in "federal lockup" a full three years after his arrest, implying he was convicted.]]
858* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Powerful enough connections that an agent in Homeland Security tries to dissuade Lisbon from going after him due to the politicians he’s in bed with.
859* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Bribes all kinds of authority figures.
860* SmugSnake: Confident in his ability to escape arrest.
861* TheSociopath: He's referred to as such in the show. His chilling habit of personally watching his hitmen murder his victims, lends credence to this.
862%%* StepfordSmiler
863* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Viewed as a pillar of society.
864* VillainousBreakdown: Goes through a steady one in ''Little Red Corvette'' as Lisbon and the team get closer and closer to exposing his crimes. [[spoiler:This culminates in him personally trying to murder a little boy who witnessed one of his crimes, despite Volker's habit of never getting his own hands dirty]].
865* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:After a hitman refuses, Volker goes after a kid himself. He doesn't get the chance, though.]]
866[[/folder]]
867
868[[folder:James Panzer]]
869->'''Played By''': Creator/DavidPaymer
870
871A serial killer investigator particularly interested in the San Joaquin Killer. Jane figures out he's actually the San Joaquin Killer on episode eight of season 4, and he's [[spoiler: killed by Red John]] by the end of the episode.
872----
873* AttentionWhore: Like Red John, he seems to have a pathological need for attention, even writing a blog devoted to his SerialKiller persona.
874* BaldOfEvil: Well, mostly bald, he's still got a little hair left on the top.
875* BigBadWannabe: Once Red John is [[spoiler:supposedly dead]], Panzer attempts to convince people that the San Joaquin Killer is an even bigger threat. Not only is he wrong, [[spoiler:he doesn't even survive his first episode]].
876* BullyingADragon: In his defense, when he mocked Red John he did believe the man to be dead, [[spoiler:unfortunately for him, he was very, very wrong]].
877* ButHeSoundsHandsome: He spends a lot of time hyping up the SJK as an amazingly intelligent mastermind killer, ostensibly to warn the public of the threat he poses but in reality to stroke his own ego.
878* CallingCard: Part of his modus operandi was to put small objects over his victims eyes, like pebbles and bottle caps. His last victim had [[EyeScream her eyes completely gouged out.]]
879* ForTheEvulz: He claimed that SJK was a "purist" who killed purely for the pleasure of watching the life drain from his victims' eyes. While this could be part of his motive, really he's more in it for the attention.
880* FourEyesZeroSoul: A bespectacled man who not only enjoys killing, but ''revels'' in the emotional suffering he causes.
881* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Killed by another SerialKiller.]]
882* ManipulativeBastard: In addition to convincing most people he's just a concerned investigative crime reporter who wants to warn people of the danger of the SJK, he also manipulates the parents of the first girl he killed into thinking the same about him, basking in their anguish whenever he visits them.
883* {{Narcissist}}: When you're a SerialKiller and you're writing a blog about yourself and hyping up your image on ''national television'' you know you've got an ego.
884* SerialKiller: Killed at least six girls.
885* SlashedThroat: How he kills his victims.
886* SmallRoleBigImpact: His death reopens the Red John MythArc.
887* SmugSnake: Taunts Red John on television. [[spoiler:Is dead by the next day.]]
888* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: He looks completely unremarkable, just a regular, podgy middle-aged man.
889* WouldHurtAChild: His victims ranged from sixteen to twenty.
890[[/folder]]
891
892[[folder:Richard Haibach]]
893->'''Played By''': Creator/WilliamMapother
894
895An allegedly reformed pedophile introduced in season 4 who is constantly wrongly suspected of more serious crimes. He has a particular grudge against Lisbon and Jane as he feels they are harassing him, and is eventually kidnapped and tortured after Jane frames him as a Red John suspect. In season 6, he snaps and starts targeting the former [=CBI=] teammates in revenge.
896----
897* AbusiveParents: All but stated to have been sexually abused by his father.
898* AmbiguouslyEvil: Most of his appearances consist of him being accused of everything from child murder to being Red John himself, but while he was convicted of child abuse in the past he claims to have reformed and is usually cleared of wrongdoing by the end of each episode.
899* BrotherSisterTeam: [[spoiler:He and his sister Hazel worked together to target the CBI.]]
900* CreateYourOwnVillain: While already a creepy voyeur, he only starts looking for revenge against Jane and the core [=CBI=] team after their involvement in his life leads him to be arrested and tortured.
901* {{Fingore}}: Plans on chopping off Jane's fingers with an axe before killing him. [[spoiler:He gets shot by Rigsby before he has the chance.]]
902* NeverMyFault: While he does have a point when he blames the [=CBI=] for framing him as a possible Red John suspect, he never once acknowledges that he was offered CBI protection and ''declined'' it.
903* NotSoHarmlessVillain: This man is surprisingly ruthless despite looking like a voyeur freak. If not for Rigsby's blatant PlotArmor, he would have succeeded at killing Jane, Van Pelt, and Rigsby all.
904* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: After Jane's involvement in his life leads to his arrest and later torture, he formulates a complex plan which leads to the deaths of [[spoiler:Oscar and JJ [=LaRoche=], and the near deaths of Rigsby, Van Pelt and Jane]].
905* TragicVillain: It's implied that the sexual abuse he endured as a child at the hands of his father caused him to be a pedophile.
906* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Several seasons of being harassed and eventually tortured turn him into the murderous bastard everyone kept accusing him of being.
907* TookALevelInBadass: Apparently was able to plant trackers on all of the former [=CBI=] agents who had been harassing him in season 6, including the main cast, and masterminded the abduction or murder of several people- including the kidnapping of Van Pelt- with the help of his sister. He and his sister very nearly kills Van Pelt, Rigsby and Jane as well, even after they capture them.
908* VillainHasAPoint: Not that he is an ethically pristine person, but he does, however, have a valid case when he accuses Patrick Jane and the CBI team of ruining his life. Everything Patrick Jane does to him will definitely not stand in the court of law.
909* WhosLaughingNow: When Jane's plan actually goes wrong and Richard manages to get the drop on him, Haibach's doesn't hold back in rubbing Jane's face in the fact he's not as smart as he thinks he is.
910[[/folder]]
911
912[[folder:Michael Ridley]]
913->'''Played By''': Creator/TitusWelliver
914
915A prominent member of an equity firm and secretly the mastermind behind a ruthless ring of human and organ traffickers.
916----
917* ArcVillain: Of the human trafficking arc in the latter part of season 6, and the closest thing to a BigBad the end of season 6 had.
918* BadBoss: Has no problems killing any of his employees if they become liabilities to him, and while he does seem more cordial with Anthony, Ridley has no problems intimidating Anthony into following his orders suggesting that he view Anthony as expendable as the rest of his employees
919* BeardOfEvil: He sports a shaggy beard and is one of the most callous and amoral characters on the show.
920* CorruptCorporateExecutive: He runs an equity firm, buying and selling smaller businesses, which he uses to obscure the fact that he technically owns vehicles and clinics used by the trafficking ring.
921* DirtyCoward: Janes gets him to talk by threatening to [[LaserGuidedKarma harvest his organs]]; although responsible for the kidnapping and deaths of countless young women, he folds quickly when it comes to his own skin.
922* FauxAffablyEvil: While he may seem polite and pleasant, he is responsible for a ''huge'' number of abductions and murders and is utterly remorseless about his actions to boot.
923* IHaveYourWife: Isn't above threatening the families of his employees to stop them from talking, to the point of basically ordering them to kill themselves if they want their loved ones to live.
924* LackOfEmpathy: Has a seriously bad case of this. While he may not be overtly sadistic like the previous villains, he shows zero remorse for all the murders that he committed and even considers his work to be in the service of a "higher cause" because he is saving the lives of rich and powerful people.
925* AMillionIsAStatistic: Thinks the victims of his ring don't matter because their organs go to prominent individuals like scientists and businessmen who matter more. He really believes it, too.
926* MoralMyopia: Thinks the lives of "important" people like himself and his wealthy clients matter more to the world than all the girls he has murdered.
927* NeverMyFault: Not only does he flatly deny any wrongdoing, he honestly thinks that what he did wasn't wrong because he doesn't regard any of his victims as important people.
928* SmugSnake: {{Downplayed}}. He is fairly civil to Lisbon and Jane most of the time, even when they are accusing him of heinous crimes. He still doesn't think he'll get caught, though.
929* TheSociopath: Ridley shows no remorse in trafficking and murdering girls whom he views a worthless, while also having no problems having his own men killed.
930* TheStoic: He is cool, calm and collected through his appearances and rarely shows much emotion. [[NotSoStoic He shows some genuine fear when his life is threatened]], of course.
931* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Nearly everyone who works for him who gets chased or caught by the FBI winds up dead.
932* VillainousFriendship: {{Downplayed}}. While their relationship may just simply to be on a professional standpoint, Ridley does seem to be concerned for Anthony's life when he thinks Jane has just murdered him. Then again, [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk Ridley could just be worried]] that Jane may kill him next
933[[/folder]]
934
935[[folder: Lazarus]]
936-> '''Played By:''' Creator/AubreyDeeker
937Joseph Keller Jr. AKA Lazarus is a serial killer who clashes with the cast in the series final arc.
938* BerserkButton: Viciously threatens anyone he perceives as a fake psychic.
939* CarFu: Rams Jane's car with his own in order to kidnap him.
940* DeadGuyOnDisplay: Well not quite in display, but he keeps his father's corpse in his closet.
941* EccentricExterminator: Jane profiles this as his day job.
942* FinalBoss: He serves as the sole killer of the final three episodes of the show.
943* FriendlessBackground: Jane correctly profiles him as having been this by his own choice, speculating that he felt disgust at having to listen to the sound of the other kids eating in the cafeteria.
944* GoodScarsEvilScars: He gets several burn scars from a fire in a fight with Jane.
945* HearingVoices: He describes this as a driving force behind his crimes.
946* IShallTauntYou: He leaves some of his bodies out in the open to taunt the police once their on his trail.
947* InsaneEqualsViolent: The man's murders are seemingly driven by insanity rather than simple sadism, and he killed at least eleven people.
948* KnowWhenToFoldEm: [[spoiler: He surrenders and lets himself be arrested when surrounded by armed and ready cops]].
949* PrettyLittleHeadshots: He finishes off his first onscreen victims this way.
950* PunkInTheTrunk: He hides in the trunk of the judge going to preside over Jane and Lisbon's wedding.
951* RitualMagic: Believes that the blood taken from his victims keeps his father's spirt on Earth.
952* StrangerBehindTheMask: Despite a bit of teasing, when he does show up in person (halfway through the second of the three episodes where he kills people in) he isn't anyone the team has met before.
953* TwoFaced: For much of the finale, as the burn marks on his face gradually grow worse from not being treated.
954* VillainousLineage: His father was a serial killer too.
955[[/folder]]
956
957[[folder: Dr. Linus Wagner]]
958-> '''Played By:''' Creator/ZeljkoIvanek
959A psychiatrist, and the shows second killer (with the first being a minor character exposed by Jane within the space of the opening scene).
960----
961* BaldOfEvil: A bald man and unflinching murderer.
962* ConsultingAConvictedKiller: Briefly assists the CBI investigation when Jane has been kidnapped in exchange for having his death sentence commuted to life in prison.
963* FaceFramedInShadow: Wagner is a murderer who often has a shadow covering (if not obscuring) part of his face.
964* FakeAmerican: His actor is Slovenian.
965* PsychoPsychologist: He is motivated by altruism, but is nonchalant and menacing as he discusses murdering people to further his work.
966* SpottingTheThread: Quickly realizes that Jane, while seeing him as a patient, is lying due to his story just being a rehash of Johnny Cash's early life.
967* StarterVillain: The main murderer of the shows first episode.
968* WellIntentionedExtremist: Embezzles form his practice to fund charitable efforts and didn't hesitate to murder a man who threatened to stop this.
969[[/folder]]
970
971[[folder: Charles Milk]]
972--> '''Played By:''' Creator/MattBaker
973Tommy Volker's chief assassin.
974* TheDragon: Volker's senior assassin, and the one who kills multiple victims for him.
975* EvilerThanThou: To Volker's other hitmen, Donald Clyde and Mark Costa, who seem to take less pleasure in what they do, and both refuse to harm children.
976* LaserGuidedKarma: As soon as Volker decides that HeKnowsTooMuch as the FBI close in on Milk, then his trusted killer becomes as expendable as anyone else and is gunned down by Volker's order.
977* TheSociopath: Jut like his boss. He strangles people to death with no remorse and hints of pleasure.
978* WouldHurtAChild: Casually orders Clyde to murder a little boy who saw them at work.
979[[/folder]]
980
981[[folder: Anthony Tremel]]
982-> '''Played By:''' Creator/JohnHensley
983Michael Ridleys henchman.
984* TheDragon" He's the one who kills anyone who poses a threat to Ridley.
985* EvenEvilHasStandards: While it may have been PragmaticVillainy, he hesitates to detonate a bomb that will kill a witness due to FBI agents being in the blast range as well.
986* MoralityPet: He's seen walking his pet dog in one scene when his boss calls him with orders.
987* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: He's capable of organizing and/or committing hits inside of prison without leaving a trace.
988* TattooedCrook: Has a distinctive tattoo on his arm.
989* TheyLookLikeEveryoneElse: An utterly menacing professional killer for a horrific enterprise who has the look of an earnest, normal young man.
990* UndyingLoyalty: If Ridley asks something, Anthony will do it.
991[[/folder]]
992
993[[folder: Donny Culpepper]]
994-> '''Played By''': Creator/StephenWarshofsky
995A career criminal who is a person of interest in one case, and hired by Jane to rob [=LaRoche=]'s safe in a later one.
996* OffstageVillainy: He's been implicated in multiple murders prior to the show.
997* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Dislikes Jane after their first meeting, but he'll work for him in exchange for a payoff, and later is implied to have [[spoiler: sold Brenda Shettrick the information about what was in [=LaRoche=]'s safe]].
998* PermaStubble: The guy could use a shave.
999* RedHerring: In his first episode, where he's suspected of robbing a gem dealer.
1000* TakingYouWithMe: After being caught outside [=LaRoche's=] house, he threatens to testify against Jane unless he gets the case against him dismissed.
1001[[/folder]]
1002
1003[[folder: John Hutten]]
1004->'''Played By''': Creator/PaulSchulze
1005A bank robber who the team goes after in season 5, and is later a suspect in [[spoiler: Haibach's]] attacks on past CBI agents.
1006%% * BaldOfEvil: A case could be made for him having either of them.
1007* BoxedCrook: Ends up helping the FBI capture other bank robbers in exchange for his time being reduced to house arrest.
1008* ConsummateProfessional: A skilled, meticulous robber who is caught through no fault of his own.
1009* HazyFeelTurn: After he becomes a BoxedCrook for the FBI.
1010* NeverHurtAnInnocent: The victim who turns up shot during his robbery wasn't killed by Hutten or any of his men.
1011[[/folder]]
1012
1013[[folder: Steve Rigsby]]
1014-> '''Played By:''' Creator/WilliamForsythe
1015Rigsby's father, and a career criminal who is involved in two of the gangs investigations.
1016----
1017* ArchNemesisDad: He and Wayne Hutt heads a lot, although there is some love.
1018* BloodKnight: He loves fighting, and makes a point of refusing fistfights while showing off his knife.
1019* HonorBeforeReason: He's very reluctant to give the police any useful information even when it would be in his interest too.
1020* InstantDeathBullet: Averted [[spoiler: He's shot and takes hours before the bullet shifts around enough to kill him]].
1021* ManipulativeBastard: Tricks his son into arresting a rival cigarette smuggler while pretending to help him with a case in one episode.
1022* NobleDemon: A ruthless, unrepentant criminal, but one who seems at peace with who and what he is, and is willing to work as a bodyguard to try and protect a (honest) friend from other criminals.
1023
1024[[/folder]]
1025
1026[[folder: Benjamin Marx]]
1027-> '''Played By:''' Creator/AaronLohr
1028A financial manager and killer the team encountered.
1029* AmoralAttorney: He's also a lawyer.
1030* BuriedAlive: He killed his victim this way and [[LaserGuidedKarma Jane does it to him to get a confession]], for which Jane is temporarily fired.
1031* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Jane later frames him as a Red John suspect, which inadvertently gets Marx kidnapped, his fingers cut off, and his face burned off with a blow torch.
1032* OffOnATechnicality: He was out on bail and facing acquittal when he was killed, although it was more due to blatantly illegal and unconstitutional torture than the average, minor technicality.
1033* {{Sadist}}: Jane profiles him as one. Considering that he deliberately and pitilessly buried his victim alive despite having multiple opportunities to kill him more painlessly, this is probably true.
1034* StealingFromTheTill: Stole millions of dollars from clients, including widows and orphans based on a comment from Van Pelt.
1035[[/folder]]
1036
1037[[folder:Jason Lennon]]
1038-> '''Played By''': Creator/ChristopherCousins
1039A trustee at a woman's shelter and accomplice of Red John.
1040----
1041* BitchInSheepsClothing: Comes across as a pilar of society and caring man until the end of his first episode.
1042* ConvenientComa: He spends several months comatose after being shot by Lorelei.
1043* DefiantToTheEnd: When he has reason to believe Lorelei might execute him (and that even if she doesn't he'll be arrested) he spitefully reveals the truth with obvious malice. Subverted in his second episode, where he tries to beg a little while being poisoned in the hospital, despite his killer pointing out how he has nothing to look forward to besides prison and being a pariah.
1044* EvilGloating: Displays visible amusement and sadism as he finally admits to his role in the death of Lorelei's sister.
1045* {{Kneecapping}}: Suffers this at Lorelei's hands.
1046* SerialKiller: Five women disappeared form his shelter and while one of them was delivered to Red John, its implied Lennon may have killed others himself.
1047* SickbedSlaying: [[spoiler:Kirkland]] poisons him in his hospital room as soon as he wakes up.
1048[[/folder]]
1049
1050!!The Federal Agents
1051
1052[[folder:Craig O'Laughlin]]
1053->'''Played By''': Creator/EricWinter
1054
1055An FBI agent that serves as Van Pelt's love interest in season 3.
1056----
1057* AffablyEvil: Once his true nature is revealed.
1058%%* AxCrazy
1059* BadassInANiceSuit: A tough field agent and a good dresser.
1060* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: He pretends to be a good boyfriend for Grace when the reality is he's working as a mole for Red John.]]
1061* DeadPersonConversation: [[spoiler: With Grace, in season 4.]]
1062%%* DirtyCop
1063%%* EvilAllAlong
1064* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: On the season 3 finale.]]
1065* FairCop: Van Pelt certainly thinks so.
1066%%* Foreshadowing
1067* HoneyTrap: [[spoiler: Ultimately turns out to be a male version]].
1068* MeetCute: How did he and Grace meet? Oh, right, they had a brutal car crash when he was chasing her and Rigsby.
1069%%* TheMole
1070* NiceGuy: [[spoiler: Just a cover, though.]]
1071* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler: In "My Bloody Valentine".]]
1072* RomanticFalseLead: It's always evident that Van Pelt and Rigsby still have chemistry, but O'Laughlin ends up proving the ''false'' part in a particularly chilling way.
1073%%* SacrificialLion
1074%%* SharpDressedMan
1075%%* WalkingSpoiler
1076[[/folder]]
1077
1078[[folder:Susan Darcy]]
1079->'''Played By''': Creator/CatherineDent
1080
1081An FBI agent assigned to investigate the San Joaquin Killer. She's later assigned the Red John case after Red John kills the San Joaquin Killer.
1082----
1083* ByTheBookCop: Doesn't like stepping out of line.
1084%%* FairCop
1085* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Her career went down and she loses herself after [[spoiler: accidentally killing Wainwright]] in the season 4 finale.
1086* PutOnABus: After suffering a nervous breakdown in the season for finale.
1087* ShipTease: With Wainwright, at times.
1088[[/folder]]
1089
1090[[folder:Alexa Schultz]]
1091->'''Played By''': Creator/PollyWalker
1092
1093An FBI agent who takes over Darcy's investigation in Season 5.
1094----
1095* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:Was acting on Kirkland's behalf.]]
1096* MysteriousWatcher: [[spoiler:Is the one who asks Minelli for reports on Jane.]]
1097* TheRival: Shows signs f being this to Bertram in her first appearance.
1098[[/folder]]
1099
1100[[folder:Reede Smith]]
1101->'''Played By''': Creator/DrewPowell
1102
1103One of Schultz's agent, partner with Mancini.
1104----
1105* AloneWithThePsycho: [[spoiler:Inverted. His conversation with Kirkland in the park played it like Kirkland was the psycho. While Kirkland does have a nasty case of KnightTemplar, Smith turns out to be more dangerous than him.]]
1106* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:Turns out to be one of the seven people Jane thinks might be Red John.]]
1107* DirtyCop: [[spoiler:Works for Blake Association.]]
1108* DramaticIrony: [[spoiler:He understands he is in danger when the cop who is supposed to be helping him tells him the same thing he told Kirkland.]]
1109* InTheBack: [[spoiler:Makes Kirkland run away from the van so he can shoot him in the back -- and tell everyone Kirkland was trying to escape.]]
1110* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: His introductory episode has him being hot-tempered and abrasive towards the CBI over a botched sting operation that was largely the FBI's fault, while he evolved into a more self-deprecating and affable character in his later appearances, [[spoiler: before being revealed as a member of the Blake Association who's been knowingly -albiet reluctantly- abetting Red John since before he ever met the team]].
1111* KnowWhenToFoldEm: [[spoiler:When he becomes a target of Blake Association, he quickly calls the CBI and surrenders.]]
1112* TheMole: [[spoiler:Works for Blake Association.]]
1113* NotSoHarmlessVillain: [[spoiler:Lower-level FBI officer, looks more like DumbMuscle than a thinker - but is the one who offs Kirkland after the latter is arrested]]
1114* ObfuscatingStupidity: Man can look dumb if he wants to.
1115%%* PoliceBrutality
1116%%* SoleSurvivor: Of all the suspects on Jane's list, he is the only one to survive.
1117* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:A target of Blake Association for that, although he has managed to escape for now.]]
1118[[/folder]]
1119
1120[[folder:Robert "Bob" Kirkland]]
1121->'''Played By''': Creator/KevinCorrigan
1122
1123A Homeland Security Agent who's been introduced in ''Red Dawn''. Has been pursuing the Red John case for a while and is very interested in Jane's progress.
1124----
1125* AloneWithThePsycho: [[spoiler:Played straight when he corners Jane in the parking lot to kidnap him, and subverted in a conversation with Reede Smith about certain William Blake poems: viewers thought Kirkland was a part of Red John's organization and Smith wasn't, but it turned out to be the exact opposite.]]
1126* DevilInPlainSight: To the viewership, at least... he's evidently shady after [[spoiler: killing Lennon.]]
1127* DirtyCop: [[spoiler:He's one of the few who isn't a member of the Blake Association, but he ''is'' a vigilante hunting Red John by whatever means necessary, including torture and murder.]]
1128%%* DroppedABridgeOnHim
1129* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:Realizes what's going to happen to him as soon as Smith stops the van, and forgoes Smith's small talk, telling him to just get on with it. Smith still makes him run away so he can get to shoot him in the back.]]
1130%%* FairCop
1131* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler: For a given value of 'good,' but he's definitely not working with Red John, the Blake Association, or any other bad guy.]]
1132* HiddenVillain: [[spoiler:While Jane doesn't trust him entirely, most of the team has no idea what he's up to.]]
1133* HiddenAgendaVillain: Throughout the Red John Arc [[spoiler:And the audience doesn't know exactly what he wants either.]] Earlier, he tells Lisbon to back off the Tommy Volker investigation in a way which could either mean he is either chasing Volker and concerned for Lisbon, or is covering for Volker, with [[AbortedArc neither of the following episodes with Volker revealing which, or featuring Kirkman at all]].
1134* KnightTemplarBigBrother: His ultimate motivation.
1135* MysteriousWatcher: [[spoiler:Has been following Jane's career in the CBI from the very beginning.]]
1136* NotSoStoic: [[spoiler:In "Red Listed".]]
1137* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Ultimately subverted; [[spoiler: he rejects Jane's offer to go after Red John together, pointing out that they can't ''both'' kill Red John, and he's not willing to let someone else have the satisfaction of that. Once he's arrested though, he does imply that he'll be willing to help him track down Red John just so ''someone'' can kill him now that he won't be able to]].
1138* RedHerring: [[spoiler:A big one at that. Strongly hinted to be working for Red John, if not Red John himself. Turns out he's actually after revenge against Red John. Also, he ends up going after Jane's fake list of suspects. He's understandably [[NotSoStoic pissed]] when Jane tells him about that.]]
1139* RememberTheNewGuy: He has been watching Jane since before the series started, but he has only shown up by Season Five.
1140* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler:Actually his motivation.]]
1141* ShadowArchetype: Kirkland is what Jane would have become if Jane doesn't have Lisbon. Where Jane is merely a consultant, hates politics, and restrains himself for the sake of Lisbon, Kirkland is a cop, takes politics and connections very seriously, and doesn't care who he has to hurt to get to Red John.
1142* TheStoic: Whether being helpful, threatening or sociable, his face betrays little emotion.
1143* OhCrap: When he realizes the Red John suspects he's been after are fakes.
1144* TheUnfettered: [[spoiler:Wants revenge against Red John, and doesn't care who he has to hurt to get to his goal.]]
1145* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:Revealed to be looking for revenge against Red John for the death of his twin brother.]]
1146[[/folder]]
1147
1148[[folder: Steven Wench]]
1149-> '''Played By:''' Creator/JosephWill
1150
1151Introduced as "Brother Steven", a teacher at the Visualize College, he is later revealed to be an undercover FBI agent working with Laughlin.
1152* CharacterTic: Still reaches for his sidearm when he hears a shot or something that sounds like one.
1153* FeedTheMole: Jane tells him that Stiles has almost certainly noticed his CharacterTic and ID'd him, yet has let him stay in the church presumably for this reason. Steven admits that he has in fact failed to get any useful information for a suspiciously long time.
1154* FairCop: Although the "Cop" part isn't evident in his first appearance.
1155* TheMole: He's undercover trying to bring down Stiles.
1156* MouthOfSauron: Serves this role to Stiles in his first episode, when the CBI is visiting the Visualize temple.
1157[[/folder]]
1158
1159[[folder: Gabe Mancini]]
1160->'''Played By''': Creator/IvanSergei
1161An FBI agent who works with Smith early in Season 5.
1162* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: He vanishes without a trace after the third episode of season 5 despite being Smith's partner and having been getting friendlier with Lisbon.
1163* TheGambler: He introduces Lisbon to a law enforcement poker game.
1164* GenreSavvy: After reading that Jane had planted evidence on an (unsavory) suspect to distract the FBI with him, he knows what's coming when Jane claims that a red bead (supposedly an identifier for Red John's cult) is in ''his'' pocket.
1165* HotBlooded: Jane finds it very easy to provoke him, and near the end of his first episode, has Mancini chasing him through a courthouse, trying to pummel him.
1166* UnwittingPawn: Jane finds playing him easy and fun in Mancini's first episode.
1167[[/folder]]
1168
1169[[folder: Agent [=McClay=]]]
1170-> '''Played By:''' Creator/SeanMcClay
1171A member of Kirkland's Homeland Security Team.
1172* AmbiguousSituation: He does some shady stuff for Kirkland, like breaking into Jane's house and stealing his Red John files but it's unclear about whether [[spoiler: He knows Kirkland wants to kill Red John to avenge his brother]] or is JustFollowingOrders.
1173* TheDanza: He has the same last name as his actor.
1174* NumberTwo: To Kirkland.
1175[[/folder]]
1176
1177[[folder: Bill Peterson]]
1178-> '''Played By:''' Creator/DylanBaker
1179The unscrupulous head of the San Antonio DEA, and a former boss of Abbot.
1180----
1181* AmbitionIsEvil: Jane speculates that he hopes to become head of the DEA someday by screwing over the Abbots and calling in political favors.
1182* BlackmailBackfire: He tries to blackmail Abbot over his DarkSecret. His demands are refused and it just makes him an enemy of Jane, who ends up bringing him down.
1183* DirtyCop: He's been pocketing money from raids on drug deals for years and tries to first blackmail, then sell out Abbot.
1184* ItsAllAboutMe: Finding out that one of his men is a cartel enforcer who has sabotaged countless raids and murdered another DEA agent has him quickly start obsessing not about the security risk, the death of his agent, or the sense of betrayal, but merely how to avoid being blamed for letting the mole operate undetected for so long.
1185* OpportunisticBastard: When determined to screw over Abbot he first bothers to find someone who will help him benefit from it personally and politically first.
1186* PointyHairedBoss: He doesn't seem to monitor his team well enough or care about them.
1187* TheSociopath: Jane pegs him as one and he does indeed seem to care about no one but himself.
1188* SoreLoser: When being arrested he spitefully gloats about how he's already brought down Abbot, only for it to quickly turn out that he hasn't after all.
1189* StealingTheCredit: Demands that Abbot give him the credit once he arrests the corrupt agent in Peterson's office, or else he'll get Abbot arrested and ruin his wife's senate confirmation. They ultimately refuse.
1190* WineIsClassy: Tastes wine as a hobby.
1191* {{Workaholic}}: Puts in sixty hours a week.
1192[[/folder]]
1193
1194[[folder: Agent Collins]]
1195-> ''' Played By:''' Creator/ShannonMcClung
1196An FBI agent at the Dallas Field Office.
1197* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Doesn't reappear in season 7.
1198* SpearCarrier: Carries out tasks too small to bother showing the main characters on for the later half of season 6.
1199* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Fischer tells him there will be a "note in his file" after he accidentally lets Jane out of the building without permission.
1200[[/folder]]
1201
1202[[folder: Ken Spackman]]
1203-> '''Played By:''' Creator/TimGriffin
1204An FBI agent in Dallas specializing in organized crime cases.
1205* BadassInDistress: He's wounded during a raid in his second appearance and barely survives.
1206* TeethClenchedTeamwork: He clashes with the entire team a little and especially resents Jane's presence.
1207* TookALevelInKindness: He's not as openly skeptical of Abbot's team in his second appearance.
1208* SharpDressedMan: Wears smooth gray suits.
1209* WhatTheHellHero: He chews out Jane for causing a suspect to panic and run both because they don't have enough evidence at that point and because the suspect escaped.
1210[[/folder]]
1211
1212!!The Local Police
1213
1214[[folder:Sheriff Thomas [=McAllister=]]]
1215->'''Played By''': Creator/XanderBerkeley
1216
1217* BondOneLiner: After he shoots the killer from "Wedding in Red" outside of a church, he dryly quips that now the man is talking to Jesus.
1218* ChekhovsGunman: Made a single appearance, in the episode after the pilot, and was never seen again for five seasons. [[spoiler: Then Season Six reveals him to be Red John.]]
1219* DirtyCop: In his debut appearance, the CBI team doesn't really trust him, and suspects he might be the criminal of the week, which he isn't. [[spoiler: But as Red John, however... oh yes. He is quite dirty.]]
1220* GoodSamaritan: In his first appearance, he ruins a string operation where Van Pelt is trying to lure out a killer when he shows up to offer her a ride, telling her that she shouldn't be alone out there with a dangerous killer on the loose. [[spoiler: Of course, considering that he's Red John, even if he wasn't the criminal of the week [[HarsherInHindsight he might not have been planning on actually taking her somewhere safe]]]].
1221* ManlyMenCanHunt: He discusses being a long-time hunter in "Wedding in Red", with Jane talking about gutting and skinning the animals to test his reactions, while considering signs that he may be Red John. IN a later episode, he's seen watching deer through his gunsights from his patrol car.
1222* SherlockScan: He conducts one over the body of the victim in "Wedding in Red", helping figure out he's a pizza delivery man due to the mans scent and clothing.
1223* SpannerInTheWorks: In his first episode. He arrived at a restaurant to help the staff eject a drunken customer, with his car's lights causing the killer to smother the kidnapping victim (who was meant to be raped and then killed elsewhere) in a panic when she tired to make a sound and then hurriedly drive away ([=McAllister=] noticed the truck but didn't think anything of it at the time).
1224[[/folder]]
1225
1226[[folder: Oscar Cordero]]
1227->'''Played By''': Creator/JoeNieves
1228A SAC PD detective appearing in season six.
1229* BodyguardBetrayal: Kills [[spoiler: Bertram, who he'd seemingly been helping out for the last two episodes]] on behalf of Red John.
1230* CopKiller: Murders a policeman while on the run.
1231* DirtyCop: An unrepentant follower of Red John.
1232* TheDragon: Serves this role to [[spoiler: Bertram, and Mcallister]] at certain points in the conclusion of the Red John arc.
1233* InstantDeathBullet: Averted, he's seen stirring on the ground a little after being shot twice in the stomach by [[spoiler: Jane]], although its left unclear if he ultimately dies from them.
1234* LeaveNoWitnesses: Spends a while trying to kill [[spoiler: Reede Smith]] so he can't talk to the CBI.
1235* ObviouslyEvil: Introduced talking about how the shooting of [[spoiler: Kirkland]] was completely justified (when the audience had been shown it was cold-blooded murder) and then going into a rant about the nerve of unarmed prisoners who ''make'' cops shoot them by trying to run away.
1236* OneSteveLimit: Considering that another Oscar (Ardiles) also appears on the show.
1237* PermaStubble: Looks a little unshaven.
1238* PunkInTheTrunk: He smuggles [[spoiler: Bertram]] past the police in the trunk of his car.
1239* SmugSnake: Oozes with smarminess from the second he first appears.
1240[[/folder]]
1241
1242!!The Recurring
1243
1244[[folder:Summer Edgecombe]]
1245->'''Played By''': Creator/SamaireArmstrong
1246
1247A prostitute who appears on Season Four and becomes a recurring character. On her first appearance, she withstands Cho's stoicness, insisting that if she were to cooperate Cho ought to show common courtesy. At the end of the episode Cho gives her a job as an informant. And later on they date. And then break up.
1248----
1249* TheBusCameBack: One episode in season 5, [[spoiler: she's pregnant and getting married.]]
1250* {{CloudCuckooLander}}: Expresses herself a bit oddly, and without too much respect for conventions.
1251* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler: In her season 5 appearance.]]
1252* HoneyTrap: Sometimes used by the team to lure out men.
1253* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Although she states that she's not a hooker repeatedly.
1254* TheLadette: Deconstructed in the end. Her impulsive, frattish behavior forces Cho to [[spoiler: break up with her, because it might be dangerous to his job as a cop.]]
1255%%* MsFanservice
1256* [[NonActionGuy Non-Action Girl]]: She isn't a fighter and knows it.
1257%%* PutOnABus
1258* RedOniBlueOni: The red to Cho's blue.
1259* RobbingTheDead: Her first meeting with the team comes when they're tracking a purchase of the victims credit cards and find out that Summer (who also called in the crime) stole it from her body.
1260* SlapSlapKiss: with Cho.
1261* UnresolvedSexualTension: [[spoiler: At least, until the BigDamnKiss in episode 14.]]
1262* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Cho again. [[spoiler: They do.]]
1263[[/folder]]
1264
1265[[folder:Walter Mashburn]]
1266->'''Played By''': Creator/CurrieGraham
1267
1268A millionaire that appears in two episodes so far, "Redline" and "Red Hot".
1269----
1270* BigFancyHouse: Owns one. Or several, actually.
1271* BlindDriving: Subverted. He allows Jane to demonstrate his skills by having him drive with a blindfold, guiding himself only by Mashburn's involuntary reactions in the passenger seat. It goes just fine - until they get out of the car, Jane "forgets" to leave the parking brake on, and... [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments it really doesn't end well for the car.]]
1272* ChickMagnet: The money helps, though.
1273* IdleRich: Shows some aspects of this.
1274* MillionairePlayboy: In spades.
1275* NiceGuy: When he wants to.
1276%%* PutOnABus
1277* RedHerring: He was shown on Jane's list of suspects for a brief moment, but was dropped as a suspect by the season 5 finale.
1278* RomanticFalseLead: For Lisbon.
1279* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: One of the reasons why he assists Patrick in his first appearance.
1280* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney
1281* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Lisbon. [[spoiler: At least until Red Hot.]]
1282[[/folder]]
1283
1284[[folder:Kristina Frye]]
1285->'''Played By''': Creator/LeslieHope
1286
1287A proclaimed psychic whom Jane repeatedly calls out for being a fraud though he does seem to care for her. She insists not only that she is a genuine psychic, but that Patrick is a real psychic too, albeit in denial and one who was a really a con-artist in the past.
1288----
1289* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Never really mentioned after being found mentally broken.
1290* DeadPersonConversation: Claims to be able to do this.
1291* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler: Whatever it is that Red John did to her, it left her believing she's dead.]]
1292%%* ISeeDeadPeople
1293* MindRape: A victim of this.
1294* PhonyPsychic: Jane certainly believes so... though there was that one time when she knew information about a waiter that she couldn't possibly have known through body language. It's never made known just how she did it.
1295%%* PsychicPowers
1296* PutOnABus: [[spoiler: Has yet to be seen again after being rescued from Red John's captivity in season three.]]
1297* RomanticFalseLead: For Jane.
1298* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Jane.
1299[[/folder]]
1300
1301[[folder:Dr. Steiner]]
1302->'''Played By''': Creator/GeorgeWyner
1303
1304A humorless medical examiner with the Sacramento County Coroner's Office. Spars with Jane once a season.
1305----
1306* TheComicallySerious: Naturally, this causes him a great deal of frustration when put into contact with Jane.
1307* TheCoroner: A long-serving, professional one, who Jane enjoys messing with.
1308* ADayInTheLimelight: "The Red Mile." which is also his [[ADeathInTheLimelight final appearance]].
1309%%* ADeathInTheLimeLight
1310%%* DrivenToSuicide
1311* FaceDeathWithDignity: When he gets sick he simply wants to keep doing his job and perhaps contribute more to a case for once.
1312%%* MauveShirt
1313%%* TheMedic
1314* SoapOperaDisease: He's badly sick, but it's never said what with.
1315* StayWithMeUntilIDie: [[spoiler:Asks this of Jane because he doesn't want to be autopsied.]]
1316* SuicideIsPainless: [[spoiler:Played with. Steiner seems either in pain or afraid as the end is coming, and Jane puts him into a trance with a coin trick until he dies.]]
1317%%* WoobieOfTheWeek
1318[[/folder]]
1319
1320[[folder:Sarah Harrigan]]
1321->'''Played By''': Creator/JillianBach
1322
1323A public defender who was being interviewed by Erica Flynn the night she killed her husband, thus becoming her alibi. She begins dating Rigsby, and after a few months later they're both shocked upon finding out she's pregnant. She becomes the mother of their child, Ben Rigsby, towards the end of the season.
1324----
1325* BrainyBrunette: A smart, dark-haired woman.
1326* HelloAttorney: Even before she ends up with Rigsby.
1327* HiddenBadass: She can act shy and lovely, but can kick serious ass in court. She actually takes great pride in her job.
1328* HugeGuyTinyGirl: The height disparity between her and Rigsby is quite funny
1329* MarriedToTheJob: Prior to meeting Rigsby.
1330* NervousWreck: A bit overwhelmed by things.
1331%%* NiceGirl
1332* OffScreenBreakup: She and Rigsby break up between seasons, after [[spoiler: he [[FakingTheDead fakes his death]] on the season 4 finale.]]
1333[[/folder]]
1334
1335[[folder:Lorelei Martins]]
1336->'''Played By''': Creator/EmmanuelleChriqui
1337
1338A minion of Red John and self-proclaimed lover of Patrick Jane. She reaches Jane in the season four finale after he gets deliberately fired from the CBI by Wainwright.
1339----
1340* AffablyEvil: Fairly friendly even after being exposed, and doesn't quite realize that she's the bad guy.
1341* AloofDarkHairedGirl: After being exposed she remains aloof during Jane's attempts to convince her of Red John's untrustworthiness.
1342* AntiHero: Once she turns against Red John.
1343* BrokenBird: [[spoiler: Having a drug addict mother and an absent father, Lorelei's sister Miranda was the only person who she really connected with. However, Miranda was brutally raped and murdered by Red John, allowing him to manipulate Lorelei into his circle.]]
1344* CoolBigSis: [[spoiler: To Miranda.]]
1345* DarkActionGirl: A formidable adversary, but on the side of Red John, at least initially.
1346* DatingCatwoman: With Jane. Unlike his flirtations with Erica Flynn, it's hinted that Lorelei left an impression on him.
1347* DeadManWriting: [[spoiler:A variant, in that she recorded for a message to Jane for Red John before he killed her.]]
1348%%* TheDragon: To Red John.
1349* DroppedABridgeOnHer: [[spoiler:Killed by Red John offscreen. We only see the body.]]
1350* FemmeFatale: Introduced seducing Jane.
1351* HighHeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:What gets her is the fact that Red John killed her younger sister, but the fact that she fancies Jane doesn't hurt it.]]
1352* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler:After she makes sure that Red John killed her younger sister indeed, Lorelei goes out to kill him. By the end of the episode, she's dead.]]
1353* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Jane's only comment to seeing Lorelei's body is that she had it coming.]]
1354* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Shoots a man that knows who Red John is before Patrick can interrogate him. In front of him!]]
1355* LongLostSibling: [[spoiler: Her sister Miranda, who was sold by her mother as a toddler. They find each other again as young adults and become ''very'' close... [[YankTheDogsChain and then Miranda's killed]].]]
1356* MsFanservice: She wears relatively revealing clothing in a couple scenes and has a somewhat sensual presence.
1357* RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler: Upon finding the truth about Miranda's death, instead of telling Patrick Red John's identity, she believes she can take him out all by herself.]]
1358%%* WalkingSpoiler
1359[[/folder]]
1360
1361[[folder: Judge Manchester]]
1362->'''Played By''': Creator/JohnRubinstein
1363A Federal Judge who appears in season 5.
1364* BaitAndSwitchTyrant: While he's introduced annoyedly announcing to the FBI and CBI representatives that he will only give the case to whoever annoys him the least during the meeting, he does listen reasonably and objectively to the two sides arguments.
1365* BrutalHonesty: Openly calls out the FBI and CBI for having probably covered up the death of [[spoiler: Wainwright]] and dragging him into the debate in its aftermath at a time they're trying to dance around the issue.
1366* EvilAllAlong: [[AmbiguousSituation Maybe.]] His name appears on a list of Blake Association members in Season 6, but this might have been misleading (since Jane had faked at least part of that list to make Abbot think he had more useful knowledge than he did), a continuity error (given that several of the other names, such as Brenda Shettrick and Rosalind Harker, had shown strong signs of ''not'' being part of the Blake Association) or only have meant that he was involved in a minor way without knowing the true scope and goals of the group. Either way, it isn't plot relevant, and he never shows any signs of corruption or following someone else's agenda in he episodes where he does appear.
1367* TheGambler: Takes part in a poker circle with Lisbon, Betram and various other political and law enforcement figures and is able to figure out Bertram's poker tells.
1368* InformedAttribute: His membership in the Blake Association is only based on his name being on list.
1369* OnlyOneName: He's one of the few recurring characters whose first name is never mentioned.
1370* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Whether or not he actually is a Blake Association Member, he does help out the team while sticking to the book during his season 5 appearances, giving them the Red Joh case back (at a time when there's no specific indication Red John wanted them to have it) after they make a good case for why, and contributing to the investigation into Tommy Volker and his main hitman.
1371* SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: He tells Lisbon that she's childishly naive when she asks him for a warrant against Tommy Volker's [[TheDragon Dragon]], but does sign it anyway after she asks him if it's better to be naive than [[SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers cynical]] and persuasively states that she has a good case.
1372[[/folder]]
1373
1374[[folder: Rosalind Harker]]
1375->'''Played By''': Creator/AliciaWitt
1376A blind woman who was once in a relationship with Red John.
1377* BlindAndTheBeast: While Red John lacked the physical "beast" attributes, her relationship with him has shades of this.
1378* InformedAttribute: Her name is seen on a list of Blake Association members even though she isn't a law enforcement member, and earlier episodes had seemingly established her as not being an accomplice of Red John.
1379* LivingMacGuffin: In season 4, when she is brought in to feel the face of a man who Jane shot (a man claiming to be Red John) and tell him whether the man was her old boyfriend "Roy". [[spoiler: He isn't]].
1380* TheLostLenore: Red John serves as a male version of this to her, with Rosalind having a hard time accepting that he was a serial killer and that he really is gone, showing a sense of loneliness when she reappears on the show.
1381* MoralityPet: Downplayed, but the fact that Red John never does kill her despite the liability she poses towards him hints at some genuine affection.
1382* NiceGirl: Even when reluctant to believe the CBI that Roy is Red John, she does help provide some information that helps safe the life of a kidnapped victim when asked to think back on what he'd said, and is never bitter or hostile towards Jane or the authorities when she reappears in the show.
1383* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: Happens a few times when she's playing classical music on her piano during ominous discoveries.
1384* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Vanishes from the show after Red John visits her again and leaves a dead body at her house for the police to find.
1385[[/folder]]
1386
1387[[folder: Jason Cooper]]
1388->'''Played By''': ''Creator/RobertPicardo''
1389One of the senior Visualize “Cardinals.”
1390* EasilyForgiven: Stiles pardons him for his attempted "coup", although this might be out of simple pragmatism and knowing to keep an eye on him.
1391* MouthOfSauron: He serves as the church's representaive in dealing with the authorities when Stiles is either unavailable or on the run.
1392* OhCrap: Looks like he's seen a ghost when he finds out that Bret Stiles has been released from custody right after he'd tried to replace him.
1393* ProfessionalButtKisser: Becomes this to Stiles in his later appearances, likely due to being aware of how precarious his situation is.
1394* RankUp: [[spoiler: He takes over the church after Stiles dies]].
1395* SharpDressedMan: He tends to wear fancy suits.
1396* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Wears thick glasses and manages a lot of Visualize's affairs.
1397* SmugSnake: He can get a little smarmy when going on about Visualize or limiting his helpfulness to the police in his later appearances.
1398* TheStarscream: He's a passive version, as he tries to get himself voted in as the new leader of Visualize when Stiles is arrested (and clearly has the votes to do so), but doesn't take nay steps to get Stiles out of the way himself.
1399[[/folder]]
1400
1401[[folder: Tommy and Annie Lisbon]]
1402-> '''Played by:''' Creator/HenryThomas and Creator/MadisonMcLaughlin
1403Libson's youngest brother and his daughter, who work as bounty-hunters.
1404* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Tommy becomes this when he and Annie try to collect a bounty who is a suspect/witness in one of the teams investigations.
1405* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Tommy does have a bumbling moment or two, but despite his sister's concern, he is a somewhat savvy and capable bounty hunter.
1406* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Tommy has gone through a lot of jobs before settling on bounty hunter, which he is convinced is right for him, to Lisbon's skepticism. It apparently sticks, as he's mentioned as still being a bounty hunter in the series finale, set about five years later.
1407* DoNotCallMePaul: Annie doesn't like being called by her full name (Annabeth).
1408* HeroWorshipper: Annie wants to be like her aunt when she grows up.
1409* LittleMissBadass: Annie is fourteen, good with a shotgun and eager to help out her dad.
1410* MissingMom: Annie's mother left them sometime ago.
1411* NoodleIncident: Tommy is estranged from his two brothers, with Lisbon making it her last wish from them to reconcile when she thinks she's been poisoned, but the circumstances are never explained.
1412* StrugglingSingleMother: GenderFlipped with Tommy, whose wife left him and Annie.
1413[[/folder]]
1414
1415[[folder: Pete and Samantha Barsocky]]
1416-> '''Played By:''' Creator/McGainey and Creator/TangieAmbrose
1417Old carnie friends of Patrick.
1418* BigFun: Pete is a hulking man with a bit of a gut (particularly in his first appearance) who is fairly jovial and welcoming.
1419* BecauseItAmusedMe: They help Jane and Abbot against Bill Peterson essentially for the fun of it.
1420* BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama: Averted. Pete is white, Samantha is black and this is never commented on at all when they appear.
1421* CoolUncle: They're protective of their nephew (who is suspected of the murder of his wife in one episode) and are seen happily playing with him and his daughter after he's cleared.
1422* HappilyMarried: Seem content and at ease with each other.
1423* HonorBeforeReason: For a twisted definition of honor, as they're very reluctant to directly cooperate with the police on any matter.
1424* IntergenerationalFriendship: They're about the age of Patrick's father, but have a good rapport with him and are the first people he tends to see whenever an investigation requires visiting people from his old carny days.
1425* NoodleIncident: Samantha slaps Patrick over something that he did in Detroit during their first scene together.
1426* ShipperOnDeck: They can tell the relationship between Jane and Lisbon and encourage it in their final appearance.
1427* WesternZodiac: Their second appearance shows Samantha to be a believer in Zodiac signs.
1428[[/folder]]
1429
1430[[folder: James "Jimmy" Lisbon]]
1431-> '''Played By:''' Creator/RobBelushi
1432One of Lisbon's brothers.
1433* TheGambler: Plays poker as his main source of income.
1434* MiddleChildSyndrome: The middle brother in the family, and noted as an underachiever.
1435* WellDoneSonGuy: Teresa was the one who raised him, and he seems a little hopeful for her approval, while resentful that she only ever contacts him when she thinks he needs help, as opposed to congratulate him for doing something right.
1436[[/folder]]
1437
1438[[folder: Daniela Welker]]
1439-> '''Played By:''' Creator/ZuleykaSilver
1440A victim of Ridley's trafficking ring.
1441* BigSisterInstinct: Her sixteen year-old sister was taken with her, and not rescued at first, causing Daniela to spend a long time worrying over her.
1442* DamselInDistress: She was abducted and marked for organ harvesting before the CBI rescued her.
1443[[/folder]]
1444
1445[[folder: Angela and Charlotte Jane]]
1446-> ''Played By:''' Creator/MaxineBahns (Angela), Creator/IsabellaAcres (Charlotte), Creator/DoveCameron (hallucination of teenage Charlotte)
1447Jane's late wife and daughter.
1448* BigSisterInstinct: Angela looked out for her brother Danny, and on her wedding day showed up to bail him out of jail in her dress (although she wasn't very happy about it).
1449* HelpfulHallucination: Charlotte appears as one in one episode, presumably as a result of her father drinking drugged tea, providing him a little nudging on the case and with letting his vendetta ease up.
1450* TheOneWhoMadeItOut: According to Jane, Angela wanted out of the carnie lifestyle even though her family was "carnie royalty". She, along with Jane, ultimately did escape that world, although no details are provided about how or when that happened.
1451* MoralityPet: When they were alive, they appear to have been one of the few redeeming elements of Jane's former life as a psychic con artist; his love for them was deep and genuine, and most of his acts based around a sincere desire to give them a good life.
1452* PosthumousCharacter: Killed by Red John prior to the start of the series.
1453[[/folder]]
1454
1455[[folder: Lena Abbot]]
1456-> '''Played By:''' Creator/ChristineAdams.
1457Abbot's wife, whose application for a prestigious job is threatened by his past.
1458----
1459* HappilyMarried: She and her husband are very close and willing to sacrifice a lot for each other, while arguing about which one should make the sacrifice.
1460[[/folder]]
1461
1462[[folder: Dr. Sophie Miller]]
1463-> '''Played By:''' Creator/ElisabethRohm
1464A therapist who helped Jane deal with the trauma of his family's death and is a suspect in an early case.
1465* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: When commenting on her divorce, she tells Jane that she is drawn to "controlling but damaged and emotionally unavailable men."
1466* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler: Her second appearance, in season 6, is just as a corpse and a voice on a tape recording after Red John murders her]].
1467* BelievingTheirOwnLies: She's been faking research data for a "morality engine" to eliminate violent impulses, but does spend a while telling herself that a genuine breakthrough is really around the corner and this is just to buy time.
1468* DarkSecret: In her introductory episode, she spends a while trying to hide the fact that an experiment she took part in was a fraud.
1469* DecapitationPresentation: [[spoiler: Red John cut her head off and left it in her oven for Jane to find]].
1470* IOweYouMyLife: Jane apparently feels that he would have committed suicide eventually if not for her therapy.
1471* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: Red John consults her as a patient and kills her, in order to taunt Jane and steal her files on him to get under his skin, but unknown to him, Sophie left behind a tape recording describing her thoughts after this first meeting, giving Jane more information to use in identifying Red John, such as that he has some phobia, and the way he carries himself]].
1472[[/folder]]
1473
1474[[folder: Karen Cross]]
1475-> '''Played By:''' Creator/MissiPyle
1476A TV show host and former prosecutor involved in two of the teams cases.
1477----
1478* TheAce: She has a spotless conviction record and the one case she prosecuted that was overturned on appeal turns out to have been overturned because of false evidence. That being said, Lisbon seems to think she she might have cheated a bit to win some of those cases.
1479* AmoralAttorney: She prosecuted criminals but resigned during an investigation for ethical violations.
1480* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: She wants Jane as a guest on her TV show. When he actually does get on there, chaos (and hilarity) naturally follow, to the point where she changes her policy to avoid having live audiences specifically in response to how that turned out.
1481* UnwittingPawn: James Panzer uses her to maximize his media exposure and foil a CBI attempt to trap him during his second appearance.
1482[[/folder]]
1483
1484[[folder: Judge Patricia Davis]]
1485-> '''Played By:''' Creator/AmyAquino
1486A judge who Lisbon appeals to during the Tommy Volker investigation.
1487----
1488* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She manages to be both this and an ObstructiveBureaucrat. She refuses to issue a warrant against Charles Milk when Judge Manchester is willing to do so, and is reluctant to sign a warrant to search Volker's office in the next episode. However this is because she's holding Lisbon to a realistic standard of probable cause and Volker has covered his tracks well, and she does sign the second warrant when Lisbon claims to have hard evidence. The fact that she remains friendly and personal with Lisbon throughout it all helps.
1489[[/folder]]
1490
1491[[folder: Stan Lisbon]]
1492-> '''Played by:''' Creator/DerekPhillips
1493The eldest of Lisbon's younger brothers.
1494* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Enjoys bringing up embarrassing stories about his sister.
1495* LoanShark: He owes thousands to one due to debts from his most recent child and some business troubles/
1496* MassiveNumberedSiblings: He grew up with three siblings and has five kids of his own.
1497[[/folder]]
1498
1499[[folder: Brother David]]
1500->'''Played By''': ''Creator/StevenHack''
1501A Visualize member who seems to serve as a recruiter.
1502* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The Visualize member who seems the most off.
1503* {{Brainwashed}}: Urges Jane to take part in our "Immersive Visualize Program" after a talk with him.
1504* PluckyComicRelief: His two appearances have him trying to convert members of the CBI and being brushed off with annoyance.
1505[[/folder]]
1506
1507[[folder: Tom and Terri Maier]]
1508-> '''Played By:''' Creator/DavidCareyFoster and Creator/ElyPouget
1509The parents of the San Joaquin Killer's first victim.
1510* DeceasedFallGuyGambit: Jane posthumously frames Tom for [[spoiler: Killing Panzer]] in order to take the heat off the Red John investigation. This is ultimately portrayed as being an odd act of kindness rather than a KickTheDog moment though, as Terri had felt angry and more bereaved by his suicide, while feeling that he'd avenged their daughters murder but been left guilt-ridden by taking a life gave her a sense of closure, and let her forgive him for leaving her alone like that.
1511* DrivenToSuicide: Tom, due to lingering grief for his daughter and realizing that a man he trusted was the killer.
1512* OutlivingOnesOffspring: And its clear that it's hit them hard.
1513[[/folder]]
1514
1515[[folder: Senator Eileen Dawkins]]
1516-> '''Played By:''' Creator/JudiEvans
1517A Senator whose in Lisbon's season 5 poker circle.
1518----
1519* TheGambler: Seems to be one of the better players in the group.
1520* SpearCarrier: She appears in three episodes, but just to play cards and make conversation with Lisbon, Bertram and Manchester, never appearing outside of their poker games or having any impact on the show's ongoing plot or MysteryOfTheWeek.
1521[[/folder]]

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