History Headscratchers / TheMentalist

** Alternatively, IIRC there's a sequence of two calls. The first call, Jane gives Lisbon a general, less helpful description of the perp, which is when Lisbon tells him to call Rigsby with the information and gives him her location. Then there's a bit of time before the second call, during which the victim remembers the more specific detail about the killer; Jane calls

* In [=S01E05=] Jane calls Lisbon to tell her what the victim remembered about the killer (he never hangs up) yet, after both Lisbon and the perp shoot at each other, Lisbon asks Jane if he called Rigsby over to what he says that yes, he did, but how and when did he do that call? After all, his original call is still going (as can be corroborated because Jane didn't need to call back Lisbon when she was shot) yet Rigsby had to have received the call because he had no other way to know where Lisbon was.

** In addition, a mere million does not a millionaire make, nor does it go as far as it used to in twenty-first century California.

** If we take a shipping approach, it is also heavily suggested that Lisbon has fallen in love with Jane by this point. She's become more emotionally invested in Jane himself as well as his hunt for Red John, has had longer to sympathise with his pain, and may find the idea of arresting him less easy than once she did.

** If we take a shipping approach, it is also heavily suggested that Lisbon has fallen in love with Jane by this point. She's become more emotionally invested in Jane himself as well as his hunt for Red John, and may find the idea of arresting him less easy than once she did.

** There may also be an element of competition and ego involved, for want of a better way of putting it. The ones Red John kills are would-be serial killers; they're basically ripping off Red John's motif and trying to leech some of his
"cred", for want of a better way of putting it, in their own killings. Red John is an egocentric narcissist who views himself as an artist; he's insulted by what is, essentially, the serial killer equivalent of a lame tribute band trying to muscle into some of his glory and ripping off his style. He's killing them, at least partly, to send a message; ''stay off my turf and find your own style''. Wagner, on the other hand, has no intentions of being a serial killer, and is just trying to cover up what is basically a murder of opportunity. Since he clearly has no interest in 'competing' in Red John's area, there's less threat and less need to make an example of him.

"cred", for want of a better way of putting it, in their own killings. Red John is an egocentric narcissist who views himself as an artist; he's insulted by what is, essentially, the serial killer equivalent of a lame tribute band trying to muscle into some of his glory and ripping off his style. Wagner, on the other hand, has no intentions of being a serial killer, and is just trying to cover up what is basically a murder of opportunity. Since he clearly has no interest in moving into Red John's turf, there's less 'competition' there, so less of a threat.

** If we take a shipping approach, it is also heavily suggested that Lisbon has fallen in love with Jane by this point. She's become more emotionally invested in Jane himself as well as his hunt for Red John.

** Based on the size of his house we can assume Jane was already a wealthy man from his days as a phony psychic. He may have already been a millionaire, so an extra million in his bank account wouldn’t make much of a difference. He only entered the game to satisfy his ego, to avoid having to spend any of his own money, and to make some hardened criminals a million dollars poorer.

** A catheter?

* In S4E1, Jane is arrested for killing Timothy Carter and his bond is set at a million dollars. He cons his way into a high-stakes poker game in jail, and wins, getting the bail money and going free, with Lisbon being told that something along the lines of never wanting to see Jane again. He saves Debbie Lupin and shows that Timothy Carter wasn't the good man the community thought him to be, and wins over the jury. Bail money would be returned to him as he made the court appearances, yet Jane being a million dollars richer is never mentioned again.

** YMMV, but I kind of thought she was sincere. Edging into a little FridgeBrilliance, this is after the Volker case. Before that case, she'd never personally felt the kind of rage or passion that drove Jane in his hunt for Red John. But when she went up against Volker, she ''did'' feel those things -- and she would recognize that Jane would feel it to a much greater intensity, since what Volker did to her is nothing compared to what Red John did to Jane. She finally understands, on a visceral level, where Jane is coming from, and that could be enough for her to decide to let him do it.

** YMMV, but I kind of thought she was sincere. Edging into a little FridgeBrilliance, this is after the Volker case. Before that case, she'd never personally felt the kind of rage or passion that drove Jane in his hunt for Red John. But when she went up against Volker, she ''did'' feel those things -- and she would recognize that what Volker did to her is nothing compared to what Red John did to Jane. She finally understands, on a visceral level, where Jane is coming from, and that could be enough for her to decide to let him do it.

** YMMV, but I kind of thought she was sincere. Edging into a little FridgeBrilliance, this is after the Volker case. Until then, she'd never personally felt the kind of rage or passion that drove Jane in his hunt for Red John. When she did, and when she realized that Jane probably felt those same emotions but at several times the intensity, she finally understood, on a visceral level, where he was coming from.

** Consider also that by the time Lorelei is killed, Jane has already created a preliminary list and is in the process of whittling it down. If Red John was able to get a look at the preliminary list (which, with his network, isn't impossible), then all he has to do is follow the same process of elimination Jane ultimately does, and he'll get the same result.

** Well, Jane had to have followed some kind of specific method (or series of methods) to get that list in the first place. Maybe Red John knew him well enough to understand how Jane would do it and then used the same techniques (potentially making use of his network to get the information) to predict what Jane's list would be.

** Well, Jane had to have followed some kind of specific method (or series of methods) to get that list in the first place. Maybe Red John knew him well enough to understand how Jane would do it and then used the same techniques to predict what Jane's list would be.

* In earlier episodes Lisbon tells Jane that if he kills Red John she will arrest him, because she can´t let that happen. In [=S06E06=] (“Fire and Brimstone”) she speaks with Jane and tells him, that she changed her mind and she has no problem if Red John gets murdered by Jane (''“What I'm saying is some men – men like Red John – they don't deserve a trial. They don't deserve a jury. They deserve what they have coming to them.”''). Jane doesn't really believe her and thinks that Lisbon only pretends to change her mind. I always wondered if Lisbon was serious about her change of mind, or if she was just faking it.
** YMMV, but I kind of thought she was sincere. Edging into a little FridgeBrilliance, this is after the Volker case. Until then, she'd never personally felt the kind of rage or passion that drove Jane in his hunt for Red John. When she did, and when she realized that Jane probably felt it even more intensely, she finally understood, on a visceral level, where he was coming from.

* In earlier episodes Lisbon tells Jane that if he kills Red John she will arrest him, because she can´t let that happen. In S06E06 (“Fire and Brimstone”) she speaks with Jane and tells him, that she changed her mind and she has no problem if Red John gets murdered by Jane (''“What I´m saying is some men – men like Red John – they don´t deserve a trial. They don´t deserve a jury. They deserve what they have coming to them.”''). Jane doesn´t really believe her and thinks that Lisbon only pretends to change her mind. I always wondered if Lisbon was serious about her change of mind, or if she was just faking it.

* In earlier episodes Lisbon tells Jane that if he kills Red John she will arrest him, because she can´t let that happen. In a much later episode she speaks with Jane and tells him, that she changed her mind and she has no problem if Red John gets murdered by Jane, and Red John doesn´t deserve to get a trial, or something like that. I don´t know the episode and her exact words, but she said she changed her mind. Jane doesn´t really believe her and thinks that Lisbon only pretends to change her mind. I always wondered if Lisbon was serious about her change of mind, or if she was just faking it.