Patrick Jane, adviser to the California Bureau of Investigation, is notorious for his unusual methods - not to mention his former career as a `psychic' - but the guy has a remarkable track record for solving serious crimes through uncanny powers of observation. That doesn't mean that Senior Agent Teresa Lisbon and her staff must be thrilled to have such an eccentric as a key member of the team.
Tensions rise between the CBI and the FBI as they try to cover up the events leading to Patrick's unsuccessful takedown of Red John and the death of Wainwright.
The CBI investigates the murder of a diamond cutter who was disembowelled with his own tools, while Patrick meets a girl who claims to be his daughter Charlotte.
Patrick investigates when a bank employee is murdered during a heist, and comes to the conclusion that the robbers were working with an inside man.
The CBI team attends the scene of a murder in Carson Springs, and Rigsby finds his father Steve in a nearby shack with a bullet in his heart.
In the 100th episode of the crime drama, a series of flashbacks reveals how Teresa and the CBI team first met and began working with Patrick.
A security guard is found murdered in an upmarket neighbourhood, and when Patrick and the CBI team investigate, they believe a wealthy couple has been kidnapped.
Patrick and the CBI team investigate the murder of a reporter and uncover evidence she was about to blow the whistle on a billionaire philanthropist.
Cult leader Bret Stiles helps Patrick orchestrate a plan to break Lorelei Martins out of prison - in the hope that she will lead him to serial killer Red John.
The CBI investigates the murder of an estate agent who used to be in a gang, while Patrick searches for leads on his new connection to serial killer Red John.
Teresa and Patrick are called to a rock-climbing wall at a gym, where the dead body of botanist Jeremy Reese is dangling in mid-air.
Teresa reopens the case of a billionaire philanthropist she believes to be responsible for two suspicious deaths, while Patrick tries to find the killer of an up-and-coming model.
The team goes in search of a missing child who could prove to be an invaluable witness in the detectives' long-standing attempt to bring billionaire Tommy Volker to justice.
Patrick comes close to establishing a link between Bret Stiles' Visualize cult and Red John when he and Teresa investigate three murders from the 1980s.
Teresa and Patrick investigate when the body of a research student is discovered in a tank of flesh-eating insects, shortly after she made a pioneering academic discovery.
Teresa and Patrick investigate reports that a rich, elderly woman has been burned to death in a room of her mansion, leaving just a pile of ashes on the floor.
The team goes after Lorelei Martins when she returns to avenge the death of her sister, while Patrick tries to exploit the situation to catch a bigger fish - Red John.
Teresa and Patrick investigate the murder of an army medic who was helping rehabilitate veterans with PTSD, but their primary witness is suffering from amnesia.
Teresa and the team investigate the death of an actress, while Patrick hopes Jason Lennon will emerge from his coma with information that will finally lead him to Red John.
The CBI team heads to a dilapidated Wild West tourist town when the owner is found dead, and Kirkland tries to find out how much Patrick knows about Red John.
Rigsby and Van Pelt work undercover as a troubled couple in the hope of finding a lead in the death of a woman who received relationship advice from a radio-show host.
Former CBI internal affairs head JJ LaRoche requests Patrick's help when the mysterious plastic container that he has kept in his safe for years is stolen from his house.
Red John strikes again just as Patrick narrows down the list of people who could be the serial killer to seven suspects.