The Mentalist (TV Series) The Silver Briefcase (2014) User Reviews

Great epsiode, just left me with one question

[phoenixnl-16647 · 8/10 · 14 August 2020]

I enjoyed the episode, it was a reasonably solid plot (If you overlook the fact that the timing for the place where the clothes were tossed out of the car was a little arbitrary and could easily have been a few miles further along that road)

However the sub plot of Jane discussing leaving the FBI with Lisbon kinda left me confused. Cause he can't leave until he has fullfilled the 5 years working for the FBI as was stated in the deal he made. If he leaves before those 5 years are up he's going to jail for murder afaik. Did the writers forget about that or something???

The Real Killer

[claudio_carvalho · 8/10 · 30 January 2022]

After a joint-training between the Army soldiers and the FBI agents, Patrick Jane meets the decorated Colonel Aaron Raymond and suspects of him. He learns that his wife was murdered after robbing his home, but Patrick suspects he killed his wife. The FBI reopens the case and Wyle and Vega help the investigation. When the colonel discovers that Abbott has opened the case, he tries to force the agent to close. But Patrick and Lisbon plot a scheme to force him and his mistress Denise Cortez to confess the murder.

"The Silver Briefcase" is a well-written episode of "The Mentalist". The way Patrick Jane involves the FBI in the investigation is weird but the plot is engaging. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "The Silver Briefcase"