Strawberries and Cream (The Mentalist)
| "Strawberries and Cream" | |
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| The Mentalist episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 23/24 |
| Directed by | Chris Long |
| Written by |
Ashley Gable (Part I) Bruno Heller (Part II) |
| Production code | 3X6423/3X6424 |
| Original air date | May 19, 2011 |
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"Strawberries and Cream" is the two-part season finale of the third season of the The Mentalist. Together they make up the 23rd and 24th episodes of the season and the 69th and 70th episodes of the series overall. Part one was written by executive producer Ashley Gable and part two was written by series creator and executive producer Bruno Heller. Both parts were directed by executive producer Chris Long and premiered on May 19, 2011 on CBS.
In the episode, Patrick Jane and the CBI unit investigate a seemingly unsuccessful attempt at a gas station bombing. When it becomes clear that Jane's arch nemesis, the serial killer Red John, is involved, Jane and Lisbon reveal that there is a mole within the CBI working for Red John and that their ex-boss Madeline Hightower, now in hiding, is innocent of a murder. While Rigsby, Cho and Van Pelt attempt to protect Hightower long enough for her to turn herself in, Jane executes an elaborate scheme that could expose Red John's mole and potentially draw out the notorious murderer himself.
The episode begins with a man (Jesse Lee Soffer) stopping his car at JD's Gas & Go Food Mart in Sacramento looking extremely nervous. He approaches the station's attendant, Gupta (Ravi Kapoor), but is spotted by two police officers. The man reveals that he is strapped to a bomb, which detonates in the ensuing standoff. The investigation by the California Bureau of Investigation (CBI) reveals the man, identified as Alan Dinkler, was coerced (with the bomb strapped onto him) into robbing his employers, a Cash In Motion store, of $50,000.
Jane (Simon Baker) deduces that the stolen cash was a ruse to hide the real item of interest that was stolen – CDs which contained client transaction records. When Lisbon (Robin Tunney) and Jane check out the gas station, the station attendant Gupta claims Dinkler was trying to get to the bathroom. They enter the bathroom, and find a code "AD-297A6 WINDSOR", which they guess is a location.
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