A girl is found stabbed to death in the woods, and her best friend is missing. She is found covered in blood with a knife in her hand, which makes her the prime suspect, but she is suffering from memory loss. Patrick Jane uses his mentalist skills to help find out what really happened.

original airdate-October 28,2008            rating-16.07 million

music--Theme from The Mentalist "I Believe" by Blake Neely

1. "Adore Adore" by Yoav
2. "Fur Elise" by Ludwig van Beethoven
3. "Good At Getting Up To No Good" by Shelley Jacobson

Now You Know--Every episode title contains a reference to the color red, like "Paint it Red", "Scarlett Fever", "Russet Potatoes", or "Bloodshot". This is because Patrick Jane's nemesis is the ingenious sadistic serial killer, Red John.