Special Agent Madeline Hightower (Aunjanue Ellis)
Professional Standard's Unit's Head J.J. Laroche (guest start Pruitt Vince Taylor)
An antiques dealer (and alleged gun runner) Manuel Montero is found dead in a Sacramento museum. Patrick Jane's obsession with serial killer Red John deepens when Agent Hightower with the California Bureau of Investigation is suspected of murdering Montero.
Initially, Jane thinks Hightower is guilty and that she has connections to Red John. Hightower is also linked to the unsolved murder of a suspect who died while in CBI custody. It's La Roche who tells Hightower that she is one of five suspects. When investigators find her fingerprints at the murder scene, she becomes the prime suspect.
Jane confronts Hightower about her connection to Red John, and the wily agent takes Jane hostage before she gets arrested by the CBI team. Once Jane figures out that Red John is framing Hightower, he decides to help her flee capture. He lets her go and tells the rest of the team that she's on the run. Hightower agrees to continue investigating the identity of Red John's accomplices from outside the CBI jurisdiction.
Against Hightower's recommendation, Jane does not tell Agent Teresa Lisbon about his revelations that Red John is a CBI informant and Hightower is innocent because he's concerned she could be in danger if she knew too much.
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Laroche with Hightower and the project board.
Laroche approaches Madeline and shows her his visual reconstruction of CBI which accounts for everyone's whereabouts at the time of Todd Johnson's murder. Hightower admires the project board, and jokes that Laroche must have won a few science fairs. He responds with a smile, then turns deadly serious and states in a terrifyingly menacing voice: "I won all of them!"
Watching Pruitt Taylor Vince in this scene is like watching a horror movie. You're scared out of your wits, but fans of the genre enjoy the feeling. I don't like horror movies, but I do love Mr. Vince here. Hightower's fear is also very real in this scene. Again, Ms. Ellis is beyond amazing. Her depiction of Hightower's strong façade crumbling in the face of the staggering evidence was phenomenal.
Aside from the acting, this scene is also significant because it lets us know that Laroche's has narrowed the suspects to 5 people. Now we know Hightower is innocent so that leaves 4. Perhaps the reason why Red John set Hightower up is because Laroche came very close to uncovering the real killer. The only question is: was Hightower chosen because she was most convenient (her affair with Howard simply bad luck on her part which Red John used)? Or, was Howard killed intentionally as part of the plan to set Hightower up?
I'm not sure, but I'm very interested to see who replaces her.
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Tiger Tiger... / The Mentalistby snjview360428 views
@KlutzGraffiti it was already uploaded, i just posted video response here...!
snjview360 8 months ago
do u have the scene where jane finds he dude on fire? can you plleeaassee upload it? ;D
KlutzGraffiti 8 months ago