The Mentalist: Has Patrick Jane Been Presented for Murder?

Simon Baker, The Mentalist The Mentalist's third season literally ended in an instant when Patrick Jane (Simon Baker) gunned lower a guy he thought to become Red-colored John (Bradley Whitford), the serial killer who wiped out Jane's wife and child.Fall Preview: Get scoop in your favorite coming back showsBut did he really kill Red-colored John? "There's lots of inquiries to be clarified," creator Bruno Heller informs TVGuide.com of year 4 premiere (Thursday, 10/9c, CBS). "In the event that was Red-colored John, then Red-colored John was still being one jump in front of him while he could frame him for killing an innocent guy."Indeed, Jane pleads that Red-colored John was holding him at gunpoint and received a phone call from his mole, the now-deceased FBI Agent O'Loughlin (Eric Winter), in just minutes prior to the fatal shooting. Regrettably for Jane, no record from the call is available and also the gun was nowhere found in the crime scene. Therefore the next stop for Jane is prison, which Heller states Jane really finds...enjoyable. "He's really quite comfortable for the reason that world. He likes the solitude," Heller states."He'd been type of using the prison stay like a type of health spa-relaxation break. There's time for him to consider, so when he realizes the situation is much more complicated than Lisbon [Robin Tunney] and also the relaxation from the men are designed for, he will get themself out."The Mentalist: Did Patrick Jane really kill Red-colored John?Further complicating matters for that team is the fact that, due to their participation in Jane's search for Red-colored John's mole, they've all been suspended. "They can also be in deep trouble simply because they basically designed a tragedy,Inch Heller states. "An FBI representative is dead. It isn't that they are going to visit jail for O'Loughlin's murder, however the FBI does not take kindly to the type of bad PR or mess that they are not in charge of."That ultimately will result in the employing of the new CBI boss, Luther Wainright (Michael Rady). "He's a youthful guy who tries a totally different method of coping with the CBI and Jane," Heller teases. "He's more a touchy-feely type of guy. I believe Jane finds it type of refreshing. The man's not stupid, and what Jane loves above other things is really a novel challenge. So any fresh target/victim/friend/antagonist is meat and drink to him."Is the fact that to suggest Jane, after possibly killing his enemy, may have a brand new spring in the step? Not always. "It's certainly another Jane, but simply meaning that point changes everybody," Heller states. "He's a smarter. He's found that another degree of cunning and manipulation will probably be needed to help keep continue.InchMentalist Scoop: Patrick Jane to lock horns using the Shield's Catherine Dent Could which means that that - gulp! - Red-colored John continues to be available? Did Jane really kill an innocent guy? Heller promises the premiere provides you with a definitive answer. "Through the finish, we'll a minimum of understand what Jane thinks," he states. "And Jane is a nice wise guy."The Mentalist premieres Thursday at 10/9c on CBS. Watch a sneak look from the premirere below: