The Mentalist 5X18: Behind the Red Curtain
Added 2026-01-19 21:39:51 +0000 UTCThe team investigates the murder of an actress, Sharon, working on a musical who was killed the night before the opening of the show and thrown off a balcony.
Suspects include the director, producer, and cast members including those who wanted Sharon's job.
Her boyfriend tells the team that Sharon had been scared after she was mugged a few days ago and had suspected that someone from the musical was involved.
Jane identifies Miranda, in line to replace Sharon, as a cutthroat competitive person and she admits that she and a friend mugged Sharon to throw her off.
Using his skills of perception, Jane determines that senior actress, Diandra (Donna Murphy), is in fact Sharon's biological mother and they had reconnected. Diandra tells Jane and Lisbon that she is not an alcoholic, as people suspect her to be, but is suffering from multiple sclerosis and Sharon had gone to the room where she was killed to bring Diandra her medication.
Going through crime scene photos, Jane hatches a plan and recruits Agent JJ LaRoche to play a part in his act. LaRoche dresses like Hannover, the apparent sponsor of the play, till producer Dodge (Matt Servitto) vehemently protests confirming Jane's suspicion that there never was a Hannover.
Dodge confesses that he had put all his money into the musical and Sharon walked in on him dressing up as Hannover and was going to blow his cover so he killed her.
Jane gets a call from the hospital that Lennon is awake. Agent Bob Kirkland asks Lennon if he recognises him and Lennon says he doesn't. Kirkland kills Lennon by injecting air into his IV and tells Jane that Lennon never said a word.
