The Mentalist 4X14: At First Blush
Added 2025-11-01 17:35:01 +0000 UTCPatrick Jane watches as Eve Mulberry, owner of Luna Valley Vineyards, faces journalists before attending the closing arguments in her trial for the murder of Carlos Ruiz. Jane is convinced she is innocent, but the DA refuses to heed Jane leading Lisbon's team to start an investigation despite damning evidence against Eve.
Moreover, Eve admits she lied about her affair with Ruiz earlier. Her husband Peter is devastated, though he had suspected the affair making him a suspect.
Ruiz's neighbor Gloria identifies a picture of Eve as the woman who visited him the night of the murder. Jane says Gloria's sense of time is unreliable, as she owns no clocks or calendars.
Dan Silva, the detective in charge, was too keen to close the case and forgot that Riley spoke to Ruiz on the day of his death and never followed up. Riley, real name Terry Murphy, has a record for identity theft and fraud.
Cho brings in Summer to plan a sting on Murphy. Summer is injured, but Rigsby and Cho arrest Murphy. Cho fires Summer for being reckless.
Murphy admits he had lent Ruiz money and had no reason to kill him.
Eve had wanted to keep her business small, but her partner Amy is more ambitious, so Jane suspects her. Jane plants information that they found a video of the murder recorded by cameras Murphy had hidden in Ruiz's apartment. He has Rigsby place a call, and Amy comes to collect the video.
The team makes it to court just in time and Amy confesses that she wanted Eve out of the way so she could have the business to herself.
Summer accosts Cho in the elevator, asking for her job back and confronts him about his feelings for her. He finally admits he likes her, and they share a passionate kiss.
