Episode
The Mentalist: Russet Potatoes
Overview
Patrick Jane and the CBI team track down a mastermind who hypnotizes people into doing their bidding.
Details
- Series
- The Mentalist
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 18
- Air date
- 2009-03-31
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
Russet Potatoes is Episode 18 in Season 1 of The Mentalist. It aired on 2009-03-31. The runtime is 42 min.
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Episode 22: Blood Brothers
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Episode 13: Paint It Red
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