Patrick and the CBI investigate the killing of an undercover cop, linking her murder to a drug dealer. Meanwhile Cho meets a prostitute who is enamoured of him.
A woman at a club leaves after receiving a text message, bumping into another woman along the way. She's shot, (that was a woman's hand holding the gun so not much room for a slew of suspects). Patrick (Simon Baker) comments Lisbon (Robin Tunney) looks rested. Chief Henderson (Dean Norris) called for help. Patrick notices two shots were fired to her head. Her name is Yolanda (Natalia Costellanos) and she has a stamp on her wrist from Club Luxure. He also notices her polish was 'sloppily' applied... She was also wearing a sports bra with which Lisbon agrees. Patrick wonders why she was wearing a disguise, which was the key word for this episode, as will be revealed later. Henderson knew her, she was an undercover cop, working narcotics. Known as Yoli, her ID must be kept secret. Henderson leaves after insulting Patrick and telling Lisbon to keep the "circus act under control." Hey that's just a reference to his roots, so to speak, especially since he and his father used to work the Carnie, so he wasn't off the mark there. Lisbon refrains from "pushing" Henderson back.
Vega (Kamar de los Reyes) was the drug dealer and he didn't fit in with the club, something about him didn't spell 'club owner.' Nor did that music didn't sound right for that club, it seemed so amateurish, perhaps they should have taken a leaf out of CSI: Miami for club scenes. Neither did those extras quite gel. Patrick makes an announcement for anyone to point out Vega will be rewarded with $500, but nobody bites, pointing out, "my colleague is Five-O." He approaches the man at the bar and Vega comments on liking Patrick's "swagger." Patrick tells him he's "hiding profound anger." He covets respect and he calls Patrick, "pinstripes" referring to his suit, which Patrick likes.
Henderson briefs them on Vega's, activities such as killing his competitors. He's one step ahead of them but not so the CBI, now that Patrick's on the case. I am restraining myself from calling him 'Patty' as I have done so since season 1. Rigsby's (Owain Yeoman) found a 911 tip made by an anonymous woman referring to a "dead chick." Cho (Tim Kang) finds Yoli's credit card was used at a hotel.
Concepcion Residence, Sacramento, California: Elvira (Gina Rodriguez) Yoli's cousin was at the club with her and Yoli's husband , Lalo (Wilmer Calderone) asks about her work, which Lisbon can't discuss. Patrick meanwhile makes a beeline for the kitchen and catches Elvira humming. He doesn't believe they were like sisters. She covets Yoli's family. Elvira found condoms in her jeans and thinks she was having an affair. Lalo throws her out. Patrick couldn't leave without trying the spaghetti sauce. He loves his food and tea.
La Meridiana Hotel: Where Rigsby and Cho find the woman who made the call, Summer (Samaire Armstrong). As Cho questions her she notices he has a bad back and she can make it better. Summer calls her the "dead chick" again and she claims not to have made the call, which Cho plays back to her. She ran to help but took her credit card. Summer knows about Vega and his operation. Cho agrees to drop the theft charge in return for info on Vega. The Perry's raided his stash house. Cho makes notes like he always does and she thinks he's doodling. Lisbon likes her. Van Pelt (Amanda Righetti) finds the text Yoli received, "open champagne at fave hotel."
Patrick checks out Yoli's desk at the stationhouse and Henderson tells Lisbon she wasn't having an affair but was sending out messages in gang codes. Champagne meant cocaine. The code was used by the Perry boys. It seems Yoli was keeping a lot from Henderson about her work. Henderson insists Yoli wasn't a dirty cop; prompting Lisbon to send Van Pelt over to Yoli's house to discover info on whether she was dirty.
Patrick looks at the photo with fellow officers, Trey (Stephen Bishop) and Bianca (Victoria Platt) who tells him the condoms are used for drugs. Lalo calls Van Pelt "Robocop" and she seems to ignore his comment. Yoli kept info on the children's computer, where Van Pelt finds photos of a vacant house, possibly the Perry's hideout. Patrick isn't happy on their couch and doesn't accompany Lisbon to the Perry house since the vest probably isn't his size. He shrinks at the sign of danger or trouble at this moment. Trey comes in and removes his disguise, he takes the drugs find to the property room, as if Patrick didn't know that's what they do there with the drugs. Knew the old distraction ploy would come into play, as Patrick spills his drink and then steals some phials.
At the Perry house they only find DBs. Rigsby's been giving Summer chips/crisps and she says, "Wayne knows how to smile, was he in a boy band?" Cho lets her go. She calls him Kimble, cos obviously that's not all Rigsby did, i.e. just buy her chips. She posits being able to make him cry like a baby. Lisbon believes whoever killed the Perry's also killed Yoli. But Patrick has a plan up his sleeve as he enters the Luxure and plans on making a deal with the alleged owner for a cut. He's able to just come in here, cos "the law knows no bounds" being sarcastic, just a tad, cos he just made a complete ass of the law in 4.1, when he was freed for killing the so-called Red John. He knows it's really Vega's club and leaves the drugs.
Later in a moment of male bonding, ha, which we haven't seen between Rigsby and Cho in a long time, Rigsby says, "that pro seemed like a piece of work." Cho adds her name is Summer, like she knows his name is Wayne, which gets our Rigsy all defensive. Patrick is taken in an SUV, asking the driver to turn down the bass. Cho and Rigsby lose his GPS signal and find his coat and shoes in an alley. Cho seeks out Summer for more info. He doesn't have time for games and cuffs Summer, he's worried about Patrick. All she asks for is a bit of courtesy and tells him Vega is at an abandoned garage. Patrick is missing his shoes more than his coat. He wants to sell Vega drugs , or Vega will "end up shoeless himself." Patrick can give him info on the Narcotics Task Force stash houses and Vega claims to have already received such an offer. Patrick tries to convince him he's being set up by Bianca and Vega loses his patience, wanting to shoot them both. Patrick claims to have taken out the Perry boys and also Yoli, but Bianca takes all the credit for the shootings. "Five-O" appears to be thrown around a-plenty. Now Vega utters it. Patrick knew he'd be rescued, like he always is and wants his shoes.
Yoli trusted Bianca and used their code incase anyone else got the message. Champagne meant Bianca was in trouble. Lisbon comments she killed everyone with the same gun. It was all about money for Bianca. If she couldn't beat them, she joined them and Lisbon tells her she can join them in prison.
Cho: "I wanna use you." He wants Summer to be his confidential informant and she notices he's got a "mysterious feline vibe" going. She'd snitch on her mother for cash and he asks what she did and smiles. Patrick tells Lisbon he saw Bianca as a suspect as she never removed her disguise. Lisbon: "It's time; we need to talk about Red John." Patrick making a quick exit by pointing out Lalo. Lisbon tells him what Yoli was working on and how she saved lives.
What was missing from this episode of The Mentalist was the lack of continuity from last episode about Red John's sudden "reappearance" or "resurgence." Not until he's mentioned at the end, but Patrick runs off, leaving us hanging again (well this show has gotten good at giving, no feeding us small morsels about Red John whenever the writers/producers feel the need.) It's to keep us satisfied and glued. Lisbon being tired in the earlier scene with her and Patrick, why was that, knowing she doesn't sleep that much at the best of times? Anything to do with Red John's reappearance.
Also there doesn't seem to be any press reports about the shooting last episode (4.7 Blinking Red Light) and more particularly whoever killed Panzer (David Paymer) was kept under wraps for a reason no doubt and more importantly; shouldn't this have opened up a whole new kettle of fish about who shot Red John and who Patrick really shot and killed in the season 3 finale. Though he was cleared of murder and double jeopardy means he can't be tried again for murder, that's on the assumption he killed Red John, but if he didn't then he can be tried for killing someone else. Also they can argue 'copycat' killing (again?). Of course the tiredness could just be a red herring: meaning they've been busy with another case and Lisbon hasn't had a chance to speak to Patrick about Red John yet, but what about the brass and especially the new boss?
On the other hand, they could be touting Patrick as a possible killer himself in future episodes or further down the line, much further; so it doesn't come as a shock to viewers. Either way, it does show character development on Patrick's part. Even after the Red John reveal - he doesn't seem to be that affected by it, although he knew all along Red John is still alive and wasn't 'surprised'. He's more 'settled' in his approach to cases now than he has been in the past at the mere mention of Red John. Also Patrick hasn't retreated to his attic space, which is where he heads when he's contemplating; thinking or keeping secrets. He did that last episode after Panzer was killed.
As for character development, Patrick was in a better position to understand Lalo's grief, losing his wife to murder too, but Patrick doesn't display any empathy, instead he chooses to question Elvira. Or to put it another way, he disappeared quick smart. Patrick also seems so much more bolder this episode, whereas he shies away from accompanying Lisbon to the Perry house. He has his own reasons for that; yet he gets himself into the firing line with Vega and thus drawing out the actual dirty cop. This time he doesn't know the team will come to his rescue ASAP, as his GPS has been removed.
Moving onto Cho, who hasn't gotten any personal time this season and his burgeoning relationship with Summer, though he only wants her as his CI (confidential informant) and nothing else. Well let's face it, he must like her as does Lisbon. Oh and notice the smile from him. Then there was Rigsby, providing her with chips, I was going to say 'servicing' her, but never mind! She was hungry, so was he. Food would be on the agenda with him. Summer to Cho: "I bet you just doodle in that thing." Oh and the line where she tells him she can get him to "cry like a baby." Which remains to be seen. Also what happened to Cho's girlfriend, Elise from Blood In Blood Out, (probably just a fill in for that episode's storyline.) Summer calls them by by their first names. Wayne telling her Cho's name. Had to be him. Great the way Cho turned the conversation around onto Rigsby and his emptying an "entire vending machine" for her. Rigsby's and Summer's topic of conversation must have included Cho.
Patrick being called a "circus act" was nothing new and he's probably been called worse but he has a go at Lisbon for not defending him, she's too tired mate. Cho's still in pain over his car accident in 4.6 Where In the World is Carmine O'Brien, was some good continuity. Patrick: "Mind turning the bass down it makes me want to go to the bathroom." Another hilarious line. Patrick loving his shoes, which he's been wearing forever (his lucky shoes?) which never matched his suits anyway. "I'm really disappointed about my shoes." As for Patrick's comment on Yoli wearing a sports bra and Lisbon agreeing - that didn't look like a sports bra, more like a 'push-up' bra to expose extra cleavage. Also the hurried way in which she painted her nails and describing her as a tomboy, why didn't she take the time to polish her nails, since her make-up was immaculate. As for not wearing heels and bruising her ankle, sure she didn't plod around in flats when she got married. This scene appeared a bit rushed and added nothing at all to Patrick's ability to "analyze" such intricate details pertaining to Vic's nuances.
For a bad guy Vega didn't seem at all threatening or menacing and Bianca did his dirty work for him anyway, at least as far as removing the Perry's and Yoli was concerned. Her so called "best friend" which was so easy for her, considering it was all about money. It was apparent she was the killer but Patrick's reasoning she was the only one who kept her undercover garb on, was lazy writing, all based on the observations of Trey. Not every undercover cop will react in the way he did.
At least Cho saved the day and the episode and trust a 'pro' to get him off kilter. Some good parts in this episode and some not so good - it just didn't feel like the usual Mentalist episode we've come to expect and especially for a season 4 episode either. I'm glad I wasn't the only one who feels this week was a bit of a letdown, as friends et al have made similar comments. Oh and 'Five - O' was a nod to the other CBS ratings winner, Hawaii Five-O.
Yolanda's such a common name in this show, Van Pelt's psychic cousin is named Yolanda. In A Dozen Red Roses, Yolanda Quinn was the name of the actress playing Marilyn Monroe. Also in the Pilot, Patrick uses the "I can't sleep" excuse on the doctor.
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