"Previously on "The Mentalist"..." "Patrick:" "I can't do this anymore." "I can't watch you do this work." "I mean, it could have been you in that coffin." "You can't keep pulling me from the path of oncoming trains." "[ Voice breaking ] I'm leaving." "I have to go." "[ Woman laughs ]" "[ Mid-tempo music playing ]" "[ Insects chirping ]" "But why Greece?" "It's the cradle of civilization." "[ Laughs ] Yeah, like 3,000 years ago." "What have they done for us lately?" "Okay, so where should I go?" "You..." "You should stay." "Study abroad is overrated." "[ Chuckles ]" "[ Footsteps approach ]" "What?" "Is somebody out there?" "Don't even joke about that." "[ Gun cocks ] Donnie, go!" "[ Screaming ]" "♪ Come on back, gimme that ♪" "[ Crying ]" "[ Crying ] Please, don't, please." "[ Gun cocks ]" "Morning, Lisbon." "Cho, uh, this is Park Ranger Jill Ayres." "Uh, she was the first person on the crime scene." "Glad to have the FBI's help." "Happy to be here." "Who found them?" "I did." "I was doing my morning rounds." "I saw the tire tracks going off the side." "Any idea what they were doing out here?" "Well, it's a nice view from the top of the hill." "Kids come out here to park." "Techs found 9mm casings at the top of the hill next to the tire tracks." "So the shooting took place up there." "They go the wrong way and end up down here." "She try to make a run for it?" "There are drag marks from the car to the body, so the killer must have moved her." "Maybe he was searching for something." "Maybe the killer tried to take the body up the hill and got to that steep part and realized it wasn't gonna happen." "But why move her at all?" "That's a good question." "Thank you, Ranger." "We'll be in touch." "You bet." "[ Car horn honks ]" "The vultures are here." "Great." "We could use Jane's read on this." "It's been a week." "You haven't heard from him?" "No." "No, not since the funeral." "All right, well, Abbott's starting to prep his move to D.C." "We're shorthanded." "We need to close this before it gets out of hand." "Now's not the time for one of his disappearing acts." "You want me to call him?" "No." "No, I'll call him." "Okay." "[ Cellphone ringing ]" "[ Ringing ]" "[ Ringing continues ]" "[ Ringing stops ]" "♪ The Mentalist 7x11 ♪ Byzantium Original Air Date on February 11, 2015" "== sync, corrected by elderman == @elder_man" "Wylie's doing background checks on Donnie and Megan." "We can't seem to find any reason somebody would want them dead." "They seem like a couple of nice college kids." "Sometimes national parks are used by drug cultivators." "Now, maybe these kids were at the wrong place at the wrong time." "We've got a contact at the park rangers." "I can ask her to come in." "Anything come back from forensics?" "Uh, they were both killed with the same gun, 9mm." "Mm." "No hits from ballistics." "Autopsy turned up something." "What?" "Both Donnie and Megan were missing a fingernail." "They didn't lose it in the crash?" "The M.E. thinks they were pulled out." "Oh, add that to Megan's body being moved, and this case is starting to feel pretty strange." "Good work." "Still no word from Jane, huh?" "Uh, he's not returning my calls." "I know you two are working something out, but these murders are starting to get headline news." "We need Jane." "I'm handling it." "Okay." "[ Siren wailing ]" "[ Wailing stops ]" "Afternoon, Officer." "Sir, are you the registered owner of this vehicle?" "I am." "May I see your license, please?" "Sure." "So you are Patrick Jane." "All day, every day, unfortunately." "Step out of the vehicle." "Okay." "Hands up." "All right." "Okay." "Thorough." "Sir, you have a warrant out for your arrest in Austin, Texas." "What's the charge?" ""Failure to appear."" "[ laughs ]" "Oh, yeah, that's funny." "[ Handcuffs click ]" "Thanks for coming in." "Glad to." "Have a seat." "Nice office." "I don't get a lot of air-conditioning in my life." "Anything going down in the park that we should know about?" "Like what?" "Something Donnie and Megan may have seen that somebody didn't want them to see." "Maybe a drug operation?" "Uh, we did a major sweep of the park a few months ago, cleaned it out." "Poachers." "We've been finding deer in the forest, just the backstrap cut out." "Any idea who's behind it?" "The best bet's a couple of fellas with a shack just outside the park -- the Whitmer brothers." "Marcus Whitmer's on probation for aggravated assault." "[ Engine shuts off ]" "Hey." "Yeah, it looks fresh." "Hey." "What the hell is this?" "FBI." "Put the knife down, sir." "Put the gun on the ground." "Do it now." "It's all right." "Do what he says, Marcus." "Do it now!" "Hey!" "[ Grunts ] Turn over." "Come on." "Agent Cho!" "Cuff him." "I didn't know you were law." "I wasn't gonna shoot you." "[ Coughs ] Damn near busted my ribs." "[ Handcuffs clicking ]" "Get up." "Do you know if Donnie and Megan were planning to meet with anyone when they left the dorm?" "Of course." "It's just something we have to ask." "Uh, well, if you think of anything or hear anything, please give us a call." "Thank you." "Excuse me." "Hi." "Can I help you?" "My name's Ree Osbourne." "I'm here about the two that were shot last night, the two in the forest." "Do you have information about the case?" "No, I don't." "My brother does." "That's your brother?" "Yeah." "Gabriel." "I'm Agent Wylie." "What do you know about the murders?" "He's shy." "I had to drag him over here." "He doesn't like talking, but I told him he had to say what he saw." "He witnessed the crime?" "No, he didn't witness it." "He saw it." "In his head." "You mean he's a psychic?" "Yeah." "Psychic." "Gabriel, come over here." "Tell this man what you have to say." "He's loud." "I'm loud?" "The crying is loud." "I hear you crying inside." "What are you talking about?" "I'm so sorry." "See, I don't think my brother's a psychic." "I know he's a psychic." "[ Sighs ]" "Can you please come with me?" "The poachers were out hunting wild boar 12 hours away last night." "There's a liquor-store clerk three counties over that confirms their story." "They got back just before Cho arrived." "Mm." "Well, we're not getting anything from friends or family either." "They sound like regular college kids." "We've got the U.T. campus covered." "We talked to friends, classmates, professors." "Come in." "You got something?" "I have a guy who is saying things about the murders." "Well, what is he saying, Wylie?" "He's a psychic." "Oh, come on." "I-I don't know how to explain it." "You need to talk to him." "You're leaving." "Excuse me?" "You're moving on." "You're going to a new place." "Yeah." "Eager to go." "You have doubts inside you haven't told anybody." "Everybody has doubt when they're going through a change in their life." "Tell us what you know about the murders of Donald Putnam and Megan Brooks." "The killer -- he wanted to take them with him." "He wanted them." "But he couldn't." "Took a piece of them instead." "Fingertips." "Sorry, I didn't say that would be helpful." "I only said it would be true." "How do you know about this?" "Six months ago, I spoke to a man." "He had so much wrongness in him, I could hardly look at him." "It was like staring at the sun." "I've been waiting ever since for something like this to happen." "Who was he?" "I don't know." "Okay." "What did he look like?" "He was a man." "He was white." "Sorry -- I'm not good with faces." "I only see what's inside." "So, he met the killer, but he can't remember a single detail about him." "I agree." "That's suspicious." "But he knew about the bodies being moved, and he knew about the fingernails." "Which we already knew." "But none of those details have been made public." "Oh, maybe he's friends with the crime tech, or maybe he's the killer." "And he just marched in here and dangled himself right in front of us?" "It's more likely than him being an actual honest-to-god psychic." "What makes you so sure?" "Years of experience." "What were you doing in Arizona?" "I went to the Grand Canyon." "The Grand Canyon." "Mm. [ Sips ]" "Have you been?" "No." "I hear it's big." "Huge." "Yeah." "How's the tea?" "Hot." "Good." "Thank you." "I would have mailed you your cup, but I didn't know where you were." "Well, you knew I'd be back." "No, I didn't." "I can't read minds." "The first time I called you, I thought, "he missed my call"." "The second time, I thought, "he's busy." "Okay, he'll call me back"." "The third time, I thought, "he's dead." "He is dead in a ditch on the side of the road""" "I didn't mean to scare you." "Well, you did scare me." "I'm sorry." "Okay." "I'm working through something, and I just need space to think." "I can't soldier on like you, Lisbon." "We're all upset." "I can't just run away from my work here." "This job is too important to me." "Yeah, I understand." "[ Sips ]" "What can I do for you to help you figure things out?" "Just tell me." "Time." "I just need some time." "Okay." "Time's good." "I can give you time." "I just need one thing from you." "What's that?" "Don't ignore my phone calls." "Okay." "Well, that's -- that's fair." "All right." "Ah, Jane, welcome back." "Not back, just stopping by." "Oh, well, I figured." "Hey, do you have a minute?" "I was wondering if you would take a look at someone that just left." "Abbott, I'm " " I'm..." "Jane, you would find him very interesting." "Gabriel, can I have a moment of your time?" "Patrick Jane." "I'm with the FBI." "I just want to ask you a few questions." "You're an FBI agent?" "He is not." "He's right." "You -- you knew that because you're a psychic?" "I knew that because I'm not stupid." "You knew that because of the way I dress, my posture, the way I cut my hair, any number of things." "What do you want from me?" "Well, I'm a student of the form." "Just wanted to shake your hand." "You think I'm a fraud." "I don't think you're a fraud." "You are a fraud." "You might just be looking at your reflection in a mirror." "Then make a prediction for me." "So you can mock it?" "Maybe." "There's a thing inside you." "It's eating you." "A thing that's lingered in your mind for many years." "That's called the human condition." "You'll be cured." "Wonderful." "Your cure will come with the number three." "The number three." "Oh." "That's it?" "I could embellish it." "That'd be a lie." "The number three." "You'll know it when you see it." "Thanks for your time." "So, what do you think?" "Well, he's obviously not a real psychic, but he knows what he's doing." "He's very smart, very controlled." "Either that, or he's an insane killer." "I'd keep an eye on him." "Will do." "Did you find anything in his background?" "Clean criminal record." "He's Austin born and raised, former used-bookstore clerk, currently unemployed." "Does he have an alibi for the night of the murders?" "Wylie checked -- no alibi." "Well, if he isn't our killer, maybe he's plugged into the murders in a way we don't understand yet." "We should put a tail on him." "Yeah, you do that." "Uh, one more thing." "Ranger Ayres told me about your encounter with the poachers." "[ Clears throat ]" "Okay." "Well, she said that you came on a little strong with one of them." "Is that what happened?" "He caught me by surprise." "I was a little aggressive in the moment." "It won't happen again." "Is there anything else going on?" "Like what?" "Well [Inhales deeply]" "We're all still feeling Vega's death." "I know I am." "Did the army assign you a counselor when you left Special Forces?" "They did." "Might be time to get in touch with him again." "It's good to talk to someone." "It's helping me." "I'll think about it." "Anything else?" "Nope, that's it." "Hey." "Thanks." "No problem." "Cho." "Cho?" "Yeah?" "Can I come with you?" "It's just that I-I know you're shorthanded, and I thought maybe I could be useful." "When was the last time you shot your weapon?" "A couple days ago." "I stay current." "All right." "[ Drawer opens, closes ]" "Get some dinner." "Be ready in an hour." "Okay." "[ Chuckles ]" "[ Insects chirping ]" "Closing time." "I'm kicking you out." "Oh, come on." "I have a free game here." "Okay, tell you what." "You bring me that case of beer and put it over there, and I'll let you play your free game." "You got it." "[ Cellphone vibrating ] My pleasure, Angela?" "Amy?" "[ Sighs ] Arlene?" "How do you know my name starts with an "A"?" "'Cause a person with the initials A.P.J." "has all the high scores on that machine over there -- something to pass the time on those quiet nights." "Yep." "A.P.J. likes to play pinball instead of wiping down the beer cooler." "That's a very clever trick." "[ Pinball machine clinks ]" "Well, it's not rocket surgery." "Looks like you have three free games." "Three -- that's what I'm talking about." "He thinks he's gonna impress me with "three."" "How's that, now?" "Well, three's meaningful to you." "Yeah." "It is." "How'd you know?" "Hmm, well, because three is meaningful to everyone." "I say three, and you're impressed because you have three kids." "Wait, now." "How do you know I have three kids?" "I don't." "I-I was just guessing." "That's what I mean." "I'm gonna -- don't worry about that." "I'm gonna settle up my account." "How much do I owe you?" "You paid already." "Did I leave you a tip?" "Yep." "Was it a good tip?" "[ Laughing ] Yeah." "Well, that's nice." "Mm-hmm." "Mm, hey, whoa." "Okay." "Just sleep it off on the couch in the back." "Keys'll be there in the morning." "Coffee and aspirin, too." "Well, that's a very generous offer, Adriana." "Thank you." "[ Laughing ] Mnh-mnh." "Nope, okay." "But I think I'm gonna walk it off." "I need to clear my head." "Suit yourself." "Thank you." "Thank you very much." "Amber." "Are you sure you're not psychic?" "That is the one thing I am very sure I am not." "Hmm." "'Night." "Good night." "[ Insects chirping ]" "[ Birds chirping ]" "I feel like this is a job that will be replaced by robots someday." "Someday soon." "This is being in the field." "It's not all action." "Right." "[ Dog barking ]" "[ Glove box opens ]" "Is this any good?" "It's Dostoevsky." "Is that good or bad?" "Okay." "[ Glove box closes ] [ Sighs ]" "[ Birds chirping ]" "[ Groans ]" "Morning." "Oh, come on." "[ Sighs ]" "[ Yawns ]" "Who's that?" "Neighbor." "Five doors down." "What are they doing?" "Talking." "Should we write that down?" "No." "So, I bet Vega was pretty good at all this stuff, right?" "Yeah, she was." "Thought so." "Hey." "If you want to be out here, I can show you the ropes, but do it because you want to, not because you miss her, okay?" "I'm just tired of being back in the office when you could use me out here." "I'm ready." "Okay." "Stay here." "Watch the house." "[ Car door closes ]" "Excuse me, ma'am?" "I'm Agent Cho." "FBI." "Whoa, okay." "What's going on?" "I have a few questions about your neighbor, Gabriel Osbourne." "Oh." "What were you talking about?" "Nothing." "You sat there for three minutes talking about nothing?" "I asked him if I was gonna find love." "I have a date tonight." "You go to Gabriel often?" "I know how it sounds." "It's crazy, I know." "But I used to date this guy, and Gabriel told me he was married, and he had never met him -- he just knew." "I don't believe in psychics..." "But I believe in Gabriel." "Cho." "Gabriel!" "Gabriel, hang tight." "It's gonna be okay." "Cho:" "What happened?" "I-I don't know." "He just collapsed." "Call an ambulance." "Gabriel?" "Gabriel?" "You." "Yeah?" "She says she's okay." "She says -- she says she's okay." "Who are you talking about?" "The pain is all gone, okay?" "She says she's okay." "You don't got to be sad anymore." "Are you talking about Michelle?" "What's going on?" "What?" "It's red clay." "It's white bones, and they're wrapped in red clay." "[ Quacking ]" "Did you get an update from the hospital on Gabriel's condition?" "He refused to go to the hospital." "He doesn't trust doctors." "He needs to see a doctor." "Yeah." "We tried." "Are you working on a new lead?" "This is where Donnie Putnam and Megan Brooks were killed, but this area is interesting." "What about it?" "This area here is known for its red-clay deposits." "It's less than a mile from the murder scene." "Okay?" "Gabriel said something." "He had a-a vision after his seizure." "He said something about white bones in red clay." "Wylie, you know Gabriel's not a real psychic." "I think we should look into this area." "We can't go on a wild-goose chase because of something Gabriel said." "[ Sighs ]" "Are you okay?" "Yeah." "Are you sure?" "Yeah." "Yeah, I'm fine." "This isn't about Vega, okay?" "This is about a real lead." "It wouldn't hurt to look, would it?" "All right." "We'll look into it." "So, what do you think?" "Eh, ground's tough." "Don't know what you expect to find here." "It's a shot in the dark, but it can't hurt to take a look." "We'll go up and back, up and back, till we cover the area." "If Nicky smells something worth checking out, he'll bark twice like this." "[ Dog barks twice ]" "Okay, thanks." "What did Gabriel say to you?" "He said, "white bones wrapped in red clay."" "I know that." "What else, and what did he say to make you believe in him?" "He said she's okay." "Who?" "Michelle." "She's okay." "Wherever she is, she's okay." "And he knew where she was shot." "Vega's death was on the news." "It's no secret." "It didn't feel like that." "He's not a real psychic, Wylie." "You can't know that." "I mean, you can't know that for sure." "[ Dog barks twice ]" "[ Ringing ]" "Jane, I'm glad I could find you." "Well, I'm trying to be more findable these days." "You know, look, we're running a ghost ship right now." "We need you." "Are you ready to come in?" "Uh, yeah, I think I can do that." "Are you nearby?" "Well [sighs] to be honest, I have no idea where I am." "[ Engine shuts off ]" "[ Camera shutter clicking ]" "I know I missed your call last night." "I-I-I didn't -- I didn't mean to." "I'm sorry." "What are you doing here?" "I'm back." "What does that mean exactly?" "You're "back"?" "Well, it means that I'm figuring stuff out." "I'm " " I'm figuring it out." "It's good to you see you." "It's good to see you, too." "So, what's going on here?" "You came just in time." "Come on." "So I see." "We're looking for a serial killer." "Five victims, all killed using the same gun that killed Donnie Putnam and Megan Brooks." "They were all killed in the past year." "They all had their fingernails removed." "Cho:" "So we're looking for a serial killer." "The first three victims had no I.D.s on them." "That and and the way they were dressed leads me to believe that they were either homeless or drifters." "Victims four and five were foreign-exchange students that were reported missing two months ago." "Cho:" "Add Megan and Donnie, it brings the total number of victims to seven." "Abbott:" "We'll consult with the profilers at Quantico, help expand the search, and see if there's any other consistent patterns with the other victims." "What about the media?" "Well, we'll sit on it." "Gabriel Osbourne took us to a field that had five bodies buried in it." "If he didn't do it, he knows who did." "All right, I'll bring him in." "He will never admit it, but he's in pain." "It's like you met him." "Not here just to talk." "Want me to go with you?" "That's right." "Are you arresting me?" "If that's how you want it." "Gabriel, is everything all right?" "Call my sister." "Hey." "I heard you had a spell." "How are you feeling now?" "I'm fine." "I get tired but I'm okay." "There's something different about you from the last time we talked." "You look lighter... less conflicted." "Number three -- you saw it, found an answer, huh?" "The number three is incredibly common, Gabriel." "We see it everywhere." "Red clay -- a little rarer." "But, uh, not much." "I didn't want to be right." "Of course you did." "I don't want to see these things." "Okay, I don't ask for these visions." "Yeah, visions are a real drag." "I know how you feel." "You can't know how I feel." "You know, I used to be you, Gabriel." "What is that supposed to mean?" "You spent a year of your childhood struggling with an illness." "That's when you learned to love to read." "You used to play piano, but you didn't like it, so you quit." "You're not half as unsure of yourself as you pretend to be." "Who told you all that?" "My sister?" "Nobody." "No one." "You're lying." "And you don't have visions." "No, I don't have visions, and neither do you, Gabriel." "Why are you playing games with me?" "I need you to know that I understand your little tricks." "I don't play tricks." "You're the one who's playing tricks with me right now." "I only want to help." "If you want to help, you can start by telling me how you know what you know." "I had another vision... you should know about." "I saw that the killer is going to kill again." "Tonight." "And if you won't listen to me, I'll tell everyone." "Okay, I have to warn people." "You can't leave." "Why not?" "Because I came in here to figure out if you are just a fraud or if you are a monster." "What did you decide?" "You have to stay here, Gabriel." "We didn't find anything at Gabriel's house." "He's not breaking." "He won't admit he's a fraud?" "Well, he's not a fraud." "Are you saying he's really psychic?" "No." "Then what is he?" "I don't know." "We have to keep him here." "All right." "Excuse me, can I help you?" "Where's my brother?" "Do you have my brother?" "I am Gabriel Osbourne's attorney." "I've come to secure his release from the illegal arrest you've placed him under." "Well, we only brought him in for questioning." "I have a writ of habeas corpus being couriered to Judge Decker." "Do I need to get him out of bed, or are you prepared to release Gabriel immediately?" "[ Camera shutters clicking ]" "Mr. Osbourne!" "Man:" "Give us a shot." "Mr. Osbourne." "Mr. Osbourne!" "Mr. Osbourne, I just have a few questions." "Mr. Osbourne!" "Ladies and gentlemen." "Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming." "My client Gabriel Osbourne has been illegally detained by the FBI for attempting to help them capture a serial killer, a serial killer that is currently on the loose in Austin." "Mr. Osbourne, we just need to know a few things." "Do you know " "Let's have Gabriel tell the story in his own words." "I had a vision that helped them find five bodies today." "They don't have any suspects." "FBI thinks it was me." "They want to frame me." "They want to hide the truth." "There's a serial killer out there." "He is a man with an evil heart and an appetite to kill." "He's not done killing." "He won't stop, and he -- he can't stop." "He's -- he's gonna kill again." "That's all for now." "Thank you." "We just have a few more questions " "This is going badly." "Abbott:" "Yes, it is." "Mr. Osbourne!" "But we're gonna stay focused on finding the killer." "I'll stay on Gabriel." "You do that." "I'm gonna feed myself to the sharks." "[ Shouting continues ]" "Great." "Thanks for the update." "What's the word from the office?" "[ Sighs ] Police lines are flooded." "People are seeing serial killers everywhere." "And not a peep from these two." "Who's that?" "What should we do?" "You stay put." "I'll call you if I need you." "[ Dog barking ]" "Cho:" "Stop!" "FBI!" "Come on out." "You're the neighbor, right?" "Mm-hmm." "Why'd you run?" "I was scared." "Gabriel was on the news and said there was a killer on the loose, and then I saw you lurking." "Okay, go on home." "Wylie, hey." "What happened?" "I don't know." "Somebody hit me." "You all right?" "Yeah." "Come on." "Get up." "I'm going in, okay?" "Okay." "All right." "Can I get a second?" "How you holding up?" "I don't know." "I don't think I'm cut out for the field." "This is rough work." "You're gonna get banged up every once in a while." "I don't think I can do this." "You want to go back to the office and answer phones?" "[ Sighs ]" "No." "I want to stay." "What can I do here?" "We need to put together a description of your attacker." "I don't know if it was Gabriel or someone else who attacked me, and now Gabriel's gone." "And Jane's inside." "Go see him." "Why?" "Just go." "Hey." "How you feeling?" "They want to check me out at the hospital, but Cho said to see you first." "Mm." "What do you remember about the person who attacked you?" "N-nothing." "I didn't see the guy." "Well, you know more than you think you do." "I just want you to close your eyes." "Okay, big breath in." "[ Inhales deeply ]" "And out." "[ Exhales sharply ]" "Good." "One more..." "Breath." "And out." "[ Exhales sharply ]" "Now I want you to listen very carefully to my voice." "You hear no other sound other than my voice." "There is someone behind you." "You don't know who it is." "But you see something out of the corner of your eye." "No." "No, I don't see anything." "That's okay." "You're doing fine." "You're doing fine." "Right before you were hit, there was a scent in the air, a faint scent." "Mm." "Yeah." "What was it?" "I don't know." "Does it remind you of anything?" "My Uncle's fishing shed." "Oh." "Was it fish?" "No." "He doesn't actually fish there." "He just went there to drink." "What did he drink?" "Beer." "It smells like old, spilled beer." "You did very well." "[ Chuckles ]" "Thanks." "Okay, I got it." "Thanks." "The Mustang Creek Brewery -- it shut down around a year ago." "It's only a mile from where the bodies were found." "Let's go." "[ Sirens wailing ]" "Let's get a perimeter set up, three-block radius." "I got the front." "[ Banging ]" "== sync, corrected by elderman == @elder_man" "Stay tuned for scenes from our next episode."