1. Patrick Jane is a fictional character and the protagonist of the CBS crime drama The Mentalist, portrayed by Simon Baker.
38 Facts About Patrick Jane
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Patrick Jane uses his keen powers of observation, his knowledge of psychology, and his genius to help lead the investigations.
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Patrick Jane is a consulting member of the CBI crime fighting unit.
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Patrick Jane is unconventional and commonly defies police procedure, often acting without apparent empathy for suspects or families suffering losses.
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Patrick Jane's past is revealed slowly through five of the show's seven seasons.
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Patrick Jane never went to school, as revealed in the episode "Rose-Colored Glasses".
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Patrick Jane married Angela Ruskin, who was from a similar background, her family being members of a traveling carnival and "carnival royalty".
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Patrick Jane has kept the incident a secret from his CBI co-workers, and it is not in his records.
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Patrick Jane uses his mentalist abilities to solve crimes, but his main objective is to find Red John.
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Patrick Jane has stated that he plans to kill Red John rather than to commit him to legal incarceration, though his direct supervisor, Teresa Lisbon, appears to doubt his sincerity in this regard.
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Patrick Jane initially joined the CBI one year after the death of his wife and daughter.
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Patrick Jane was discouraged from doing so, but when assaulted by a then-agent of the CBI, Stephen Hannigan, he was allowed to look at the files out of an attempt to appease him and avoid a lawsuit.
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Patrick Jane became involved in a then-current investigation of Lisbon and her team, managed to solve the case using his unique abilities, and as a result was employed as a consultant by then-CBI Head Virgil Minelli.
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Patrick Jane has suggested on a number of occasions that he considers Red John's death or capture to be a higher priority than his own life.
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However, Patrick Jane is unable to see Red John's face because it is hidden by a rubber mask, and Patrick Jane is tied to a chair.
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Patrick Jane asks if he is the real Red John, to which the man gives detailed comments about Patrick Jane's wife and daughter.
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Patrick Jane has contrived his own nervous breakdown in order to draw out his adversary.
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Patrick Jane meets with Red John inside a limousine, unable to see his face.
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Red John proposes his offer for friendship yet again, but Patrick Jane replies, "Go to hell".
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In season 5, Patrick Jane becomes determined to discover Red John's identity.
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Since the beginning of the show, Patrick Jane is shown to care deeply about Lisbon, who is not only his supervisor, but, in the final season, his eventual wife.
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Patrick Jane looks down to see Teresa's hand on her belly.
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Patrick Jane is rapt with joy as Teresa confirms she is pregnant with the newlyweds' first child together.
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Patrick Jane characteristically wears a three-piece suit with no tie, and the same brown, leather shoes.
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Patrick Jane's wearing of the suit with the vest has been explained by the show's creator, Bruno Heller, as follows:.
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Patrick Jane wears the same brown, scuffed leather shoes in each episode.
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Patrick Jane stops wearing his characteristic vests, though he wears battered suits and his scruffy shoes.
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Patrick Jane has a wide range of skills and abilities.
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Patrick Jane was once a fake psychic and used skills of cold reading, and hot reading.
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Patrick Jane is great at hypnosis, a skill he uses to get suspects to confess to their crimes, and witnesses to remember things that they saw.
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Patrick Jane uses his memory palace to recall massive bodies of information.
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Patrick Jane is a showman with skills in sleight of hand and magic, as well as pickpocketing and lock picking.
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Patrick Jane is good at chess, card games, backgammon, pool, and pinball although these skills almost never aid in solving crimes.
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Patrick Jane's personality has undergone a dramatic change since the death of his family.
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Patrick Jane is camera shy, and often expresses reluctance to be interviewed or otherwise filmed, presumably another change in personality since his heyday as a television mentalist.
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Patrick Jane has been shown to have an affinity for and unusually good rapport with children.
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Patrick Jane has expressed a dislike of coffee, but drinks tea in nearly every episode.
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Patrick Jane appears to have basic computer literacy but typically expresses no interest in using such technology.