The Mentalist

Season 5 Episode 4

Blood Feud

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The team must find out if a long-standing gang war is the reason Rigsby's father is found injured at a crime scene.

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  • Rigsby worries his father will die.

    9.0
    By DexterMorgan2, Feb 28, 2013
    This episode saw the return of Rigsby's father when he is injured at a crime scene next to another victim who is dead Even though his dad is alive he still has shotgun pellets in his heart and they could kill him if he carries on drinking smoking or getting into fights. Rigsby knew from then that his lifestyle would probably kill him I don't know how Rigsby could just sit there and let him drink until he just died We know that his father is a bad man because he is a ex con and always getting into fights and had a fight with Rigsby on another episode but when he dies we see how much Rigsby still cares about him and he manages to get his revenge on the person who shot him I was also glad to see the return of La Roche one of my favorite characters and in the episode looks at the shooting of the killer who was shot by Rigsby to see if he killed him just because he killed his father La Roche also thinks Jane planned the whole thing so Rigsby was able to kill him and we know Jane wouldn't have a problem with revenge.moreless

  • Blood Feud

    6.5
    By thefanof, Nov 24, 2012
    The gang war storyline was a little weak, although I did like seeing two former castmembers from The Unit appear as guest stars. I also was not really enamored with the whole storyline involving Wayne and his father. A solid episode overall though.

  • J.J. Laroche is Red Jonh?

    10
    By ruyruiz, Oct 26, 2012
    In French 'le rouge' == 'the red', it was changed to "laroche" (sounds similar), and is the only one who can beat Jane easily.

    And remember Janes look at the end of the episode.

  • LaRoche is back and must decide if Rigsby is guilty of murder

    9.0
    By felineheart, Oct 25, 2012
    Rigsby's father is shot and ends up dying in Rigsby's arms. Naturally, Rigsby wants revenge. Good story with good ending. I am however wondering what happened to Rigsby's girlfriend and mother of Benjamin. In this episode, Rigsby is arrested by the CBI at the beginning in his dark and dreary apartment. There is a nanny that evidently looks after the baby when Wayne is at work and no mention is made of the mother to my knowledge. I am 65 yr old and don't have the best hearing and I'm wondering did I miss something in one of the previous episodes where she left them. The last scene in this episode, Wayne is back at his dark and dreary apartment, holding little Benjamin, and crying about his dad. Very sad to me. Is the baby's mother gone for good?

    I love this show and can't wait to see what's going to happen each week!moreless

  • Sins of the father

    8.0
    By mnementh01, Oct 23, 2012
    Solid episode this week for the Mentalist.



    ***Spoiler alert***



    I was bit puzzled when Wayne Rigsby was about to be cuffed and dragged away by a couple of Agents, in front of his new son.



    Why he would need to be effectively arrested for an Internal Affairs interview, I simply don't understand. If he had been charged with something previously, shouldn't he have been in custody already?



    We knew before that Rigsby's dad was a bad piece of work and in this episode, he made very sure we continued to believe it, coming across as a real nasty piece of work. It was way too difficult to have any sympathy for him at all.



    Rigsby's love for his presumably abusive Sire only came through when he dropped in the bar and died.



    We also found out, during the IA interview (with the welcome return of the laconic La Roche) that Rigsby and his girlfriend had split up (possible Van Pelt shippiness?) and left him with his son.



    I did feel a tad sorry for Grace when Jane and Lisbon went to interview Moss, believing she had perhaps not asked the right questions.



    The two gang bosses were ridiculously stereotypical with the female kingpin a real harridon, hamming it up for all it was worth.



    The set up of the bad guy was excellent and the teams backing of each other shone through. I particularly liked Cho ignoring the fact that Rigsby shouldn't have been at the "take down", presumably understanding full well, what was going to happen.



    Although La Roche couldn't prove it, he was sure Jane was the "brains" behind Rigsby's revenge and here, Lisbon and Jane backed each other to the hilt.



    All in all a very steady episode, if not great but I really wish they would get some follow up to the infamous "love you" comment and all the questions posed in the hallucination episode.



    I can't believe there has been no follow up to the final scene a couple of weeks ago, where Jane is apparently about to neck down some more Belladonna tea???moreless
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Cast & Crew: STARS

Simon Baker

Simon Baker

Patrick Jane
Robin Tunney

Robin Tunney

Teresa Lisbon
Tim Kang

Tim Kang

Kimball Cho
Owain Yeoman

Owain Yeoman

Wayne Rigsby
Amanda Righetti

Amanda Righetti

Grace Van Pelt
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Cast & Crew: RECURRING AND GUESTS

William Forsythe

William Forsythe

Steve Rigsby

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Austin Bowerman

Austin Bowerman

Kyle Overton

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Brad Carter

Brad Carter

Phil Rawson

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Pruitt Taylor Vince

Pruitt Taylor Vince

J.J. Laroche

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    • Nurse: Excuse me, can I help you?
      Jane: There was a man attatched to this needle. Hvae you seen him?

    • Cho: I know what you wanna do. You can't do it.
      Rigsby: If I got shot, he would have found the man who pulled the trigger and taken care of it.
      Cho: You didn't like growing up with a dad in jail? Ben wouldn't like it, either.

    • Lisbon: Agent LaRoche.
      LaRoche: Lisbon. Jane.
      Jane: Hmm, yes. It's the man who watches the watchman. How's tricks?
      LaRoche: You tell me.
      Jane: Oh, you'll get nothing from me, copper. I'm no rat.

    • LaRoche: Agent Lisbon, my report will reflect that you made a mistake in calling Agent Rigsby to the scene. An error in judgment.
      Lisbon: Yes, sir, it was.
      Jane: Yeah, Lisbon didn't call Rigsby. I did.
      Lisbon: Jane.
      LaRoche: Of course you did. Agent Lisbon, your instincts to protect your team are admirable. And your biggest flaw.
      Jane: Yes, well, we all have our flaws. Don't we, Agent LaRoche?

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