Bloodshot

Season 1, Episode 16, Aired
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When Patrick is left temporarily blinded after an explosion, he finds himself using unusual methods to investigate the death of a financial advisor that somehow seems to be connected to himself.
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  • BEST. EPISODE. EVER!

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    By Tsilatnemeht, Sep 29, 2011 Report Abuse
    This episode was amazing. From Jane being blinded by the explosion to the Rigsby's jealousy B story. Everything was awesome! I felt like the writer, Gary Glasberg, did an amazing job revealing the bomber's idenity as Van Pelt's new boyfriend and blending the two storylines together. It was a shipper's dream to see the "Jisbon" moments, "I want to know what your face feels like when your smiling." Although, I prefer the Rigsby/Van Pelt matchup, It was great to see the moments with Van Pelt and Rigsby flirting with each other. In summary, "Bloodshot" was the best episode of The Mentalist to date!moreless

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  • Patrick Jane is temporarily blinded.

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    By thefanof, Apr 05, 2011 Report Abuse
    Finally The Mentalist is back. The lack of new episodes was really putting a damper on my Tuesday nights.

    The beginning of this episode felt pretty lackluster. I can't quite put my finger on it, but the writing just seemed off, and not as unique to the five main characters as it should have been. The ending was great though as I really should see these twists coming by now, but for some reason I did not. The action was nice and it felt like a scene from the Rush Hour movies with some comedy thrown into the excitement as well.

    Another great show. Keep up the good work.moreless

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  • Very cool episode.

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    By whiteraven2005, Jan 31, 2010 Report Abuse
    Very interesting episode. Jane's made a lot of enemies, it was only a matter of time. The son was very unreasonable though Jane told the wife very little and kept it incredibly vague, the wife already knew he was cheating, Jane was just the catalyst.

    Someone knows Jane very well knew he would find the bomb in time and see the victim and message.

    Lisbon is very cool sometimes a taser obviously a tiny woman like her needs a different way to fight.

    It was inevitable that one of Jane's marks would return for revenge word must have gotten out about his change of heart it's amazing someone hasn't targeted him before.

    Poor Rigsby he loves Grace so much and she ignores him and goes for the total psycho. She has horrible taste in men. Think Jane's onto something there's something about Rigsby that's scaring her off.moreless

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  • Starts off GREAT but falls apart near the end

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    By sramv9, May 28, 2009 Report Abuse
    This one was so good...until it wasn't anymore. Jane being temporarily disabled, and using his blind time to reflect on some related moments in the past that might explain a current murderer's actions, was all good. Since Jane is always 99% in control it was good to see this reversed for a change in which he is not so able to see 100 steps ahead and discern everyone's innermost thoughts and motivations, and has to focus all his efforts on just getting by himself. However, after some interesting plot developments it comes up with a very lame and simplistic conclusion. It's like the writers were having these huge strokes of brilliance for the first part of it - what would Jane be like blind, what if someone from his past career comes back to get revenge on him, etc., etc. - and then after all that good stuff suddenly realized they were running out of time and came up with the simplest quickest way to wrap things up. Kind of a let down in that way but i still see this as a 'pretty good' episode. If they stretched this over two episodes to allow a more complex ending it might have turned out better...moreless

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    By Cynamine, May 09, 2009 Report Abuse
    Jane is absolutely hilarious in this episode. I like this show because I find Jane's behaviour amusing, but in this episode actually made laugh out loud. The one thing I do not understand is why Jane was so rude to the hospital staff? He is normally a very nice and polite gentleman. I have also found in the last couple of episodes that Lisbon has become more annoyed and rude with Jane, before she seemed to be amused by him. I like how Van Pelt was quite jealous last episode that Rigsby went on a date, e.i. moved on from her. Van Pelt got a boyfriend pretty quick and wants to keep it quite... from Rigsby maybe???moreless

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    • When Jane goes looking for the car with the bomb in it, the cars are dry. When it pans to the parking lot with the van and the bomb, all the cars have large water droplets on them. Edit
    • Patrick's blue and white car is a Citroën DS, actually a French car produced by the manufacturer Citroën between 1955 and 1975. Edit

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    • International Episode Titles: Czech Republic: Krevní msta (Blood Feud) Edit
    • Original International Air Dates: Belgium: May 13, 2009 on VT4 Denmark: May 18, 2009 on TV3 Sweden: June 2, 2009 on TV3 Germany: June 14, 2009 on SAT 1 Croatia: June 17, 2009 on RTL United Kingdom: July 9, 2009 on Five Czech Republic: March 15, 2010 on TV Nova Slovakia: May 31, 2010 on Markiza Poland: March 14, 2011 on TVN Edit

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    • Dan Hollenbeck: I didn't know you were from Iowa. Famous potatoes, right? Van Pelt: That's Idaho you ignorant jerk. Dan Hollenbeck: Oh, yeah? What's Iowa famous for? Jane: Gullible women. Van Pelt: That's not fair. Edit
    • (Talking about Jane) Lisbon: He needs to go to a hospital. He has to go if you order him to. Minelli: I could, but someone did try to kill him, remember? We can protect him better here. At less expense. Jane: Thanks, Virgil. Minelli: Okay. But this is a favor. If you die in this department, I'm responsible. I do all the paperwork. In fact if he does die for whatever reason, move him to a public area, would you? I'd be very grateful. Jane: I hope he's smiling. Edit
    • Jane: Holding something of James' would help me pick up a feel for him. Get a sense of his being. Mrs. Medina: Okay. Excuse me. (She leaves the room) Jane: Thank you. Lisbon: "Sense of his being"? What are you playing at? Jane: Just go with it. I have to practice this touchy-feely stuff. It's been a while. Lisbon: You're not gonna be blind forever. Jane: No, right. Because bad stuff like this doesn't happen nearly as often as people think it does. Edit

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