Russet Potatoes

Season 1, Episode 18, Aired
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Jane and the CBI track down a person, who hypnotizes people into doing the dirty work for them.
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  • The power of hypnosis.

    7.5
    "Good"
    By thefanof, May 30, 2011 Report Abuse
    I agree with sramv9's assessment of this episode being good until the end. The concluding scene on the rooftop should have been outstanding and thrilling and action-packed, but it ended up being boring beyond belief. There was a red herring thrown in for no reason, and we all knew Jane was not going over the side.

    But the beginning of this episode told a great story, and had things ended at 9:29 PM when they got the confession from the assistant I would have been satisfied. We had our comedy moments, and our twist, but for some reason they insisted on going Law and Order on us by having 3 more twists.moreless

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  • What is the hype about this show about, it's so unoriginal

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    By BLacqWyng, May 30, 2011 Report Abuse
    Every episode I watched, including this one, is basically the same, the detectives may not even be in the show, the mentalist knows whodunit and how and why from the beginning, not much unlike the old Columbo shows. It grows old very fast in my opinion. Its OK entertainment if you got nothing better to do, but its mediocre in plot and originality at best. If I hear without a trace and cold case may get axed because this one has better ratings I really wonder why, the story lines and plots of the latter two are way superior above the mentalist ones.moreless

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  • Very interesting case.

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    By whiteraven2005, Jan 31, 2010 Report Abuse
    This is the perfect case for Jane to work on this is one of his areas of expertise. The killer is very talented manages to hypnotise people into covering up the murder she committed. Hypnosis is just suggestion, you couldn't make someone kill who wasn't predisposed to it but you can convince them they're doing something else: in Rigsby's case, it was convincing him it was the ocean below and not a concrete parking lot, going swimming not throwing someone off a roof.

    I liked Rigsby kissing Grace he's a good kisser. Grace wasn't exactly fighting him off. It is good for her shows her how important she is to him. He's naturally shy so he pretends not to remember afterwards for shame!

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  • The best episode so far

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    By Lyta_499, Apr 05, 2009 Report Abuse
    This was definitely my favourite episode, and the best one so far in my opinion. Jane gets thrown back in an environment that is familiar to him, when a hypnotized man shows up in the precinct carrying a sack with a woman's dead body, which he thinks is a sack of potatoes. Jane and the team trace the man back to the NLP seminar center, and try to find their way to the real killer by working their way through layers of hypnotized persons. They finally find the culprit but not before Rigsby gets hypnotized himself. The scene where he kisses Van Pelt was predictable but not less enjoyable due to that. Am I the only one who sees a relationship there before the end of the season?

    This episode was a joy to watch, so many great scenes, hilarious dialogues and even more hilarious deeds from the hypnotized persons. The scene in the playground where Jane gets under Rigsby's skin and tries to get into his subconscious so that he can discover the secret trigger, is simply precious. Jane is extremely intelligent, highly perceptive and keeps a cool mind in all occasions, and that helps him make the best of every situation. Also, when Rigsby tries NLP on Lisbon by imitating her, and she totally blows him off. Very funny scene as well.moreless

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  • Who can you trust when there's a hypnotist involved.

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    By expatriot, Apr 02, 2009 Report Abuse
    Brilliant episode with a slightly disappointing ending. I felt the revelation of the real killer to be a bit of a let down, but the lead up to that was excellent. Twists on twists, hypnotist against hypnotist, not being able to take things on face value all made this a great episode. Three stand-out moments for me.
    Firstly, the KISS!! Rigsby and Van Pelt get some kissing action in the office in plain view of their colleagues. He may have been hypnotised but Boy did he enjoy it and so did she.
    Secondly, Rigsby childhood memories. Very moving and I hope this will be explored further in future episodes, not too much but it add so much to the character. Excellent acting too.
    Thirdly, Van Pelt's response to Dr. Daniel trying to psycho-analyse her. Fantastic!! Whoever wrote that should get a raise. It's so simple, so basic, just a calm statement that after working with Jane for a while, such games no longer play out as intended. Fantastic and hilarious at the same time.moreless

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    • International Episode Titles: Czech Republic: Vražda a hypnóza (Murder and Hypnosis) Edit
    • Original International Air Dates: Belgium: May 27, 2009 on VT4 Denmark: June 1, 2009 on TV3 Germany: June 28, 2009 on SAT 1 Croatia: July 1, 2009 on RTL United Kingdom: July 23, 2009 on Five Sweden: September 15, 2009 on TV3 Czech Republic: March 29, 2010 on TV Nova Slovakia: July 20, 2010 on Markiza Poland: March 28, 2011 on TVN Edit

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    • Rigsby: He's lying. Jane: Is he? Rigsby: Given that the girl he dragged in is not actually a bag of spuds like he says, then yeah. Jane: It's not lying if he believes it. Rigsby: True. Edit
    • Cho: Yeah, you took down a 100-pound woman. Put in that context, you did good. Rigsby: What do you mean, in that context? Lisbon: In the context of someone letting himself get hypnotized, nearly throwing his colleague off a building and then finally being able to overpower a small, crazy woman to retrieve the situation, you did good. Edit
    • Lisbon: We better go pick up Daniel. Jane: If we walk, you can burn some case-closed pizza calories. Lisbon: Ha, ha. Cute. Edit

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