This is as good a time as any to introduce myself. My name is Tami, and I have an obsession with the CBS show The Mentalist that is possibly inching toward creepy. Speaking of creepy, who else is still reeling after The Mentalist’s eerie Season 2 Finale? Well, we’re a mere 22 days away from the premiere of Season 3, and we have pictures to share from the new season’s first two episodes, not to mention a teaser trailer!

Here’s some quick background on The Mentalist, just to catch up anyone jumping on board for the 1st time (and welcome to you!!):

The CBI (California Bureau of Investigation) has as one of its ongoing cases, the attempted capture of a serial killer known only as “Red John”. Patrick Jane (played by hunk Simon Baker – #1 on my list of world’s hottest men) is a former “fake psychic”, as he now dubs himself, who joins the CBI as a consultant after Red John kills his wife and young daughter, due to Jane’s taunting of him during a live interview. Jane brings two very special gifts to the CBI: 1) The gift of acute observation (which some around him refer to as psychic abilities) and 2) a vengeful lust to capture (and bring severe harm to) Red John, due to the aforementioned killing of Jane’s wife and child.

One more bit of Mentalist info for you newbies: All episode titles of The Mentalist have a “red” theme to them. I’m sure that this is mostly to remind us that the core of the series is based on the ultimate quest to capture Red John.

After two seasons of Jane and the CBI coming so close to catching Red John, but never quite being able to nail him down, the Season 2 finale ended with Jane deep in the throes of danger as he came face to face with the killer! That was an extremely frightening note for the Season 2 finale to end on, and a host of questions are still lingering in our minds that shall soon be answered with the arrival of the new season in a few weeks!

Season 3 is going to pick up where the season 2 finale left off. Episode 1, the aptly titled “Red Sky at Night” (apt, only due to the fact that the Season 2 finale was entitled “Red Sky in the Morning”) has the CBI director putting Jane on the kidnapping case of a prominent lawyer. However, Jane is no longer certain of his future with the CBI after the up close and personal encounter he had with Red John!

The press release for Episode 2 was just made available as well, and features another amazing storyline! Entitled “Cackle-Bladder Blood”, Jane’s brother-in-law (the brother of Jane’s aforementioned wife, who was killed by Red John) is involved in a murder investigation which causes him to need Jane to come to his rescue. Apparently there’s bad blood between Jane and his brother-in-law (played by Kevin Rankin of Trauma). What a relief that after two seasons, we will FINALLY get some background on Jane’s late wife and the dynamic of Jane’s relationship with her family since her tragic demise.

Please enjoy the photos below that have recently been released from Episodes 1 and 2, and also the teaser trailer that was released this morning!