Jane and Lisbon try to narrow down the list of the Red John suspects while the team investigates the death of a man who was missing for two years. An anonymous phone call leads Lisbon into Red John's trap where she discovers a gravely injured Partridge. Before he dies, he says "Tyger, Tyger." Red John calls Jane from Lisbon's phone, implying to him that he has her. Jane's list of suspects drops to six.
Jane rushes to the crime scene to find Lisbon dazed, with Red John's classic smiley face on her face, but still alive. Later Jane discovers several clues to Red John's identity after Red John murders Jane's ex-psychiatrist Sophie Miller.
In order to focus on Sheriff McAllister, Jane involves the CBI in a case in Napa. Meanwhile Rigsby and Van Pelt decide to get married.
When a list of fake Red John suspects is stolen, the innocent men named on it find themselves in danger. Madeleine Hightower and Bob Kirkland return. The existence of a conspiracy using the identification phrase "Tyger, Tyger" amongst California's Law Enforcement personnel is revealed. This suggests that Red John, known for his fascination with Blake's poem, may have strong connections to this organization. Bob Kirkland is murdered by Reede Smith, who tells a police officer to say that he killed
The CBI team is dispatched to investigate the murder of a member of Visualize. Jason Cooper and Ray Haffner arrive at the crime scene and Cooper tells Lisbon that Haffner is invited by the lieutenant governor to join the case—much to Lisbon's and Jane's dismay. The case seems to lead to the killer being in two places at the same time. Meanwhile, Cho meets a woman at the victim's gym while canvassing. The woman is caught placing a bug in Cho's desk at the CBI by Jane and is questioned. She turns
With the new clue in mind, Jane arranges to gather the remaining Red John suspects – Sheriff Thomas McAllister, Reede Smith, Gale Bertram, Ray Haffner, and Bret Stiles – in one place in hopes of uncovering the serial killer's true identity. Using the information Kira Tinsley gave him before she died, Jane, brandishing a shotgun, makes the five suspects show him their left shoulders revealing that McAllister, Smith and Bertram all have three dots tattooed on the left shoulder—meaning
After the explosion, DNA evidence suggests the burnt bodies were those of Haffner, Stiles and McAllister. Bertram and Smith go on the run, but Smith turns himself in not much later, after managing to escape a series of assassination attempts, realizing his life is in permanent danger. Jane announces to the media that Red John is Gale Bertram. A bartender recognizes Bertram, who stopped in for a drink, on the television. Bertram bludgeons the bartender to death, then flees. The CBI is disbanded a
In the conclusion to the Red John saga, Jane, now considered a fugitive by the FBI, goes on the run, in the meantime arranging a meeting with Gale Bertram, who is now publicly believed to be Red John. Meeting with Bertram in the chapel of the cemetery where Jane's wife and daughter are interred, a Red John operative (Oscar Cordero) shoots Bertram dead. Sheriff McAllister steps out, revealing he is alive (after events in Fire and Brimstone) and is Red John. Jane deduces that McAllister had knocke
Two years have passed since the events of 'Red John' (the discovery that McAllister was Red John, and Jane's killing him), and Jane — who's been living on an island off the coast of Venezuela — receives a job offer; all criminal charges against him will be dropped if he agrees to work as a consultant for the FBI. Patrick eventually decides to accept (in part due to a woman he meets on the island named Kim), but on his own terms, which include working with Lisbon (now a small-town police chief in
Three months since "My Blue Heaven", Jane continues to remain in his detention suite, insisting on Lisbon's team membership in the FBI in order to work as their consultant. Lisbon reluctantly assists in a case involving a missing computer programmer in Brooklyn, New York, who is married to a gypsy named Defiance, whom Jane attempts to empathize with. Jane escapes from the FBI's watch so as to rile them and to mock up a list with redactions then spray-paints the road to indicate his location; his
Jane, Lisbon and the FBI team investigate the death of several DEA agents, and Jane goes on a date with a beautiful woman (Brianna Brown) associated with the case. There's a drug war going on between different clans and the police, and Jane is able to confirm his suspicion that the beautiful woman is the drug trafficker.
A high-tech cartographer who may have uncovered a spy ring is murdered. Jane finds that national security details were sold by the CEOs secretary and that she murdered the man. Meanwhile, Lisbon is contacted by old colleague, Osvaldo Ardiles (David Norona), who thinks he has been bugged. She refers him to Van Pelt and Rigsby, who now run a digital security business. They wind up on the trail of an alarming conspiracy - 12 former members of the CBI have been bugged, including themselves, Jane, Li
The FBI team tries to track down the killer of a United States Attorney. Jane goes undercover in a homestead commune. Meanwhile, Lisbon asks for LaRoche's help on the case of the 12 former CBI agents who have been wire-taped, one of whom (Ardiles) has already been murdered. Rigsby joins LaRoche in searching a darkened warehouse for a suspect, where LaRoche receives a fatal gunshot wound from a booby trap.
The case of the 12 former CBI agents who have been wire-taped escalates further, with Rigsby and Van Pelt (and their baby) attacked in their homebarely making it out alive. The pair are enlisted to the FBI team, which focuses on a list of potential suspects compiled from previous CBI case logs that involved the threatened CBI agents. Meanwhile, Jane and Fischer investigate a case at an oil fracking site, where a local farmer who sued them for environmental damage is found murdered. Although the
After Grace is abducted, the FBI team tries to find her but their main suspect, Haibach, has an alibi and a very protective lawyer. Wayne and Patrick come up with an alternative plan. They trick Haibach into leading them to where he's keeping Gracewith his sister at her mountain cabin. However, Rigsby is shot twice when the sister uses Grace as a trap. Haibach then takes Patrick and Grace outside and prepares to chop off Patrick's fingers, but Rigsby somehow manages to overpower the sister, savi
Investigating the murder of an art gallery owner during a robbery, the FBI consults their art division, led by Agent Marcus Pike (Pedro Pascal). Jane formulates an elaborate plan in which the team plays different roles connecting to that of Jane, who poses as a wealthy art robber partnering with his girlfriend, played by Lisbon. Successfully deceiving the robbers and their leader, Edwin McKaye (Charles Mesure), Jane lures them into a trap designed to initiate a robbery at his temporary home and
Jane, Abbott, Wylie, and the rest of the team must find the real killer for an old crime, while the convicted innocent is living his final days and hours before his execution on death row.
When a woman is found murdered near a remote men's social club, Jane must find a way to insinuate himself into the insular group to find the killer. Abbot is offered a bribe, and Marcus Pike has important news for Lisbon.
Jane comes across a man tending to an injured woman who dies shortly. Tracking a lead, the FBI uncover a woman trafficking gang. The story arc continues in the next episode.
Patrick is apparently arrested for the murder of Red John; this is actually all part of a sting operation to determine which member of an empaneled grand jury was paid off to prevent the indictment of a gangster for murder. Jane believes that the prosecuting attorney is the one who was bribed to "throw" the hearing, and he and the FBI set out to prove it. Meanwhile, it's discovered that the human traffickers (from the previous episode) are harvesting organs from the women they've kidnapped.
The head of a kidnapping ring is sought by Jane and Lisbon as the victims begin to run out of time. Meanwhile, Lisbon makes her decision about whether to move to Washington, D.C., with Agent Pike.
To stop Lisbon from leaving, Jane arranges for a cold-case to be re-opened. Lisbon is furious when she realizes the deception and storms off to catch her flight to Washington. But Jane follows her and confesses his love for her. Meanwhile, this also causes the real killers to be caught.