The Mentalist: 151 TV episodes in this catalogue. The Red John arc follows a specific thread in 41 episodes. It is not a replacement for the whole series.
In airing order. Faded episodes are the ones The Red John arc skips.
Season 123 episodes · 4 in The Red John arc
01×01Pilot
2008-09-23 · Red John · The CBI team
01×02Red Hair and Silver Tape
2008-09-30 · Red John · The CBI team
01×03Red Tide
2008-10-14 · The CBI team
01×04Ladies in Red
2008-10-21
01×05Redwood
2008-10-28
01×06Red Handed
2008-11-11
01×07Seeing Red
2008-11-18 · Kristina Frye and the psychics
01×08The Thin Red Line
2008-11-25
01×09Flame Red
2008-12-02 · The CBI team
01×10Red Brick and Ivy
2008-12-16
01×11Red John's Friends
2009-01-06 · Red John · The CBI team
01×12Red Rum
2009-01-13 · The CBI team
01×13Paint It Red
2009-01-18
01×14Crimson Casanova
2009-02-10 · The CBI team
01×15Scarlett Fever
2009-02-17
01×16Bloodshot
2009-03-17
01×17Carnelian Inc.
2009-03-24 · The CBI team
01×18Russet Potatoes
2009-03-31 · The CBI team
01×19A Dozen Red Roses
2009-04-07
01×20Red Sauce
2009-04-28
01×21Miss Red
2009-05-05
01×22Blood Brothers
2009-05-12
01×23Red John's Footsteps
2009-05-19 · Red John · The CBI team
Season 223 episodes · 3 in The Red John arc
02×01Redemption
2009-09-24 · The CBI team
02×02The Scarlet Letter
2009-10-01 · Red John · The CBI team
02×03Red Badge
2009-10-08 · The CBI team
02×04Red Menace
2009-10-15 · The CBI team
02×05Red Scare
2009-10-29 · The CBI team
02×06Black Gold and Red Blood
2009-11-05 · The CBI team
02×07Red Bulls
2009-11-12 · The CBI team
02×08His Red Right Hand
2009-11-19 · Red John · The CBI team
02×09A Price Above Rubies
2009-12-10 · The CBI team
02×10Throwing Fire
2009-12-17
02×11Rose-Colored Glasses
2010-01-14 · The CBI team
02×12Bleeding Heart
2010-01-21
02×13Redline
2010-02-04 · The CBI team
02×14Blood In, Blood Out
2010-02-11 · The CBI team
02×15Red Herring
2010-03-04
02×16Code Red
2010-03-11 · The CBI team
02×17The Red Box
2010-04-01 · The CBI team
02×18Aingavite Baa
2010-04-08 · The CBI team
02×19Blood Money
2010-04-22 · The CBI team
02×20Red All Over
2010-04-29 · The CBI team
02×2118-5-4
2010-05-06 · The CBI team
02×22Red Letter
2010-05-13 · The CBI team · Kristina Frye and the psychics
02×23Red Sky in the Morning
2010-05-20 · Red John · Kristina Frye and the psychics
Season 324 episodes · 7 in The Red John arc
03×01Red Sky at Night
2010-09-23 · Red John · The CBI team
03×02Cackle-Bladder Blood
2010-09-30
03×03The Blood on His Hands
2010-10-07 · Red John · Kristina Frye and the psychics
03×04Red Carpet Treatment
2010-10-14 · The CBI team
03×05The Red Ponies
2010-10-21 · The CBI team
03×06Pink Chanel Suit
2010-10-28 · The CBI team
03×07Red Hot
2010-11-04 · The CBI team
03×08Ball of Fire
2010-11-11 · The CBI team
03×09Red Moon
2010-11-18 · Red John
03×10Jolly Red Elf
2010-12-09 · Red John · The CBI team
03×11Bloodsport
2011-01-06 · The CBI team
03×12Bloodhounds
2011-01-20 · The CBI team
03×13Red Alert
2011-02-03
03×14Blood for Blood
2011-02-10 · The CBI team
03×15Red Gold
2011-02-17 · The CBI team
03×16Red Queen
2011-02-24 · Red John · The CBI team
03×17Bloodstream
2011-03-10 · The CBI team
03×18The Red Mile
2011-03-31 · The CBI team
03×19Every Rose Has Its Thorn
2011-04-07
03×20Redacted
2011-04-28
03×21Like a Redheaded Stepchild
2011-05-05 · The CBI team
03×22Rhapsody in Red
2011-05-12 · The CBI team
03×23Strawberries and Cream, Part I
2011-05-19 · Red John
03×24Strawberries and Cream, Part II
2011-05-19 · Red John
Season 424 episodes · 8 in The Red John arc
04×01Scarlet Ribbons
2011-09-22 · Red John · The CBI team
04×02Little Red Book
2011-09-29 · Red John · The CBI team
04×03Pretty Red Balloon
2011-10-06 · The CBI team · Kristina Frye and the psychics
04×04Ring Around the Rosie
2011-10-13 · The CBI team
04×05Blood and Sand
2011-10-20 · The CBI team
04×06Where in the World is Carmine O'Brien?
2011-10-27 · The CBI team
04×07Blinking Red Light
2011-11-03 · Red John
04×08Pink Tops
2011-11-17 · The CBI team
04×09The Redshirt
2011-12-08 · The CBI team
04×10Fugue in Red
2011-12-15 · The CBI team
04×11Always Bet on Red
2012-01-12 · Red John · The CBI team
04×12My Bloody Valentine
2012-01-19 · The CBI team
04×13Red Is the New Black
2012-02-02 · Red John · The CBI team · The FBI years
04×14At First Blush
2012-02-09 · The CBI team
04×15War of the Roses
2012-02-16 · The CBI team
04×16His Thoughts Were Red Thoughts
2012-02-23
04×17Cheap Burgundy
2012-03-08 · Red John · The CBI team
04×18Ruddy Cheeks
2012-03-09 · The CBI team
04×19Pink Champagne on Ice
2012-03-29
04×20Something's Rotten in Redmund
2012-04-05 · The CBI team
04×21Ruby Slippers
2012-04-26 · The CBI team
04×22So Long, and Thanks for All the Red Snapper
2012-05-03 · The CBI team
04×23Red Rover, Red Rover
2012-05-10 · Red John · The CBI team
04×24The Crimson Hat
2012-05-17 · Red John · The FBI years
Season 522 episodes · 11 in The Red John arc
05×01The Crimson Ticket
2012-09-30 · Red John · The CBI team · The FBI years
05×02Devil's Cherry
2012-10-07
05×03Not One Red Cent
2012-10-14 · The CBI team · The FBI years
05×04Blood Feud
2012-10-21 · The CBI team
05×05Red Dawn
2012-10-28 · Red John · The CBI team
05×06Cherry Picked
2012-11-04 · Red John
05×07If It Bleeds, It Leads
2012-11-11 · Red John
05×08Red Sails in the Sunset
2012-11-18 · Red John
05×09Black Cherry
2012-11-25 · The CBI team
05×10Panama Red
2012-12-09 · The CBI team
05×11Days of Wine and Roses
2013-01-06 · The CBI team
05×12Little Red Corvette
2013-01-13 · The CBI team
05×13The Red Barn
2013-01-27 · Red John · The CBI team
05×14Red in Tooth and Claw
2013-02-17
05×15Red Lacquer Nail Polish
2013-03-03
05×16There Will Be Blood
2013-03-10 · Red John · The CBI team
05×17Red, White and Blue
2013-03-17 · The CBI team
05×18Behind the Red Curtain
2013-03-24 · Red John · The CBI team
05×19Red Letter Day
2013-04-14 · Red John
05×20Red Velvet Cupcakes
2013-04-21 · The CBI team
05×21Red and Itchy
2013-04-28 · Red John
05×22Red John's Rules
2013-05-05 · Red John
Season 622 episodes · 8 in The Red John arc
06×01The Desert Rose
2013-09-29 · Red John · The CBI team
06×02Black-Winged Redbird
2013-10-06 · Red John · The CBI team
06×03Wedding in Red
2013-10-13 · Red John · The CBI team
06×04Red Listed
2013-10-20 · Red John
06×05The Red Tattoo
2013-10-27 · Red John
06×06Fire and Brimstone
2013-11-10 · Red John
06×07The Great Red Dragon
2013-11-17 · Red John · The CBI team
06×08Red John
2013-11-24 · Red John
06×09My Blue Heaven
2013-12-01
06×10Green Thumb
2013-12-08 · The CBI team · The FBI years
06×11White Lines
2014-01-05 · The FBI years
06×12The Golden Hammer
2014-01-12 · The CBI team · The FBI years
06×13Black Helicopters
2014-03-09 · The CBI team
06×14Grey Water
2014-03-16 · The CBI team · The FBI years
06×15White As the Driven Snow
2014-03-23 · The CBI team
06×16Violets
2014-03-30 · The CBI team · The FBI years
06×17Silver Wings of Time
2014-04-13 · The FBI years
06×18Forest Green
2014-04-20
06×19Brown Eyed Girls
2014-04-27 · The CBI team
06×20Il Tavolo Bianco
2014-05-04 · The CBI team · The FBI years
06×21Black Hearts
2014-05-11 · The CBI team
06×22Blue Bird
2014-05-18 · The CBI team
Season 713 episodes · 0 in The Red John arc
07×01Nothing But Blue Skies
2014-11-30 · The CBI team · The FBI years
07×02The Greybar Hotel
2014-12-07 · The CBI team
07×03Orange Blossom Ice Cream
2014-12-14 · The CBI team · The FBI years
07×04Black Market
2014-12-21 · The FBI years
07×05The Silver Briefcase
2014-12-28
07×06Green Light
2015-01-07 · The CBI team · The FBI years
07×07Little Yellow House
2015-01-14 · The CBI team
07×08The Whites of His Eyes
2015-01-21 · The CBI team
07×09Copper Bullet
2015-01-28 · The FBI years
07×10Nothing Gold Can Stay
2015-02-04
07×11Byzantium
2015-02-11 · Kristina Frye and the psychics · The FBI years
07×12Brown Shag Carpet
2015-02-18 · Kristina Frye and the psychics · The FBI years
07×13White Orchids
2015-02-18 · The CBI team
Where the story lives
Featured story guides use sourced editorial selections. Other arcs follow this mapping method: Arc membership is derived from each episode's own title and summary text. It shows where a thread is foregrounded, not every episode it touches.
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Common questions
How many episodes of The Mentalist are there?
Our stored catalogue lists 151 TV episodes across 7 seasons. For ongoing shows, this is not a live count of aired episodes.
Which episodes of The Mentalist can I skip?
The Red John arc follows a specific thread in 41 episodes. It is not a replacement for the whole series.
How long does it take to watch The Mentalist?
At two episodes per viewing day, our 151-episode catalogue takes 76 viewing days. Episode lengths vary, and days off extend the calendar time. The shorter path follows one thread, not the whole show.
Does The Mentalist have filler?
A character or themed selection cannot tell you how much of the whole show is filler. The Red John arc follows a specific thread in 41 episodes. It is not a replacement for the whole series.
