The Mentalist - Blood Money, S02E19

Of course we knew that it was a set up, that Van Pelt (Amanda Righetti) was not actually hiring someone to kill Rigsby (Owain Yeoman) for her. After all, if Grace wanted someone dead, she'd most likely take care of it herself. Besides, she was the one who decided to end their relationship. Still, there was something very empowering to watch her confidently meet an assassin.

This episode was great.

I LOVED that something finally bit Patrick Jane (Simon Baker) in the ass for his crazy antics. It doesn't even matter that in the end he used those disturbances in his favour to catch the man who had requested the hit in the first place. A murder was set free, given the chance to try to kill another victim, and was then killed himself, all because the opposition's lawyer had proof he had been conducting searches which he oughtn't to have been.

I also loved how easily he spotted the serial killer in the first place. The man did not react in any sort of normal way to the death of his employer, and was definitely crazy. Even I might have deduced it, but Jane just knows how to figure out these things.

Finally, I loved that when everything was said and done, the case resolved, and Jane back on top of his game with new lessons learnt about how not to get himself in trouble, he still had to pay the court $16 000. Justice is far from free.