When a wealthy widow is run over and killed there is no shortage of suspects; the lover who seems more interested in her money and her son who reportedly has a drug problem and has gone missing are the most obvious but Jane is immediately suspicious of her 'psychic' friend
she was being paid a substantial amount for consultations and had recently been added to her will, not to mention the fact that Jane 'knows' she is a fake.
This was an impressive episode; the central mystery was intriguing with a good number of suspects. The main interest though was the nature of the 'psychic'; Jane was adamant that that she is a fraud while Van Pelt was more inclined to believe that she was the real deal; an intriguing hint that Grace might have a reason to want her to be real. The episodes ending can be seen in two ways; Jane's reaction to what she tells him about the death of his wife and child at the hands of Red John might be because he is taking comfort in what she is saying and believes her or, as I choose to believe, because he desperately wants what she says to be true but he knows she is just saying what anybody would want to hear. Simon Baker was on top form showing the emotion of this scene. Overall this was an enjoyable and subtly ambiguous episode.
This was an impressive episode; the central mystery was intriguing with a good number of suspects. The main interest though was the nature of the 'psychic'; Jane was adamant that that she is a fraud while Van Pelt was more inclined to believe that she was the real deal; an intriguing hint that Grace might have a reason to want her to be real. The episodes ending can be seen in two ways; Jane's reaction to what she tells him about the death of his wife and child at the hands of Red John might be because he is taking comfort in what she is saying and believes her or, as I choose to believe, because he desperately wants what she says to be true but he knows she is just saying what anybody would want to hear. Simon Baker was on top form showing the emotion of this scene. Overall this was an enjoyable and subtly ambiguous episode.