The Mentalist (2008–2015): Season 5, Episode 13 - The Red Barn - full transcript
In a barn in Ellison farm town, three 20 year old corpses are dug up. The case gets Patrick's full attention when he discovers Red John's smiley on the back of the barn. He helps the team work out the farm was one of several set up by Brett Stile's Visualize cult in a bid for self-sufficiency, which quickly failed by lack of agricultural knowhow, despite illegal drugs for the overstretched laboring cult members. Locals where also involved, including present police chief Rick Anaya. Lisbon is startled to discover after her ten years surprise party that FBI agent Ray Haffner, who offers her to start a firm with him, also belongs to the cult.
[SIGHS]
Jane?
[LOCKS CLICKING]
- Hi, Lisbon.
- What are you doing?
Uh, just working.
Okay. Well, out here
in the real world, we have a case.
- We have to go.
- Yeah. Okay. Um...
[LOCKS CLICKING]
Let's go.
LISBON:
You think you're so mysterious.
- I know what you're doing in there.
- Oh, really? What?
You're making a list, trying to figure out
who you've met that's Red John.
Not just met. Shaken hands with.
- How many people are on that list anyway?
- A lot.
We got a male shooting victim,
looks to be early 20s.
- Happened about an hour ago. No ID.
LISBON: Who called it in?
RIGSBY: Bartender. Getting his statement.
- What do witnesses say?
RIGSBY: Not sure. Cho's talking to them.
- Has the coroner taken a look?
Yeah, he's on his way.
- What's that on his face?
- What?
Oh, boy.
Happy anniversary!
- What's going on?
RIGSBY: Come in, everybody!
Ladies and gentlemen...
...10 years ago, Teresa Lisbon
left the San Francisco Police Department...
...to join the California Bureau
of Investigation.
Today she is, without doubt,
the rootinest, tootinest...
...sharpshootinest cop
in the whole state of California.
- Happy anniversary, boss.
- Hear, hear.
- Start the music, please.
- I had no idea.
RIGSBY: Let's party.
- Congratulations, Lisbon.
LISBON:
Thank you, Ron.
- Why did you do this?
- It was Rigsby's idea.
[PHONE RINGING]
Yeah?
- Is he taking his clothes off?
- He is.
- Oh, my God.
- Uh-oh.
- Congratulations.
- Thank you, Ray.
- Haffner.
RAY: Jane.
I enjoyed when we worked together.
We should do it again.
Yeah, you mean
when you almost got me fired?
Yeah, that was a lot of fun.
Hey, um, can we grab lunch?
- There's something I want to discuss.
- Yeah, sure.
All right, I'll call you. Jane.
How come he doesn't like me?
You got lunch here...
- I wonder.
- Look out.
What? Okay, that's enough.
Shoo, okay? It was fun.
But not my butt.
That was the office.
Homicide out in Placer County.
The team that was supposed to
cover for us can't make it out there.
I don't think we can drag Lisbon away.
- Can't we cover it, Cho?
- Yeah. Yeah, we can.
Okay. Where did you find that guy?
That was fun, but we're done, okay?
Yeah, those are nice moves.
CBI. I'm Agent Cho. This is Patrick Jane.
Rick Anaya. Chief here in Elliston.
Good to meet you. This way.
The bodies were found in a secret
basement under the barn floor.
CHO:
What's with a secret basement?
Yeah, probably built in the '20s
to hide booze during Prohibition.
My dad was chief before me, said there
used to be stills through these parts.
Kids were playing in the barn, found
the trap door, went in, found some bones.
If you boys are still in town for dinner...
...Ella's Diner on Allen Street,
best damn chili in town.
What's the coroner say?
Well, right now he's guessing
they died 20, 25 years ago.
JANE: Whoa.
ANAYA: He confirms three bodies in all.
What is it?
CHO: Looks like a shotgun pellet.
ANAYA: We found some under the bones.
Figured they fell out the body
as they decomposed.
No shell casings in here though.
Must have shot them somewhere else,
brought the bodies here.
- Anything else?
- Yeah, a couple of things.
High school class ring.
Guess it fell off one of them.
CHO: We'll check that out. Is that it?
ANAYA: No, this.
Thirty-eight.
One round's been fired.
Not in here, as far as we can tell.
Hey, you see that wire?
On the wrist?
I'm guessing at least two of the victims
were tied up with it.
This is very depressing.
I'm gonna wait outside.
The Red John symbol was on the side
of the barn?
- That's weird.
- Yeah.
Must have been there 15, 20 years.
I wonder what it means.
What did Jane say?
- Nothing. Wouldn't talk about it.
RIGSBY: Hey.
Everybody feel as bad as I do?
- Not if you feel like you look.
- I feel fine.
- What time did you get back to the party?
- Ten. Not that you noticed.
Yeah, that, uh, tequila was a killer.
Did I, uh, do anything embarrassing?
- Yes.
- Really, what?
Good morning. Thank you for the party.
- It was very thoughtful.
- You're welcome.
But I am never gonna forgive you
for that stripper.
Where are we with the victims?
Coroner says they probably died
25 years ago, so 1988.
Talked to the ring manufacturer.
They traced it back to a Lester Bradovich.
Went to a high school in Dixon.
Checking him out.
The gun found near the bodies
isn't registered.
No sign of the bullet that was fired.
I've got techs sweeping the area.
Nice work. Let me know what you find.
She was kidding, right?
About never forgiving?
Nope.
- How was the rest of the party?
- Torture. It can never, ever happen again.
- Ten years, huh?
- More, actually.
Every year with you counts as two.
Is this from the crime scene?
Yes.
- This can't be a coincidence, can it?
JANE: There's no such thing.
These murders happened 10 years
before Red John was active.
- A shotgun was never his weapon of choice.
- True.
LISBON:
What happened? How did it get there?
Hmm...
They're excellent questions.
You know where to find me.
Got a hit on Lester Bradovich.
He had a couple of arrests
in the mid-'80s.
Possession, drunk and disorderly.
No record of him after 1987.
- Family?
- Brother in town. Here's a weird thing.
Nobody ever filed
a missing persons report.
That's odd.
You and Rigsby go see the brother.
All right.
So, what did I do last night?
Come on, I'm dying here.
You got up on a table
and sang "Bohemian Rhapsody."
I do a pretty good Freddie Mercury.
That's not so embarrassing.
Maybe not for you.
- Gordon Bradovich?
- Yeah?
- We need to talk to you about your brother.
- Lester? Are you serious?
[SIGHS]
You're positive it's Lester?
We're waiting for final confirmation from
the coroner. But we're pretty sure, yeah.
This is just unreal.
When was your last contact
with your brother?
- Oh, God, sometime in the late '80s.
- You haven't seen him in almost 25 years.
- You never reported him missing. Why?
- We didn't think he was missing.
I don't understand.
Lester had been in a lot of trouble.
Drugs and scrapes with the law.
Then, when he was about 24,
he joined with this group.
A little weird,
but very strict, very disciplined.
It seemed to straighten him out.
- Got calmer, stopped getting into trouble.
- What does that have to do...
...with his disappearance?
- After a year with them...
...he came to my dad and me...
...and he said that he had
to break off all contact...
...with his biological family.
Yeah. His group said that this was the only
way his true identity could emerge.
We were pretty hurt.
But Lester, he was totally
matter-of-fact about it. Had to be done.
That was the last time I talked to him.
Now you're telling me he's been dead
all this time? I just...
I don't even know what to think.
- What's the name of the group?
- Vision.
No.
Visualize.
You heard of it?
[PHONE RINGS]
LISBON: Hello?
RAY: Teresa.
- Ray Haffner. I've been looking for you.
- Hey, Ray. What's up?
I was wondering if we could snag
that lunch today.
- One o'clock. State House Cafe.
- Sure. Want to tell me what this is about?
- I'm intrigued.
- Then my plan is working. I'll see you then.
- What does he want?
- Lunch.
Mr. Jane, Agent Lisbon.
Good to see you again.
- Jason Cooper.
- Brother Cooper.
Last time I saw you was when Bret Stiles
uncovered your plan to take over this place.
Thought he would have gutted you
like a trout. Here you are.
Bret's generosity is only exceeded
by his capacity for forgiveness.
JANE: Hmm.
- Is Mr. Stiles here?
- We need to speak with him.
- Bret was called out of the country.
- Convenient.
- But he asked me to answer any question.
Won't you come this way? There's tea.
Lester Bradovich belonged
to our church.
I believe there's a good chance all three
bodies you found were church members.
- What makes you say that, Mr. Cooper?
- These murders occurred in 1988.
At that time,
Visualize owned the Elliston farm.
- Everyone who worked there was a member.
- Why did Bret Stiles own a farm?
He had a dream.
He saw Visualize controlling
an agricultural empire based on wheat.
He wanted each of the farms
to be a self-sustaining biocommunity...
...so they had to raise their own
vegetables and livestock.
It was a grand vision.
The church bought a half-dozen farms.
Half a dozen? All run by people
that knew nothing about farming.
Let's just say that enthusiasm
was a poor substitute for expertise.
They all failed in a year or two.
Lester Bradovich ran the Elliston farm
with two others:
Martin Talbot and Allan Charney.
That's what we have on them.
In July of 1988, when we hadn't had
any word for some weeks...
...we sent people down to investigate.
They found it empty.
We assumed Bradovich and the others
had abandoned it.
Why didn't you file
a missing persons report?
They were adults.
We weren't their parents.
We assumed they'd run off.
Besides, we have found, then and now,
that the police...
...rarely take church complaints seriously
when we do file them.
But we are all horrified
by what happened.
We'll do anything at all to assist
in your investigation. You have my word.
[JANE CHUCKLES]
Martin Talbot was older. No family.
Explains why nobody was looking for him.
Allan Charney had family in Idaho.
They did file a missing persons report,
but nothing ever came of it.
No information on either of them.
Call Charney's family
and let them know what happened.
Visualize is sending down their files
on Elliston farm.
Go through them.
Might be something useful.
All right. Will do.
I hate cold cases. No evidence,
no witnesses, and where do you start?
- Oh, it's not so bad. Know what you need?
- A viable suspect?
A big bowl of chili verde.
Come on, let's go.
Ella's Diner?
Best damn chili in town, I'm told.
Please tell me we're not here for chili.
Of course not.
We're here to find the killer.
What are we doing here, Jane?
Look around.
The collective memory of this entire town
is in this room.
Anything that happened
in the last 50 years...
...you'll find out about it here.
ELENA: Here you go.
- Thank you.
- Lemon for your tea?
- No, thanks.
- Ma'am, we're with the CBI.
We're investigating murders
that took place in town 20 years back.
You mean the three bodies in the barn?
Yeah, I heard.
Victims were from a group called Visualize
that owned the farm.
You know anything about that?
All I know is that they found
three dead guys.
- Can I get you anything else?
- No, thanks. Collective memory.
If I may, who told you
about the three dead guys?
- Everybody knows.
- Yes, but who told you?
- I don't want to get anybody in trouble.
- Oh, of course. Thank you.
Patrick Jane, I'm with the CBI.
What's your name?
Miles MacCambridge. Why?
JANE: This is my colleague, Teresa Lisbon.
- Hi.
- You're the town gossip, I take it.
- I am?
Retired school teacher by the looks.
Who's your source on the murders?
- Former student, I'm guessing.
- Am I in some kind of trouble?
- Possibly.
- No, you're not.
Jury's still out.
We're investigating the murders.
We'd appreciate if you could tell us...
...anything about the farm
that we found the bodies at.
Well, it's been through a lot of hands.
It's not very good land.
No one's worked it for at least a decade.
What about the group, Visualize?
They owned the farm back in the mid-'80s.
Sure, I remember them. They stuck out.
Pretty useless as farm folk.
How did they get along
with other people in town?
Were there any conflicts you remember?
No, they mostly kept to themselves.
I remember one person bitching
about them.
A farmer named Tom Crayhew.
Couldn't tell you what he was upset about.
Too long ago.
- Well, we really appreciate it, thank you.
- So I'm not in any trouble.
Jury's still out.
- You're fine.
- Lookie here.
Took me up
on my recommendation, I see.
- Tell Elena to put your check on my tab.
- That's okay.
Please. It's a long tab.
Enjoy.
- You don't like him. Former student?
MACCAMBRIDGE: Yes.
A mean kid? Pulled on the girls' pigtails?
He's chief of police, which is a pretty
powerful position around here.
If you'll excuse me.
Is this the stuff from Visualize?
It's mostly letters from the farm to Visualize
asking for more help and more money.
Bradovich, Charney and Talbot
were the only full-time workers.
But Visualize was sending
temporary people all the time.
Some members, potential recruits.
Names weren't recorded most of the time.
- Most of the time?
VAN PELT: Yeah, there's one lead.
Guy named Peter DiBuono is listed
as working at the farm in '86 and '87.
Might be able to tell us something.
I reached him. He's coming.
Good. You and Rigsby go to Elliston.
Talk to a farmer named Tom Crayhew.
Apparently he had some beef
with the Visualize farm.
- I'll be back.
- Where are you going?
Lunch.
RAY:
No, no, my hat's off.
I only lasted two days as Jane's boss
and he nearly killed me.
So you clearly know things that I don't.
He is not that hard to handle.
Really? Seriously?
Because I know a couple...
...thousand people
who would disagree with that.
So 10 years.
People keep on saying that.
I don't know why. I don't feel any different.
I'm hoping it means you're ready
for a change.
Oh, what's that supposed to mean?
I'm leaving CBI.
I've lined up some capital.
I'm starting my own firm.
Security and investigations
for high-end clients.
I was wondering
if you'd consider coming with me.
- Ray.
- You're one of the top agents.
Everyone knows it. You deserve
a position commensurate with your gifts.
- I am flattered, Ray. But I like my job.
- I like my job too.
I'd like it better if I'd had a raise
in the past three years.
- California's broke if you didn't notice.
- It's not about the money.
That's the starting salary.
That'll keep you in leatherjackets, I think.
It's not about the money.
I like what I do. It's a good job.
It's good work.
- Is it the work or is it Jane?
- He's part of the work.
Sure, and you guys have a track record.
I understand why you'd stick with that.
But if there is one thing
that I've learned about Jane...
...it's that catching bad guys
is a game to him.
And he's gonna quit someday.
Maybe because he gets Red John,
maybe because he just gets bored.
When that happens,
you're gonna be on your own.
Driving out to some crime scene
in the middle of nowhere, 5 a. M...
...asking Rigsby what sort of sad story
you got to unravel this time.
Is that what you really want?
Because I think you deserve better.
Think about it.
Mr. Crayhew?
Mr. Crayhew, we're with CBI.
Open up, please.
CRAYHEW: I will not be bullied.
- Put the gun down.
You cannot make man render unto Caesar
that which he does not choose to render.
- What?
- Sir, whatever the problem is...
...we can work it out.
Just put the gun away.
Income tax is an illegal taking
under the fifth amendment...
...of the United States Constitution.
I will not pay.
- Sir, we're not with the IRS.
- Says you.
We have nothing to do with your taxes. We
want to talk about some killings on a farm.
You're not federal agents?
- You're not here to collect?
- No, sir. California Bureau of Investigation.
Now, put the gun down. Do it now.
Yeah, I remember those clowns
from Visualize.
That land's right next to mine.
Killed everything they touched.
Plus they were thieves.
Why thieves?
Well, they stole my damn water.
I got a stream up that way.
They diverted it into their fields.
Like I wouldn't notice.
So me and my 12-gauge went
to talk it over with them.
I told those wackadoodles,
"Stop stealing my water."
And one of them pulled a revolver.
I thought we were gonna have a shooting.
- Do you recall what kind of revolver it was?
CRAYHEW: Nope.
Was one of these the man
that threatened you?
It was that one.
He was wound up.
Had that look, you know?
Just ready to go. I truly thought
I was gonna have to shoot him right there.
But I didn't.
I didn't. I swear to God.
But I don't condemn
whoever did shoot them though.
You've heard how they treated
their animals?
- No, how?
- They tortured them, basically.
Unnatural stuff.
- Satanic ritual stuff.
- Really? You know that for a fact?
You don't believe me, talk to the vet.
She was on them all the time
about how they were treating their stock.
- She was ready to call the county on them.
- What's this vet's name?
CRAYHEW:
I think she retired now.
Hmm...
Preston. That's it.
JANE:
Hello, Lisbon.
Are you ever gonna let me
in there again?
JANE: How was lunch?
- Lovely. Haffner offered me ajob.
[LOCKS CLICKING]
Really? You gonna take it?
Right now I'm considering it.
Come on. We have to go talk to the vet.
[LOCKS CLICKING]
[DOG BARKING]
Bear, wha...? This one's for Doug.
Dr. Ellen Preston?
No. I'm... Dr. Preston's my mom.
- I'm Holly Preston.
- Holly. Pretty good with those dogs.
Well, thanks, I should be.
I'm with them all day.
I run a doggy day care.
Is there something I can do for you?
We're with the CBI. We need
to ask your mother some questions.
- Oh.
- Is that a problem?
HOLLY: She was diagnosed with Alzheimer's
about eight years ago.
She still responds, but she's not very good
at talking to people anymore.
- I'm sorry.
LISBON: Don't be.
- She looks peaceful.
- She is, mostly.
LISBON: You probably heard,
we found three bodies on a nearby farm.
Twenty-five years ago, the farm was owned
by a church called Visualize.
Does that ring a bell?
Heard about them.
They made kind of a splash.
JANE: Hello, boy. Who's a good boy?
Yeah. Oh, he likes that. You like that?
Is that what you wanted to talk
to my mom about?
We heard she was concerned
about the way some animals were treated?
Want to know what that was about.
Rumor has it they were performing
satanic rituals.
- What?
- We heard there may have been...
...some unnatural acts going on.
Have you been talking to Tom Crayhew?
- Why, does that sound like him?
- Ha.
Exactly like him.
I would remember if my mom thought
something was happening.
There were no rituals.
I think my mom was just concerned
that the farm was failing.
People take it out on the animals
once a place goes south.
- Did you ever go up there?
- No. I was 16.
I was all about boys then.
I wouldn't go to the farm
if I could avoid it.
All the academic achievements
suggest you were focused...
...on more than just boys.
Well, maybe now and then,
but that was a long time ago.
Is that all you wanted to ask about?
Yeah. Thank you for your time.
Jane, Jane.
Is that good? It's really good.
LISBON: Jane.
- It's really good.
- Agent Van Pelt.
- Yes.
Father Peter DiBuono.
You asked to see me?
Obviously I haven't been a member
of Visualize for some time.
If I were to be kind to my younger self, I
would have to say that my time with them...
...was an early stage
in a long spiritual journey.
What if you weren't being kind?
That I was a stupid punk
who didn't know any better.
Bret Stiles says a lot of things
that sound good...
...if you don't think
about them too hard.
Some of what he says makes sense.
Yes. There's a core of truth
in every good lie.
And all that talk about self-actualization
can be very, very seductive.
It's not just seduction.
What's wrong with wanting
to be the most powerful version of you?
If you were a good person,
it would make you an even better one.
It depends on how you look at it, I guess.
You wanted to ask me
about the Elliston farm.
You worked there, right?
No, I ran it from mid-'86 to late '87.
Now, that was a crazy time.
There was pressure from Visualize
to make that place work.
We just didn't have the people
or the expertise.
And that's why they brought Bradovich
in to take over.
- Lester Bradovich.
- Mm-hm. Lester, he was a true believer.
He worked people insanely hard,
18, 20 hours a day.
No one lasted long except for him,
Talbot, and Charney.
After I left, uh, I heard...
This is just a rumor that...
That Lester had been giving people drugs.
To keep them working when they were tired.
- What kind of drugs?
- I don't know. I don't know.
Speed, I would guess.
But he must have been desperate
because there were so many ex-addicts...
...in the church at that time
that Visualize was very strict about drugs.
If he couldn't get the drugs from the church,
where would he get them?
I have no idea.
Father DiBuono? Patrick Jane.
Van Pelt told me
you used to work on the farm.
- That's right.
- May I show you something?
Do you know what that is?
Uh, sure.
Yeah, I saw that.
When?
A few months after I left the farm, I, uh...
I went back for a visit.
And that's when I saw it.
Talbot said that some kid
who worked on the farm, he did it.
- Some kid. That's all he said about him?
- Yeah. Yeah. Some kid.
How old was Talbot?
Fifty something?
So anyone under the age of 30
could be some kid.
You know, I asked Talbot what it meant,
the smiley face.
- He said, "What does anything mean?"
- Hmm.
But he said it with this really deranged
expression on his face.
There was a bad vibe about that place.
Evil.
I didn't spend more than half an hour there,
and I never went back.
And you've never seen that image
anywhere else ever since?
No. But I've been out of the country a lot.
Missionary work in Central America.
- Is something the matter, Mr. Jane?
- No, no, not at all.
Appreciate your time.
When the murders occurred, Bradovich
was pushing the farm workers hard.
They were stealing water from neighboring
farms and failing to make the farm produce.
How does that get the three killed?
I checked on Crayhew. He spent some
time with militia in the mid-'80s.
- The sheriff still thinks he's got more guns.
LISBON: It wouldn't surprise me.
What about the forensics team
that was searching the farm?
- Nothing yet. They're still looking.
LISBON: Stay on them.
I'm interested in drugs
the good Father mentioned.
He said it was just a rumor.
If Bradovich was working them
around the clock...
...l'm betting they had chemical help.
And if they didn't get it from Visualize,
then where did they get it from?
Who knows?
Everyone who could tell us is dead.
Not everyone.
Hmm...
Nope. Don't remember any of them.
Of course, I was just 17 at the time.
Unlikely to run into boys like these.
And as far as drug deals in 1988?
I couldn't tell you anything about that.
- Wasn't busting drug dealers quite yet.
JANE: Hmm.
Would your office have any record
of drug arrests back then?
A lot of the old files been archived.
Yeah, they're in some warehouse in Fresno.
I can send somebody to go look,
but it's gonna take a while.
You could do that. Or you could just
tell us what drugs you sold them.
Excuse me?
You were dealing drugs back then
and they were clients?
Whatever gives you the idea
I dealt drugs?
You're self-indulgent, you're corrupt.
You pretended not to know Bradovich
when clearly you recognize him.
You knew we were gonna talk about drugs.
So why lie about not selling them?
I'm not sitting still for this.
You withhold information from us
during this investigation...
...it's considered obstruction ofjustice.
They'll take your badge.
You might have to start paying
for that chili verde.
I might have dealt a little in high school.
A lot of people did, okay?
It was no big deal.
And by the way, I'm pretty sure the statute
of limitations has expired on that.
Did you sell drugs to Bradovich?
This is between us, right?
Law officer to law officer?
Chief.
He was looking for speed
to keep his people working.
I sold him some.
Okay, but right away he came back
for more. A lot more.
I didn't have the kind of quantity
he wanted...
...so I put him in touch with some
serious guys I knew in Stockton.
Scary dudes.
Hell, maybe they killed him.
I'm gonna need those names.
Two of the dealers Anaya gave us are dead.
The other one's on death row in Texas.
Got a call in to the Department
of Corrections to see if I can interview him.
Remember the missing bullet
from the gun we found near the bodies?
Techs finally found it.
It was buried in the dirt in front of the barn.
Like somebody had shot the ground.
- Where outside the barn?
- Right in front of the big painted face.
- Hmm...
- So, what you think?
- Should I go to Texas and talk to this guy?
- Take a trek to the Lone Star State.
- But I think I can solve this case quicker.
- How?
Get everyone we've interviewed to Ella's
Diner first thing tomorrow morning.
- Why the diner?
- For the coffee, of course.
- Hey, Ray.
- Hey. I was just checking in.
See if you had a chance to think.
I think you already know my answer.
- You're missing out on something big.
- I'm sure I am.
- How's the case? Getting anywhere?
- We're making progress.
- Get anything from the stuff Cooper sent?
- No, not much.
Ray.
Jason Cooper's name isn't on that board.
So?
How did you know
he sent us material?
- Someone on your team must have told me.
- No one else knew except myself and Jane.
Did somebody from the church tell you?
Ray? Are you a member of Visualize?
As a matter of fact, I am.
I don't talk about it much.
People tend to take it the wrong way.
- The way that you're taking it right now.
- That's not true.
- Really?
- No.
Look, I was a screwed-up kid.
I was headed down a bad path...
...and some people from Visualize
took an interest...
...and helped straighten me out.
I don't think that Bret Stiles is God.
You know, he just happens
to say some things that I believe.
The money to fund your agency.
Is that coming from Visualize?
Some. Not all.
Teresa, stop looking at me
like I just turned into a robot.
It's just me.
- Just in time, Lisbon.
- Morning, Jane. Nice party.
Can I get some of that coffee?
Nope, this is only for the suspects.
BRADOVICH: What?
DiBUONO: For whom?
COOPER: What did you say?
JANE: That's right.
You're all here because one of you
killed Lester Bradovich...
...Martin Talbot, and Allan Charney.
Why would I kill three members
of my own church?
Well, the farm was failing
and Bret Stiles didn't want that.
But maybe it wasn't you.
Mr. Bradovich here was angry
with his brother for abandoning his family.
Even if I was,
why would I kill the other two guys?
Who knows
how a homicidal maniac thinks?
Homicidal maniac?
- I was 16, Mr. Jane.
JANE: Yes, but your mother was an adult.
And she was angry with the farmers
over how they were treating animals.
Are you seriously saying
my mother killed these people?
You're right. Maybe it was the priest.
He was angry
because he was displaced as leader.
- No, I wasn't.
- Then there's the angry farmer.
And the police chief. Whoever did this,
it was definitely one of you.
And in a moment, we're gonna find out
which one. But first...
...more coffee anyone?
- No, no, no.
CRAYHEW: Oh, what's going on?
HOLLY:
Mom, Mom.
- Mom. Mom, take it easy.
- What's her problem? Why is she so upset?
She recognizes the symbol.
There was one at the farm.
- You mean the face on the barn?
- Right, and she knows what happened.
- You saying she's the killer?
- We're gonna have to ask questions.
- No, you can't.
- Ms. Preston, you got no choice.
HOLLY: She won't understand.
LISBON: Well, we're gonna have to try.
- Come on. We'll treat her right.
- No, it's not her. It's me.
It's me.
You thought it was me
when we met, didn't you?
I thought that was a possibility.
Young woman, high achieving,
ends up running a doggy day care.
Suggests that something went wrong
along the way.
Yeah.
That sounds about right.
My mother was concerned
about the Visualize farm.
I was riding along
when she made a visit in the area.
HOLLY: And she said she wanted
to check on them.
To see what was going on.
It had rained that day...
...so the ground was wet.
You stay here. I'll be just a minute.
Next thing I knew,
I heard someone shouting.
- Don't tell me what to do!
ELLEN: There are laws.
- I don't care about any of your laws!
ELLEN: This animal has to be taken care of.
If you won't take care of it,
I will report you.
LESTER:
L... I should...
You want me to take care of it?
Fine. I'll take care of it.
He looked so crazy. Just out of his mind.
He was amped up on speed.
He'd been sleep-deprived for weeks.
He was out of his mind.
What happened next?
Oh, you son of a bitch.
HOLLY:
Mom.
I thought he was gonna kill my mother.
I had to do something.
Hey! Get off her. Hey.
LISBON:
I don't understand.
Where were Charney and Talbot?
How did they get shot?
I don't know.
What?
I don't know anything about them,
I swear. L...
It wasn't me.
What wasn't you?
Holly.
What happened when you hid the body?
My mother was sure I could go to jail...
...and she couldn't let that happen.
She wouldn't let that happen.
HOLLY: She knew there was a basement
in the barn.
So we went down there...
...and that's when we found
the other two.
Talbot and Charney's bodies
were already there?
I guess it was them.
Did you see anything else?
Anything at all?
No. After we dumped the body,
we got out of there as fast as we could.
HOLLY:
I had a feeling...
...someone was there with us.
Someone was watching us.
- Hey. You got a second?
- Sure.
Word is Holly Preston's only gonna face
manslaughter charges for the homicides.
- That true?
- We suggested it to the D.D.A.
- And he agreed.
- Really?
She claims she did it in self-defense
and we believed her.
- She'll serve time.
- Three guys got killed.
She only killed one of them,
and it was self-defense.
That's what she says.
Are you taking killers at their word?
I believe her.
Did someone from Visualize ask you
to talk to me?
Because you've never come to my office
and questioned my arrests before.
I might have gotten some calls.
Might have heard concern
you pushed for lighter sentences...
...because the victims were church
and you don't like the church.
Absolutely not.
Would you be willing to push
for a murder charge?
Absolutely not.
Okay. Had to try.
Thank you for hearing me out.
Hey, I heard about Jane's trick.
How'd he make that symbol appear?
Lemon juice. Kid's invisible ink.
The heat from the coffee pot
made it appear.
Lemon juice. Of course.
Hey, Ray.
You said that you joined Visualize
as a teenager.
So in 1988 you would have been 21?
Yeah, about that.
Did they ever send you to work
at the Elliston farm? Were you there?
Lisbon, we're still friends, right?
Why would you ask me that?
[LOCKS CLICKING]
- Lisbon.
- Hi, Jane.
What's up?
I had something to tell you,
but I've had enough of this.
- Let me in or else.
- Or else what?
I don't know, but you're not gonna like it.
Hmm...
Are we partners or what?
Come in, partner.
Wow.
JANE:
What is it you want to tell me?
Visualize absolutely refuses to let us look
at a membership list from 1988...
...or any other year before or after.
And since they're a recognized
religious organization...
...no judge will give us a warrant.
If Red John was a member of Visualize
in 1988, we'll never know.
Figures.
Never mind.
We know that Red John
was at Elliston Farm in 1988.
That is a huge leap forward, Lisbon.
Huge.
How so?
I recalled all the names
of the 2164 people...
...that I met and shook hands with
since Red John murdered my family.
I might have missed one or two,
but not many.
Eight hundred and seven
of those names were women...
...and Red John's probably not a woman.
Another 949 were men
that I had brief encounters with...
...that I never saw or heard from again.
That leaves 408 names.
And Elliston Farm
will exclude a whole bunch more.
I'm getting close, Lisbon.
- I'm getting very close.
- Tell me some of the names.
There's gotta be some that are at the top.
Sure. There's some interesting names.
Well, tell me.
[English - US - SDH]
Jane?
[LOCKS CLICKING]
- Hi, Lisbon.
- What are you doing?
Uh, just working.
Okay. Well, out here
in the real world, we have a case.
- We have to go.
- Yeah. Okay. Um...
[LOCKS CLICKING]
Let's go.
LISBON:
You think you're so mysterious.
- I know what you're doing in there.
- Oh, really? What?
You're making a list, trying to figure out
who you've met that's Red John.
Not just met. Shaken hands with.
- How many people are on that list anyway?
- A lot.
We got a male shooting victim,
looks to be early 20s.
- Happened about an hour ago. No ID.
LISBON: Who called it in?
RIGSBY: Bartender. Getting his statement.
- What do witnesses say?
RIGSBY: Not sure. Cho's talking to them.
- Has the coroner taken a look?
Yeah, he's on his way.
- What's that on his face?
- What?
Oh, boy.
Happy anniversary!
- What's going on?
RIGSBY: Come in, everybody!
Ladies and gentlemen...
...10 years ago, Teresa Lisbon
left the San Francisco Police Department...
...to join the California Bureau
of Investigation.
Today she is, without doubt,
the rootinest, tootinest...
...sharpshootinest cop
in the whole state of California.
- Happy anniversary, boss.
- Hear, hear.
- Start the music, please.
- I had no idea.
RIGSBY: Let's party.
- Congratulations, Lisbon.
LISBON:
Thank you, Ron.
- Why did you do this?
- It was Rigsby's idea.
[PHONE RINGING]
Yeah?
- Is he taking his clothes off?
- He is.
- Oh, my God.
- Uh-oh.
- Congratulations.
- Thank you, Ray.
- Haffner.
RAY: Jane.
I enjoyed when we worked together.
We should do it again.
Yeah, you mean
when you almost got me fired?
Yeah, that was a lot of fun.
Hey, um, can we grab lunch?
- There's something I want to discuss.
- Yeah, sure.
All right, I'll call you. Jane.
How come he doesn't like me?
You got lunch here...
- I wonder.
- Look out.
What? Okay, that's enough.
Shoo, okay? It was fun.
But not my butt.
That was the office.
Homicide out in Placer County.
The team that was supposed to
cover for us can't make it out there.
I don't think we can drag Lisbon away.
- Can't we cover it, Cho?
- Yeah. Yeah, we can.
Okay. Where did you find that guy?
That was fun, but we're done, okay?
Yeah, those are nice moves.
CBI. I'm Agent Cho. This is Patrick Jane.
Rick Anaya. Chief here in Elliston.
Good to meet you. This way.
The bodies were found in a secret
basement under the barn floor.
CHO:
What's with a secret basement?
Yeah, probably built in the '20s
to hide booze during Prohibition.
My dad was chief before me, said there
used to be stills through these parts.
Kids were playing in the barn, found
the trap door, went in, found some bones.
If you boys are still in town for dinner...
...Ella's Diner on Allen Street,
best damn chili in town.
What's the coroner say?
Well, right now he's guessing
they died 20, 25 years ago.
JANE: Whoa.
ANAYA: He confirms three bodies in all.
What is it?
CHO: Looks like a shotgun pellet.
ANAYA: We found some under the bones.
Figured they fell out the body
as they decomposed.
No shell casings in here though.
Must have shot them somewhere else,
brought the bodies here.
- Anything else?
- Yeah, a couple of things.
High school class ring.
Guess it fell off one of them.
CHO: We'll check that out. Is that it?
ANAYA: No, this.
Thirty-eight.
One round's been fired.
Not in here, as far as we can tell.
Hey, you see that wire?
On the wrist?
I'm guessing at least two of the victims
were tied up with it.
This is very depressing.
I'm gonna wait outside.
The Red John symbol was on the side
of the barn?
- That's weird.
- Yeah.
Must have been there 15, 20 years.
I wonder what it means.
What did Jane say?
- Nothing. Wouldn't talk about it.
RIGSBY: Hey.
Everybody feel as bad as I do?
- Not if you feel like you look.
- I feel fine.
- What time did you get back to the party?
- Ten. Not that you noticed.
Yeah, that, uh, tequila was a killer.
Did I, uh, do anything embarrassing?
- Yes.
- Really, what?
Good morning. Thank you for the party.
- It was very thoughtful.
- You're welcome.
But I am never gonna forgive you
for that stripper.
Where are we with the victims?
Coroner says they probably died
25 years ago, so 1988.
Talked to the ring manufacturer.
They traced it back to a Lester Bradovich.
Went to a high school in Dixon.
Checking him out.
The gun found near the bodies
isn't registered.
No sign of the bullet that was fired.
I've got techs sweeping the area.
Nice work. Let me know what you find.
She was kidding, right?
About never forgiving?
Nope.
- How was the rest of the party?
- Torture. It can never, ever happen again.
- Ten years, huh?
- More, actually.
Every year with you counts as two.
Is this from the crime scene?
Yes.
- This can't be a coincidence, can it?
JANE: There's no such thing.
These murders happened 10 years
before Red John was active.
- A shotgun was never his weapon of choice.
- True.
LISBON:
What happened? How did it get there?
Hmm...
They're excellent questions.
You know where to find me.
Got a hit on Lester Bradovich.
He had a couple of arrests
in the mid-'80s.
Possession, drunk and disorderly.
No record of him after 1987.
- Family?
- Brother in town. Here's a weird thing.
Nobody ever filed
a missing persons report.
That's odd.
You and Rigsby go see the brother.
All right.
So, what did I do last night?
Come on, I'm dying here.
You got up on a table
and sang "Bohemian Rhapsody."
I do a pretty good Freddie Mercury.
That's not so embarrassing.
Maybe not for you.
- Gordon Bradovich?
- Yeah?
- We need to talk to you about your brother.
- Lester? Are you serious?
[SIGHS]
You're positive it's Lester?
We're waiting for final confirmation from
the coroner. But we're pretty sure, yeah.
This is just unreal.
When was your last contact
with your brother?
- Oh, God, sometime in the late '80s.
- You haven't seen him in almost 25 years.
- You never reported him missing. Why?
- We didn't think he was missing.
I don't understand.
Lester had been in a lot of trouble.
Drugs and scrapes with the law.
Then, when he was about 24,
he joined with this group.
A little weird,
but very strict, very disciplined.
It seemed to straighten him out.
- Got calmer, stopped getting into trouble.
- What does that have to do...
...with his disappearance?
- After a year with them...
...he came to my dad and me...
...and he said that he had
to break off all contact...
...with his biological family.
Yeah. His group said that this was the only
way his true identity could emerge.
We were pretty hurt.
But Lester, he was totally
matter-of-fact about it. Had to be done.
That was the last time I talked to him.
Now you're telling me he's been dead
all this time? I just...
I don't even know what to think.
- What's the name of the group?
- Vision.
No.
Visualize.
You heard of it?
[PHONE RINGS]
LISBON: Hello?
RAY: Teresa.
- Ray Haffner. I've been looking for you.
- Hey, Ray. What's up?
I was wondering if we could snag
that lunch today.
- One o'clock. State House Cafe.
- Sure. Want to tell me what this is about?
- I'm intrigued.
- Then my plan is working. I'll see you then.
- What does he want?
- Lunch.
Mr. Jane, Agent Lisbon.
Good to see you again.
- Jason Cooper.
- Brother Cooper.
Last time I saw you was when Bret Stiles
uncovered your plan to take over this place.
Thought he would have gutted you
like a trout. Here you are.
Bret's generosity is only exceeded
by his capacity for forgiveness.
JANE: Hmm.
- Is Mr. Stiles here?
- We need to speak with him.
- Bret was called out of the country.
- Convenient.
- But he asked me to answer any question.
Won't you come this way? There's tea.
Lester Bradovich belonged
to our church.
I believe there's a good chance all three
bodies you found were church members.
- What makes you say that, Mr. Cooper?
- These murders occurred in 1988.
At that time,
Visualize owned the Elliston farm.
- Everyone who worked there was a member.
- Why did Bret Stiles own a farm?
He had a dream.
He saw Visualize controlling
an agricultural empire based on wheat.
He wanted each of the farms
to be a self-sustaining biocommunity...
...so they had to raise their own
vegetables and livestock.
It was a grand vision.
The church bought a half-dozen farms.
Half a dozen? All run by people
that knew nothing about farming.
Let's just say that enthusiasm
was a poor substitute for expertise.
They all failed in a year or two.
Lester Bradovich ran the Elliston farm
with two others:
Martin Talbot and Allan Charney.
That's what we have on them.
In July of 1988, when we hadn't had
any word for some weeks...
...we sent people down to investigate.
They found it empty.
We assumed Bradovich and the others
had abandoned it.
Why didn't you file
a missing persons report?
They were adults.
We weren't their parents.
We assumed they'd run off.
Besides, we have found, then and now,
that the police...
...rarely take church complaints seriously
when we do file them.
But we are all horrified
by what happened.
We'll do anything at all to assist
in your investigation. You have my word.
[JANE CHUCKLES]
Martin Talbot was older. No family.
Explains why nobody was looking for him.
Allan Charney had family in Idaho.
They did file a missing persons report,
but nothing ever came of it.
No information on either of them.
Call Charney's family
and let them know what happened.
Visualize is sending down their files
on Elliston farm.
Go through them.
Might be something useful.
All right. Will do.
I hate cold cases. No evidence,
no witnesses, and where do you start?
- Oh, it's not so bad. Know what you need?
- A viable suspect?
A big bowl of chili verde.
Come on, let's go.
Ella's Diner?
Best damn chili in town, I'm told.
Please tell me we're not here for chili.
Of course not.
We're here to find the killer.
What are we doing here, Jane?
Look around.
The collective memory of this entire town
is in this room.
Anything that happened
in the last 50 years...
...you'll find out about it here.
ELENA: Here you go.
- Thank you.
- Lemon for your tea?
- No, thanks.
- Ma'am, we're with the CBI.
We're investigating murders
that took place in town 20 years back.
You mean the three bodies in the barn?
Yeah, I heard.
Victims were from a group called Visualize
that owned the farm.
You know anything about that?
All I know is that they found
three dead guys.
- Can I get you anything else?
- No, thanks. Collective memory.
If I may, who told you
about the three dead guys?
- Everybody knows.
- Yes, but who told you?
- I don't want to get anybody in trouble.
- Oh, of course. Thank you.
Patrick Jane, I'm with the CBI.
What's your name?
Miles MacCambridge. Why?
JANE: This is my colleague, Teresa Lisbon.
- Hi.
- You're the town gossip, I take it.
- I am?
Retired school teacher by the looks.
Who's your source on the murders?
- Former student, I'm guessing.
- Am I in some kind of trouble?
- Possibly.
- No, you're not.
Jury's still out.
We're investigating the murders.
We'd appreciate if you could tell us...
...anything about the farm
that we found the bodies at.
Well, it's been through a lot of hands.
It's not very good land.
No one's worked it for at least a decade.
What about the group, Visualize?
They owned the farm back in the mid-'80s.
Sure, I remember them. They stuck out.
Pretty useless as farm folk.
How did they get along
with other people in town?
Were there any conflicts you remember?
No, they mostly kept to themselves.
I remember one person bitching
about them.
A farmer named Tom Crayhew.
Couldn't tell you what he was upset about.
Too long ago.
- Well, we really appreciate it, thank you.
- So I'm not in any trouble.
Jury's still out.
- You're fine.
- Lookie here.
Took me up
on my recommendation, I see.
- Tell Elena to put your check on my tab.
- That's okay.
Please. It's a long tab.
Enjoy.
- You don't like him. Former student?
MACCAMBRIDGE: Yes.
A mean kid? Pulled on the girls' pigtails?
He's chief of police, which is a pretty
powerful position around here.
If you'll excuse me.
Is this the stuff from Visualize?
It's mostly letters from the farm to Visualize
asking for more help and more money.
Bradovich, Charney and Talbot
were the only full-time workers.
But Visualize was sending
temporary people all the time.
Some members, potential recruits.
Names weren't recorded most of the time.
- Most of the time?
VAN PELT: Yeah, there's one lead.
Guy named Peter DiBuono is listed
as working at the farm in '86 and '87.
Might be able to tell us something.
I reached him. He's coming.
Good. You and Rigsby go to Elliston.
Talk to a farmer named Tom Crayhew.
Apparently he had some beef
with the Visualize farm.
- I'll be back.
- Where are you going?
Lunch.
RAY:
No, no, my hat's off.
I only lasted two days as Jane's boss
and he nearly killed me.
So you clearly know things that I don't.
He is not that hard to handle.
Really? Seriously?
Because I know a couple...
...thousand people
who would disagree with that.
So 10 years.
People keep on saying that.
I don't know why. I don't feel any different.
I'm hoping it means you're ready
for a change.
Oh, what's that supposed to mean?
I'm leaving CBI.
I've lined up some capital.
I'm starting my own firm.
Security and investigations
for high-end clients.
I was wondering
if you'd consider coming with me.
- Ray.
- You're one of the top agents.
Everyone knows it. You deserve
a position commensurate with your gifts.
- I am flattered, Ray. But I like my job.
- I like my job too.
I'd like it better if I'd had a raise
in the past three years.
- California's broke if you didn't notice.
- It's not about the money.
That's the starting salary.
That'll keep you in leatherjackets, I think.
It's not about the money.
I like what I do. It's a good job.
It's good work.
- Is it the work or is it Jane?
- He's part of the work.
Sure, and you guys have a track record.
I understand why you'd stick with that.
But if there is one thing
that I've learned about Jane...
...it's that catching bad guys
is a game to him.
And he's gonna quit someday.
Maybe because he gets Red John,
maybe because he just gets bored.
When that happens,
you're gonna be on your own.
Driving out to some crime scene
in the middle of nowhere, 5 a. M...
...asking Rigsby what sort of sad story
you got to unravel this time.
Is that what you really want?
Because I think you deserve better.
Think about it.
Mr. Crayhew?
Mr. Crayhew, we're with CBI.
Open up, please.
CRAYHEW: I will not be bullied.
- Put the gun down.
You cannot make man render unto Caesar
that which he does not choose to render.
- What?
- Sir, whatever the problem is...
...we can work it out.
Just put the gun away.
Income tax is an illegal taking
under the fifth amendment...
...of the United States Constitution.
I will not pay.
- Sir, we're not with the IRS.
- Says you.
We have nothing to do with your taxes. We
want to talk about some killings on a farm.
You're not federal agents?
- You're not here to collect?
- No, sir. California Bureau of Investigation.
Now, put the gun down. Do it now.
Yeah, I remember those clowns
from Visualize.
That land's right next to mine.
Killed everything they touched.
Plus they were thieves.
Why thieves?
Well, they stole my damn water.
I got a stream up that way.
They diverted it into their fields.
Like I wouldn't notice.
So me and my 12-gauge went
to talk it over with them.
I told those wackadoodles,
"Stop stealing my water."
And one of them pulled a revolver.
I thought we were gonna have a shooting.
- Do you recall what kind of revolver it was?
CRAYHEW: Nope.
Was one of these the man
that threatened you?
It was that one.
He was wound up.
Had that look, you know?
Just ready to go. I truly thought
I was gonna have to shoot him right there.
But I didn't.
I didn't. I swear to God.
But I don't condemn
whoever did shoot them though.
You've heard how they treated
their animals?
- No, how?
- They tortured them, basically.
Unnatural stuff.
- Satanic ritual stuff.
- Really? You know that for a fact?
You don't believe me, talk to the vet.
She was on them all the time
about how they were treating their stock.
- She was ready to call the county on them.
- What's this vet's name?
CRAYHEW:
I think she retired now.
Hmm...
Preston. That's it.
JANE:
Hello, Lisbon.
Are you ever gonna let me
in there again?
JANE: How was lunch?
- Lovely. Haffner offered me ajob.
[LOCKS CLICKING]
Really? You gonna take it?
Right now I'm considering it.
Come on. We have to go talk to the vet.
[LOCKS CLICKING]
[DOG BARKING]
Bear, wha...? This one's for Doug.
Dr. Ellen Preston?
No. I'm... Dr. Preston's my mom.
- I'm Holly Preston.
- Holly. Pretty good with those dogs.
Well, thanks, I should be.
I'm with them all day.
I run a doggy day care.
Is there something I can do for you?
We're with the CBI. We need
to ask your mother some questions.
- Oh.
- Is that a problem?
HOLLY: She was diagnosed with Alzheimer's
about eight years ago.
She still responds, but she's not very good
at talking to people anymore.
- I'm sorry.
LISBON: Don't be.
- She looks peaceful.
- She is, mostly.
LISBON: You probably heard,
we found three bodies on a nearby farm.
Twenty-five years ago, the farm was owned
by a church called Visualize.
Does that ring a bell?
Heard about them.
They made kind of a splash.
JANE: Hello, boy. Who's a good boy?
Yeah. Oh, he likes that. You like that?
Is that what you wanted to talk
to my mom about?
We heard she was concerned
about the way some animals were treated?
Want to know what that was about.
Rumor has it they were performing
satanic rituals.
- What?
- We heard there may have been...
...some unnatural acts going on.
Have you been talking to Tom Crayhew?
- Why, does that sound like him?
- Ha.
Exactly like him.
I would remember if my mom thought
something was happening.
There were no rituals.
I think my mom was just concerned
that the farm was failing.
People take it out on the animals
once a place goes south.
- Did you ever go up there?
- No. I was 16.
I was all about boys then.
I wouldn't go to the farm
if I could avoid it.
All the academic achievements
suggest you were focused...
...on more than just boys.
Well, maybe now and then,
but that was a long time ago.
Is that all you wanted to ask about?
Yeah. Thank you for your time.
Jane, Jane.
Is that good? It's really good.
LISBON: Jane.
- It's really good.
- Agent Van Pelt.
- Yes.
Father Peter DiBuono.
You asked to see me?
Obviously I haven't been a member
of Visualize for some time.
If I were to be kind to my younger self, I
would have to say that my time with them...
...was an early stage
in a long spiritual journey.
What if you weren't being kind?
That I was a stupid punk
who didn't know any better.
Bret Stiles says a lot of things
that sound good...
...if you don't think
about them too hard.
Some of what he says makes sense.
Yes. There's a core of truth
in every good lie.
And all that talk about self-actualization
can be very, very seductive.
It's not just seduction.
What's wrong with wanting
to be the most powerful version of you?
If you were a good person,
it would make you an even better one.
It depends on how you look at it, I guess.
You wanted to ask me
about the Elliston farm.
You worked there, right?
No, I ran it from mid-'86 to late '87.
Now, that was a crazy time.
There was pressure from Visualize
to make that place work.
We just didn't have the people
or the expertise.
And that's why they brought Bradovich
in to take over.
- Lester Bradovich.
- Mm-hm. Lester, he was a true believer.
He worked people insanely hard,
18, 20 hours a day.
No one lasted long except for him,
Talbot, and Charney.
After I left, uh, I heard...
This is just a rumor that...
That Lester had been giving people drugs.
To keep them working when they were tired.
- What kind of drugs?
- I don't know. I don't know.
Speed, I would guess.
But he must have been desperate
because there were so many ex-addicts...
...in the church at that time
that Visualize was very strict about drugs.
If he couldn't get the drugs from the church,
where would he get them?
I have no idea.
Father DiBuono? Patrick Jane.
Van Pelt told me
you used to work on the farm.
- That's right.
- May I show you something?
Do you know what that is?
Uh, sure.
Yeah, I saw that.
When?
A few months after I left the farm, I, uh...
I went back for a visit.
And that's when I saw it.
Talbot said that some kid
who worked on the farm, he did it.
- Some kid. That's all he said about him?
- Yeah. Yeah. Some kid.
How old was Talbot?
Fifty something?
So anyone under the age of 30
could be some kid.
You know, I asked Talbot what it meant,
the smiley face.
- He said, "What does anything mean?"
- Hmm.
But he said it with this really deranged
expression on his face.
There was a bad vibe about that place.
Evil.
I didn't spend more than half an hour there,
and I never went back.
And you've never seen that image
anywhere else ever since?
No. But I've been out of the country a lot.
Missionary work in Central America.
- Is something the matter, Mr. Jane?
- No, no, not at all.
Appreciate your time.
When the murders occurred, Bradovich
was pushing the farm workers hard.
They were stealing water from neighboring
farms and failing to make the farm produce.
How does that get the three killed?
I checked on Crayhew. He spent some
time with militia in the mid-'80s.
- The sheriff still thinks he's got more guns.
LISBON: It wouldn't surprise me.
What about the forensics team
that was searching the farm?
- Nothing yet. They're still looking.
LISBON: Stay on them.
I'm interested in drugs
the good Father mentioned.
He said it was just a rumor.
If Bradovich was working them
around the clock...
...l'm betting they had chemical help.
And if they didn't get it from Visualize,
then where did they get it from?
Who knows?
Everyone who could tell us is dead.
Not everyone.
Hmm...
Nope. Don't remember any of them.
Of course, I was just 17 at the time.
Unlikely to run into boys like these.
And as far as drug deals in 1988?
I couldn't tell you anything about that.
- Wasn't busting drug dealers quite yet.
JANE: Hmm.
Would your office have any record
of drug arrests back then?
A lot of the old files been archived.
Yeah, they're in some warehouse in Fresno.
I can send somebody to go look,
but it's gonna take a while.
You could do that. Or you could just
tell us what drugs you sold them.
Excuse me?
You were dealing drugs back then
and they were clients?
Whatever gives you the idea
I dealt drugs?
You're self-indulgent, you're corrupt.
You pretended not to know Bradovich
when clearly you recognize him.
You knew we were gonna talk about drugs.
So why lie about not selling them?
I'm not sitting still for this.
You withhold information from us
during this investigation...
...it's considered obstruction ofjustice.
They'll take your badge.
You might have to start paying
for that chili verde.
I might have dealt a little in high school.
A lot of people did, okay?
It was no big deal.
And by the way, I'm pretty sure the statute
of limitations has expired on that.
Did you sell drugs to Bradovich?
This is between us, right?
Law officer to law officer?
Chief.
He was looking for speed
to keep his people working.
I sold him some.
Okay, but right away he came back
for more. A lot more.
I didn't have the kind of quantity
he wanted...
...so I put him in touch with some
serious guys I knew in Stockton.
Scary dudes.
Hell, maybe they killed him.
I'm gonna need those names.
Two of the dealers Anaya gave us are dead.
The other one's on death row in Texas.
Got a call in to the Department
of Corrections to see if I can interview him.
Remember the missing bullet
from the gun we found near the bodies?
Techs finally found it.
It was buried in the dirt in front of the barn.
Like somebody had shot the ground.
- Where outside the barn?
- Right in front of the big painted face.
- Hmm...
- So, what you think?
- Should I go to Texas and talk to this guy?
- Take a trek to the Lone Star State.
- But I think I can solve this case quicker.
- How?
Get everyone we've interviewed to Ella's
Diner first thing tomorrow morning.
- Why the diner?
- For the coffee, of course.
- Hey, Ray.
- Hey. I was just checking in.
See if you had a chance to think.
I think you already know my answer.
- You're missing out on something big.
- I'm sure I am.
- How's the case? Getting anywhere?
- We're making progress.
- Get anything from the stuff Cooper sent?
- No, not much.
Ray.
Jason Cooper's name isn't on that board.
So?
How did you know
he sent us material?
- Someone on your team must have told me.
- No one else knew except myself and Jane.
Did somebody from the church tell you?
Ray? Are you a member of Visualize?
As a matter of fact, I am.
I don't talk about it much.
People tend to take it the wrong way.
- The way that you're taking it right now.
- That's not true.
- Really?
- No.
Look, I was a screwed-up kid.
I was headed down a bad path...
...and some people from Visualize
took an interest...
...and helped straighten me out.
I don't think that Bret Stiles is God.
You know, he just happens
to say some things that I believe.
The money to fund your agency.
Is that coming from Visualize?
Some. Not all.
Teresa, stop looking at me
like I just turned into a robot.
It's just me.
- Just in time, Lisbon.
- Morning, Jane. Nice party.
Can I get some of that coffee?
Nope, this is only for the suspects.
BRADOVICH: What?
DiBUONO: For whom?
COOPER: What did you say?
JANE: That's right.
You're all here because one of you
killed Lester Bradovich...
...Martin Talbot, and Allan Charney.
Why would I kill three members
of my own church?
Well, the farm was failing
and Bret Stiles didn't want that.
But maybe it wasn't you.
Mr. Bradovich here was angry
with his brother for abandoning his family.
Even if I was,
why would I kill the other two guys?
Who knows
how a homicidal maniac thinks?
Homicidal maniac?
- I was 16, Mr. Jane.
JANE: Yes, but your mother was an adult.
And she was angry with the farmers
over how they were treating animals.
Are you seriously saying
my mother killed these people?
You're right. Maybe it was the priest.
He was angry
because he was displaced as leader.
- No, I wasn't.
- Then there's the angry farmer.
And the police chief. Whoever did this,
it was definitely one of you.
And in a moment, we're gonna find out
which one. But first...
...more coffee anyone?
- No, no, no.
CRAYHEW: Oh, what's going on?
HOLLY:
Mom, Mom.
- Mom. Mom, take it easy.
- What's her problem? Why is she so upset?
She recognizes the symbol.
There was one at the farm.
- You mean the face on the barn?
- Right, and she knows what happened.
- You saying she's the killer?
- We're gonna have to ask questions.
- No, you can't.
- Ms. Preston, you got no choice.
HOLLY: She won't understand.
LISBON: Well, we're gonna have to try.
- Come on. We'll treat her right.
- No, it's not her. It's me.
It's me.
You thought it was me
when we met, didn't you?
I thought that was a possibility.
Young woman, high achieving,
ends up running a doggy day care.
Suggests that something went wrong
along the way.
Yeah.
That sounds about right.
My mother was concerned
about the Visualize farm.
I was riding along
when she made a visit in the area.
HOLLY: And she said she wanted
to check on them.
To see what was going on.
It had rained that day...
...so the ground was wet.
You stay here. I'll be just a minute.
Next thing I knew,
I heard someone shouting.
- Don't tell me what to do!
ELLEN: There are laws.
- I don't care about any of your laws!
ELLEN: This animal has to be taken care of.
If you won't take care of it,
I will report you.
LESTER:
L... I should...
You want me to take care of it?
Fine. I'll take care of it.
He looked so crazy. Just out of his mind.
He was amped up on speed.
He'd been sleep-deprived for weeks.
He was out of his mind.
What happened next?
Oh, you son of a bitch.
HOLLY:
Mom.
I thought he was gonna kill my mother.
I had to do something.
Hey! Get off her. Hey.
LISBON:
I don't understand.
Where were Charney and Talbot?
How did they get shot?
I don't know.
What?
I don't know anything about them,
I swear. L...
It wasn't me.
What wasn't you?
Holly.
What happened when you hid the body?
My mother was sure I could go to jail...
...and she couldn't let that happen.
She wouldn't let that happen.
HOLLY: She knew there was a basement
in the barn.
So we went down there...
...and that's when we found
the other two.
Talbot and Charney's bodies
were already there?
I guess it was them.
Did you see anything else?
Anything at all?
No. After we dumped the body,
we got out of there as fast as we could.
HOLLY:
I had a feeling...
...someone was there with us.
Someone was watching us.
- Hey. You got a second?
- Sure.
Word is Holly Preston's only gonna face
manslaughter charges for the homicides.
- That true?
- We suggested it to the D.D.A.
- And he agreed.
- Really?
She claims she did it in self-defense
and we believed her.
- She'll serve time.
- Three guys got killed.
She only killed one of them,
and it was self-defense.
That's what she says.
Are you taking killers at their word?
I believe her.
Did someone from Visualize ask you
to talk to me?
Because you've never come to my office
and questioned my arrests before.
I might have gotten some calls.
Might have heard concern
you pushed for lighter sentences...
...because the victims were church
and you don't like the church.
Absolutely not.
Would you be willing to push
for a murder charge?
Absolutely not.
Okay. Had to try.
Thank you for hearing me out.
Hey, I heard about Jane's trick.
How'd he make that symbol appear?
Lemon juice. Kid's invisible ink.
The heat from the coffee pot
made it appear.
Lemon juice. Of course.
Hey, Ray.
You said that you joined Visualize
as a teenager.
So in 1988 you would have been 21?
Yeah, about that.
Did they ever send you to work
at the Elliston farm? Were you there?
Lisbon, we're still friends, right?
Why would you ask me that?
[LOCKS CLICKING]
- Lisbon.
- Hi, Jane.
What's up?
I had something to tell you,
but I've had enough of this.
- Let me in or else.
- Or else what?
I don't know, but you're not gonna like it.
Hmm...
Are we partners or what?
Come in, partner.
Wow.
JANE:
What is it you want to tell me?
Visualize absolutely refuses to let us look
at a membership list from 1988...
...or any other year before or after.
And since they're a recognized
religious organization...
...no judge will give us a warrant.
If Red John was a member of Visualize
in 1988, we'll never know.
Figures.
Never mind.
We know that Red John
was at Elliston Farm in 1988.
That is a huge leap forward, Lisbon.
Huge.
How so?
I recalled all the names
of the 2164 people...
...that I met and shook hands with
since Red John murdered my family.
I might have missed one or two,
but not many.
Eight hundred and seven
of those names were women...
...and Red John's probably not a woman.
Another 949 were men
that I had brief encounters with...
...that I never saw or heard from again.
That leaves 408 names.
And Elliston Farm
will exclude a whole bunch more.
I'm getting close, Lisbon.
- I'm getting very close.
- Tell me some of the names.
There's gotta be some that are at the top.
Sure. There's some interesting names.
Well, tell me.
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