'The Mentalist' Season 6 Spoilers: Lisbon Gets A Boyfriend, Patrick Jane Goes On A Date VIDEO; Series To Keep Exploring Jisbon Relationship
The Mentalist's Patrick Jane is going on a date and Teresa Lisbon is getting a boyfriend when the CBS drama returns form its midseason hiatus.
After a bit of reluctance on both their parts, the former CBI consultant and Agent have now relocated to the FBI. As Jane (Simon Baker) and Lisbon (robin Tunney) navigate their new post-Red John world, it looks like they each will be courting romance.
In Jan. 5's "White Lines," the new team will be investigating the death of several DEA (something to do with cocaine, perhaps?). While working the case, Jane will find himself on a date with Krystal Markham, played by Devious Maids' Brianne Brown. However, Markham is somehow related to the current investigation and it is unclear if this is one of Jane's clever ploys to suss out information.
Meanwhile, Lisbon will be getting a boyfriend later in the season. Although the part has not yet been cast, Entertainment Weekly says that the new character will pop up in episode 15 or 16.
"In order for her to fulfill herself - even if she eventually fulfills herself with Jane, which she may or may not do - she has to find other relationships, other perspectives, other people who love her, just to feel fully who she is," said series creator Bruno Heller, according to Entertainment Weekly. "It's very important for her to be able to step away from Jane and see herself for herself."
As a collective grown can be heard from Jisbon shippers, Heller is quick to assure viewers that the Jane-Lisbon dynamic has not been forgotten and new relationships for the main characters does not preclude the possibility of something between the two coworkers in the future.
"That's an arc that we're going to be watching develop through the back end of this season. Now that Red John is gone, both Jane and Lisbon are sort of psychically free to wake up and look around and what they see when they wake up from that nightmare is each other," Heller told Entertainment Weekly. "And how that relationship develops and how they sort of start working out who they are to each other is a big part of how the rest of this season unfolds."
Catch up on the ending of last Sunday's "Green Thumb" by clicking the video below.
The Mentalist airs Sundays at 10 p.m. ET on CBS.
