TEXT: Mentalist: noun. Someone who uses mental acuity, hypnosis and/or suggestion. A master manipulator of thoughts and behavior. Leyland University, CA STUTZER INSTITUTE Stern: The human mind is a vast universe, an inner cosmos that we are only now beginning to explore. Our next speaker is one of the nation's leading cosmonauts, a rising star in the field of neuroscience, and a prized member of the Leyland faculty. I give you Alex Nelson. Alex: No, no, no. Thank you. No. Stop. CBI Rigsby [phone]: CBI. Rigsby. Jane, phone for you. Someone called Sophie Miller. Jane: T-uh, t-t-tell her I'm not here. Rigsby: Okay. I'm sorry, ma'am. He's not available right now. Jane: No, no, no, no. Wait. Wait Rigsby: I'll, uh, put you through. Jane: Dr. Miller? Yeah, this is Patrick. Hey. Uh, if someone is murdered on the campus of a state university, it's ours, isn't it? Lisbon: It can be if we muscle out the locals. Why'd you ask Jane: I need a favor. Police department Policeman: Sophie, Alex Nelson's water bottle contained a 10% solution of hydrogen cyanide. What do you know about that? Sophie: I know that hydrogen cyanide is a lethal poison beyond that, nothing at all. Please, call me "Miss Miller" or "Dr. Miller" or "Ma'am." Not Sophie, if you don't mind. Policeman: You're not setting the boundaries here. You were seen by several witnesses arguing with the victim shortly before his death. You fled the scene immediately after his death. Sophie: A cunning plan, eh? Policeman: Since your divorce from the victim two years ago, you've been arrested for assaulting him twice and made several death threats against him. He obtained a restraining order against you. Sophie: And I obtained one against him also. Policeman: Well, that's all
SUMMARY:
When a leading scientific researcher at Leyland University, Alex Nelson, drops dead from poisoning, Jane takes a personal interest in the case after learning the lead suspect and victim's ex-wife, Sophie Miller, is Jane's former psychiatrist. Sophie helped Jane through a bad patch following the murder of his wife and daughter and now Jane wants to return the favor. While the evidence starts to stack up against Sophie, Jane focuses on the multi-million dollar behavioral research project Sophie and Alex were working on, and ultimately discovers their research was a sham. With reputations and millions at stake, Jane and the team must find who was willing to kill to keep the fraud covered up.