JANE DISCOVERS AN IMPORTANT CLUE TO RED JOHN'S METHODS AND THE TEAM ENCOUNTERS FOUR OF THE SUSPECTS, ON "THE MENTALIST," SUNDAY, OCT. 6

Editor's note: The start and end time for this episode has been changed.

Michael Gaston Returns as CBI Director Gale Bertram

Xander Berkley Returns as Sheriff Thomas McAllister

Reed Diamond Returns as Ray Haffner

"Black-Winged Redbird" - Jane discovers an important clue to Red John's methods as the team encounters four of the suspects, and the CBI investigates the case of a software engineer killed by a drone strike, on THE MENTALIST, Sunday, Oct. 6 (10:30-11:30 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

SERIES REGULARS:

Simon Baker (Patrick Jane)
Robin Tunney (Teresa Lisbon)
Tim Kang (Kimball Cho)
Owain Yeoman (Wayne Rigsby)
Amanda Righetti (Grace Van Pelt)

GUEST STARS:

Michael Gaston (Gale Bertram)
Drew Powell (Reede Smith)
Reed Diamond (Ray Haffner)
Xander Berkeley (Sheriff McAllister)
David H. Lawrence XVII (Titus Stone)
Paula Marshall (Kris Makkena)
Ivar Brogger (Elliott Winston)
James Urbaniak (Aaron Kalinoski)
Vik Sahay (Nicholas Hong)
Jessica Blank (Carol Mathews)
Pancho Demmings (Officer Chase)
Wendy Douglas (Doctor)
Fayelyn Bilodeau (Hostess)
Wayne Temple (Detective)
Karl Sonnenberg (CBI Karl)
Christopher Goodman (Lieutenant Sheridan)
John Troy Donovan (CBI Ron)

WRITTEN BY: Tom Szentgyorgyi

DIRECTED BY: Robbie Duncan McNeill

RATING: TV14-LV