‘The Mentalist’ season 6 spoilers: Series boss raises questions for Jane’s post-Red John future

We have made it no secret here over the past several weeks that we are in the middle of changing times at “The Mentalist.” The first half of this upcoming season is going to focus very much on the hunt for Red John, while the story that follows that revolves very much around the ever-important question of what happens next.

When you’re Patrick Jane and you’ve spent such a huge chunk of your life taking on one foe in particular, we imagine that there has to be almost a shell-shocked feeling that comes the realization that you now have all sorts of new adventures and cases waiting for him out there. Speaking to TVLine, creator Bruno Heller tries to examine what these avenues could be for Simon Baker’s character, and the questions that he will find himself asking whenever this case is finally cracked:

“Once Moby Dick has been killed, what happens next? You have to tell the story about how Patrick gets back to shore. … We have a great story for that saga, because it begins a whole new saga. Where does he go from there? How does he live with what he’s done? Can he find happiness? All of those are big questions we are going to explore.” 

There will be a list of Red John suspects that will be very clear at the beginning of season 6, but over time this will start to slowly dwindle until we get the answer. Let’s just hope that the extensive amount of hype for this ends up being worth it.

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