How To Think Like Patrick Jane

How Patrick Jane thinks — and what he's actually doing. It was never a psychic gift. On The Mentalist, Patrick Jane looks like he sees what nobody else can see. He doesn't. He notices what people skip, he puts himself inside the person he's hunting, and he checks the one detail nobody rehearsed. That is a habit. You can use it. This breakdown walks four cases, and names the real version of each: Don't ask who — ask who they'd kill instead. Joseph Purcell and Patrice, in The Thin Red Line Read the indifference, not just the violence. David Whittaker and Randall Faulk, in Carnelian, Inc. When the problem is aimed at you, start with your own past. Jim Medina and Terry Andrews, in Bloodshot Check the part nobody rehearsed. Jim Gulbrand, Brooke, and Stuart Hanson, in Miss Red What to actually take — the detail everyone else already decided isn't worth a second look That's the real version. Not a fake psychic. A quieter motive, a target that isn't personal, and one detail the performance forgot to cover. CHAPTERS 0:00 — Not a psychic. A habit. 1:40 — Who they'd kill instead 4:40 — Read the indifference 7:40 — When it's aimed at you 10:40 — The part nobody rehearsed 13:40 — What to take Serial Frames breaks down the smartest TV shows frame by frame — going past recaps to show how genius works on screen. Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss the next one. Let me know in the comments: which habit do you actually use — the quieter motive, or the detail nobody rehearsed? #TheMentalist #PatrickJane #SerialFrames