Malcolm McDowell to face Patrick Jane in Upcoming The Mentalist Episode

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By Patrick Hayes

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Long time fans of The Mentalist are aware that one of the great elements of the show are the exchanges between Patrick Jane (Simon Baker) and the evil characters that he engages with as he attempts to investigate each case.  During the first and the majority of second seasons, The Mentalist creator, Bruno Heller, has done an amazing job of selecting just the right people to perform those rolls.  In one of the future episodes of The Mentalist, Heller does another superb job of choosing one of the ideal “bad boys” of television and film, Malcolm McDowell.  McDowell is  most widely known  for his performance as  Alex in the film A Clockwork Orange.  In the future episode McDowell will play thehead of a religious cult that Jane ends up getting mixed up with through his work with the CBI.  
In a recent interview with TV Guide Bruno Heller, was quoted as saying the following about Malcolm McDowell’s appearance on The Mentalist:  "He seems to have his sinister tentacles in every pie, which is really mixing horrible metaphors, but he's that kind of guy.  We're very lucky to get someone as great as Malcolm McDowell to play that."
McDowell’s historic acting credits include; Dr. Calico in Bolt, Dr. Samuel Loomis in Rob Zombies Halloween, Linderman on the television series Heroes and Vater Orlaag  in theTV series,Metalocalypse.  McDowell has also appeared (vocally) in a number of guest  voice over roles in popular animated TV programs.
Malcolm McDowell and Simon Baker will provide an intense witty battle of good and evil as Jane tries to get to get to the bottom of the investigation.  The episode with McDowell will air on April 29th, 2010.  The Mentalist will be returning to television after a two week break due to Olympic coverage  on Thursday, March 4th airing the show “Red Herring”.  This week’s episode will take the California Bureau of Investigation team to Napa Valley to investigate the murder of a cooking competition.  Audiences will also be following watching the story continuing to unfold of the relationship between agent Rigsby and agent Van Pelt.  During the previous episode they had their first fight in their young relationship.  The next installment of the Red John saga is also in the back of the viewers minds which has been a recurring theme during the entire series.

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