Corey Mendell Parker

Enticed by the promise from a convicted murder that he'll reveal information about Red John upon his release, Patrick Jane becomes singularly focused and quits the CBI in order to prove the prisoner is innocent.

Lynette faces new problems when Tom experiences back pain and she has to handle the pizzeria by herself. Elsewhere, Victor is in the running to become mayor and he is a favoured candidate, and the girls have a poker game but end up getting distracted by the hunky man who works around Gaby's house.

Derek faces a lawsuit on his first day as interim chief when a patient awakens from anesthesia during surgery; Mark refuses to speak to Lexie.

Three seperate murders have taken place in Austin, Texas. The victims are two young women, and one young man. They were all seen for the last time at different but large social gatherings.

Mary bans Sheldon from reading a mature comic book. Sheldon decides it's time to stop living under Mary's thumb.

Kevin and Justin take Tommy on a getaway to help him make a decision about his legal future. Meanwhile, Kitty and Evan retreat to Nora's to get acquainted with her new half brother, while Robert recovers.