AGENT HIGHTOWER WORKS WITH PATRICK JANE IN THE FIELD FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER LISBON IS INJURED DURING AN INVESTIGATION INTO A MODERN-DAY PROSPECTOR'S MURDER, ON A REBROADCAST OF "THE MENTALIST," THURSDAY, JULY 14

"Red Gold" - When a modern-day prospector is found dead near a mining site and Lisbon is injured during the initial stages of the investigation, Agent Hightower joins Patrick Jane in the field for the first time, on a rebroadcast of THE MENTALIST, Thursday, July 14 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. (Originally broadcast 2/17/11)

SERIES REGULARS:

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

RECURRING CAST:

Hightower.................................. Aunjanue Ellis

GUEST CAST:

Jeff Loomis................................. Drew Garrett
Dean Puttock............................... Dylan Bruno
Melinda Drew.......................... Amy Farrington
Wes Attwood................................ Jordan Belfi
Sheriff Hughes............................ Casey Sander
Cheryl Meade.......................... Ever Carradine
Mimi.............................. Kassandra Carrington
Will............................................... Elija Gipson
Jack Mitchell........................... Mark Atteberry
Sonya Mitchell............................ Wendy Braun
Poker Playing Miner..................... Ben Pronsky
Scott Munroe............................... Max Decker
Older Man.................................. Cletus Young
Prospector................................ Stephon Fuller

WRITTEN BY: Cindi Grossenbacher

DIRECTED BY: Tom Verica

RATING: TV14-LV