: The murderer is revealed to be Dr. Wilson Bowman, a physician at the base. He killed Lucy to hide a prescription drug fraud scheme he was running to pay for his mounting alimony debts. Jane exposes him by planting a fake locker key and a note in Pete’s PDA, tricking the doctor into trying to steal the "evidence". Key Highlights and Subplots

The investigation centers on a single witness, Pete Coen, a veteran with severe short-term memory loss who cannot remember seeing the crime he reported.

: One of the episode’s most charming moments involves Jane tricking Lisbon into singing the song "Kansas City" at the crime scene to verify a detail about the victim’s tattoo.

The following is a review of The Mentalist Season 5, Episode 17, titled "Red, White and Blue."