Red John's mole is finally revealed and Patrick Jane comes face-to-face with the serial killer in an explosive confrontation that leads to shocking repercussions, on a special two-hour third season finale of THE MENTALIST

The first ep was just setting up that Red John is tracking down Hightower. The second starts with Hightower returning and give Jane 48 hours to uncover the real mole before she turns herself in.

Van Pelt's fiancée was RJ's mole. He shoots Lisbon, but Van Pelt and Hightower kill him. Meanwhile, Jane is at a food court where he setup a trap for RJ thinking the mole was the head of the CBI. He thinks the trap has failed but when Lisbon hits redial on the mole's phone it rings the man at the next table. Jane and RJ talk, with RJ holding a gun wrapped in a newspaper. RJ says he's going to give up killing and try to use his contacts and abilities to make the world a better place. RJ says he's just an ordinary guy and Jane should move on. blah blah As RJ is leaving, Jane says he doesn't know if he really is RJ. RJ recites some details of Jane's wife and daughter on the night he killed them. RJ walks away but Jane calls out for him to wait and then walks over. Looking him in the eye Jane shoots him several times in the stomach with a gun he had in his coat pocket. He then sits down, finishes his tea and places his hands on his head as security approaches. fade to black