the mentalist (season 1) 

Statements about this table:
the pilot be the only episode to not have a title evoke the color red
total us viewership of this season peak at the beginning of 2009
bruno heller be the only writer to have write an episode direct by director david nutter
the pilot be only 1 of 7 episode not to have a title evoke the color red
total us viewership of this season peak in october 2008
ken woodruff be the only writer to have write an episode direct by director david nutter
between the pilot and final episode of the season , the show maintain the same number of viewer
there be 2 people that both write and direct an episode of this season
no in series
title
directed by
written by
original air date
production code
us viewers (million)
1
pilot
david nutter
bruno heller
september 23 , 2008
276040
15.60
2
red hair and silver tape
david nutter
bruno heller
september 30 , 2008
3t7801
15.48
3
red tide
david m barrett
ashley gable
october 14 , 2008
3t7803
14.94
4
ladies in red
chris long
gary glasberg
october 21 , 2008
3t7802
15.28
5
redwood
john behring
andi bushell
october 28 , 2008
3t7804
16.07
6
red handed
chris long
erika green swafford
november 11 , 2008
3t7807
16.57
7
seeing red
martha mitchell
gary glasberg
november 18 , 2008
3t7808
15.84
8
the thin red line
matt earl beesley
ken woodruff
november 25 , 2008
3t7806
15.93
no in series
title
directed by
written by
original air date
production code
us viewers (million)
9
flame red
charles beeson
ashley gable
december 2 , 2008
3t7810
18.74
10
red brick and ivy
paris barclay
eoghan mahony
december 16 , 2008
3t7805
19.31
11
red john 's friends
john polson
bruno heller
january 6 , 2009
3t7809
19.62
12
red rum
dean white
andi bushell
january 13 , 2009
3t7811
18.07
13
paint it red
david m barrett
eoghan mahony
january 18 , 2009
3t7812
16.39
14
crimson casanova
lesli linka glatter
ken woodruff
february 10 , 2009
3t7813
19.70
15
scarlett fever
paul holahan
erika green swafford
february 17 , 2009
3t7814
18.23
no in series
title
directed by
written by
original air date
production code
us viewers (million)
16
bloodshot
chris long
gary glasberg
march 17 , 2009
3t7815
15.49
17
carnelian , inc
kevin dowling
bruno heller
march 24 , 2009
3t7816
17.62
18
russet potatoes
norberto barba
ashley gable
march 31 , 2009
3t7817
16.96
19
a dozen red roses
lesli linka glatter
andi bushell
april 7 , 2009
3t7818
16.92
20
red sauce
adam kane
eoghan mahony
april 28 , 2009
3t7819
17.11
21
miss red
martha mitchell
ken woodruff
may 5 , 2009
3t7820
16.68
22
blood brothers
john polson
erika green swafford
may 12 , 2009
3t7822
16.21