Melinda Batson (The Mentalist)

Melinda Batson (Fay Masterson) is the main villainess from "The Scarlet Letter," episode 2.02 of The Mentalist (airdate October 1, 2009). She is a U.S. Senator who was secretly engaging in an extramarital affair with her female intern, Kristin Marley. When her husband, Elliott, found out about his wife's affair, he made a deal to be publicly rumored as having the affair with Kristin to protect Melinda.
Melinda, however, had suspected that Kristin was seeing someone else, and her suspicions were confirmed when she discovered that her father was sleeping with Kristin. Melinda found out about her father seducing Kristin while following her lover, and in the aftermath, Melinda went to Kristin's apartment and confronted her. During the confrontation, Melinda grabbed one of Kristin's stone bookends and bludgeoned her to death with it. After killing Kristin, Melinda phoned her father, who informed Melinda that he knew someone who could "fix" it. Melinda was later arrested for Kristin's murder.
==Trivia==
*Fay Masterson would later play abusive villainess Laura Williams from CSI: Miami and the vengeful Colleen Carter in the 2016 film The Maid. She also played vengeful murderer Amy Dujardin on Life.
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Category:2000s
Category:Adulteress
Category:Hero's Lover
Category:Lesbian
Category:Live Action Villainess
Category:Makeshift Weapon
Category:Murder: Bludgeoning
Category:Murderer
Category:Politics
Category:Redhead
Category:Villainous Reveal
Category:Fate: Arrested