Walter Mashburn

**Walter Mashburn** is a character featured in CBS' *The Mentalist*. He débuts in the thirteenth episode of the second season and is portrayed by Currie Graham.

## History

### Background

Walter Mashburn is the CEO of Mashburn Industries and becomes a billionaire. He has a relationship with a woman, Marie, but she leaves him to be with Walter's rival, Yuri Bajorin. That night, he promises to Marie that he will win her back. (Red Hot)

After many years, Walter re-marries at least three times anbreaks up with many women.

### Season Two

One of his dates, a supermodel, going to lunch, where he encounters a woman who he mistakenly believes is the hostess, but learns she is actually Teresa Lisbon solving the murder of Liselle Douglas, a woman that Walter had hit on and given her a forgery of a painting. Meeting both Lisbon and Jane, Walter realizes that Jane is a fake psychic and compares his third wife's obsession with the paranormal. Jane abruptly asks Walter if he killed Liselle, causing Walter to go into a strange mood and orders the waiter to give him the check. On the docks, Walter departs from Lisbon and Jane, and reveals how he would have killed Liselle, saying she will simply "disappear." He later re-meets Jane on the docks, where Walter reveals he looked up Patrick up and noted how Red John murdered Patrick's family and takes him to his house at a party, where Jane pulls a magic trick. During an experiment with Jane, who drives Walter's yellow car blindfolded, afterwards, Walter's car falls down into the ocean, with Jane promising to buy him a new car. Later at the car shop, Jane guides the tour to a red car, the car that their tour salesman, Brad Elias had killed Liselle Douglas with. Walter realizes that Jane had deliberately done all this because he needed to catch Elias. Walter then gives Patrick a grey car as a loan for helping catch the killer. (Redline)

### Season 3

Later, Walter appears in the series again when he requests both Patrick Jane and Teresa Lisbon but becomes a suspect in the murders of Tucker and, apparently, of Yuri Bajorin.  Still attracted to Teresa, when they were going to sign the contract so Mashburn can take over Yuri's helicopter business , he invites Lisbon over to join her for lunch, but an explosion caused by a bomb planted by Yuri himself kills Trucker while Yuri makes his escape. Walter becomes a victim of it with a minor laceration and reveals that he hated Yuri so much he wanted him alive. During the investigation, Patrick calls Walter, who appears to let Patrick and Teresa to gain access in the private club Walter goes to. As he talks with Teresa, Yuri fires his weapon at the trio, with Teresa unintentionally taking a bullet for Mashburn. Patrick borrows Mashburn's card, in order to lure one of Walter's previous business partners. During a party for Walter, Jane introduces Teresa as Walter's new girlfriend. Just as she and Walter are about to kiss, Teresa stops Elsa, Walter's ex-girlfriend, from attacking them both. As the investigation grows to a close, Teresa begins suspecting Walter killed Yuri and Trucker, and Walter reveals he looked up Teresa, and revealing her family and personal life. In an act to catch the killer, Jane and Walter stage a small scuffle between them in order to weed Yuri out. After the case is over, Walter and Teresa Lisbon have a brief one-night stand. Just as Walter is wondering if he will see her again, Teresa tells Walter that she has to go back to work, as the bad guys never stop coming. They give each other a kiss before departing.  (Red Hot)

## Trivia

### Character Notes

* According to Walter, he went to reform school and planted cherry bombs into the toilets in the bathrooms of the teachers' lounge.

* He has been married at least three times.