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RELEASE| 5.21 - Red and Itchy




J.J. LAROCHE PERSONALLY REQUESTS JANE’S HELP
WHEN THE MYSTERIOUS CONTAINER HE’S BEEN HIDING FOR NINE YEARS IS STOLEN FROM HIS
HOME, ON “THE MENTALIST,”

Episode 21 is episode directly before the season 5 final.  No doubt, it will set the stage for the final and the tupaware container is the center of the episode.  If Laroche has had it for nine years than he acquired it at roughly the same time or one year after Jane's wife was murdered by RJ.  Why else choose nine years as the date of when he got the container?  It could be that Laroche used to be somehow involved with RJ but he's become "red and itchy" and wants to turn on RJ so RJ steals the tupaware container as leverage. 

Thoughts?