As suspected after last week’s episode, Patrick Jane was playing a long con. A very long con, and all in the hopes of luring out Red John. But in the final episode last night “The Crimson Hat,” who really got played?

I loved the opening sequence where Jane meets Lorelei. Even the music set the mood, as Chris Isaac’s Wicked Game played in the background.

When the thug Oscar told Jane that the dead mother he claimed to have spoken to actually wasn’t dead – but had run off with her aerobics instructor years ago – I literally laughed out loud. Jane’s response? “That explains why she was so easy to contact.”

Jane loves telling people what they want to hear. Of course, this time – along with getting paid handsomely for it – he also nearly got both of his legs broken.

Apparently Red John had a generous streak. If he had to send a messenger, he couldn’t have sent one more gorgeous. Then he ordered her to pay Jane’s bail, sleep with him and cook him breakfast. What more could you ask for?

Patrick finally ended up in bed with someone and it ended up being a Red John disciple. A stunningly beautiful disciple, but still. That definitely tarnished the moment.

Unfortunately, Patrick didn’t share his plan to snare Red John with anyone, including Lisbon. Teresa looked worried sick sitting in that church, praying for guidance on how to help Jane. It had been six long months and for once, I think even Jane felt guilty.

Horror was the only word to describe the look on Jane’s face when he realized that the price for being allowed into Red John’s inner sanctum was Teresa’s death.

From the look on Lisbon’s face I couldn’t tell if Jane had let her in on the plan when he walked into the CBI. Then, I realized that her shocked expression was due to his words, not the gun he pulled on her. In this The Mentalist quote, Jane told Lisbon: “Good luck Teresa. Love you” just before he pulled the trigger. Apparently it was the last two words that threw her.

So do you think Darcy’s the mole in the FBI? Red John only said he had a friend there. Once Darcy blew the whistle lots of other agents would have had the same information and could have passed it along. But what made Darcy so suspicious that she went down to the morgue to measure a faceless corpse? Who would even think to do that?

In the end, I wondered if Jane was going to lose a finger and I was sure they’d open that limo and find it empty. Instead Darcy opened that door to find the dead but horror-filled eyes of Luther Wainwright (CBI Director).

From the moment Wainwright came on the scene I figured he was either Red John’s next victim or another disciple. I really wish I had been wrong.

When Lisbon finally found a battered Patrick Jane what struck me was that she didn’t touch him. She actually sat a couple of feet away as she asked if he was okay. He’s the one who reached out for her hand to hold.

Will we see Lorelei again next season? Why was Jane so sure he could make her talk? Will the rest of the CBI team forgive Jane for his long con and how it ended? Is Lisbon now a target and who in the hell is Red John?

The Mentalist managed to keep the Red John saga going for another season and delivered yet another twist. A wicked game, indeed.

Well, the dust is settling in Leander, TX after allegations against former Mayor John Cowman were shouted and tossed about by both Chris Fielder and another Leander Councilmember just weeks before the election. John Cowman lost the election.

Here’s the story as it was written in the CPL edition of the Austin American Statesman:

LEANDER, TEXAS - Chris Fielder was elected Leander mayor Saturday by a margin of more than 23 percent over incumbent John Cowman.

Fielder brought in 657 ballots out of a total 1,232 for 53.33 percent of the vote. Cowman came in behind with 368 votes, and third candidate Bob Hanson registered 207 votes.

The newly-elected mayor celebrated with family, friends and fellow Council members after unofficial Election Day results were posted. Fielder said he was excited to assume his duties and fulfill his campaign promises.

“From the start, I have said elections are about the people and not the candidates. I am honored to work for the people of Leander and I am ready to get started,” he said.

Fielder was born in Gainesville, Texas, and studied music at Tarleton State University. After graduating, he went on to open his own businesses in Dallas and Corpus Christi, moving to the Austin area in 1999 and Leander in 2003. He and wife MaShon have two children, Hailey and Christian, and attend Hill Country Bible Church Northwest, in addition to volunteering in the community.

Fielder has served as a City Council member since May 2007, and was mayor pro tem from June 2008 to September 2011. Currently, he is Vice President of the Brushy Creek Regional Utility Authority, and a board member for Williamson County Children’s Advocacy Center.

I’m a Sprint customer…been one for so long, I’m not even sure how long I’ve been a customer. And over all that time (since maybe 1995 or 1996) I have had nothing but great service from Sprint, so this outage (while a pain in the rear) is no big deal. Here is the story I found on the disruption:

A marathon repair effort was underway Tuesday to get Sprint back up and running in the Austin area.

“You can’t get any incoming calls…no outgoing calls,” fumed customer Carla Harris.

“I didn’t think I was so dependent on my phone. But after today it’s like wow my phone is almost my life,” lamented frustrated customer Justin Moreno.

Multiple Sprint cell towers went on the fritz Tuesday. The carrier wouldn’t disclose why, but a spokesperson did confirm the disruption wasn’t weather related. Whatever the cause, it had a serious effect on subscribers like Carla Harris, “I got a lot of calls coming in that I am waiting on. I am looking for a job. Job calls.”

Some people say there have been calls just too important to miss; so they’ve kept talking even though their phones warned them they were roaming.

Sprint customer Dee Johnson told us he was worried about the possibility of roaming charges, “I am definitely going to look at my bill. I am waiting to call customer service when I get some signal to find out if they are going to compensate me or something.”

For most of the day, the only official information users had came from a sign on the front door at the Sprint store that said simply that the network was down and that there was no estimated time for a fix. The sign also said most other carriers, including AT&T and Verizon, were experiencing similar problems.

We called Verizon and AT&T. As of this writing, we had not heard back from Verizon, but a spokesperson from AT&T promised to look into the matter, saying this was the first she had heard of any widespread cell service disruption affecting AT&T customers in the Austin area.

As for the potential that Sprint customers might have incurred roaming charges during the problem period, a Sprint spokesperson says customers need to discuss those potential extra charges with customer service, and that roaming penalties may be waived on a case by case basis.

This math test will determine your favorite movie. Amazing, and it really works…try it!

This is pretty damn amazing. Mine turned out to be “Shrek“. That’s my favorite movie! I was surprised how this worked. Be honest and don’t look at the movie list till you have done the math!

Try this test and find out what movie is your favorite. This amazing math quiz can likely predict which of 18 films you would enjoy the most. Don’t ask me how, but it really works!

Movie Test:

1. Pick a number from 1-9.

2. Multiply by 3.

3. Add 3.

4. Multiply by 3 again.

5. Now add the two digits together to find your predicted favorite movie in the list of 18 movies listed below.

Movie List:

1. Gone With The Wind
2. E.T.
3. Blazing Saddles
4. Star Wars
5. Forrest Gump
6. The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
7. Jaws
8. Grease
9. The Joy of Anal Sex With A Goat
10. Casablanca
11. Jurassic Park
12. Shrek
13. Pirates of the Caribbean
14. Titanic
15. Raiders Of The Lost Ark
16. Home Alone
17. Mrs. Doubtfire
18. Toy Story

Now, ain’t that something…..?

LOS ANGELES—Director Andrew Dominik announced Saturday that he was forced to scrap a new $80 million motion picture after reviewing footage and finding that the film’s star, Brad Pitt, had a piece of spinach wedged between his front teeth throughout the three-month shoot. “It’s unfortunate, because Brad’s performance was so great,” said Dominik, explaining that the spinach was visible in every scene in which Pitt opens his mouth. “We tried to salvage it by adding a brief prologue before the credits where he’s eating a bowl of spinach, but it’s still too distracting, particularly because of all the scenes where his fellow actors rub their tongues over their teeth and slyly point at their mouths.” Earlier in postproduction, Dominik noticed that Mary-Louise Parker had mustard smeared on her face, but that problem was quickly solved by digitally inserting hot dogs into her hands every time she appeared on screen.

Uh…you guys know this is a joke, right?

The tobacco enema was used to infuse tobacco smoke into a patient’s rectum for various medical purposes, primarily the resuscitation of drowning victims. A rectal tube inserted into the anus was connected to a fumigator and bellows that forced the smoke towards the rectum. The warmth of the smoke was thought to promote respiration, but doubts about the credibility of tobacco enemas led to the popular phrase “blow smoke up one’s ass.”

This instrument has been reintroduced in Washington D.C. by the Obama Administration. It will be part of the New Health Care Program.

Okay, okay…maybe this was a bit political, but ya’ got to admit it is pretty funny!

Today is election day in Cedar Park. And, it isn’t really anything to get excited about unless you think the race for Mayor will be a close call. Matt Powell seems to be the popular candidate, and with the projected low turnout, he will most likely win as Mayor. But I do wish good luck to all three candidates.

The other Council positions on the ballot are for 4 uncontested seats…so nothing you can do there to change that.

And finally, the remaining items on the ballot are for Charter Amendments. This is one one of changing the Charter bit at a time without actually re-writing the entire document. Most of the changes are mundane and don’t effectively change the Charter.

If you would like to look over the ballot, you can click here to see a sample ballot.

But, as any good American, I will vote – that’s important on a whole bunch of levels. If you live outside my little corner of the world, you might vote in local elections, too.

Have a great weekend.