13. Red Is the New Black

Complete story — includes the ending

Wyck Theissens ( Andrew Pifko ) is found stabbed to death in his rented loft, with a gold-painted feather in his mouth. Jane finds the hidden door into Theissens' true workplace - a tailor shop full of high-end couture dresses, including one with gold-painted feathers. They find the murder weapon - a pair of bloodied tailor's scissors. Theissens’ three young assistants have solid alibis. They were working with Theissens on his comeback - a new line for his former employer Guy Duval ( Cosimo Fusco ). Theissens had been financing his work by making knock-off couture dresses for his landlord Mr. Liu, who was angry that Theissens was going to stop making fakes. Duval's assistant, Acosta, who had released Theissens' video two years ago and derailed Theissens' career, shows violent tendencies and puts Lisbon onto photographer Tony Redgrave. Jane meets Redgrave while he photographs a model named Sasha ( Becky O'Donohue ). Redgrave could not care less, but Sasha is upset about his death. Cho and Rigsby arrest two Chinese thugs torturing Liu. The thugs are released, as they have diplomatic immunity, but Jane eliminates them as suspects in the murder. Jane shows the feather to all the suspects, until Sasha reacts and confesses. She had assumed she would feature in Theissens' comeback show. Instead, he told her she was too old and someone new and fresh would wear the gold-feather dress. Furious, Sasha stabbed him. Agent Darcy tells Luther Wainwright she does not believe Maier killed Panzer nor that Red John is dead. She has him secretly give her CBI's Red John files. Darcy speaks to the morgue attendant who was on duty when Jane brought in Red John's blind friend Rosalind Harker and then visits Harker. Harker calls Jane saying Red John is with her and wants them to know he will sort out the misunderstanding. Jane, Darcy, CBI, and police show up, but Red John has gone. In the closet, they find the morgue attendant's body.