8. Red Sails in the Sunset

Complete story — includes the ending

With the help of Bret Stiles, Jane puts a plan into action to get Lorelei Martins out of prison, with the hope that she will lead him directly to Red John. After the successful prison break, the CBI is assisted by Agent Bob Kirkland from Homeland Security and they believe Lorelei has abducted Jane to take him to Red John. On the run, Lorelei and Jane argue and she blurts out that she is surprised Jane and Red John didn't become friends the moment they shook hands. The CBI find Lorelei's estranged mother who tells them about Lorelei's sister Miranda who was sold to a Romanian couple when she was 2 years old. The separation left both sisters broken but they were reunited till 5 years ago when Miranda was raped and murdered. Lorelei takes Jane to her sister's cabin. Jane calls Lisbon about Miranda and she tells him that she found a crime scene photo that had been withheld from the public. Miranda had been left to starve and died of heatstroke but carved out one name before she died - Roy. Jane shows the photo to Lorelei to convince her that Red John killed Miranda to make Lorelei a victim so he could prey on her. Lorelei refuses to believe him but is visibly upset. To win her trust, Jane lets her escape and stages an accident to make it look like she left him injured. Later, an injured Jane tells Lisbon she will never know if he was involved.