Patrick Jane is a former consultant to the California Bureau of Investigation. He uses his keen powers of observation, his brilliant mind and his talent for mischief to solve crimes. Despite his lack of limits and disrespect for the protocol, he is valued because his tricks, devices and mind games end the cases.
Jane previously worked as a psychic and became a celebrity. In a TV interview, Jane taunted Red John, a serial killer, saying: "He's an ugly, tormented little man, a lonely soul, sad, very sad.
Ever since, Jane's life purpose has been to avenge his family by killing Red John. In the episode Red John episode , he finally exacted his revenge and killed Red John. After two years in hiding, he was recruited to the FBI as a consultant. Jane's date of birth is unclear. In the episode Byzantium , the birth date on his driver's license is given as July 30, In the series finale, White Orchids , the birth date given on his marriage license is September 16, However, the timeline of the series better matches the birth date.
In the episode Throwing Fire , the date of a flashback to a teenage Jane is given as Jane is depicted as about sixteen or seventeen years old.
The episode shows the teenaged Jane working in a carnival as a psychic boy wonder, with his father Alex who emceed the sideshow. Patrick had what his father called "x-ray eyes," his amazing skills of observation, deduction and induction. He had a rough existence with his father, the only adult in his life, whose treatment and use of him was tantamount to child abuse.
