What did you think of The Mentalist episode "Ball of Fire?" Our critic gave the hour a solid 4.7 rating and you can find out why NOW.

Next Thursday, the drama will give viewers another new installment, one that focuses on a bizarre triple homicide that finds two police officers and one fiancee of an EMT worker left dead. Who is the culprit? What went down?

Jane and Lisbon try to answer those questions by working with local law enforcement. You can imagine how smoothly this goes, can't you? See for yourself in the following CBS preview:

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