The plot begins when a car salesman, Carl Resnick, arrives at the CBI headquarters dragging what he believes is a large sack of potatoes. In reality, the sack contains the body of a dead woman, Mary Beth Hendricks. Patrick Jane quickly identifies that the man is in a deep hypnotic trance and has no memory of how he acquired the "potatoes".
The episode is available for streaming or purchase on various platforms, including: Apple TV The Movie Database (TMDB) [S1E18] Russet Potatoes
Watch a brief overview of the episode's plot involving the CBI team's hunt for a hypnotic mastermind: Russett Potatoes The Mentalist YouTube• Aug 13, 2013 [Mentalist Rewatch] 1x18 Russet Potatoes : r/TheMentalist The plot begins when a car salesman, Carl