When the vice president of a company is murdered in the company boardroom it is rightly assumed that his death is connected to the theft of a fifty million dollar painting. The possibility that the dead man was involved in the theft can't be ignored; he had recently made a payment of twenty thousand dollars to a small art gallery; when Jane and Van Pelt investigate they discover he had paid an artist to make two copies of the painting. The CBI suspect that the painting was probably stolen for the Russian oligarch who had been out-bid for it when it was last sold; conveniently he is in California but inconveniently he is travelling on a diplomatic passport so can't be touched
of course that won't stop Jane!
This episode was rather fun; the case threw up a decent number of suspects and featured plenty of great scenes. When the killer is finally revealed it wasn't too obvious. Simon Baker was on top form as Jane; he has several great scenes; the best involving the man who copied the paintings, the Russian Oligarch and his conversation with the company CEO who doesn't seem to bothered about the death of his vice president, who happens to be his son in law. Amanda Righetti also gets a chance to shine when Van Pelt accompanies Jane when they see the artist. There are plenty of nice little touches; I liked how the artist added little touches to his copies so they couldn't be passed off as the original at least not to anybody who carefully inspected the picture. Overall another fine episode with a good blend of mystery and humour.
This episode was rather fun; the case threw up a decent number of suspects and featured plenty of great scenes. When the killer is finally revealed it wasn't too obvious. Simon Baker was on top form as Jane; he has several great scenes; the best involving the man who copied the paintings, the Russian Oligarch and his conversation with the company CEO who doesn't seem to bothered about the death of his vice president, who happens to be his son in law. Amanda Righetti also gets a chance to shine when Van Pelt accompanies Jane when they see the artist. There are plenty of nice little touches; I liked how the artist added little touches to his copies so they couldn't be passed off as the original at least not to anybody who carefully inspected the picture. Overall another fine episode with a good blend of mystery and humour.
