Jane tricks the Psychiatrist - The Mentalist 1x01 

He's a character actor. He only plays guys with a gun.

Also "The Croat" from The Walking Dead: Dead City

To me he's Russell from Madam Secretary :))

And crazy reckless

... that was Patrick Jane.

Damn! Thanks, I would even have noticed lol

I always just loved how Jane went the extra mile to actually fill up the entire diary. We've seen him do these kinds of traps to lure out killers before, but usually it was just a short message. But here he spent the entire night just pouring all his hate and anger into the journal at the psychiatrist who pretended to be Red John. You can really just see how the psychiatrist really pissed him off by not just killing two innocent people, but also pretending to be Red John and taunting Jane with an earlier letter. And it was also a brilliant writing choice to show just how crazily obsessive Jane can be about Red John or anything related to Red John. This was only the first episode, but it was a great series.

How he was portrayed as a nihilist?

Wtf, he isn't portrayed as a nihilist? Just someone who doesn't really believe in spiritual beliefs and mentalism

He clearly believes in doing the right thing, even if his idea of the right thing is different to a lot of peoples. He believes in revenge, justice although not necessarily the kind the legal system provides and enjoying the moments in life that he can. He cares deeply for those close to him. Not believing in god or psychic powers doesn’t mean you believe in nothing

@@jonathonrichter2279 This is only really true throughout the show. Before the show (before his wife was red john'd) Jane was neither moral nor was he anywhere near a 'decent' human being. He was never a nihilist. He had bouts of abject self-loathing and clearly suffered from survivor's guilt...but it wasn't until after he started working with Lisbon and the CBI that it became clear to him that there were things to care about beyond money.

@@davidrosensin7985 you’re not wrong but that still doesn’t make him a nihilist